Agree though this team ain’t close to that one in terms of talent. A few too many holes. They are better then they are playing though.
I think they are what they are, the pitching may have overachieved a bit and the hitting under achieved, the manager clearly relies too much on computer printouts. There was a guy in the dugout that never saw playing time, even when the Twink's had fireballers and that guy feasts on the fastball, exchanging Schneider for Chapman, would have put a threat at the plate every Schneider AB, Chapman had multiple AB with runners on and did not cash them in. Schneider is not a bad infielder, while Chappy is one of the best defensive 3B in the league, offensively since the 2nd month he's been horrid, the addition of Schneider at the plate far outweighs the defensive loss from Chappy sitting on the bench..
Belt 0-8, Varsho 0-5, Biggio 1-8, Guerrero 1-7, Chapman 1-7, Springer 2-9 = .135 BA is the story in a nutshell.
When you have a choke job of a team, like the Jays, make the playoffs, those of us who've seen these types of teams before know, it was not an accomplishment to make the playoffs. They just sucked one game less than Seattle. This team making the playoffs is like running a race with 2 other people, and winning a bronze.... Those of us who understand the game, knew what the Jays were going to do. I said as much on Saturday, I was told they had a chance, I was told I was a hater, I was told that I was wrong when I said TB was the easier path.
