The Blue Jays were struggling long before Rougned Odor clocked Jose Bautista, but there’s still reason for hope in Toronto.
The Toronto Blue Jays finally lived up to their potential.
Prior to the 2013 season, the Blue Jays made two blockbuster trades—acquiring Josh Johnson, Mark Buehrle, Jose Reyes, Emilio Bonifacio, John Buck, and R.A. Dickey—and signed both Maicer Izturis and Melky Cabrera in free agency.
The deals were supposed to signal a Canadian resurgence in baseball, and yet Toronto spent 2013 languishing in the basement of the American League East. 2014 was only slightly better. The Blue Jays finished above .