As the regular season approaches its final two weeks, the Toronto Blue Jays are eyeing a playoff berth. The team’s magic number to secure a spot in the postseason is currently four. This means that any combination of four Blue Jays wins or Texas Rangers losses will guarantee Toronto's advancement to the playoffs.

To illustrate, if the Blue Jays, with a record of 87-62, win four more games while the Rangers, sitting at 79-71, win all their remaining 12 games, both teams would finish with 91 wins. However, Toronto holds the tiebreaker, allowing them to advance.

The Blue Jays have been in a strong position for the playoffs for the past month, making their potential clinch feel somewhat anticlimactic. This is a significant turnaround from last year when their playoff hopes dwindled before the trade deadline, and they were eliminated on the final day of the 2021 season.

Fans are also focused on the magic number for winning the American League East. Following a loss to the Boston Red Sox, the New York Yankees fell to 83-66, which has shifted the Blue Jays’ magic number for the division title to nine. Any combination of nine Blue Jays wins or Yankees losses will secure the AL East title for Toronto. If both teams finish with 96 wins, Toronto would still take first place due to the tiebreaker.

Major League Baseball has removed the winner-take-all Game 163, which previously determined tiebreakers.

In the current standings, the Blue Jays have a 2.5-game lead over the Detroit Tigers, who are at 85-65, for the best record in the American League and home-field advantage throughout the playoffs. The top two teams in the league will bypass the wild-card round and head directly to the division series.

The Yankees are four games behind the Blue Jays, while the Red Sox trail by 5.5 games. With the tiebreaker in their favor, Toronto effectively has a 3.5-game lead over Detroit, a five-game lead over New York, and a 6.5-game lead over Boston.

The Blue Jays have 13 games remaining in the season, with a strength of schedule rated at .500. They will play six home games against the Red Sox and Rays, and seven road games against the Rays and Royals.

In comparison, the Yankees also have 13 games left, with a strength of schedule of .468, while the Red Sox have 12 games remaining with a strength of .509. The Tigers will play 12 games, with a strength of schedule of .498.