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Originally Posted by flames_fan_down_under
There are a lot of elite elements of this Jays team. Obviously the bats are elite, even more so with a healthy Springer in the line up, the starting pitchers are as good as any in the AL, but the bullpen depth was often exposed. By the end of the year they could lock down leads with Mayza, Cimber, Richards, Romano. But that didn’t get solidified until maybe august. There just was too much Dolis, Chatwood, Kay, Beasley, Edwards Jr, Castro etc during the season. Really if the Jays have Springer for a whole season and get the bullpen solidified for maybe 3 more weeks this team is comfortably in the playoffs. Too bad. A really very very good team. Only the 7th time the Jays have won 90 or more games. A lot to be happy about, future is very promising, also feels like a missed opportunity.
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In its current form, this is arguably the best team in baseball. Take away the bullpen's early season struggles, Spinger's injuries, and Ryu's struggles, and this team likely would have cracked 105 wins, maybe even 110.