The Yankees were led by superstar off-season signing Giancarlo Stanton, who scored two home runs on his Yankees debut, while Aaron Judge and Gary Sánchez also notched home runs of their own.

“I felt good about today stacking those three guys,” said Yankees rookie manager Aaron Boone, who had his three aces batting second, third, and fourth. “Hopefully those guys create problems.”

They certainly created plenty for Blue Jays pitchers.

Stanton, Judge, and Sánchez registered six of the Yankees’ 11 hits and drove in five of their six runs, but more significantly, set the early tone by bringing across the first four runs to give New York a lead they would never surrender.

“We knew it was tough to go through them before Stanton showed up,” said Toronto manager John Gibbons. “I guess if you are going to be in a new city that’s the way to open it up.”

“They can do a lot of damage up top, you’ve got to pitch them tough, you can get them out if you pitch them tough, but they can also burn you a time or two.”

Stanton led the assault, cracking a first-inning two-run homer in his first at-bat in the Yankees pinstripes, then closed out the scoring with a one-run shot in the ninth inning. He also had an RBI double.

Meanwhile, Sánchez also drove in a run with a double, and Judge had a pair of hits, scoring one run.

Brett Gardner also contributed a solo homer to the Yankees’ cause.

“They’ve got to alter their whole approach when they see us coming up,” said Stanton. “From the top to bottom we are going to be tough.”

Stanton led the major leagues with 59 homers in 2017 and alongside last year’s Rookie of the Year Judge, who had 52, will form baseball’s most feared two-man combination since the 1920s partnership of Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig fronted the original Murderers’ Row or the 1960s pairing of Mickey Mantle and Roger Maris.

Sánchez also comes with a sluggers’ pedigree, joining Ruth and Maris as just the third Yankee to hit 30 homers in his first 90 games.