A depressing state of affairs in Toronto.
Do Atkins and Shapiro even know they work for the Jays? Given a contender and the best attendance and viewership. Atkins and Shapiro raise prices, resign no one, trade no one and shop at the Dollarama.
Enjoy your lack of ticket sales and viewership you earned it.
They inherited a contender who had very short window of contention left. Pretty much every player that made the Jays a contender has declined drastically since the end of the 2016 season, either due to age or injury.
The top 10 position players by fWAR from the 2015 season produced 33 fWAR over the entire season, those same 10 players have produced 3.4 fWAR in 2018 for whatever team they play for now.
The top 10 position players by fWAR from the 2016 season produced 25.1 fWAR over the entire season, those same 10 players have produced 4.0 fWAR in 2018 for whatever team they play for now.
No matter who was in charge, that type of decline from your top players would be very difficult to overcome, a rebuild was always around the corner. Most publications have the Jays with a top 5 farm system and there are some interesting players with control on the MLB team right now. There is also lots of money coming off the books over the next few years.
I'm actually pretty optimistic for the future of the Jays.