After clinching an American League wild card over the weekend, the Toronto Blue Jays are back in the post-season for the second year in a row and the third time in four years.
the Jays and Twins went 3-3 against each other this year, and the betting markets have this as the tightest of the four matchups in the wild-card round. Minnesota is the consensus favourite, but only by a very slight margin at most sportsbooks.
The Blue Jays haven't won a playoff game since 2016, when Jose Bautista, Edwin Encarnacion, Josh Donaldson and company reached their second consecutive AL Championship Series. In its only two post-season appearances since then, Toronto got swept in the first round by Tampa Bay (2020) and Seattle (2022). But Minnesota is mired in a much worse drought. The Twins have somehow lost 18 consecutive post-season games, a record for a major
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