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It’s not entirely Alex Anthopoulos’ fault that the Blue Jays were supposed to be the “it” team of the 2011-12 offseason.

After all, team president Paul Beeston hinted last winter it might not be long before the franchise’s player payroll had doubled. And Rogers Communications was indeed flush with cash. And the Blue Jays did have 166 wins over the past two slogs through the AL East, which, incidentally, extended to four their run of consecutive fourth-place finishes, despite being six games over .500 in that time.

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