It’s a bit disheartening to know that as far as the Orioles came in 2022, it wasn’t enough to sniff the division title. The team we’re talking about today, the Toronto Blue Jays, won nine more games than the Orioles and still lost the division by seven games!
For a long time, the Blue Jays floundered in mediocrity, their ineptitude overlooked only because they played in the same division as the hapless Orioles. But starting with the 2015 season, they’ve had modest success with four postseason appearances in eight years. Those are good numbers for a non-Yankees team in the AL East, on par with the Rays and Red Sox.