After the Blue Jays called Danny Jansen up to the big leagues this summer and he flourished in his first few games, it wasn’t hard to see the writing on the wall for the future.
Jansen looks like the real deal, and might be the first home grown catcher the Blue Jays have developed in a very long time, with all due respect to guys like J.P. Arencibia. He’s also arriving a year before the expiration of Russell Martin‘s current contract, assuming he can stick with the big league club next year as the league adjusts to him.