This article is the first in a series of seven about areas in which the Jays need to improve to contend in 2018. The focus is not on large targets – like staying healthy, or scoring more runs than the other guys – but rather on smaller areas where the Jays have underperformed in recent years and where improvement could translate into those critical few additional wins.
It is a truism in baseball that a win is a win. The better teams recognize this by winning more than their share of games against weaker teams. That way, even if they don’t dominate against the strongest teams (difficult!