By the time April of 2017 had come to a conclusion, the Blue Jays were basically out of the running for a playoff spot. Sure, they weren’t technically out of the race, and they were even close to the second Wild Card spot into the summer, but a 8-17 month put them in a hole they couldn’t dig out of. In fact, they never did eclipse the .500 mark throughout the 2017 season.
Which is why when the Jays got off to a good start in April there was such a sense of relief among the fan base.