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Dropping two of three in New York over the weekend wasn’t a disaster for the Blue Jays, who still hold a two-game lead over the Yankees atop the American League East. Article content Article content

They still have a half-game lead over the Detroit Tigers for the best record in the American League and are 4.5 up on the other division leader, the Houston Astros.

And, for good measure, the Jays hold the tiebreaker over the Yankees should the Bronx Bombers catch them at the wire in the divisional race.

But starting with a three-game home series against the Astros on Tuesday, the remaining 19 games have plenty of implications for a Jays team that hasn’t won their division since 2015, the only time they did so sin

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