TORONTO – Where the Yankees once stood alone, there’s a crowd atop the AL East standings.

“It’s a long season. We’ve got to put ourselves in a better position, but I’m not concerned about what’s going on around us,’’ said Aaron Judge, who nearly slugged the Yankees all the way back from a hopeless spot on Wednesday night.

An eight-run deficit became a 9-9 game, but the Blue Jays’ 11-9 victory put Toronto into a first-place tie with the Yanks, and the Tampa Bay Rays are one game back in the loss column.

For a team that appeared on its way to a wire-to-wire finish in the East, this is a stunning turnabout; through May 28, the Yankees owned a seven-game divisional lead.

Here are the records of the top three AL East contenders since then:

Blue Jays: 21-10

Rays: 20-12

Yankees: 13-18

‘We’ve got to control what we do in this room and what we do out there on the field,’’ said Judge. “We’ve just got to play better, that’s what it comes down to.’’

Yankees’ starter Will Warren ambushed early

Will Warren’s emergence as a depth piece in the Yankees’ rotation can’t be ignored for its impact.

Entering Wednesday night, Warren had posted a 1.96 ERA in his previous four starts, with 28 strikeouts in 23 innings, and the Yanks had won four of his last five starts.

Against a Blue Jay lineup still without Bo Bichette (knee), Warren allowed the first five batters to reach, capped by Addison Barger’s three-run homer.

Davis Schneider’s two-run homer put the exclamation point on a seven-run first inning.

“Didn’t execute some pitches…and they made me pay for it. It (stinks),’’ said Warren, whose aggressive approach didn’t work against a Toronto lineup with MLB’s fewest strikeouts.

Two walks also hurt Warren, who faced 11 batters and threw 36 pitches in the first.

Overall, “I don’t think that changes how we approach things,’’ Warren said of not altering a style that has worked, despite Toronto’s cannon fire. “Just wasn’t my day.’’

Yankees’ bullpen taxed, Devin Williams takes the loss

Judge’s game-tying, eighth inning homer – a 440-foot, two-run blast – brought the Yankees all the way back from an 8-0 deficit, but that euphoria was fleeting.

Summoned to face the top of Toronto’s order in the eighth, Devin Williams walked Tuesday’s hero George Springer with one out, and things began to unravel from there.

Williams has recently reclaimed his closer’s job, even with Luke Weaver (hamstring) back from the IL, but this was a flashback to April, when command issues led to a timeout in a setup role.

Springer’s stolen base triggered an intentional walk to Vlad Guerrero Jr., and Alejandro Kirk’s deep fly out pushed both runners into scoring position.

That’s when a tie-breaking wild pitch and a Barger single made it 11-9.

Warren’s ability to go four innings (instead of a first-round knockout) helped some, but the bullpen has lately been taxed and has generally underperformed to previous standards, including Weaver.

This will be an area to aggressively explore before the MLB trade deadline, though nearly every contender will be shopping in this aisle before July 31.

Yankees’ misplays a cause for concern

Fundamentally, the Yankees still struggle to do those little things – advancing runners, taking the extra base, etc. – that could haunt them again, and are hurting them now.

On Wednesday, a sure-looking out was lost when top-notch first baseman Paul Goldschmidt took the cutoff and didn’t throw to second base to nab the slow-moving Kirk after a two-run single.

That cost the Yanks a first inning run.

In the third, Ben Rice was well off third base and not in position to tag up on Cody Bellinger’s lineout to left (Giancarlo Stanton followed with a one-out, three-run homer).

And in the fourth, third baseman Jazz Chisholm Jr. made another erratic play, allowing Ernie Clement to take second base on a throwing error.

It didn’t lead to a run, but it’s more evidence that Chisholm should be returned to his natural second base spot, where he’s a plus-defender, moving DJ LeMahieu to third base (while scouring the trade market for a right-handed hitting corner infield upgrade).