Yankees pitcher Clarke Schmidt was placed on the 15-day injured list because of right forearm soreness on Friday, one day after his start at Toronto was cut short following three innings. A 29-year-old right-hander,

The New York Yankees placed starting pitcher Clarke Schmidt on the 15-day injured list Friday with tightness in his right forearm.

The Yankees are now one game back of the Blue Jays in the AL East. It was their first four-game sweep in Toronto in franchise history.

But that was a very subtle message that the Yankees front office has to get him help. Sure, he followed it with the usual qualifiers. That there’s time. That he believes in the

Watching from the Rogers Centre first-base dugout rail, Aaron Judge and every other Yankees player and coach had a deer in the headlights blank stare while the Blue Jays were finishing them off Thursday night.

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Preview the July 3 matchup between the New York Yankees and Toronto Blue Jays with odds over/under, game spread, betting lines and more.

Its Thursday, July 3 and the Yankees (48-38) are in Toronto to take on the Blue Jays (48-38). Clarke Schmidt is slated to take the mound for New York against Chris Bassitt for Toronto. The Jays have taken the first three games of the series,