TORONTO — There are 26 players on each side, hundreds of pitches thrown in each game and incalculable subplots and subtleties that determine whether the Yankees or Blue Jays win a baseball game.
But maybe it can be crudely boiled down to this: The Blue Jays’ best player, Vladimir Guerrero Jr., stepped up with the bases loaded Sunday and delivered a grand slam; the Yankees’ best player, Aaron Judge, stepped up with the bases loaded Saturday and struck out.
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It is just two games, but it has been a strange two games for Judge.
He is hitting and not part of the problem, but arguably the best playe