Toronto Blue Jays Clinch Grapefruit League Championship With Spring Training Victory

It may not count for much, but the Toronto Blue Jays will end the spring as champions.

The Blue Jays held on for a 2-1 win over the Minnesota Twins on Saturday, improving to 17-10 so far in spring training. Max Scherzer got credit for the victory, tossing 4.0 scoreless innings to open the contest.

A loss by the Boston Red Sox dropped them into a tie for second place in the Grapefruit League standings at 15-11, right alongside the Houston Astros. No matter what happens over the next few days, Toronto will be able to claim at least a share of the Grapefruit League crown.

Toronto's plus-26 run differential is also the best of any MLB team playing its preseason games in Florida.

Winning a month-long exhibition league is nothing to write home about, but it could be a promising sign of things to come for the Blue Jays in 2025.

The Baltimore Orioles and Los Angeles Dodgers won the Grapefruit League and Cactus League, respectively, in 2024. Both went on to make the playoffs, with the latter ultimately winning the World Series.

And yet, Blue Jays fans and media members alike have turned the so-called title into a running joke of sorts, comparing the 2025 Golden Grapefruit to their 1992 and 1993 World Series runs.