NEW YORK – Reminiscing is fun and the Toronto Blue Jays certainly made some life-long memories at Yankee Stadium last October during the American League Division Series. Still, back in the Bronx for the first time since, there was limited appetite for wistful trips down memory lane.

“That was last year,” Vladimir Guerrero Jr. bluntly told a throng of reporters in the visitors' dugout after batting practice. 

Fair enough, especially given the circumstances of the moment for the Blue Jays, who are still trying to find some steadiness to their roster and their game after a slow and injury-filled opening to the year. 

Put simply, “we need to start playing better,” said manager John Schneider. “Your antenna always goes up when you're playing a division team. I think the guys like playing here. There's always a good atmosphere here and they're a damn........

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