Toronto Blue Jays

Toronto Blue Jays pitcher Roberto Osuna recorded his 20th save of the season in Tuesday's 4-3 win over the Baltimore Orioles, becoming the first Blue Jays rookie since Billy Koch (31) in 1999 to record 20 or more saves in a season, per Sportsnet Stats.

The best team in baseball this season may just play north of the border, and the Toronto Blue Jays will now have an entire postseason to prove their worth. 

Toronto technically clinched a playoff berth Friday night after its win over the Tampa Bay Rays, the team announced Saturday morning: 

Small stumbles can be unforgivable offenses when races are so close. 

The slightest advantage this late in the process can be too large to overcome. And if the competition is outpacing everyone else anyway, well then it becomes that man’s race to lose.

Two weeks ago, Marcus Stroman still hadn't thrown a major league pitch this season, yet Alex Anthopoulos already had him in the playoff rotation.

The Toronto Blue Jays general manager is a smart man.

The day before Troy Tulowitzki got hurt on the very real grass at Yankee Stadium, he said he hadn't noticed any problem yet with the fake stuff at Toronto's Rogers Centre.

"Obviously, the turf is slow," he said. "But playing on it doesn't seem bad."

The wins are great, but the injury curbs some of the enthusiasm. 

The Toronto Blue Jays went into the Bronx knowing a series win could give them a significant cushion in the American League East. On Saturday night, they secured that victory, taking the first three games of a four-game weekend against the New York Yankees to pump their division lead to 4.5 games. 

Toronto Blue Jays third baseman Josh Donaldson hit the 100th home run of his career in the first inning of Monday's 11-4 loss to the Boston Red Sox, going deep off Rick Porcello to give the Jays an early 1-0 lead, per Sportsnet Stats.

The hottest hitter on the planet has been massively overlooked.

But he did all he could to change that Saturday afternoon, breaking through the star power of his teammates to shine as bright as any player has this season.

If you're a fan of the invisible parrot Edwin Encarnacion takes for a stroll as he rounds the bases after home runs, you were in luck Saturday.

It's a bird, it's a plane, it's a...baseball?

Josh Donaldson crushed Matt Boyd's 93 mph fastball in the third inning Friday, sending it flying toward the fifth deck at Rogers Centre to give the Toronto Blue Jays a 3-1 lead over the Detroit Tigers.