TORONTO – Game 6 of the 2015 American League Championship Series was tied 3-3 when the Toronto Blue Jays handed the ball to Roberto Osuna in the bottom of the eighth inning. They’d just drawn level with the Kansas City Royals on Jose Bautista’s second homer of the night, and after coming out of a rain delay, believing their then-20-year-old closer was the best option for a quick zero.

Instead, the speedy Lorenzo Cain worked a leadoff walk, and when Eric Hosmer dunked a ball down the right-field line, he turned for home as Bautista relayed the ball back to the infield, scoring what turned out to be the series’ decisive run.

Gutting as it was, the Blue Jays at the time felt they went down with their best available pitcher on the mound, and it’s worth remembering that result after perhaps t

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