Reason for optimism: More than any other team in the American League, the Blue Jays are made to dominate the regular season.
Reason for pessimism: It might not be a team built to do the same in the postseason.
Occasionally (the Boston Red Sox last year and the Baltimore Orioles this year as examples), teams that legitimately believe they have a chance to make the playoffs enter the season with a roster designed to win a bunch of 7-5 games. As scoring has dropped in baseball over the last five years (largely due to an increased use of bullpen specialists and a rise in the level of performance by No. 1 starters), that's been a foolish strategy -- and one I've been eager to bet against.
Toronto enters this season with that same style of roster, just with one major difference -- the Blue Jays are more than equipped to pull it off.