From the first day of spring training, to an uneven April and May, through a surging July and August then on to meaningful September baseball, it has been an invigorating renaissance season for the Toronto Blue Jays. Article content

And now it’s time for the good stuff: October baseball and all the magic it can deliver, loaded with the opportunity for the Jays to win a post-season game for the first time since 2016. Article content Article content

It has been quite a journey to get to this point for the current regime and player group, one that endured then rebounded from a last-place season a year ago.

But with fan popularity rollicking — both at the regularly sold out Rogers Centre and with booming TV ratings on Sportsnet — expectations are sky high for the top seed in the America

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