It always seems as though the 2025 Toronto Blue Jays preform the best when their backs are against the wall, and the same goes for Sunday night's closer Jeff Hoffman. Hoffman, who's regular season had peaks in the sky and valleys in the gutter, may have just made up for all of his shortcomings with his massive shut down innings in the eigth and ninth.
He ran up his ERA to 4.37 this season, but when you're preforming in the postseason, when the lights are the brightest, that doesn't mean a thing.
Jeff Hoffman made up for all his regular season shortcomings with Game 6 performance
In the eigth inning, the heart and soul of the 2025 Mariners was due up, with switch-hitting catcher Cal Raleigh leading off, then switch-hitter Jorge Polanco and lefty Josh Naylor to round it out.