NEW YORK -- This is what it looks like when a plan comes together, and it starts at the top.

The Blue Jays are off to the American League Championship Series for the first time since 2016, finally shaking off all the failed attempts to launch. The rebuild coming out of those ‘15 and ‘16 runs hasn’t been linear and hasn’t always been easy, but we’re finally seeing the roster -- and style of baseball -- that the Blue Jays’ front office has been chasing.

It takes trial and error. It takes good timing. Let’s not pretend it doesn’t take a little luck, too, but finally, the stars have aligned for a season where it’s felt like everything has gone right. What a breath of fresh air after 2024, the 74-win season that never felt like it was going anywhere. This turnaround wasn’t obvious, even in

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