Vladimir Guerrero Jr. Issues Warning to NY Yankees After Blue Jays Clinch 2025 Postseason Berth

Following the game, a celebratory Vladimir Guerrero Jr. expressed that the job was not done yet. In a warning to the Yankees, the first baseman claimed that they (Blue Jays) now want the division title.

The job is not finished. We want to win the division.

Vladimir Guerrero Jr. said as per Keegan Matheson

The Blue Jays currently lead the Yankees by 2 games. They also hold the tiebreaker against them with an 8-5 record. With just 6 games remaining, the Toronto-based outfit would be hoping to avoid any setback and clinch its first division crown since 2015.

Blue Jays hoping to get byes straight to ALDS

The Toronto Blue Jays are the first American League team to clinch a spot in the playoffs this year. The AL East leaders are now hoping to clinch the title and get a bye straight to the American League Division Series (ALDS).

The Blue Jays currently occupy the best record in the AL at 90-66. With the Seattle Mariners leading the AL West by 3 games with an 87-69 record following a 3-game sweep of the Houston Astros, and the Detroit Tigers hanging on to the lead at the AL Central by 1 game with an 85-71 record, the Blue Jays will be hoping to keep their winning run going and get one of the 2 byes.

The two top-seeded teams in the playoffs will get a first-round bye from the Wild Card and appear straight in the ALDS. The Wild Card series has been the one that has broken the hearts of the Blue Jays in recent seasons.

The team has lost all 3 of their previous Wild Card series with a 0-2 score. They lost 2-0 to the Minnesota Twins in 2023, 2-0 to the Seattle Mariners in 2022 and 2-0 to the Tampa Bay Rays in 2020 and have not won a single game.

The last time the Blue Jays played in the Division Series was in 2016, when they swept the Texas Rangers 3-0 in a rematch of the 2015 ALDS. They went on to lose 4-1 against the Cleveland Guardians in the American League Championship Series (ALCS).

The Blue Jays will now face their two division rivals, the Boston Red Sox and the Tampa Bay Rays, in their final homestand. Meanwhile, the New York Yankees, who still have a small chance to clinch the title depending on other results, take on the Chicago White Sox and the Baltimore Orioles.