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Originally Posted by ben voyonsdonc
Guerrero, Springer, and Kirk have had steep dropoffs over the last couple of seasons but, despite that, Atkins put all of the team’s eggs in their baskets instead of addressing the holes in the lineup via trade or free agency. As such, I’d argue that it is, in fact, a poorly constructed lineup.
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I'll say it for the 5,683rd time, there were only two (2!) proven elite bats on the market this off season and the Jays went after both despite being long shots to land either.
They were pretty much forced to put their eggs in that basket.