Blue Jays keep delivering same message: They're better than the Yankees

The Toronto Blue Jays took complete control of their ALDS series on Sunday afternoon, taking a 2-0 series lead with a 13-7 win over the New York Yankees. That win pushed the Yankees to the brink of elimination as the series shifts to the Bronx on Tuesday night.

Overall the Blue Jays won the first two games of the series by a combined margin of 23-8 and continued the season-long message they've been delivering to the Yankees — we're better than you.

Blue Jays leaving little doubt as to which team is better

The final American League East standings ended in a tie with the Blue Jays getting the title by way of tiebreaker, but that doesn't really tell the story of these two teams and their seasons. Because when they have been on the same field, playing against one another, there has been little doubt as to which team has been better. 

It's Toronto. And it might be Toronto by a wide margin.

After Sunday's win the Blue Jays improved to 10-5 against the Yankees in head-to-head meetings this season, outscoring by a combined score of 93-67. That includes a 9-3 record in the 12 games they have played since the start of June. 

All season the Yankees have had a lot of the same flaws that existed last year when it comes to their fundamentals and situational baseball, and it led to Blue Jays announcer Buck Martinez absolutely shredding the Yankees at the end of the regular season by simply saying they are not a good baseball team.

On one hand, you do not win 94 games by accident and without being good at something, but if the end-goal is being the best team in baseball and winning a championship, it's pretty clear they are still missing something. At the very least, it is pretty clear they are not as good as a Toronto team that has had everything come together this season. 

Toronto has simply pitched better, fielded better, ran the bases better and perhaps, most importantly, has had its best players come through in big moments better than the Yankees' best players have.

Vladimir Guerrero, Jr. came through again on Sunday with his second home run of the series in as many games, and this one was a game-changing — and series-shifting — grand slam to give the Blue Jays a 9-0 lead in the bottom of the fourth inning.