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Is 2016 a Do-or-Die Year for the Blue Jays' Offensive Juggernaut?

Perhaps Jose Bautista sounded the alarm in spring training when, not shockingly, reporters were told he would not offer the Toronto Blue Jays a hometown discount.

Toronto is not Bautista’s hometown. For the record, that’s Distrito Nacional, Dominican Republic. Nor has anyone purported him to be such a lover of Canadian bacon that he would take less money to remain a Blue Jay.

Baustista was a big part, but not near the sum, of the Blue Jays offense in 2015, MLB’s best. But for a Toronto fanbase jonesing for a perennial contender since the organization won back-to-back World Series titles in 1992-93, Bautista underscored an ugly reality.