Tha Cynic wrote:People are blaming Anthopoulos for the Jays' current state, but it's really not his fault. He built the team to contend. He tried the whole draft thing, and it didn't work out, so he went all in. It turned the Jays into a popular team this whole country got behind. But, once he left, the Jays went after a GM who wants to build through the draft again, so he doesn't sign guys to big contracts and IMO seems satisfied with the Jays sucking - infact he seems to have put this team down a path where they can do nothing but lose. The only reason the Jays are so bad again, is because the new regime decided not to continue and build on what Anthopoulos left behind, and instead decided to go back to the drafting method again.
It probably comes down to Rogers wanting the Jays to stay cheap, so they hired a GM who will follow what they they want.
I don't know how to respond to this without being overly harsh, but Jesus, this is a brutal post. It's like every "hot take" you can imagine about shapiro/atkins condensed into one paragraph.
Were they satisfied with the Jays sucking last year when they made the ALCS largely due to their pitching staff anchored by two pitchers they signed that off-season (Estrada and happ)?
How exactly would AA have "continued to build on" that team any better than these guys have? Somehow convinced Rogers to overpay Price by 50 million like Boston did (a contract that is looking worse by the day btw)?
No doubt it's been a **** start to the year, but most experts had the Jays as a favourite for a wild card spot coming into the season. Again, not sure what you think AA would be doing any better considering the state of the farm system when he left.
