Um, huh?
1. Double A took the Jays to the ALCS, then helped the Dodgers to the World Series and then the Braves to the playoffs - in CONSECUTIVE years. To suggest he didn't have anything to do with this is just kind of random - the burden of proof is demonstrably on you - otherwise, it's just kind of garbage.
I posted the **** transaction log for his tenure with the Braves. What, are you arguing that his sheer force of leadership made them a playoff team? Was it the league minimum signing of Peter Bourjos, who had less than 60 PAs? The scintillating trade for Preston Tucker? Acquiring Charlie Culberson in a massive salary exchange was a good move, but not a season making one. He just inherited a lot of talent. You're simultaneously arguing that AA deserves the credit for the Braves making the playoffs, after he made no moves of any significance, while suggesting that Shapiro deserves none for the 2016 playoff appearance, when his regime made more significant moves to bolster the team.
And giving him credit for the Dodgers, where he was playing second fiddle and they were already extremely good, is laughable.
The burden of proof is on you at this point to demonstrate that you're not huffing paint fumes, frankly.
2. Go to a game - see how you feel - or listen to commentators who comment on our weak crowd recently. It has changed recently but remember, it costs 200 bucks at least to get a halfway ok seat.
This is beyond inane. You're blaming the president for the fact that we have fairweather fans, and have had fairweather fans
for decades.
The 2016 and 2017 teams posted the highest attendance figures the team has enjoyed in over 20 years. Under Shapiro. If that's your benchmark, he should have a **** statue by now.
3. Shapiro was not GM of those amazing Indians teams in 2016 or 2018. But even if you give him 2016, you also then have to give Double A 2016 for the Jays - plus his performance after that. You can't have it both ways - which is to attribute success to Shapiro but not the same to double A - and when you apply it fairly, double A's record is just flat out better.
Check where the players for those amazing Indians teams came from, you probable sniffer of glue.
4. Um, you're factually misguided. AA drafted Osuna, Stroman, Sanchez, Vladdie Junior and Pillar. You could also include Bryant and Syndegaard. I am pretty sure that is more than one decent position player. Facts may help.
OSUNA AND VLAD WERE NOT DRAFTED. I'm not sure how many times people can tell you this. Ye gods, at least have some basic understanding of how baseball works before leaving steaming piles of hot takes all over the damned place like the unholy lovechild and Skip Bayless and an incontinent Great Dane.
Prove it. Otherwise it's just you making stuff up. To suggest a GM is not responsible, despite help from scouts, on who they draft, is silly. The buck stops with him. And he proved considerable success in drafting through all rounds. However, even if your claim on Pillar is right, despite being groundless, AA drafted Osuna, Stroman, Sanchez, Vladdie Junior and of course Pillar. You could also include Bryant and Syndegaard. That's a damn impressive draft record.
Anybody who knows the slightest thing about baseball knows that the scouting director is the person primarily responsible for the players picked in the draft, beyond (though sometimes including) the top round or two. The fact that you are wholly ignorant does not actually bolster your case.
And for god's sake, you cannot include Kris Bryant, a top 50 draft prospect who was drafted in the 18th round. Stop trying to make that happen. It took no great foresight; our club was just the first one that opted to burn a draft pick on what was universally (and correctly) believed to be an unsignable player. If anything, criticize them for wasting a pick on a player who was never going to be a Blue Jay when another very good player who
did sign (Adam Eaton) was taken shortly thereafter.