How worried should Blue Jays fans be after two straight losses to open ALCS?

The Toronto Blue Jays sure haven’t gotten off to the start that they wanted for the ALCS. Unlike the ALDS in which they quickly jumped out to a 2-0 series lead over the New York Yankees, the tides had turned this time around as the Seattle Mariners have taken a 2-0 lead in the ALCS.

More impressively, they had done it on the road and coming off a five-game series against the Detroit Tigers in the ALDS in which Game 5 had to go 15 innings to determine the winner.

Without question some panic and nervousness is likely hitting all of Blue Jays nation across the country. But in reality, how worried should Blue Jays fans really be after two straight losses in the ALCS?

How worried should Blue Jays fans be after two straight losses to open ALCS?

First of all, one of the main worries have been the sudden shutdown of Toronto’s prolific offense that carried the load and propelled them to victory during the first round in the ALDS. So far in the ALCS, the Blue Jays have been held to just four runs on eight hits, including just one hit beyond the second inning over the two games.
The Blue Jays will first and foremost need to find some way to get their offensive mojo back.

Secondly, the potential worries of a fallible Toronto bullpen have been drastically amplified in this series. Where the Mariners would have their relievers come in and shut the door (ZERO runs, one hit given up in nine innings pitched), the Blue Jays relief corps would give up the go-ahead run and more in both Games 1 and 2.

With already an inept offense to date in the ALCS, Toronto practically needs their bullpen to be spotless to succeed. As a result, their relievers need to tighten up their game to hold the Mariners at bay at all costs.

Most significantly, history isn’t on the Jays’ side when it comes to falling behind 2-0 in the ALCS. In fact, in the three times in which it has happened in the history of the franchise, they failed to come back and win the series each and every time. So Toronto will need to make some new history this time around to officially rewrite it.

On the other hand, there should still be some optimism for Blue Jays fans on the team’s eventual fate in the ALCS. For one, Toronto had managed to sweep only one American League team on the road in a three-game series this entire 2025 season, and you guessed right, it was this Mariners team back in early May.

Secondly, Toronto will have former Cy Young winners taking the mound in Games 3 and 4 with Shane Bieber and Max Scherzer respectively. Both big-game pitcher have shown many times in the past to rise to the occasion when the games mattered most. And after that duo, Blue Jays ace Kevin Gausman will be back for Game 5, so in a way it is actually the Mariners that will need to run the gauntlet against the Blue Jays’ pitching juggernauts.

Finally, if Toronto and their fans need any more inspiration in believing in the improbable, no need to look further than the 2015 ALDS against the Texas Rangers. The Blue Jays came back from being down 2-0 in the series where they appeared down and out and greatly overmatched at first to win three straight and move on to the next series.

So no matter how you put it, there’s bound to be some worries overall nonetheless. But given the resiliency and never-say-die attitude that we have seen with this Blue Jays team throughout the 2025 season, we should truly believe they still have a good shot at turning this ALCS around in a heartbeat. As a result, let’s give them the utmost support and motivation to get them going. Go Jays Go!