The Toronto Blue Jays are unfortunately doing their best Toronto Maple Leafs impression, down 2-0 to the Seattle Mariners as their best-of-seven American League Championship Series (ALCS) heads to Seattle for tonight’s 8:08 p.m. ET Game 3.

Pop those bottles and queue up Frank Sinatra — the Toronto Blue Jays are heading to the American League Championship Series (ALCS) for the first time since 2016 after eliminating the NY Yankees on Wednesday. With their ALCS opponent still TBD, let’s recap the Jays’ team effort that has them just four wins away from a World Series appearance.

Consider this your sign to call in sick, because all four MLB playoffs best-of-five Divisional Series could be decided during today’s quadruple-header of elimination contests. You can’t help but get excited when there’s October baseball on the docket.

The Toronto Blue Jays are officially one win away from their first American League Championship Series (ALCS) since 2016 after an explosive first two divisional series games vs. the NY Yankees. Feeling oh so savage with Game 3 and the chance to advance on deck tomorrow.

Yesterday marked just the second time in baseball’s long history with three winner-take-all games on the same day. Take a deep breath and steady that heart rate as we recap what went down on the diamond in the best-of-three Wild Card round.

But wait, there’s more baseball. With the best-of-three Wild Card done and dusted, it’s on to the best-of-five Divisional Series, with four teams each remaining from the American League (AL) and National League (NL). That’s right, it’s time for the well-rested Toronto Blue Jays to shine after enjoying a first-round bye. So ready for takeoff.

And just like that, the MLB playoffs are underway with yesterday’s mostly low-scoring but always high-stakes quadruple-header of Wild Card action. This opening round is best-of-three, meaning the divisional series will be set by the next time we talk. Blink and you’ll miss it.

Happy MLB postseason to all who celebrate. That’s right, the playoffs begin today at 1:08 p.m. ET with 12 of the league’s 30 teams swinging to hoist the World Series trophy. Today’s newsletter has everything you need to know before the first pitch — and to help complete your pro baseball playoff bracket challenge. Play ball.

The still-chaotic push for the MLB playoffs — and toward our men’s pro baseball bracket challenge — continues ahead of Sunday’s regular-season finale. That said, a different race is grabbing headlines, with Seattle Mariners superstar Cal Raleigh chasing NY Yankees slugger Aaron Judge’s single-season American League (AL) home run record.

The MLB playoff picture remains chaotic as ever with just five days remaining in the regular season and four spots of 12 still unclaimed. Luckily, there’s no robot needed to make a call on the latest.

It’s here — no, not Justin Bieber’s latest surprise album, we’re talking about the high-stakes series between the American League (AL)–leading Toronto Blue Jays and their divisional foes, the NY Yankees.

The Milwaukee Brewers’ franchise record 14-game win streak was snapped with yesterday’s narrow 3–2 extra inning loss to the Cincinnati Reds, but the Brew Crew’s rise to the top of the MLB standings is still the talk of the diamond.