In their magical season of comebacks, the Toronto Blue Jays had one more up their sleeve on Monday night.
After finishing at the bottom of the AL East last season, the Blue Jays improved their record by 20 games and finished first this year, leading MLB in comeback wins (49). It was their first division title since 2015 and most wins (94) since 1993 — the last time they won it all.
Toronto steamrolled the New York Yankees in the ALDS, but ran into a much tougher Seattle Mariners team in the ALCS. The Blue Jays surprisingly lost the first two games at Roger Centre, where they had the best home record in the AL this year.
They rallied to win two of three in Seattle, bringing the series back to Toronto. Then they won Game 6, setting up a winner-take-all Game 7 with their first pennant