As shadows drifted across Camden Yards on Saturday, the Toronto Blue Jays appeared to be on a familiar path. Before blowing a late lead in a 6-5 loss to the Baltimore Orioles, they were in line for a season-high fifth straight win.The streak would’ve pushed Toronto above .500. It also would’ve echoed last year, when the Blue Jays rattled off five consecutive victories at the end of May, put a slow start behind them, got to .500 and never looked back. The rest of the story, you surely already know.But as Baltimore batters kept reaching against Jeff Hoffman in Saturday’s ninth, the game became a different sort of reminder: This season isn’t simply a mirror of 2025. If the Jays are going to claw above .500 again, find a spot in the postseason and go on another run, they’ll have to force the issue.“It’s not just going to happen,” Max Scherzer said earlier this month. “We’re not just going to go out there and go on a crazy winning streak. We have to go make that happen. The rest of the league doesn’t just lose on purpose.”There has been a comfort in Toronto’s slow start, knowing last year’s team faced a similar early slog. On May 27, 2025, the Jays were two games under .500. A year later, it was the exact same. But that comfort, Scherzer said at Tropicana Field in early May, is more for observers. Inside Toronto’s clubhouse, it is a new year.“You’ve got to come out every single day and beat them,” he said.The parallels, especially lately, have made that connection almost undeniable. Just like in 2025, the Jays have pulled off the sort of wins that seemed impossible. They overcame a five-run deficit Friday, besting the Orioles in a dramatic victory. Vladimir Guerrero Jr., with six hits in his last two games, might be heating up. As the weather warms, so have the Jays. Sounds like 2025.