Haven't been writing much in these parts lately, and seeing as this is one of my favourite annual traditions...

For 2025 the Jays need to figure out where they are weak vs MLB, and where they are strong. What they can improve on and by how much.

So what does Dodgers-Yankees do for the notion that the post-season is a crap shoot? When the team with the most wins in the AL meets the team with the most wins in the NL?

And then there were four.

Preliminaries are out of the way. Eight teams still standing. But who do I cheer for?

Article on Sportsnet Ross Atkins to return as Blue Jays GM in 2025 https://www.sportsnet.ca/mlb/article/ross-atkins-to-return-as-blue-jays-gm-in-2025/

We are more or less agreed that sometimes a team's W-L record doesn't tell their story clear and true.

Season Four Episode 5 Vancouver Canadians Season Wrap Up with Vancouver Canadians Broadcaster Chris Georges.

Vancouver 4 Spokane 3
Somerset 8 New Hampshire 2
Buffalo 6 Gwinnett 3

Boxscores

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Back from a week+ away - did anything interesting happen? Oh, it did.

Seems required. The story so far:

I figure this is what we are all thinking about with the Jays odds at FanGraphs for playoffs down to 1.1% now. (2.7% at Baseball Prospectus). So lets do a thread for just this.