American League East News

Across the league, fans have already had the privilege of witnessing fantastic moments such as extraordinary pitching performances, Albert Pujols' 500th career homer and a tight AL race that includes no division lead of more than one game.

The Boston Red Sox caught the New York Yankees in a very sticky situation to even the latest series between the two bitter AL East rivals.

The Baltimore Orioles ' 2014 has been a roller coaster ride and we're not even through the first month of the season.

Apr 20, 2014; St. Petersburg, FL, USA; New York Yankees starting pitcher Vidal Nuno throws a pitch during the second inning against the Tampa Bay Rays at Tropicana Field.

Alabama is the only state where the residents can debate the greatest living baseball player and know the answer will be one of their own.

Masahiro Tanaka last night showed the Red Sox he could alter the balance of power in the AL East for the next six years, which prompts an obvious question: How close did he come to calling Fenway Park home? The answer: not very.

The New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox will continue an American League East series Wednesday night at Fenway Park, with the first pitch scheduled for 7:00 p.m. ET on ESPN New York has won back-to-back games, including a 9-3 victory over Boston as +105 road underdogs Tuesday, while going OVER the betting total for the fourth time in five contests.

Masahiro Tanaka passed his toughest test yet Tuesday by holding down the Red Sox over seven-plus innings at Fenway.

Maureen Mullen has covered the Red Sox and Major League Baseball for a variety of outlets since 2002.

Brett Lawrie, Melky Cabrera and Edwin Encarnacion each hit three-run homers to power the Blue Jays to a 9-3 win over the Orioles.

The Boston Red Sox started their second series of the young 2014 MLB season against their bitter rivals, the New York Yankees , on Tuesday night.

It would be easy enough to look at the way the Orioles have hung around the .500 mark through the first three weeks of the new season and wonder what might have been had Manny Machado been able to start the season on time and had J.J.Hardy not temporarily been reduced to a part-time player by back and hamstring problems.

A mere 20 games into the 2014 regular season, the 9-11 Boston Red Sox are probably not concerned about midseason trades the team may make leading up to the 2014 MLB trading deadline.

Steve Silva, a lifelong Massachusetts resident, joined Boston.com in 2004. He's covered the world championship runs of the Red Sox, Patriots, Bruins, and Celtics, the Boston Marathon, and more as part of the BDC and Boston Globe sports teams.

After four straight 90-win seasons, and an offseason where Tampa Bay Rays management went all-out to upgrade the team, many Rays fans, myself included, expected a quick start out of the gate this year.

Apr 19, 2014; Cleveland, OH, USA; Toronto Blue Jays left fielder Melky Cabrera , center fielder Colby Rasmus and shortstop Jose Reyes celebrate a 5-0 win over the Cleveland Indians at Progressive Field.

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The Rivalry renews at Fenway Park on Tuesday and that makes this a good time to say the heck with The Rivalry.

Last week, when opA porA tunA ity knocked poA liteA ly, the Jays litA eralA ly walked away, squanA dering the chance to win two games on a three-city road trip.