For the Toronto Blue Jays, Nathan Lukes is the man who delivered big hits after George Springer set the table. He delivered big moments again and again, and especially in the 2025 postseason when the Jays needed a strong lefty hand just when they needed a man after a season full of injury and patchwork. But wait!

Before the huge game-tying single in the ALCS against the Mariners or a massive two-run single to help beat the Yankees in the ALDS, or becoming the man for the Blue Jays in the World Series, he is right now the 31-year-old who was a grinder who almost gave up.

This new postseason hero was never some young phenom. And before becoming a household name, he spent nearly 10 years playing 733 games in the minor leagues. One who never lived that life can never imagine how hard it wa

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