Here's Where Toronto Blue Jays Stand in Playoff After Loss to Texas Rangers

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The Toronto Blue Jays and Texas Rangers are currently at Globe Life Field in Arlington, Texas, playing a weekend series that has a good chance of ultimately deciding their respective seasons.

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The Blue Jays and Rangers entered game one of the series Friday both one game below .500 and two games out of the final wild card spot in the American League, which is currently occupied by the Chicago White Sox.

Toronto ended up losing Friday's game against Texas by a score of 7-1. The Blue Jays stayed two games out of the playoff spot whereas the Rangers moved to one game behind the wild card spot after the White Sox lost to the Detroit Tigers on Friday.

The Blue Jays are still in control of their own destiny, but have very little room for error from this point to the end of the regular season.

The American League East crown is out of the question for the Blue Jays and has been for a while. Following their loss, they're 17.5 games out of first place in the division.

This leaves the wild card as the only option for Toronto, with Chicago and the Rangers as the only teams ahead of the Blue Jays in the playoff standings.

There are still several teams alive for a playoff spot behind the Blue Jays, leaving room for the team to let their playoff destiny slip away.

Behind Toronto in the standings, who are still alive, are: the Baltimore Orioles (three games back), the Tigers (five games back), the Seattle Mariners (six games back) and Minnesota Twins (six games back).

The Blue Jays have two more games against Texas, with the second of a three-game set taking place at 5:05 p.m. ET at Globe Life Field. The third game of the series will take place 12:35 p.m. PT on Sunday.

Following the series against the Rangers, Toronto will have six more games remaining in the regular season: one on the road and one at home.

The Blue Jays will play the Orioles for three games from Sept. 21-23 at Camden Yards in Baltimore and the Cincinnati Reds for three games from Sept. 25-27 at the Rogers Centre in Toronto.

Similar to the series against Texas, the series against Baltimore, an AL East rival,, could end directly effecting whether or not Toronto ends the season back in the postseason, or whether it will mark the end of a season that's been overall disappointing for a club that entered 2026 with legitimate World Series aspirations.

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