Entering play on the second day of June, the Toronto Blue Jays stood 5 1/2 games behind the New York Yankees in the American League East. On the second day of July, the Blue Jays can move into a tie for first place in the division with a victory over the Yankees in Toronto on Wednesday night.

The Yankees announced that Schmidt was removed from his start in Thursday's game against the Blue Jays due to right forearm tightness, Bryan Hoch of MLB.com reports. He yielded three earned runs on four hits and two walks while striking out a batter over three innings prior to departing.

TORONTO — Yankees pitcher Clarke Schmidt was in the midst of a bad start against the Blue Jays on Thursday night at Rogers Stadium when things got a lot worse. After the Yanks scored two runs in the top of the third to tie the game 3-3,

Things were bad enough for the New York Yankees amid a three-game losing streak and 13 losses in their last 19 games, but a potential injury to Clarke Schmidt in Thursday's game against the Toronto Blue Jays might be the final nail in the coffin.

The New York Yankees are in need of an infielder at this year's trade deadline. However, an ideal target is saying he does not want to be dealt.