For the first time since 2015, the Toronto Blue Jays won the AL East. While they had the same record (94-68) as the New York Yankees, a tiebreaker between the two teams allowed the Blue Jays to win their first division crown in ten years. Now, as the AL's top seed, Toronto is currently on a bye, awaiting the winner of the Yankees-Boston Red Sox AL Wild Card series. Part of the Jays' preparation for the ALDS is intrasquad games. During an intrasquad matchup on Thursday, team beat reporter Keegan Matheson reported via X, formerly Twitter, that veteran starter Chris Bassitt struck out slugger Vladimir Guerrero Jr . on a slow-motion curveball.

“Chris Bassitt struck out Daulton Varsho, then got Vladimir Guerrero swinging through strike three on a 69-mph curveball, which I expect Vladdy

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