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The Blue Jays are a certified pain in the butt.

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The worse news for the Yankees — besides seeing their division foe have a chance to win a World Series on Friday night and at the very least having put together a better showing against the Dodgers than Aaron Boone’s club did last year — is it does not appear the Blue Jays are going anywhere anytime soon.

And that is a problem the Yankees are going to have to figure out heading into next season, when the rest of the AL East won’t be getting any easier to navigate.