TORONTO – The Toronto Blue Jays’ regular-season finale – a 13-4 rout that clinched the division title – was a ratings home run for domestic rights-holder Sportsnet.
The network says Toronto’s victory over the Tampa Bay Rays on Sunday averaged 2.36 million viewers on television and via streaming, making it Sportsnet’s most-watched Blue Jays regular-season broadcast ever.
Alejandro Kirk homered twice as the Blue Jays secured the American League East crown for the first time since 2015.
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The Blue Jays earned a bye to the AL Division Series with the victory. They will play the winner of the wild-card series between the Boston Red Sox and the New York Yankees.
Game 1 in the best-of-five series is scheduled for Saturday at Rogers Centre.
Sportsnet says the average audience for the full season was 906,800 viewers per game, a jump of 51 per cent from the 2024 campaign.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Sept. 30, 2025.
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