It took a lot longer than expected, and it was on the verge of slipping away, but the Blue Jays have won the American League East for the first time in a decade.

Alejandro Kirk’s first-inning grand slam put the Jays on top, and his fifth-inning homer gave him a career-high six RBIs as Toronto hammered the Tampa Bay Rays 13-4 in front of an ecstatic sold-out crowd at Rogers Centre on Sunday. The New York Yankees won too, but it didn’t matter.

CAPTAIN KIRK.

FIRST CAREER SLAM.

NO BETTER TIME. pic.twitter.com/MR6zUxQPrf — Toronto Blue Jays (@BlueJays) September 28, 2025

Toronto gets a bye in the first round of the playoffs, finishing with the best record in the American League ahead of the Yankees. Both had 94-68 records but Toronto owned the tiebreaker based on their head-to-head ma

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