Arjun Nimmala had four hits for New Hampshire and Nolan Perry struck out eight in five innings. Both of them are handling their promotions just fine. Austin Cates also made his first start in AA and he did OK. NH, Vancouver and the FCL Jays all won. Buffalo and Dunedin faced tough pitching.

Vancouver and Dunedin had walk off wins. Buffalo scored two in the top of the eleventh to have the next best thing to a walk off. The FCL season started and the Jays won by a run. New Hampshire's game was postponed in the fourth.

Arjun Nimmala is being promoted to New Hampshire. Nimmala was hitting .132 on April 17th. Since then he has hit in ten of 13 games and raised his average by over 100 points and his OPS by 250, so he looks like he is ready. Austin Cates is also going to NH. That is more of a surprise as Cates has the highest ERA of Vancouvers starters. He may be promoted because he is the second oldest with the oldest being Danny Thompson Jr who is new to starting. However NH do have five starters so either one is injured, or going on the development list (Stanifer?), or Cates is going to the bullpen (less likely). Finally Nolan Perry has earned his promotion and it will be interesting to see how he fares there.

Spring training has begun and players from all levels of the org are getting a chance to show what they can do. The WBC will disturb spring training this season but it gives some of the AAA and AA players an opportunity.

With a potential lockout post 2026 I have been thinking about the payroll spread that is such a big issue - and it does suck, even as a Jays fan and our team is spending money. Imagine Rays fans (all 100 of them).

So now that Bo is gone we can start to think about his legacy and where he ranks with the greatest Blue Jay shortstops.

So it is Christmas, a time to be thankful for everything in life. What is everyone here thankful for this year?

The winter meetings are underway. These meetings are less of a big deal now with all the modern communication methods. But free agents and their agents head to the meetings to try and get a deal. Dylan Cease and Scott Boras will take to the stage with the Jays brass on Tuesday to discuss his signing.

Now that we've had an amazing 2025, what does the future hold for this team?  Let's look at projections and top free agents to start

A house of cards
A castle made of sand

Because fresh thread is badly needed, and it can't wait for me to finish what I'm working on. But here's something.

The Jays have punched their ticket, but the other three LCS participants are still to be determined.

For this offday lets look at some Jays playoff records

No pressure, kid.

And so it begins....

As we head into the playoffs as the Eastern Division Champions (best record in the AL for the first time since 1993) just what have the Jays used in the past and what should we expect this time?  How does the current lineup stack up to ones of past playoff teams here?