The two remaining Blue Jay farm teams begin their playoff push tonight. The New Hampshire Fisher Cats and the Lansing Lugnuts both start at home in their series.
Major league teams talk about the importance of playoffs for development. Its not the winning they value, its the increased intensity and pressure. That gives the teams, and the prospects, the closest approximation to the major league atmosphere that they can find. So tonight, the teams will make sure the players they value the most get to play. A player might come up from the team below just to get the experience.