The Yankees outlasted an American League East rival in the Wild Card Series, disposing of the Red Sox in three games. Now they will leave the home comfort of the Bronx to head north for another divisional showdown, taking on the Blue Jays in a best-of-five AL Division Series .
Toronto won eight of the 13 meetings between the two clubs this season, a number that proved to be significant after the Yankees and Blue Jays finished with identical 94-68 records. The season-series win gave the Jays the division title, a first-round bye, and home field advantage throughout the AL playoffs.
Can the Yankees go on the road and put the pressure on the Blue Jays? Toronto’s 54-27 home record was the best in the AL, so this figures to be a hard-fought series between two teams that know each other al