The Yankees might’ve just taken two out of three games from the Blue Jays over the weekend, but that didn’t stop one of Toronto’s broadcasters from calling out the Bronx Bombers.
As the Yankees dropped a brutal 12-2 game to the Tigers on Tuesday, Blue Jays analyst Buck Martinez, while calling Toronto’s come-from-behind win over the Astros, bluntly put how he feels about the contingent from New York.
“You know, the Yankees — they’re not a good team,” Martinez said during the top of the seventh. “I don’t care what their record is. They have a lot of wild pitches, they make a lot of mistakes in the field, they don’t run the bases very well. If they don’t hit home runs, they don’t have a chance to win.”
Aaron Boone removes pitcher Mark Leiter Jr. in the seventh inning of the Yankees’ 12-2 blowout loss to the Tigers on Sept. 9, 2025.Charles Wenzelberg / New York Post
Anthony Volpe cannot catch a short pop-up hit by Trey Sweeney in the seventh inning of the Yankees’ blowout loss to the Tigers.Charles Wenzelberg / New York Post
Compared to the Blue Jays’ 29 wild pitches this season, the Yankees do have considerably more, with 47. But the Yankees’ 82 errors aren’t much worse than the Blue Jays, who have 81 in 2025.
The Yankees, trailing the Blue Jays by three games heading into the weekend, dropped the first contest before winning the next two, taking the Sunday rubber match, 4-3, to pull within two games of the AL East lead.
With a chance to maintain that deficit on Tuesday, though, the Yankees’ bullpen imploded in the seventh inning when they allowed seven runs to the Tigers.
Blue Jays color commentator Buck Martinez watches batting practice before an August game against the Cubs at Rogers Centre.Nick Turchiaro-Imagn Images
Tyler Heineman gets doused in water by teammates after the Blue Jays’ 4-2, 10-inning home win over the Astros at Rogers Centre on Sept. 9, 2025.Getty Images
“Tonight’s a tough night, but it doesn’t change a lot of the good things that have happened in some of these games we’ve been able to close out,” Yankee manager Aaron Boone said of his bullpen.
On the flip side, the Blue Jays, who trailed by two entering the bottom of the ninth, tied things up on ex-Yankee Isiah Kiner-Falefa’s two-run single. In the 10th, Tyler Heineman delivered a walk-off fielder’s choice to give Toronto an improbable 4-3 win — and a three-game lead back in the division.
