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The Toronto Blue Jays begin their ALCS today against the Seattle Mariners, the first game is an 8pm start.
Blue Jays roster update: Latest on Bichette, Scherzer, Bassitt
With the 10 a.m. Sunday deadline to finalize their ALCS roster fast approaching, we’re learning a little bit more about how the Toronto Blue Jays might shape up against the Seattle Mariners.
Gausman to start ALCS Game 1 for Jays; Miller goes for Mariners
Kevin Gausman will get the ball for the Toronto Blue Jays in Game 1 of the American League Championship Series on Sunday, while the Seattle Mariners will counter with right-hander Bryce Miller.
Some background on Gausman:
Kevin Gausman Talks Mind Games and His Forgotten Pitches
On Kevin Gausman’s slider, changeup, and the sequencing and situations that make the Blue Jays starter so deadly.
And some background on pitch types:
https://www.mlb.com/news/identifying-pitch-types-a-fan-s-guide
Blue Jays speak to media on eve of ALCS. Here’s what they said.
The Toronto Blue Jays spoke to reporters on the eve of Game 1 of the American League Championship Series. They will face the Seattle Mariners with Game 1 on Sunday at Rogers Centre.
Okay, it’s not all about the Jays, the Leafs played last night and did this:
CALLE JARNKROK 🚨
Goals in back-to-back games! pic.twitter.com/zNk0sMkjdY
— Omar (@TicTacTOmar) October 11, 2025
NIC ROY 🚨
FIRST AS A LEAF! pic.twitter.com/u4GFysnsIY
— Omar (@TicTacTOmar) October 11, 2025
A good look at a successful Matthews line shift:
Matthews’ shot so clean the crowd thought it went in pic.twitter.com/nIDm4tOfbU
— Omar (@TicTacTOmar) October 11, 2025
So then what happened? The Leafs spent the second period doing the “oh shit” style of defence in their own end and Detroit tied it up.
The third period involved this:
All Mo on this play:
MAX DOMI 🚨
FIRST OF THE SEASON! TIE GAME! pic.twitter.com/g4rCSDsgOG
— Omar (@TicTacTOmar) October 12, 2025
Noted Leafs killer Lucas Raymond scored his 100th NHL goal on the power play:
Lucas Raymond restores the lead pic.twitter.com/mMjMMBs1RR
— Omar (@TicTacTOmar) October 12, 2025
And then Max Domi did a Max Domi. I can’t even be mad, this is just so hilarious.
Domi to the box pic.twitter.com/TBu0PcOHbx
— Omar (@TicTacTOmar) October 12, 2025
The Wings scored and ENG to win it 6-3.
Morgan Rielly had a very good game. He is absolutely back.
The actual bad news is that Steven Lorentz was mugged by Ben Chiarot and did not return to the game.
Lorentz is still out of the game
he took this hit from Chiarot in the first pic.twitter.com/3tAdh7btiN
— Omar (@TicTacTOmar) October 12, 2025
One line recap: they pissed away the second period and never recovered.
Omar’s full feed: https://bsky.app/profile/tictactomar.bsky.social
And the Marlies won convincingly last night:
Postgame Media Availability | Oct. 11, 2025 vs. Rochester
🎙️ Travis Boyd, Dennis Hildeby, Head Coach John Grudenhttps://t.co/oa3Rw10vXn
— Toronto Marlies PR (@AHLMarliesPR) October 12, 2025
That’s all for now, Jays later!
