Thursday's 8-5 loss to the Blue Jays elevated Toronto to first place, competed a four-game sweep, and dropped the Yankees into a second-place tie with the Tampa Bay Rays in the AL East.

Austin Wells and Trent Grisham are back in the starting lineup for the New York Yankees in their series finale against Toronto on Thursday. Grisham was set to lead off and play center field, while Wells was behind the plate catching right-hander Clarke Schmidt and batting eighth.

A normal season would see Yankees fans use that as banter. Except they, too, have started the summer slow, entering the Subway Series at 6-14 in their last 20 games. With the two set to begin a three-game set on Friday,