With the Padres eliminated from contention, the Jays are just battling it out with the World Champion Los Angeles Dodgers.

The reigning champion Dodgers and Blue Jays are the final teams standing from a pool that included the Yankees, Mets, Cubs, Rangers and Giants — with the Padres being taken out of the equation on Friday, according to Francys Romero.

The Toronto Blue Jays find themselves at the last stretch of a two-horse race for Japanese sensation Roki Sasaki. While the rumour mills and the reports