Blue Jays predicted to have terrible results in 2026 after AL pennant win
This would be an awful season to follow a near World Series win.
Blue Jays predicted to have terrible results in 2026 after AL pennant win originally appeared on The Sporting News . Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here . The Toronto Blue Jays are coming off an incredible 2025 MLB season.
They not only beat the New York Yankees and made it to the World Series, but they also took the Los Angeles Dodgers to Game 7, and nearly won it all. After such a season, it wouldn't be a surprise if the Blue Jays were, once again, back in the postseason and making a run for a World Series title. But there's no guarantee the Blue Jays will be back in 2026.
MLB. com's Anthony Castrovince is predicting an awful season is in store for the Blue Jays. He's not simply predicting the Blue Jays don't make it to the World Series, or the ALCS, or even the ALDS; he's predicting they miss the postseason entirely.
Blue Jays get awful prediction for 2026 MLB season "The Blue Jays will miss the playoffs," Castrovince predicts. "It's unfortunately not only common for a pennant winner one year to miss the playoffs the next; it's happened 15 times in the Wild Card era. " Castrovince is predicting the Blue Jays will become the 16th team to make the World Series one season, and follow it up by missing the postseason the next year.