American League East News

With the Winter Meetings always come a plethora of rumors, and this year is no different.

Angel Berroa went from 2003 AL Rookie of the Year to World Series champ on the 2009 Yankees.

The New York Yankees have already been the busiest team in baseball this offseason after missing the playoffs in 2013, but their work is far from done.

Still clinging to the far-flung idea that the Red Sox will trade for Los Angeles Dodgers center fielder Matt Kemp this winter? Kemp's agent, former major league pitcher Dave Stewart , said yesterday that Dodgers general manager Ned Colletti has assured him that the club doesn't intend to trade the two-time All-Star and runner-up for 2011 National ... (more)

The New York Yankees have made their splash in free agency this winter, but they're still in need of another infielder and some pitching.

We are on the heels of Thursday's Rule 5 draft, and the Blue Jays have an open spot for selection thanks to Thad Weber going to Korea.

The champion coming from the AL East turned out to be the only correct aspect of that prediction once the Red Sox won it all.

According to Shi Davidi , the 37-year-old Japanese right-handed pitcher has verbally agreed to a minor league contract with the Blue Jays and could start the season playing for the Double-A New Hampshire Fisher Cats.

They re-captured the magic the past two seasons, resurrecting franchises and making long-awaited returns to the postseason.

Orioles executive vice president Dan Duquette has yet to make an acquisition heading into Thursday, the final day of the winter meetings, but he said that was not because of a lack of trying.

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Oct 18, 2013; St. Louis, MO, USA; St. Louis Cardinals right fielder Carlos Beltran celebrates in the clubhouse with his teammates after game six of the National League Championship Series baseball game against the Los Angeles Dodgers at Busch Stadium.

Arguably the one position the Yankees are working hardest to pursue is starting pitching.

Thus far, the offseason has been highlighted by contracts in excess of $150 million to Jacoby Ellsbury and $240 million to Robinson Cano, but it's the smaller, less talked about moves that could pay major dividends in 2014.

Roy Halladay pitched five innings in his major-league debut with the Blue Jays and then handed the ball off to another Jays legend, Dave Stieb.

The Yankees we last saw dropped $310 million on the free-agent market last week, unloading their fury on the rest of baseball after missing the playoffs for only the second time in the last 19 years.

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Orioles manager Buck Showalter had to know he was going to be asked during his formal winter meetings media session about the team's relative inactivity while other American League East clubs make moves to improve.

Josh Norris in Baseball America , nails it when reporting on the Yankees draft, farm system, prospects, and business model: The Yankees' fall from grace of 2013 truly began a year prior, when Derek Jeter's ankle crumbled beneath him.

Yesterday, the Miami Marlins were apparently ready to trade incumbent first baseman Logan Morrison "shortly," with a number of teams such as the Pittsburgh Pirates, Milwaukee Brewers, and Baltimore Orioles interested in a deal.