This postseason run for the Toronto Blue Jays is magical because it was entirely unexpected. Who can blame the experts?
Toronto was attempting to pull itself out of the basement of the AL East and somehow compete with the elite clubs in baseball. The Blue Jays led the league in free agents who they were "linked" to. The only problem was that none of those "linked" players ever put pen to paper on a contract. The front office must have felt cursed as they went about their business.
Then, the actual free agent they did sign ended up performing poorly for large stretches of the season.