TORONTO -- The Yankees touched down in Canada early Friday with some bulletin board material ahead of their American League Division Series showdown against the Blue Jays .

"Contrary to some thoughts up here, we're a really good team," Yankees manager Aaron Boone said in a news conference Friday.

Boone was referring to a pointed critique that Blue Jays television color analyst and former major leaguer Buck Martinez offered on the Yankees during a game between the Blue Jays and Houston Astros on Sept 9.

The Yankees had taken two of three games from the Blue Jays the previous weekend, but Martinez was unimpressed.

"The Yankees, they're not a good team," Martinez said. "I don't care what their record is."

The Yankees went 5-8 against the Blue Jays in the regular season and just 1-6

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