Aaron Judge is playing in his eighth postseason and still struggling to shake his reputation for coming up small in the playoffs. The Yankees are 16 years removed from their most recent World Series title and two losses from extending the drought another season, following a 10-1 beatdown from the Blue Jays.

Still, the Yankees just overcame greater pressure after losing the opening game of their best-of-three series against the Red Sox. And Judge — who struck out with the bases loaded in the defining at-bat of Game 1 in Toronto — understandably believes he is due after becoming just the third player in major league history to win a batting title while hitting at least 50 home runs.

Aaron Boone may still trust Luke Weaver, but the Yankees reliever doesn't share the same confidence.

"I don't really feel like myself," Weaver said after the 10-1 loss to the Blue Jays, in which he allowed three runs and two hits without recording an out. "I don't feel like my mind is completely clear to go out there and attack. I do feel physically strong, I do feel mentally strong overall. I just think there's just some factors that are building up and I'm just not executing at the clip I want to."

Luke Weaver remains in the circle of trust.

Despite a second consecutive Game 1 meltdown by Luke Weaver in which he failed to record an out, Aaron Boone doesn't sound as if he'll be hesitant to call upon the Yankees former closer again in the ALDS.

"[It's] not a stuff issue," Boone said. "Obviously, command is usually a strength for Weav[er]. Losing the guy on four pitches there, and then it looked like a couple change-ups that were flat and up ... It can click like that because the stuff is there. We just have to get him locked in with his delivery."

Former Mets reliever Paul Blackburn was used in mop-up duty for his Yankees postseason debut, allowing four runs and six hits, while recording four outs.

He had only given up two earned runs in his previous 12 innings of work, dating back to Aug. 27.

The Yankees dropped Game 1 of the ALDS in embarrassing fashion, 10-1, to the Blue Jays, and have now lost seven of eight games in Toronto this season.

It was an all-around disaster for Aaron Boone's squad, which saw starter Luis Gil last less than three innings and the offense get a player past second base in only one inning.

The Yankees will turn to ace Max Fried (19-5, 2.86 ERA) in Game 2, coming off his impressive no-decision in his Yankees postseason debut in Game 1 of the Wild Card Series against the Red Sox.

The Blue Jays will turn to rookie Trey Yesavage (1-0, 3.21), a 22-year-old who started the season in Single-A, and will be making his fourth career major league start, while three-time Cy Young winner Max Scherzer (5-5, 5.19) was left off the Blue Jays' ALDS roster.

It could be worse.

In the 2018 ALDS, the Yankees suffered their biggest playoff loss, 16-1, to the Red Sox.

Who took a flier on Alejandro Kirk's two-homer performance?

The Blue Jays catcher had a career-high 15 home runs this season, including three in the final two games of the regular season.

The box score will show that Aaron Judge went 2-for-4 with a double in Game 1 of the ALDS.

But all that will be remembered from a near-certain loss in Toronto is the two-time MVP going down swinging — on a pitch outside the strike zone that would've drawn an RBI walk — with the Yankees trailing 2-0, the bases loaded and no outs in the sixth inning.

Judge's eighth inning double — his second extra-base hit in his past 11 games — came with the Yankees trailing 6-1 and no one on base.

Save your hope for Game 2.

The Blue Jays are on the verge of their first playoff victory in nine years after scoring four runs in the seventh inning to take a 6-1 lead in Toronto.

Following Luke Weaver's latest implosion, the Blue Jays' Nathan Luke delivered a two-run double off Fernando Cruz, who then allowed a sacrifice fly to Vladimir Guerrero Jr.

Luke Weaver took the loss in Game 1 against the Red Sox, allowing two runs and two hits without recording an out.

The Yankees reliever may have ensured the Blue Jays take Game 1, too.

With the Yankees trailing by one in the seventh inning, Weaver faced three hitters without recording an out. He opened with a walk to Daulton Varsho, then allowed back-to-back hits to Anthony Santander and Andres Gimenez, giving Toronto a 3-1 lead, with two runners aboard.

Then, Boone removed Weaver, having likely lost all trust in turning to the reliever in a high-leverage spot again. m

Weaver, who posted a 1,76 ERA in 12 postseason appearances last year, opened this season by recording a 1.05 ERA in his first 24 games. But following a hamstring injury, Weaver posted a 5.31 ERA over his final 40 appearances.

With the tying run on first in the seventh inning, Aaron Boone brought in Jose Caballero as a pinch-runner.

The only problem is that Caballero — who had 15 stolen bases this season and was caught stealing three times — was inserted in the middle of Anthony Volpe's at-bat.

Volpe recorded the Yankees' second out of the inning, via strikeout, two pitches later, and Caballero never had a chance to make an impact, with Austin Wells ending the inning on a groundout on the second pitch of his at-bat.

Luis Gil didn't get the job done, but the Yankees bullpen has done its best to bail him out.

Since Gil was removed in the third inning, Tim Hill and Camilo Doval have combined to throw 3 1/3 scoreless innings, allowing one hit and no walks.

In the two Wild Card Series wins against the Red Sox, the bullpen threw four shutout innings.