With the hard-to-stomach end to Game 7 of the World Series still fresh and painful, are the Blue Jays planning to stick with Jeff Hoffman as their closer? Article content

General manager Ross Atkins certainly didn’t sound like a man committed to that idea when he met with the media for his season-ending news conference on Thursday at the Rogers Centre. Article content Article content

When asked if he sees Hoffman, who surrendered a game-tying solo home run to light-hitting Miguel Rojas in the ninth inning of the Game 7 extra-innings loss to the Los Angeles Dodgers, returning as closer, Atkins didn’t exactly endorse the idea.

“The great thing about Jeff is he’s not married to that,” Atkins said in the news conference portion of his availability . “Talking about the cohesion and t

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