This lone silver lining exists for Yankees despite Blue Jays' commanding ALDS lead

After a 13-7 defeat on Sunday evening, the New York Yankees are down 0-2 in the ALDS with the Toronto Blue Jays needing just one win to bounce them and advance to the ALCS. The Yankees have scored just 17 runs across their five postseason games this year, and seven of them were completely hollow.

Before showing signs of life, the Yankees were down 12-0 at one point on Sunday. Max Fried got shelled. Will Warren added to the misery the moment he was put in the game. In the middle of this one, the Yankees set an all-time worst postseason mark of 21 runs allowed in consecutive playoff games (a number that jumped to 23 after Game 2 ended). It's yet another stat that should indict Aaron Boone and have him booted from the manager role.

But he's running the show for the remainder of this year, and coming back to win three straight and capture the ALDS isn't out of the question. It's happened plenty of times before. Are fans confident this version of the Yankees can do it? That's a resounding "no."

If we want to look forward to something, though, it's the fact the Yankees' meaningless offensive surge after being down 12-0 actually might've rattled the Blue Jays a little bit for the remainder of the series.

Rookie Trey Yesavage pitched 5 1/3 scoreless innings and struck out 11 batters. He was only at 78 pitches when manager John Schneider decided to pull him. After that? Toronto used SEVEN relievers in a game they were leading by double-digit runs in the sixth inning. It's doubtful they "woke up" the Yankees' offense, but it does make them a bit more tired than they had planned to be for Games 3 and 4 in the Bronx.

On the other hand, the Yankees used Will Warren for 4 2/3 innings and 84 pitches to get them until the end, effectively using none of their bullpen. Luke Weaver came on for 1/3 of an inning (and one pitch) for some reason, meaning the Yankees have their best relievers well-rested for Tuesday and Wednesday (and Weaver has removed himself from important innings at this point anyway).

The Jays have a deep bullpen and probably aren't fazed by the slight obstacle (unless they're weaker than we thought), but they certainly did not expect to both Eric Lauer and Tommy Nance — two of their more reliable arms — to get knocked around (or even be used) in such a massive blowout. Louis Varland and Seranthony Dominguez both pitched in 10-1 and 13-7 wins. Toronto's bullpen has plenty of bullets left, but the Yankees just got a look at more of their weapons when they had no business doing so.

New York could use this as a jumping off point if they had any fight left in them ... or they could let the Blue Jays off the hook. Aaron Boone says they plan to win on Tuesday and then again on Wednesday. Inspiring stuff. That should do it! See you on Friday for Game 5.