"Before the 2025 season began, none of the experts were putting their money on the Toronto Blue Jays to win the division, let alone make the playoffs. In fact in the preseason predictions by the CBS Sports reporters, only two of them picked the Blue Jays finishing higher than fifth - and that was R.J. Anderson and Matt Snyder who both thought the Blue Jays would finish fourth."
"Going into the year though, the analytical projections also didn't favor the Blue Jays with FanGraphs giving Toronto just a 43.6% chance to make the playoffs and PECOTA projected the top of the AL East to be a battle between the New York Yankees and the Baltimore Orioles. However, they were a little more generous on where Toronto would finish, giving the Blue Jays a simulated record of 85.1 wins, placing them third in the AL East."
CBS Sports reporters predicted Toronto would finish fifth or lower, with only R.J. Anderson and Matt Snyder projecting a fourth-place finish. The Blue Jays added Anthony Santander for power, strengthened the bullpen with Jeff Hoffman and Yimi Garcia, signed Max Scherzer to the rotation, and acquired Andrés Giménez for defense up the middle. The roster still featured Vladimir Guerrero Jr., Bo Bichette, George Springer, Kevin Gausman, José Berrios, and Chris Bassitt as stable leaders. Analytical models were mixed: FanGraphs gave a 43.6% playoff chance while PECOTA simulated an 85.1-win season and third place in the AL East.
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