Toronto Blue Jays to visit Minnesota Twins in best-of-3 AL wild-card series

The Toronto Blue Jays and Tampa Bay Rays warmed up for the playoffs Sunday with a matchup that meant little on the field but had an impact on post-season seeding.

Tampa Bay outscored Toronto 12-8 at Rogers Centre in a game that had a pre-season feel with several regulars out of the lineup.

Toronto will be seeded sixth in the American League and open the best-of-three wild-card series Tuesday at Minnesota. Since the Blue Jays clinched a post-season spot a few hours after their game finished on Saturday, a post-game celebration was planned for Sunday instead.

The East Division champion Baltimore Orioles hold the top seed in the American League. Houston beat Arizona 8-1 on Sunday to secure the No. 2 seed as West Division champion.

The fourth-seeded Rays, who clinched a wild-card spot earlier in the week, will host Texas in the wild-card round. The Rangers dropped a 1-0 decision to Seattle in their finale.

Toronto could have finished as high as fifth depending on Sunday's results.

"It's been proven that it doesn't matter what seed you are," said Blue Jays manager John Schneider. "It just depends on how you're playing at the time."

The Blue Jays originally pencilled in Kevin Gausman for Sunday's start but can now choose to use him earlier in the wild-card series.

"He always comes out in those big spots," said Toronto reliever Jordan Romano. "So that's really big for us."

Gausman, Chris Bassitt and Jose Berrios are good bets to get the starting assignments. Toronto has a workout day Monday and is expected to release its playoff roster on Tuesday morning.

"We've got our foot in the door but there's a lot of work yet to be done," Kiermaier said.

"When we lost, I cried," said Blue Jays fan Crystal Lefler. "But honestly, when we