As many of you have read elsewhere, Vlad has signed a 14 year $500 million deal to be here for his career (covers to age 40).

Chris Georges, Vancouver Canadians Broadcaster, 2025 Season Preview.

It seems as though the pitchers are ahead this early in the season. The Blue Jay pitchers, below AAA, have been excellent. The three starters on Sunday did not allow a run. Rafael Sanchez, Juaron Watts-Brown and Austin Cates were each excellent. Only two of the teams, New Hampshire and Vancouver, won. Dunedin lost. Buffalo were rained out again.

Two wins and two rainouts on Saturday. Jackson Wentworth had a great pro debut for Vancouver while Jaden Rudd was an RBI machine for Dunedin.

It was a rough start to 2025 for the affiliates. No wins and five losses.

The first road trip, ten games in ten days, kicks off in the borough of Queens.

Whoops!

Buffalo 3 Memphis 15

"First in war, first in peace, last in the American League."

Boy, those were the days.

Buffalo Bisons get the minor league season started this afternoon. New Hampshire, Vancouver and Dunedin start a week from tonight. The Florida Complex League starts in May.

We do seem to be in better spirits than around this time last year, don't we...

Spring training is over and the Jays had the best record in the Florida side of spring training, so playoffs are guaranteed, right?

Obviously a big concern in MLB (especially with guys like Cole going down) is how many starters do you need if you are to contend in 2025? 5? 6? 16? Hard to say. Also how badly does the quality drop after the first 5? Let's do some digging.

There are eleven games left in spring training so it is time for a new thread.