Confident Blue Jays head home for playoff date with M's

The Blue Jays split a doubleheader with the Orioles Wednesday at Camden Yards. The team finished with a record of 92-70. They will play Seattle Mariners in a best-of-three American League wildcard series starting on Friday. John Schneider is confident his team will be a different team than the one that lost to Seattle in July. Seattle's rotation is a strength. The Jays had a 2-5 record against Seattle during the regular season. It's expected to be sold out at the Rogers Centre on the Friday afternoon. Blue Jay's lineup has a tendency to do well against good pitchers.

Manoah will start for the Blue Jays in the first game of the playoff against the Mariners. Schneider is unsure about the second game's starting pitcher. The game will be played in Seattle. The winner will play the Seattle Mariners in a potential World Series.

The Blue Jays are favourites in the best-of-three playoff series against the Mariners. The Jays had a 2-5 record against them during the regular season. They had 92 wins at the end of the season, but it wasn't enough to cash a bet if you bet on them to go over 92.5 wins.

The opener of the best-of-three series is scheduled for 4:07 p.m. on Friday at Rogers Centre. Game 2 is on Saturday at the same time. The game is the first post-season game in Toronto since 2016.

The Jays are hoping to have one or both of Lourdes Gurriel Jr. or Santiago Espinal available for Friday's game. Both players flew home early Wednesday to get in some hitting and defensive work at the Rogers Centre. Gabriel Moreno's three-run homer in the first game of the season-ending double header was his first in big leagues.