Nobody’s saying the Jays are buried, but pointing to a hot stretch from last season doesn’t mean this year’s issues just disappear. Injuries have played a role, sure, but other teams deal with injuries too. At some point, the hitters still need to step up and produce more consistently instead of living off what they did over one stretch last year.
Even before they went on the IL, guys like Barger, Kirk and Springer weren't really tearing the cover off the ball. Granted, small sample size, but still.
We can't just expect everything to exactly happen as last season.