NEW YORK – New York, the Jay-Z song goes, is a concrete jungle where dreams are made of, where there’s nothing you can’t do, which seems to make it a fitting spot right now for a Toronto Blue Jays team still working out what exactly they are this year.

Last year, they needed about two months before really finding themselves, particularly at the plate, becoming a pesky, high-contact team capable of getting to slug, underpinned by solid pitching and spectacular, stingy defence. 

Their game was clear, distinctive and they fulfilled some dreams in the Bronx last October.

“We’re not the same team we were last year,” said centre-fielder Daulton Varsho. “We have to find a different identity than what we were because obviously there are different guys in the clubhouse, different lineup. So understanding who we are now, we have to get that identity to come out. I thought (Monday in a 7-6 loss to the Yankees) and the Detroit series were really good for us, where it's like, OK,........

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