2016 American League Division Series

2016 American League Division Series
Teams
Team (Wins) Manager Season Toronto Blue Jays (3) John Gibbons 89–73, .549, GB: 4 Texas Rangers (0) Jeff Banister 95–67, .586, GA: 9
Dates	October 6–9
Television	United States: TBS Canada: Sportsnet (English) TVA Sports (French)
TV announcers	Brian Anderson, Dennis Eckersley, Joe Simpson, and Matt Winer (English) Jacques Doucet and Rodger Brulotte (French)
Radio	ESPN
Radio announcers	Chris Berman (Games 1–2) Michael Kay (Game 3), and Rick Sutcliffe
Umpires	Lance Barksdale, Cory Blaser, Chad Fairchild, Sam Holbrook, Hunter Wendelstedt, and Joe West (crew chief) Replay: Chris Conroy, Kerwin Danley, Gerry Davis, Adrian Johnson[1]
Teams
Team (Wins) Manager Season Cleveland Indians (3) Terry Francona 94–67, .584, GA: 8 Boston Red Sox (0) John Farrell 93–69, .574, GA: 4
Dates	October 6–10
Television	United States: TBS Canada: Sportsnet
TV announcers	Ernie Johnson Jr., Ron Darling, Cal Ripken Jr., and Sam Ryan
Radio	ESPN
Radio announcers	Jon Sciambi and Chris Singleton
Umpires	Vic Carapazza, Phil Cuzzi, Paul Emmel, Brian Knight, Bill Miller (crew chief) and Tony Randazzo Replay: Chris Conroy, Kerwin Danley, Gerry Davis, Adrian Johnson[1]
ALWC	Toronto Blue Jays defeated Baltimore Orioles, 5–2 (10)
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The 2016 American League Division Series (ALDS) were two best-of-five game series in Major League Baseball’s (MLB) 2016 postseason to determine the participating teams in the 2016 American League Championship Series of Major League Baseball. The three divisional winners (seeded 1–3) and the winner of a one-game Wild Card playoff played in two series. The divisional winners were the Texas Rangers in the American League West with the first seed by virtue of having the best record in the American League, the Cleveland Indians in the American League Central with the second seed, and the Boston Red Sox in the American League East with the third seed. The Toronto Blue Jays beat the Baltimore Orioles in the Wild Card Game, earning the fourth seed.

The top two seeds had home-field advantage, and the top seed was matched against the lowest seed. The matchups were:

• (1) Texas Rangers (West Division champions) versus (4) Toronto Blue Jays (Wild Card Winner): Blue Jays win series 3–0.
• (2) Cleveland Indians (Central Division champions) versus (3) Boston Red Sox (East Division champions): Indians win series 3–0.

TBS televised all the games in the United States, with Sportsnet, a property of Toronto Blue Jays owner Rogers Communications, airing the games in Canada using the TBS feeds.^[2][3] The Blue Jays and Indians both swept their respective opponents in three games to advance to the ALCS.

The Indians defeated the Blue Jays in the ALCS, then lost the 2016 World Series to the National League champion Chicago Cubs.