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Five most shockingly inept MLB teams early in 2017

MLB teams, Jose Bautista

Toronto Blue Jays

Blue Jays

Record: 2-10 (fifth place, American League East)

Every team on this list has struggled. But we’re not ready to press the panic button with the other four teams. With the Blue Jays, however, that time has already come.

Toronto is three games behind the Tampa Bay Rays for fourth place in the American League East. Only nine other MLB teams are that far out of first place in their respective divisions. The Blue Jays are 6.5 games behind the division-leading Baltimore Orioles. No other team is more than four games out of its division lead.

But while those numbers are troubling, they aren’t the only reason we panicking about Toronto’s start.

When a team is struggling, it’s nice to be able to point the finger at one or two things. It would be nice to say that the Blue Jays can turn things around when Aaron Sanchez and Josh Donaldson get healthy. It would also be nice to say that things will improve when (or if) Jose Bautista gets out of his slump.

But in truth, Toronto’s struggles have been the result of near team-wide ineptitude.

Time may still be on the Blue Jays’ side in 2017, but nothing else is.

If Toronto can’t find its game fast, then it might as well start planning for 2018.

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