Looking back at all Blue Jays playoff opponents as first meeting with New York Yankees looms

History will be made when the Toronto Blue Jays finally take on an historic division rival in the playoffs this weekend.

Sure, they did play fellow American League East club Tampa Bay in the 2020 wild card series, and beat the Baltimore Orioles in a 2016 wild card game, but with apologies to the Rays or Orioles, they aren’t really the same calibre of arch-rival as either the New York Yankees or Boston Red Sox.

Those juggernauts battled it out Thursday night for a spot in the American League Division Series and the Yankees won a second straight game after dropping the opener, to advance to play a Jays team that finished with the same record through 162 games.

Most Jays fans don’t harbour much ill will toward either the Rays, who joined the AL East only when they were added as an expansio