Toronto Blue Jays

First Pitch: 4 p.m. ET, Globe Life Park in Arlington

TV: FS1

Pitching Matchup: R.A. Dickey (11-11, 3.91 ERA) vs. Derek Holland (4-3, 4.91 ERA)

In a literal sense, the Toronto Blue Jays didn't need Troy Tulowitzki's three-run homer on Sunday.

The blast came in the sixth inning of Toronto's pivotal Game 3 win over the Texas Rangers. The Jays were already leading 2-0 and went on to win 5-1 to stay alive in the best-of-five division series, which the Rangers now lead 2-1.

When David Price's first pitch crossed the plate and got Game 1 of the American League Division Series going, there was so much optimistic energy in the air at the Rogers Centre that it's a wonder the umpiring crew didn't signal some sort of interference.

What followed, however, was a reality check. Both for Price and the Toronto Blue Jays as a whole.

Toronto Blue Jays slugger Jose Bautista will be back in the lineup for Game 2 of the ALDS, according to Sportsnet's Shi Davidi. He was removed from Game 1 after suffering a hamstring injury.

Josh Donaldson has been the biggest offensive catalyst for the Toronto Blue Jays all season long, and the third baseman is back in the lineup for Game 2 after being removed from Game 1 with a head injury.  

They, in all their they-y wisdom, say that great pitching always beats great hitting. It's a notion that at least sounds logical, so it must be true.

We can say one thing, though: With Josh Donaldson, Jose Bautista and Edwin Encarnacion leading the charge, the Toronto Blue Jays' offense is pretty well-equipped to disprove that notion this October.

Despite coming up short for the best record in the American League, the Toronto Blue Jays enter baseball's postseason this week atop the odds to win the AL pennant and the World Series at sportsbooks monitored by Odds Shark.

The Toronto Blue Jays were feeling themselves after clinching their first American League East title in 22 years Wednesday, and Kevin Pillar must have been feeling himself just the same Friday night.

The last time the Toronto Blue Jays tasted the postseason, Bill Clinton was a first-year resident in the White House. The Wesley Snipes-Sylvester Stallone vehicle Demolition Man was No. 1 at the box office. And Tag Team's "Whoomp! (There It Is)" was climbing the charts.

Twenty-two years after the Toronto Blue Jays captured a division title en route to winning the World Series, the franchise took a momentous step toward replicating the feat with a 15-2 win over the Baltimore Orioles on Wednesday.