Yankees All-Star Sends 4-Word Blue Jays Challenge After Dramatic Turn

BusinessSportsMoneyYankees All-Star Sends 4-Word Blue Jays Challenge After Dramatic TurnByPeter Chawaga,Contributor.Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Peter Chawaga is a writer and editor covering Major League Baseball.Follow AuthorMay 20, 2026, 06:00am EDTHOUSTON, TEXAS - APRIL 25: Jazz Chisholm Jr. #13 of the New York Yankees stands on deck during the first inning against the Houston Astros at Daikin Park on April 25, 2026 in Houston, Texas. (Photo by Jack Gorman/Getty Images)Getty ImagesThe Toronto Blue Jays would have liked to see their series opener with the New York Yankees look more like their matchup from last year’s playoffs. Instead, they got a taste of their own medicine courtesy of the rival.After returning to the Bronx for the first time since besting the Yankees in four games in the American League Division Series, the Blue Jays’ struggles of this season continued.“Two-hundred and twenty-two days later, the Yankees were looking for a teaspoon of revenge. Got a ladle of it, actually,” the Toronto Star’s Rosie DiManno wrote after the Blue Jays’ opening loss. “The Yankees, coming off a dismal 2-7 away swing, were certainly intent on putting their one-sided knockout by the Jays in the American League Division Series last October in the rearview mirror.”ForbesBlue Jays’ Bo Bichette Replacement Send 4-Word Yankees MessageBy Peter ChawagaNew York Yankees’ All-Star Infielder Sends Toronto Blue Jays MessageThe Blue Jays have plenty to reflect on after the opening loss, not to mention a season that has not met expectations, but perhaps the sharpest dagger of the game came courtesy of Yankees second baseman Jazz Chisholm Jr. In the seventh inning, he hit a two-run homer off of the foul pole to take the lead.And following the game, Chisholm noted that he and some of his Yankees teammates are focused on avenging their playoff loss to the Blue Jays from last season.“I feel like, especially losing to them in the playoffs, we gotta h...