Schad locked Ratul's thread (love you, Ratul), so I'll have to comment on the stuff he quoted in this thread...
Ratul, quoting a Sportsnet piece, wrote:There remain some profound concerns in the immediate future. The 2019 Blue Jays will end the season with the second-most home runs in franchise history, while having the fewest hits of any non-strike season team. Their .304 team OBP ranks second-worst in team history, and many of the prospective hitters on a 2020 team – Teoscar Hernandez, Rowdy Tellez, Randal Grichuk, Danny Jansen, Derek Fisher, Billy McKinney – don’t even rise to meet that low bar on such an important metric.
I couldn't believe it, so I looked it up and it's not only true for us but true for half the league as well. 15 teams either broke or tied their single-season record for home runs. And if that wasn't enough, the single-season strikeout record was smashed for the 12th straight season.
Strikeouts (orange, arrow pointing to 12 years ago) and home runs (purple, arrow pointing to 2 years ago) in a single season from 1900 to 2019:
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