Buck Martinez reminisces about the Blue Jays clubhouse vibes in 2025

Toronto Blue Jays fans weren't the only ones who were impressed by the camaraderie within the team in 2025. Buck Martinez recently told Hot Stove on MLB Network, "This, to me, was the best clubhouse I've ever seen in the Toronto Blue Jays franchise history."

Martinez would know a thing or two about the Blue Jays' clubhouse. He played the final six seasons of his MLB career in Toronto from 1981 to 1986. After his retirement, he became a colour analyst for the Blue Jays, followed by a brief stint as the manager of Toronto between 2001 and 2002. After spending time as part of the Baltimore Orioles broadcast team, he returned to the Blue Jays in 2010.

Buck Martinez reminisces about the Blue Jays clubhouse vibes in 2025

If there's anyone who can speak to the character of the Blue Jays over the years, it's Martinez. Since returning to the Blue Jays' broadcast team in 2010, he's seen countless players come and go with varying levels of success. While this is high praise from Martinez, it's not particularly surprising.

Throughout the regular and postseason, the Blue Jays' clubhouse atmosphere was credited for the team's turnaround from last in the AL East in 2024 to the World Series in 2025. Never was that more apparent than in the post-game interviews following the Blue Jays' loss in Game 7 of the World Series against the LA Dodgers. Seemingly every player on the team gushed about how much they had enjoyed playing with each other. Many of the players wives posted to social media about how close the team had been.

The closeness of the Blue Jays' clubhouse seems to have been a selling point during the offseason. Just days after the end of the World Series, starting pitcher Shane Bieber opted in to his player option with the team for 2026. Later in November, the Blue Jays signed another starting pitcher, Dylan Cease, to a seven-year, $210 million deal. Cease credited the clubhouse vibes as one of the reasons he chose Toronto in free agency.

“There wasn’t a negative thing about the organization in general that I heard," Cease said during an appearance on OverDrive on TSN1050. "And on top of that, to hear that the clubhouse was as strong and together as it was, it makes sense. They almost won the World Series. I think the proof is in the pudding.”