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Originally Posted by SuperMatt18
They hyperbole around this team makes me laugh a little bit.
The Chicago White Sox had a terrible season. The New York Mets had a terrible season.
The Blue Jays had 89 wins (9th best record in the MLB) and made the playoffs. In no way is that a "terrible season".
Was it a frustrating season. 100%. Was it disappointing. Sure. But in no way was it terrible.
Atkins is being given all the blame for the bats this season (some of that deserving, some of that has to be on guys like Vlad and Springer too). But he's getting none of the credit for the improved pitching, bullpen, and defense which were elite.
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You’re definitely right and my bad on the hyperbole. I do think their year was inflated a bit with getting to the post season based on the other big players having bad years too. I really think they underperformed on the bat side and I think it was heavy. If the normal players in their division were better like they normally were you’d likely see the Jays in a worse position. So not only looking at wins and losses, this team on the batting side largely underperformed. I’m not sure there was even one bat that played to their potential and that’s bad.