It's surprising and its also not. Tampa had an insane start to the Season but since that time they have been a lot more human trading wins and losses more often than not.
You got your surprise teams like Texas and Baltimore who have both been consistently good teams. But not really going on any extended runs.
American League is certainly wide open to a lot of teams. And feels the Jays have under performed record wise. But I still feel if the Jays run into any team with 2 or 3 good starters in the playoffs they are in a lot of trouble. They just aren't scoring runs at any kind of consistent base. It usually takes an unsung hero like a Cavan Biggio, Danny Jansen, or Kevin Kiermaier to win a game if the top of the order isn't performing. The middle part of the lineup is just really rough and the bottom of the order is basically Danny Jansen running into one or Kevin Kiermaier having a good game turning over the lineup.