{"id":10047,"date":"2025-09-29T04:12:00","date_gmt":"2025-09-29T08:12:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.betting.ca\/news\/?p=10047"},"modified":"2025-09-29T06:17:13","modified_gmt":"2025-09-29T10:17:13","slug":"toronto-blue-jays-clinch-american-league-east-and-top-seed-with-excellent-finale","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.betting.ca\/news\/toronto-blue-jays-clinch-american-league-east-and-top-seed-with-excellent-finale","title":{"rendered":"Blue Jays Clinch AL East and Top Seed With Excellent Finale"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"380\" height=\"250\" src=\"http:\/\/www.betting.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/09\/toronto-blue-jays-clinch-2025-american-league-east-title.jpg\" alt=\"Toronto Blue Jays clinch 2025 AL East title\" class=\"wp-image-10048\" style=\"width:300px\" title=\"Toronto Blue Jays Clinch American League East and Top Seed With Excellent Finale\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><strong>Summary:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The Blue Jays secured the AL East with a remarkable 13\u20134 victory over the Tampa Bay Rays on the final day of the season.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>John Schneider\u2019s side claimed the No. 1 seed in the American League and a direct spot in the American League Division Series.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Players called the season emotional and special, with fans celebrating.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.betting.ca\/news\/yainer-diazs-late-homer-sinks-toronto-blue-jays-in-3-2-loss-to-houston-astros\">Toronto Blue Jays who lost to the Astros recently<\/a>, saved their biggest statement for the very last day of the regular season. With a commanding 13\u20134 victory over the Tampa Bay Rays on Sunday, they clinched the American League East crown, a finish few outside their own clubhouse believed possible back in April.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed aligncenter is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The Toronto Blue Jays are the kings of the AL East \ud83d\udc51<br><br>(MLB x <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/budweiserusa?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@BudweiserUSA<\/a>) <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/uQOJymCQWL\">pic.twitter.com\/uQOJymCQWL<\/a><\/p>&mdash; MLB (@MLB) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MLB\/status\/1972424231205154904?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 28, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"vladimir-guerrero-jr-we-did-it-this-year\">Vladimir Guerrero Jr.: \u201cWe Did It This Year\u201d<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Despite many somber predictions envisioning the team slowly becoming irrelevant by mid-summer, this season turned out to be something else entirely for the Jays that currently holds the top seed in the American League and a direct path to the ALDS, not to mention the entire weight of a country and the hope of a fan base still dreaming of the franchise\u2019s first World Series since 1993.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.betting.ca\/news\/toronto-blue-jays-to-announce-14-year-mega-deal-with-vladimir-guerrrero-jr\">Vladimir Guerrero Jr.<\/a><\/strong> with champagne dripping from his jersey summed it up best as celebrations spilled onto the Rogers Centre field.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>There\u2019s been a lot of ups and downs, losing, crying, happiness, but thank God, we did it this year<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>The heartfelt party was joined by manager <strong>John Schneider<\/strong>, who spoke live with Sportsnet\u2019s Hazel Mae while looking up to see his entire team gathered behind him in front of the dugout.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>These guys are my second family. You sacrifice time with your own family to be with these guys and have a common goal. I\u2019ll never forget that. I love that Hazel called some guys out. It was really cool for me to take a mental picture of what was going on in front of the dugout.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"division-reset\">Division Reset<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Toronto\u2019s rise means a reset in a division long dominated by the Yankees and Red Sox. Instead of running the show, those two giants will square off in a Wild Card series just to earn the right to face the Jays in Toronto.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Veteran pitcher <strong>Kevin Gausman<\/strong>, who started the clinching game, spoke about what this title means beyond <a href=\"https:\/\/www.betting.ca\/baseball\">baseball<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>Winning the division means a little bit more here. 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