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Toronto Blue Jays: The Worst Managed Franchise in MLB

By Tyson Shushkewich

TORONTO, ON - APRIL 28: Vladimir Guerrero Jr. #27 (R) of the Toronto Blue Jays and Marcus Stroman #6 (L) look on from the dugout during MLB game action against the Oakland Athletics at Rogers Centre on April 28, 2019 in Toronto, Canada. (Photo by Tom Szczerbowski/Getty Images)
TORONTO, ON - APRIL 28: Vladimir Guerrero Jr. #27 (R) of the Toronto Blue Jays and Marcus Stroman #6 (L) look on from the dugout during MLB game action against the Oakland Athletics at Rogers Centre on April 28, 2019 in Toronto, Canada. (Photo by Tom Szczerbowski/Getty Images) /
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Attendance is in the Toilet

Even though they are not the worst attended team in the MLB (sorry Miami), the Blue Jays are still seeing a massive dip in attendance compared to the past few years.

Let us put this into perspective. The Blue Jays currently have a promotion on for $5 dollar beers every game and a ton of other concession deals and they still can’t pull in more than 20,000 fans on a weekend game.

Need more evidence? Alright.

Monday, May 20, 2019 is a holiday in Canada called Victoria Day (because we love the queen). The Blue Jays are playing a home game against the Boston Red Sox with David Price on the mound of the Sox.

You would think the fans would come out in droves to see Canada’s only baseball team take on the defending World Series Champions.

It was then announced prior to the game that the Blue Jays will be giving prospect phenom Vladimir Guerrero Jr. a scheduled day off for the Monday game.

THE ONLY PLAYER FANS WANT TO SEE IN A BLUE JAYS UNIFORM AND HE IS SITTING ON A HOLIDAY GAME DAY.

ARE YOU OUT OF YOUR MIND?!?

Everybody in Toronto is talking about Vladdy and the one game where fans have potential to show up and you sit him for a day off?

I get time and player management, but you were just on the road for the past week and you didn’t think it would be a good idea to sit him on one of those games?

I don’t care about the Chicago White Sox attendance, sit him during one of those games.

He is also 20 years old, it’s not like he has been through the ringer for the past 10-15 years.

You still not satisfied? Here we go.

The Toronto Blue Jays are really the only ones to blame for the lack of attendance because coming into a rebuilding year, they raised their ticket prices and I can tell you I have my own personal research on this one.

Last year I attended a game against the Tampa Bay Rays on a weekend date and I paid a total of $18 CDN for an upper bowl ticket within the first 5 rows.

This year I attended a game with the same team, date, and section, and I paid over $24 CDN.

The same goes for when the Jays play Tampa in Toronto on July 27.

Currently there are no real promotions like a bobblehead or jersey, and tickets are currently at $33.50 CDN for the upper bowl, further back than the first 5 rows.

Toronto fans are a real fickle bunch, and will really only show up when the team is winning.

With that being said, the team is obvious not slated to contend this year and fan attendance was most likely going to drop.

But when the organization keeps star players sitting on key dates and has no plan bringing down ticket prices, I am going to keep watching games at home.

My beer only cost $2 and I got it yesterday.

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