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.

The Tigers remain atop the American League Central, 7.5 games ahead of the Cleveland Guardians. The Blue Jays are five games up on the New York Yankees for first in the AL East.

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

The New York Yankees had a sloppy game once again in Wednesday's 8-4 loss to the Toronto Blue Jays, but manager Aaron Boone doesn't think it's a true reflection of his team.

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.

Or at least that’s how it seemed after the Yankees bumbled through a four-error, 8-4 defeat by the Toronto Blue Jays on Wednesday night at the hostile Rogers Centre — the type of ugliness that sparks worst-loss-of-the-year talk.

Right as Yankees manager Aaron Boone was about to take the ball from ace Max Fried in the sixth inning in Toronto on Wednesday night, YES Network cameras zoomed in on the left-hander’s throwing hand. Fried, who had been wiping his hand on his jersey toward the end of his outing, had blood above the nail on his pinky finger.

"Eugenio Suarez has hit more than twice as many home runs (36) as Toronto's leader (George Springer at 17) and would be the slugging source that the Blue Jays have been lacking," Miller wrote. "Almost just as importantly, though, acquiring Suárez keeps the Yankees from doing so."