"Ross needs to get better."

Stop us if you've heard this one before, but Blue Jays' president/CEO Mark Shapiro reiterated – word for word – the same thing he said last year while saying that Ross Atkins will remain in his position as general manager.

We go through Shapiro's end-of-season media conference as well as Atkins' appearance that followed shortly after, sharing their comments and our interpretation of them. It wasn't as much of a debacle as last year, but it certainly wasn't good.