Blue Jays: Ross Atkins avoided repeating a mistake

Apr 2, 2019; Toronto, Ontario, CAN; Toronto Blue Jays general manager Ross Atkins speaks to the media during a press conference against the Baltimore Orioles at Rogers Centre. Mandatory Credit: Nick Turchiaro-USA TODAY Sports

The Blue Jays rebuild has gone very well, and quite quickly as they look to return to contender status. Part of the reason for that is Ross Atkins has avoided repeated mistakes.

There haven’t been a lot of mistakes made by this front office group, and overall they’ve done an excellent job of creating a new era of Blue Jays baseball, complete with a total overall of the identity of the franchise. Youngsters like Bo Bichette, Vladimir Guerrero Jr., Cavan Biggio and more…