It was worry-about-that-later Friday to beat Detroit in Game 5. Later's here. The keys to Seattle beating the Blue Jays starting in Toronto.

The Jays haven't been to the World Series since winning it in 1993 and the Mariners have never reached the championship stage.

It's the AL's top two seeds for a trip to the Fall Classic. Here's your first look at how Seattle and Toronto stack up.

The Mariners are ESPN's choice to advance to the World Series, also, with a panel-high 14 votes to win the ALCS (the Yankees were second with seven votes). Five voters on the panel picked the Mariners to win it all, second behind only the Philadelphia Phillies from the National League.

Seattle Mariners infielder Jorge Polanco brought an end to a long winner-take-all Game 5, walking off the Detroit Tigers in 15 innings.

The Detroit Tigers, led by ace Tarik Skubal, have set a standard of reaching the ALDS, but they've fallen short in Game 5 in back-to-back seasons.

The Philadelphia Phillies entered the 2025 MLB playoffs as the favorites to win the World Series, followed by the Los Angeles Dodgers and Seattle Mariners. However, as the four Divisional Series prepared to begin,

The Seattle Mariners are the only team to have never played in the World Series. Established in 1977, the Mariners have just six playoff appearances and two ALCS appearances, once in 1995 and another in 2001. Seattle became the final team to never make a World Series in 2007, when the Rockies made their first appearance.