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 | | It didn’t hurt that last year’s Jays club was - at least until Halladay went down, and for a while after - quietly a very good club; as late as July, the Jays were still leading the division in Pythagorean standings, primarily on the shoulders of their division-best pitching staff. |
 | | While the offense didn’t have the pop of their three biggest division rivals, there were signs that it could develop; the Jays finished the season with 775 runs, good for 5th in the AL and 8th in all of Major League Baseball, a solid showing. |
 | | More interesting was their 4th place AL rank in OBP, as compared to a 10th place ranking in SLG, suggesting that what the Jays needed to become an offensive force was a little dose of power. |
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