Despite the fact that the Blue Jays won just 67 games last year, there was an awful lot of offence from such an underperforming team. Especially in the home run department.
That was a common theme across Major League Baseball last season, as the league record for home runs hit in a season was obliterated. Much of the home run surge across the big leagues was blamed on the baseball that was used last season, and the Blue Jays were one of the many beneficiaries of that lively ball. At the least the hitters were anyway.
The Blue Jays had 13 players hit at least double digit home runs last season, including Randal Grichuk (31), Teoscar Hernandez (26), Justin Smoak (22), Rowdy Tellez (21), Lourdes Gurriel Jr.