The Toronto Blue Jays were supposed to have this series wrapped up—the Thanos of October baseball simply snapping away the competition. But it turns out that the Mariners had the real power all this time—they stole straight games off the Blue Jays. And with history in their favor, Toronto’s in a dangerous spot right now. MLB teams that take a 2-0 lead in the best-of-seven postseason series have gone on to advance almost 84% of the time.

Only a handful of teams, like Boston, have even crawled back from the hole they dug early on. Now the series shifts to Seattle, and the Mariners are completely armed with a rotation of George Kirby, Luis Castillo, and Bryan Woo. Essentially, they are ready to shut the door in front of their home crowd. So the harsh truth is that the momentum that Toronto h

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