{
  "id": 628194,
  "title": "From last place to the post-season? Here's how the 2026 Blue Jays could pull it off",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/12/from-last-place-to-the-post-season-heres-how-the-2026-blue-jays-could",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-12T03:27:30.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "CBC News",
    "slug": "cbc-news",
    "url": "https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/blue-jays-wildcard-carney-9.7303503"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The Toronto Blue Jays have played some scrappy baseball lately, as the team finds itself on the fringes of playoff contention with a quarter of the season to go. Statisticians and analysts say a playoff berth is still possible in the anemic American League. Here's how the Jays could go from last place to a wild-card spot.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Winnipeg Free Press",
        "title": "Ernie Clement’s RBI lifts Blue Jays over Red Sox 5-3; Toronto stays in playoff chase",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/12/ernie-clements-rbi-lifts-blue-jays-over-red-sox-5-3-toronto-stays-in",
        "published": "2026-08-12T01:56:25.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}