The 2022 Wildcard series was essentially a contest to see who rebuilt better.

The Blue Jays had started a rebuild 6 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/;

2018 was also a frustrating year for Mariners fans. Not during the season, the season was the most celebrating Mariners fans got to do in a long time. Seattle racked up their most wins since 2003– 89 of ‘em.

And management looked the happy fans dead in the eye, and said “enjoy it!” and then mumbled much more quietly, “while you still can.” Because immediately after the season they shed all their good players in favor of a rebuild.

Upsetting at the time, but also kinda why 2022 has seen Julio Rodriguez, Luis Castiollo, Robbie Ray, and Cal Raleigh propel the Mariners to their first postseason in 21 years.

Written and produced by Clara Morris
Directed and edited by Jiazhen Zhang

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