The Toronto Blue Jays have firm control of the AL East Division while the New York Yankees are dealing with what could be a critical injury.

Things are going about as well as they can for the Toronto Blue Jays, who have skyrocketed up the AL East standings and entered Saturday owning a 5 1/2 game lead over the New York Yankees. If you told a Blue Jays fan in January that Toronto would have the sport’s best record on July 26,

The New York Yankees fired the starting gun on the AL East arms race. Here is how Ross Atkins and the Toronto Blue Jays front office can respond.

Bo Bichette hit a two-run homer, Chris Bassitt struck out eight in a season-high 7 1/3 innings and the Toronto Blue Jays took advantage of four New York errors to beat the sloppy Yankees 8-4.

Since Ross Atkins and Mark Shapiro took over the Toronto Blue Jays, they’ve made four notable trades on July 26. The first trade on July 26th came in their first season at the helm of the Blue Jays, as they acquired B.

The Toronto Blue Jays publicly apologized to a fan whose "Yankees Suck" sign was confiscated at Rogers Centre this week.

On nights like Wednesday — facing defensive performances like the Yankees' — the Jays' quiet strength became loud again.

With runners on second and third, Fried got Blue Jays slugger Vladimir Guerrero Jr. to chop a swinging bunt to the left side of the mound. The lefty pounced on it, but when he rounded and turned to throw home, his lane to catcher J.C. Escarra was blocked by a sprinting Davis Schneider.