The 2022 Wildcard series pitted the long-suffering Toronto Blue Jays against the longer-suffering Seattle Mariners. This was essentially a contest to see who rebuilt better.
The Blue Jays had started a rebuild six years prior, relying on a third-best-in-baseball farm system boasting the likes of Vlad Guerrero Jr, Bo Bichette, and Teoscar Hernandez. It takes time for talent to develop and Toronto had no interest in rushing their young talent. Well, the Toronto Blue Jays front office had no interest in rushing, the city of Toronto was dying for the young guys to be called up and pissed at management for making them wait — most likely because
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