It's hard to find the right words.

Roy Halladay did today in a plane crash. He was the pilot and lone occupant. Roy was one of the Blue Jay greats with a tremendous story of struggle and renewal. His journey down to A ball from the major leagues, his re-making his delivery and his return to success was a great story and an inspiration to many young pitchers.

The current Veterans committee is to debate the "Modern Baseball Era" Voting is on December 10th and there are ex-Jays on the ballot.

With the World Series now over, MLB front offices start to work on getting ready for 2018. Players can declare free agency today. Teams have five days to clean up their 60 day DL and to issue qualifying offers to their free agents.

So we have a few Jays up for good awards this year...

It's Brandon Morrow versus Francisco Liriano... plus a bunch of other guys...

That wasn't much fun.

A big question for 2018 is what is the Jays Payroll and how much is already used up?

Every year some minor shifting goes on for the Jays top 10 all-time best seasons in category xyz. Most of us heard about Bautista's setting the Jays strikeout record but what other things did the Jays players in 2017 do to get on the leaderboards?

The AL Wild Card game features the Twins in Yankee Stadium. Colorado-Arizona is tomorrow.

This debacle of a season is almost over with just three afternoon games to go.

The Jays take to the road for the final time this season. First stop is Boston where the Sox are still looking for three more wins, or Yankee losses, to win the division. The Jays have been playing better recently but heading into Boston is always a tough trip.

The final home series of a lost and losing season. But hey - a hidden ball trick!

The series thread has taken a bit of a U-turn so I am setting up a fresh thread for tonight's game for those who want to discuss the action on the field.

The last homestand of the season begins. The last homestand for Jose Bautista in a Blue Jay uniform too.