American League East News

To say Hiroki Kuroda traveled a conventional path to being the Yankees' staff ace would be a lie lifted from the Clinton Family Book of Fibs.

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - The way the Toronto Blue Jays have been going lately, they will take a win any way they can get one.

In the wake of the Masahiro Tanka injury news, the New York Yankees are preparing to move forward with their rotation in shambles as they try to stay close in the American League East race with a three-game weekend series in Baltimore.

Jul 7, 2014; Washington, DC, USA; Baltimore Orioles third baseman Manny Machado hits a single in the tenth inning against the Washington Nationals at Nationals Park.

Last Friday, the Orioles and Blue Jays were tied for first place. The Blue Jays helped the Orioles out by going 1-5 since then, allowing the 4-2 Orioles to open up a three-game lead in the AL East.

The Baltimore Orioles try to distance themselves even further from the New York Yankees on Friday when the American League East rivals begin a three-game series at Camden Yards.

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Asdrubal Cabrera's game-tying, bases-clearing triple was followed by a Michael Brantley sacrifice fly in the seventh, as the Indians went on to a 9-3 victory against the Yankees at Progressive Field.

Chicago's Jose Quintana started with five perfect innings. Conor Gillaspie hit a tying two-run homer in the ninth.

If the Baltimore Orioles are to take control of the AL East, the time is now. The rest of the teams are all facing inconsistency and now injuries.

Picking the Major League Baseball All-Star Game rosters is an inexact science, of course.

If the news is really bad for Masahiro Tanaka - and, these days in baseball, is it ever good when the words "elbow soreness" are used in the same sentence with a star pitcher? - then the letters MRI should stand for something else entirely for the Yankees.

Masahiro Tanaka was placed on the 15-day disabled list Wednesday, perhaps the biggest blow yet to the New York Yankees' battered rotation.

Perez hit a go-ahead, three-run homer in the ninth inning and Kansas City beat Tampa Bay 5-4 to take two of three from the Rays.

He allowed three runs in four innings for single-A Clearwater. Lee will pitch there again Monday, which could act as the final precursor to his return.

Doug Fister threw seven strong innings and Washington got solo home runs from Wilson Ramos, Ian Desmond and Jayson Werth in a 6-2 win over the Baltimore Orioles Wednesday night.

Alright, so yesterday we went over four potential trades should the Boston Red Sox decide to be buyers at the trade deadline.

Orioles-Nationals rainout The finale of a two-game series between the Orioles and the Washington Nationals at Nationals Park was postponed after a two-hour, 30-minute rain delay.

A season that started with so much hope after a World Series championship is over.

Those self-loathing Yankee fans can now include Masahiro Tanaka in their endless rants of what is wrong with the club.