Over the last couple of seasons, September baseball really hasn’t been all that enjoyable in Toronto. After having been treated to back to back postseason appearances in 2015-16, it’s not that easy to stay engaged when your team is more than 30 games behind the division leaders.
However, this season we got to see the start of a rebuild, which meant that the Blue Jays started to call up some talented youngsters and give them their first taste of the big leagues. We witnessed Lourdes Gurriel Jr. go on a historic streak of multi-hit games, Ryan Borucki make a significant impression in the starting rotation, and others like Danny Jansen make strong debuts in their first few weeks of action.