TORONTO — Drafted fourth overall 19 years ago, Jason Grilli has developed a certain appreciation for meaningful baseball in September. That has the 39-year-old with 14 seasons in the major leagues savouring this Toronto Blue Jays run, even if the month of September, up to this point anyway, hasn’t exactly been what the club was hoping for. “Some guys go their whole career without getting a chance to know what playoff baseball’s like,” Grilli said. The owner of six straight scoreless appearances, Grilli was given the night off from bridge-to-Roberto-Osuna duties when the Blue Jays broke open a 3-0 game with a four-run seventh inning. That’s why they say Mr. October is the guy that can relish it and enjoy it.”First and foremost, the Blue Jays are simply hoping a few Mr. Septembers show up in order to get them to October.

Source: National Post September 24, 2016 04:30 UTC