With this 5.5 game lead at the start of Aug, the odds of the jays catching the Yankees will be tough but not even close to impossible.
The bonus is with the Yankee lead is that they will probably still be in first place at the close of the waiver claim deadline and the Jays potentially could claim any
pitcher the Yankee's may need.
As a very remote aside to this possibility is that the Jays could also get a possible starter to replace Price next year.
^ Yes, far fetched but....