Blue Jays executives reflect on deep playoff run, look forward to ’26 season

TORONTO — The pain of coming a couple outs away from a World Series title was still raw for Blue Jays president Mark Shapiro and general manager Ross Atkins on Thursday.They held end-of-season media availabilities five days after Toronto dropped a 5-4 decision to the Los Angeles Dodgers in Game 7 of the Fall Classic at Rogers Centre.
"It certainly wasn't the last out that we had envisioned," Atkins said. "But a lot leading up to it was what we had envisioned."It was a remarkable turnaround