This is the first time the Blue Jays have appeared in the playoffs for 22 years, the last time being in the 1993 World Series. Think they are ready for this? Conventional wisdom has them slugging their way to the American League East, and of course, there is truth to that, with the Blue Jays having scored 891 runs, far and away the most in the AL [the runner-up Yankees were closer to the 14th-placed Rays than they were to the Blue Jays!] But their team ERA of 3.