The Toronto Blue Jays are climbing, and this week's TSN power rankings prove it.
Toronto currently sits at No. 18 in the latest rankings, a real jump after months of grinding through a rough stretch.
Power rankings don't decide anything in the standings, but they do capture momentum. Right now, that momentum belongs to the Blue Jays.
This isn't a fluke bump either. Toronto has been one of the better teams in baseball over the past several weeks.
Winning 13 of 20 games and going 8-5 across four straight AL East series doesn't happen by accident.
That stretch pulled Toronto right back into the middle of the wild-card race, close enough that every remaining game carries real weight.
Rankings like this tend to reflect a shift in how the league views a team, not just its record on paper.
Why this ranking still comes with a warning label
A month ago, few people outside Toronto would have guessed the Blue Jays would be trending upward after selling at the deadline.
Parting ways with players like Kevin Gausman and Daulton Varsho looked like the start of a lost second half.
Instead, a new group led by pitching, defense, and unexpected contributors like Brett Bateman turned that narrative on its head.
No. 18 still isn't an elite ranking. It reflects a team fighting from behind more than a true contender.
But context matters here. Few teams have made a bigger climb over the past month than Toronto has.
Whether the Blue Jays keep climbing these rankings depends entirely on what happens over the final stretch of the regular season, starting with every series left on the schedule.
For a fan base that watched this team sit dead last in the division for months, No. 18 feels like real progress worth acknowledging.
Do you think the Blue Jays deserve an even higher ranking given their recent surge?
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