Last year’s Blue Jays were a marvel of a turnaround story. They were coming off a 74-win, last-place finish, eight years removed from their most recent playoff victory. Entering 2025, many pundits (ahem) looked at Toronto and saw an aging roster in need of a hard reset.
Instead, the Blue Jays doubled down. They inked homegrown superstar Vladimir Guerrero Jr. to a monster contract extension, were aggressive at the trade deadline and won the AL East en route to a World Series run. It’s a worst-to-first turn that every basement-dwelling team dreams of.
