East W L GB X-Baltimore 89 73 – Y-New York 87 75 2 Toronto 86 76 3 Tampa Bay 81 81 8 Boston 78 84 11 The American League East is arguably the toughest division in baseball and 2013 should not be any different. Last season three teams won at least 90 games with two [...]
2012 didn't end the way that The New York Yankees or their 13-time All-Star shortstop Derek Jeter envisioned it to. The Yankees were swept in The American League Championship Series by The Detroit Tigers. The bottom fell out for The Yankees in Game 1 of the series when Jeter suffered a fractured left ankle while [...]
New York Yankees third baseman Alex Rodriguez stepped into the limelight of Major League Baseball 20 years ago and it has been nothing short of a roller coaster for him. Rodriguez was the first overall pick of The 1993 MLB Draft by The Seattle Mariners. Rodriguez was a five-tool player at the shortstop position as [...]
2012 appeared to be a banner year for The Miami Marlins. The Marlins were moving into the brand new state-of-the-art Marlins Park after nearly two decades at Sun Life Stadium. The Marlins front office made huge upgrades in the off-season by signing three free agents in shortstop Jose Reyes, closer Heath Bell, and starting pitcher [...]
When Nolan Ryan became the owner of The Texas Rangers in 2010, one of his goals was to change the culture for a team that had never won a playoff series. Since that time, The Rangers have made the playoffs in each season with consecutive appearances in The World Series in 2010 and 2011. Ryan [...]
The Guggenheim Management Group that purchased The Los Angeles Dodgers last March has changed the landscape of baseball in Southern California. With six World Series Championships that dates back to the franchise's days in Brooklyn, The Dodgers have always been a team that was able to produce talent through their minor-league system. The Dodger way [...]