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As you know, the Toronto Blue Jays are awaiting their opponent for the American League Championship Series, who will be participating for the first time since 2016 following a four-game victory over the New York Yankees in the Division Series.
On the other side of the bracket, the Detroit Tigers and Seattle Mariners find themselves on the brink of their duel, with the winner going on to face the Jays to be determined tonight (Friday).
Sleep well, Seattle. #SeizeTheMoment pic.twitter.com/miOXuFlwYF
– Seattle Mariners (@Mariners) October 10, 2025
But who should the Toronto team hope to face? Of course, no one in the organization will say it out loud, and who picks the worst, but let's take a look at the Blue Jays' potential opponents.
The Blue Jays have faced the Mariners six times in 2025, recording four wins in the process. However, the last time the two teams met was on May 11. So we can't rely too much on what happened in the regular season.
Since then, Seattle has made acquisitions at the trade deadline to improve its offense and was Major League Baseball's team of the hour during the month of September.
The starting rotation is perhaps the best in all of MLB, with arms such as Bryan Woo, Luis Castillo, Logan Gilbert and George Kirby. With a forward led by Big Dumper, Cal Raleigh, as well as the likes of Randy Arozarena, Julio Rodriguez, Josh Naylor and Eugenio Suarez, to name but a few, Seattle's offense would put far more pressure on the Blue Jays' gunners than the Yankees did.
The Mariners also made a big playoff comeback in 2022 against the Blue Jays.
George Springer was carted off the field after colliding with Bo Bichette while attempting to field a fly ball.
The Seattle Mariners tied the game on the play. pic.twitter.com/mi90CvBuK9
– ESPN (@espn) October 8, 2022
It's for these reasons that Toronto will probably be secretly cheering the Tigers on to victory tonight with Tarik Skubal on the mound.
Because, with the exception of Game 4 of their Division Series, the Tigers' offense has struggled to generate runs and have instead turned to opportunism to rack up wins. What's more, the Jays are a team with a low strikeout rate, while Detroit ranks in the top-5 in that regard.
Not to mention the fact that Skubal wouldn't be available until the third game of the series, and by then Toronto's offense could be having a field day at home against the Tigers' shaky rotation.
But don't take them lightly.
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