With sweeps of the Rangers and the Red Sox, respectively, the Blue Jays and the Indians are set for an ALCS matchup, which begins on Friday in Cleveland.
The Indians finished the regular season with both the AL's second-best record (94-67) and run differential (+101), while Toronto tied for the league's fourth-best record (89-73) but had the third-best run differential (+93). Cleveland took the season series between the two teams, four games to three, but was outscored 38 to 24, with a 17-1 drubbing in a July 3 game the primary reason for that imbalance; notably, the pitchers who allowed the last 12 of those runs aren't on the Indians' postseason roster, with the possible exception of utilityman-turned-mopup reliever Chris Gimenez.