Yankees demoralizing Blue Jays on back-to-back days sends message to Toronto

The Blue Jays have every right to complain about injuries this year. They've had one of the harder hit rosters in MLB so far. But guess what? So have the Yankees, especially over the past couple of weeks. And New York just waltzed into Toronto and had their way.

The night after the Knicks won their first championship in 53 years, the Yankees completed their road trip to go 5-1 against the Guardians and Jays. Both Saturday and Sunday featured dramatic ninth-inning moments to demoralize the 2025 AL champs.

How much did that show us? Well, we'd say enough. It proved the Yankees likely have better depth. Down Aaron Judge, Giancarlo Stanton, Austin Wells, Max Fried and Trent Grisham, it was clear the Blue Jays had an advantage no other opponent has this year. And they only narrowly got by in the opener because of a few Yankees miscues.

Saturday featured a Paul Goldschmidt game-winning home run off the unhittable Louis Varland, leaving the Rogers Centre speechless. On Sunday, Ben Rice's game-winning two-run homer was the party starter, and then Jose Caballero buried the Blue Jays with a three-run homer in the 8-3 victory. All in the ninth inning. This time it was Brayden Fisher and Tommy Nance who were shelled.

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How did the one year possessing the upper hand over the Yankees feel? Blue Jays fans sure made the most of it, ignoring what the previous 30 years against New York largely yielded. Should've won the World Series when you had the chance!

New York is now atop the AL with a 43-27 record. The Jays are far from dead at 34-38, but they can't seem to find a rhythm. And it didn't help Vladimir Guerrero Jr. went down with an injury to miss the last two days. Wonder what he and his three homers could've done against the Yanks!

In this series, the Jays faced Ryan Weathers (who has been terrible), Cam Schlittler (who hasn't been himself over the last 3-4 starts) and Will Warren (who Toronto has shelled in his three outings against them). It should have been an easy task, even with the issues they have at the moment. The back half of the Yankees lineup on Sunday was Amed Rosario, Jose Caballero, Max Schuemann, Anthony Volpe and Ali Sanchez.

Last year, the Yankees fell behind early in the year against division opponents, particularly the Blue Jays, which made all the difference when we got to October. This time, they have figured out a way to stop the bleeding and squeak out close wins like these as they further test their mettle for later in the year. And when guys like Volpe and Sanchez are coming through, you know the secret sauce is working.

Both of these teams have faced a lot of adversity across the first 2.5 months of the year. One is 16 games above .500. The other is four games below .500. Toronto might have been middling last May before they made their World Series run, but these are totally different circumstances, and this weekend showed them it'll be a much more arduous climb if they can't piece things together while the Yankees keep passing the baton.

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