The expected departure of Jose Bautista could start a remake of the Blue Jays' offence. Carlos Osorio / Toronto Star ) Order this photoStrip mining into the stats slag hill of the Blue Jays season turns up this little nugget: Toronto went 11-12 against rookie starters. Thus Jays batters repeatedly pivoted away from the plate, trailing their lumber, with body language that bespoke disgust. And yet the Jays were limited to 31 hits, nine of them in the only game where Toronto prevailed. And yet this puzzling anemia — the antithesis of Blue Jays baseball — had nearly wrecked the club through its September sag, putting immense pressure on the bullpen to preserve slim leads.

Source: thestar October 20, 2016 21:14 UTC