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• ‘Relentless’ Ernie Clement and Blue Jays Oust Yankees From Division Series

The versatile contact-oriented infielder extended his hot streak by sparking two rallies that helped elevate Toronto past its AL East rivals and into the ALCS....2025
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• AL East Notes: ALDS, Rodriguez, Weaver, Orioles
The Blue Jays hold a 2-0 lead in the ALDS after a 13-7 win over the Yankees today. Toronto has torched the Yankees for 23 runs over the two games, with Vladimir Guerrero Jr. (3-for-5 with a grand slam) and Daulton Varsho (4-for-5 with two homers and two doubles) doing the most damage today with…...2025
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• Follow live: Blue Jays host Yankees in clash of AL East rivals
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• How to watch Yankees vs. Blue Jays ALDS Game 1 for free: Time, livestream

The Yankees' next MLB playoffs test are the current AL East champions....2025
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• The Blue Jays' playoff run starts with the AL's top seed -- and a modern Mr. October on their side
After George Springer's career rebirth powered Toronto to the top of the AL East, he has a clear goal for the MLB postseason ahead....2025
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• 2025 ALDS Preview, Yankees Versus Blue Jays
The Yankees and Blue Jays kick off the outer seeds pairing of the ALDS at 4 PM EDT on Saturday in Toronto. The teams finished with the same record atop the AL East, but Toronto won the season series 8-5, making them AL East Champions with the best record in the American League. The following […]...2025
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• Bo Bichette injury: Blue Jays shortstop lands on injured list with left knee sprain amid heated AL East race

The Blue Jays are clinging to a two-game lead in the division...2025
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• Roman Anthony out 4-6 weeks in brutal Red Sox injury blow

The Red Sox have been dealt a brutal injury blow as they grapple with the Yankees trying to chase down the Blue Jays for the AL East crown....2025
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• Roman Anthony injury: Red Sox rookie lands on IL with oblique strain, could miss rest of regular season

Anthony's injury puts a huge damper on Boston's AL East chances...2025
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• Roman Anthony injury: Red Sox rookie headed to IL with oblique strain, could miss rest of regular season

Anthony's injury puts a huge damper on Boston's AL East chances...2025
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• Vladimir Guerrero Jr. injury update: Blue Jays star has hamstring inflammation, considered day-to-day

Vlad Jr. has a near-.900 OPS and the Blue Jays entered Monday with a five-game lead in the AL East...2025
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• Vladimir Guerrero Jr. injury: Blue Jays star leaves game vs. Pirates due to hamstring tightness

Vlad Jr. has a near-.900 OPS and the Blue Jays entered Monday with a five-game lead in the AL East...2025
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• This Day in Braves History: Warren Spahn wins his 299th game

Braves Franchise History 1914: Red Sox owner Joseph Lannin offers the use of Fenway Park to Braves owner James Gaffney. With the Braves making a run for the pennant, Gaffney will take him up on the offer. 1921: Braves crush Cubs 13-5 as Billy Southworth has three doubles and a home run. 1942: Braves pitcher Jim Tobin blasts his sixth homer of the year, tying the National League record for homers...2025
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• Chicago Cubs vs. Baltimore Orioles preview, Friday 8/1, 1:20 CT

Benny Sieu-Imagn Images The Cubs open a new month against an AL East club. Today’s roster moves: Here Friday notes... NOT WALKING MEN: Wednesday’s game at Milwaukee was the 11th of the season in which Cubs pitchers did not walk a batter, tying them with the Phillies for the fourth most among all teams. The Cardinals have done it 13 times; the Pirates and Rays, 12. From 2021-24, through 1...2025
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• MLB Trade Deadline day rumors involving Yankees, Padres, and more

Photo by Joe Robbins/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images It’s deadline day. Here’s the latest rumors about the trades that could go down across MLB. Welcome to Major League Baseball’s deadline day. Teams have until 6 p.m. Eastern today to finalize trades for players on 40-man rosters, ahead of the late-season run to the playoffs. While there are still hours remaining, two of the major names o...2025
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• MLB trade rumors on Pirates, Diamondbacks, Rangers, and Yankees as deadline nears

Charles LeClaire-Imagn Images Here’s the latest MLB trade rumors for Wednesday. The 2025 MLB Trade Deadline is hours away, and the rumors are flying. Over the next 24-plus hours, teams will reshape their rosters in an effort to either push for a playoff run, or rebuild for next year. Let’s dive into the latest MLB Trade Deadline rumors with one more day to go. Pittsburgh Pirates need to b...2025
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• Outside The Confines: Good as Goldschmidt

Photo by Nic Antaya/Getty Images The Yankees’ leadoff man has been unexpectedly clutch for the team. The Yankees are a team built on a lot of money and superstar power, but still, no one would have pointed at Paul Goldschmidt in the lineup and thought he might be the most productive member of the team. Yet, in a recent series against the Tigers, and in fact all through the early part of th...2025
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• Red Sox Cuban Phenom Yoan Moncada More Than Flashy Cars, Hype and Muscles
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• Scott Miller's Starting 9: Fifty-Six Reasons to Pay Attention in Spring Training
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• Scott Miller's Starting 9: Jays, Royals, Mets Full Steam Ahead After Deadline
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• What Do MLB Players Really Do During the Long Offseason Months?
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"With the Yankees in danger of their defense costing them another game, and falling further behind the Blue Jays in the AL East, Ben Rice saved the day."

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"Aaron Judge hit his major league-leading 58th home run to help the Yankees wrap up their second AL East title in three years with a 10-1 victory over the Orioles on Thursday."

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"com/i1dG1JQfaH— Andy Kostka (@afkostka) June 11, 2023 With the victory, the Orioles improved to 41-24 on the season, good for second place in the AL East."

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"Step 1, complete: Yankees clinch AL East title"

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"Aaron Boone, whose job security came into question after the Yankees finished third in the AL East and then lost to the Red Sox in the AL Wild Card Game, will return with a new three-year deal, plus an option, sources confirmed to ESPN."

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"MLB shuts down Marlins and Phillies, revises schedule for NL East, AL East teams amid COVID-19 outbreak"

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"AL East Notes: Yankees, Gardner, Red Sox, Luxury Tax, Rays, Relocation"

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"AL East Notes: Brach, Orioles, Ellsbury, Yankees, JDM"

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"Sox storm back vs. Reds, pad AL East lead"

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"O's cool Blue Jays, stay alone atop AL East"

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"Brian McCann's home run in the sixth inning helped push the Yankees into sole possession of first place in the AL East on Monday night with a 4-1 win over the Rays, who saw their five-game winning streak snapped."

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"The Red Sox have finalized their contract with Pablo Sandoval, the first of two big signings aimed at boosting Boston's offense after a last-place finish in the AL East."

• MLB Game 162 picks, best bets: Blue Jays hang on to take AL East over Yankees, Mets go home empty-handed

Let's grab a few wagers on the final day of the 2025 MLB regular season...2025
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• Red Sox signing Nathaniel Lowe for postseason push after shocking release

The race to the top of the AL East didn't stop at the trade deadline....2025
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• Poll: Who Had The Best Deadline In The AL East?
The trade deadline has come and gone. While trade season was slow to get started this year, when all was said and done, there were several dozen trades made in a flurry of movement over the final few days before the deadline arrived. The full impact of these trades won’t be known for years to…...2025
• This Day in Braves History: Warren Spahn wins his 299th game
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• MLB Week 17 Hot or Not: It’s a trade frenzy

Ke’Bryan Hayes celebrates after hitting a three-run home run against the Braves on July 31, 2025. | Aaron Doster-Imagn Images The 2025 trade deadline was far from disappointing As always, the trade deadline consumed the headlines last week. From blockbuster moves to buzzer-beating transactions, all eyes were on the trades, less so the games. This recap covers in-game and off-field action f...2025
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• Yankees' trade-deadline whirlwind may not be enough to win AL East

The Yankees are, without a doubt, a much better team. But this raises an overlooked question: are they good enough?...2025
• Royals vs Blue Jays Game 110 Gamethread

Michael Wacha gets the start tonight. | Jim Rassol-Imagn Images The Royals will take their newly-acquired dudes north of the border in their quest to get back to .500. After a whirlwind trade deadline day yesterday, the 54-55 Royals will start the rest of the season with a new look. Randal Grichuk and Mike Yastrzemski will both be in the lineup for tonight’s matchup against the AL East-lea...2025
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• Austin Cox for Dane Dunning and thoughts from yesterday

Aaron Doster-Imagn Images Raisel Iglesias just says no to sliders, Marcell Ozuna didn’t say no to trades, and the Braves say no to allowing three run homers Let’s get some of the business out of the way before we dig into what happened and what didn’t happen yesterday. The #Braves today recalled LHP Austin Cox to Atlanta after optioning RHP Dane Dunning to Triple-A Gwinnett following las...2025
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• On The Horizon: Cubs vs. Orioles series preview

Photo by G Fiume/Getty Images The Cubs host a team from the AL East. The Orioles were expected to contend this year after winning 101 games in 2023 and 91 last year. Instead, they got off to a horrific start and were 21-36 at the end of May. Since then, they’ve played better, going 29-23 in June and July, but they still stand last in the AL East at 50-59. That mark is actually slightly bet...2025
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• ‘Best Bullpen In AL East’: Yankees Land Two-Time All-Star Closer In Blockbuster Trade

The New York Yankees significantly upgraded their bullpen ahead of Thursday's 6 p.m. trade deadline, acquiring a two-time All-Star closer....2025
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• What’s stoking hopes of Yankees surge at crucial moment

The Yankees suddenly enter an important week against AL East rivals with a chance to look ahead and not behind them in the playoff standings....2025
• Yankees turn Cardinals’ woeful defense into ugly win to complete sweep, gain ground in AL East

The good news for the Yankees is that they do not award wins on style points....2025
• The Summer Score – Updated for August 3, 2025

Joey Loperfido, Vladimir Guerrero Jr. and the rest of the first place Toronto Blue Jays kept the pressure on the Royals all day long, stayed on top of the AL East standings and increased their Summer Score. The Astros, Blue Jays, Mariners, Red Sox, Tigers and Yankees all added to their score in the American […]...2025
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• Royals vs Blue Jays Game 110 Gamethread
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• MLB Trade Deadline day rumors involving Yankees, Padres, and more
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• Royals Rumblings - News for July 29, 2025

Photo by Ed Zurga/Getty Images Royals even up series against the Atlanta Braves with another loud night from the bats. Royals Data Dugout looks at what is next for Kansas City this week. While the Seth Lugo extension is as much about 2026 and 2027 as anything, swapping Hoffman for Grichuk is at least a hint the Royals view themselves as squarely in the race heading into August. At this poi...2025
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• Ben Rice plays hero as Yankees slug past Blue Jays

When Ben Rice came up to the plate for the New York Yankees in the ninth inning, the score was tied and New York was facing pressure to avoid another loss to the team it is looking up at in the AL East standings....2025
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• Braves try to fend off the Yankees - and here’s how you can watch

Photo by Paras Griffin/Getty Images Will the the visiting New Yorkers ignite Atlanta’s second half? The Atlanta Braves start the second-half of the 2025 baseball season with a six-game home-stand, first welcoming the New York Yankees and then the San Francisco Giants. The Braves enter play on Friday 11 games under .500 with less than two weeks until the trade deadline. Atlanta made a minor...2025
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• On The Horizon: Cubs vs. Yankees series preview

Photo by New York Yankees/Getty Images A big-time series ahead of the All-Star break. The Yankees had a 4½-game lead in the AL East after sweeping the Royals in a three-game series that ended June 12. Since then they’re 10-16, although they just swept the Mariners in a three-game series and Thursday, came back from being no-hit into the eighth to walking the game off in the 10th. In that s...2025
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• Chicago overcomes early mistakes, halting Toronto’s 10-game tear in 2-1 victory

Edgar Quero and Jordan Leasure celebrate Chicago’s win. | Kamil Krzaczynski-Imagn Images Offensive and defensive grit carry the White Sox in a narrow win Characterizing the White Sox as gritty would’ve been a hilarious misnomer last year, but it was the name of today’s game. After being dealt a spoonful of their own medicine and accepting a rain-induced loss last night, the Good Guys displ...2025
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• What’s stoking hopes of Yankees surge at crucial moment
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• The Red Sox have given the Yankees something to prove — this is the week to do it

The Yankees might be the defending AL East and AL champs and the Red Sox might have missed the playoffs the past three seasons, but at this moment it feels like the Red Sox have it over the Yankees....2025
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• Austin Cox for Dane Dunning and thoughts from yesterday
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• MLB Trade Deadline day rumors involving Yankees, Padres, and more
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• Royals Rumblings - News for July 29, 2025
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• MLB Week 16 Hot or Not: The week before the trade deadline

Vladimir Guerrero Jr. celebrates the hot run of his Toronto Blue Jays. | Rick Osentoski-Imagn Images Diamondbacks sell first, White Sox and Bucs surprise, and Jays gear up to buy Long-time, no-see! After a week off from our regularly-scheduled programming, the Hot or Not feature series is back. This recap covers the first full week back from the All-Star break from July 20-26. AL West Ho...2025
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• BCB After Dark: Can the Cubs deal for Dylan Cease?

Photo by Sean M. Haffey/Getty Images The late-night/early-morning spot for Cubs fans asks if the Cubs could swing a deal for Padres ace Dylan Cease It’s Wednesday night here at BCB After Dark: the grooviest gathering of night owls, early risers, new parents and Cubs fans abroad. Come settle in with us. We’ve got a few tables still available. Let us know if we can do anything for you. There...2025
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• MLB Week 15 Hot or Not: The All-Stars showed up

Byron Buxton has water dumped on him after hitting his first career cycle. | Brad Rempel-Imagn Images Although some ASG participants fell hard, many proved why they’re worthy of the honor by putting on show-stopping performances This week’s recap covers the 15th full week of the season, from July 6-12, the final week before the 2025 All-Star Game. AL West Hot: Bryan Woo twirls a gem and ...2025
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• Outside The Confines: How about those Blue Jays?

Matt Marton-Imagn Images Who saw that surge coming? Happy Wednesday, BCBers! We’re getting mighty close to the All-Star break, and that means two things: if we’re not talking about the All-Stars, we’re talking about the amateur draft or the trade deadline. There’s plenty to get into in today’s news, as we find out who is taking the helm in Washington, the unexpected surge of the Toronto Bl...2025
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• Game Thread: Blue Jays at White Sox

The Colson Montgomery Era has begun! | Justin Edmonds/Getty Images South Siders kick off final first half home stand against northern neighbors While the Chicago White Sox couldn’t complete a sweep of the Rockies in Denver yesterday afternoon, they’ll have a chance to continue showing small signs of positive momentum as they enter the home stretch of the first half with tonight’s series op...2025
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• McCann's blast sparks Yankees past Rays
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• Yanks half-game back in AL East after win
It seemed as if Michael Pineda and the Yankees were in for a long day on Monday after Pineda allowed four runs to the Orioles in the second inning of the series opener. But the Yanks' offense chipped away to rally behind Pineda and New York ultimately pulled out an 8-6 win. Greg Bird's three-run shot in the seventh broke open a tie and ended up being the difference-maker for the Yanks, who pulled ...2015
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• Yanks half-game back in AL East after win
It seemed as if Michael Pineda and the Yankees were in for a long day on Monday after Pineda allowed four runs to the Orioles in the second inning of the series opener. But the Yanks' offense chipped away to rally behind Pineda and New York ultimately pulled out an 8-6 win. Greg Bird's three-run shot in the seventh broke open a tie and ended up being the difference-maker for the Yanks, who pulled ...2015
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• Severino helps Yanks keep pace in AL East
Luis Severino bounced back from a rough outing to pitch into the sixth inning and Greg Bird launched a towering home run as the Yankees defeated the Rays, 3-1, on Wednesday at Tropicana Field....2015
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• Severino helps Yanks keep pace in AL East
Luis Severino bounced back from a rough outing to pitch into the sixth inning and Greg Bird launched a towering home run as the Yankees defeated the Rays, 3-1, on Wednesday at Tropicana Field....2015
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• Sox storm back vs. Reds, pad AL East lead
The Red Sox endured the early body blow of a grand slam by Cincinnati's Scooter Gennett and then stormed back with big hits and clutch relief to pull out a 5-4 victory over the Reds on Friday night that reduced their magic number for clinching the American League East to six games....2017
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• Sox win set with Jays, increase AL East lead
Fresh off a 19-inning comeback win on Tuesday, the Red Sox were right back at it on Wednesday night, riding another stellar outing from Doug Fister and a balanced offensive attack to a 6-1 victory over the Blue Jays in the rubber game at Fenway Park....2017
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• Gardner's 2 HRs, Judge's 10th blast lead NY
Brett Gardner homered twice and drove in four runs, Austin Romine collected a career-high five RBIs and Aaron Judge hit his American League-leading 10th homer as the Yankees claimed sole possession of first place in the AL East with a 12-4 victory over the Orioles on Saturday at Yankee Stadium....2017
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• The Sleeper and the Bust Episode: 1382 – Team-by-Team Prospect Review: AL East ft. Eric Longenhagen

The prospect deep-dives are back! After a year off, Paul is joined by Eric Longenhagen to go team-by-team and discussing any and all fantasy relevant prospects and prospect-adjacent players Source...2025
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• 2024 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 25

Photo by Michael Reaves/Getty Images The Cubs sweep the Astros to close a successful homestand. Every season is an entity onto its own. You watch enough seasons and they start to feel like one long homogenous mass. But when you sort them out, or more specifically when one is going on, you can really feel that individuality. And so, as we sit in front of this currently unfolding season, th...2024
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• David Price Right at Home with Boston Red Sox Thanks in Large Part to Big Papi
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• Are the Yankees Headed for a Third Straight Year Without a Playoff Appearance?
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• Blockbuster Josh Donaldson Trade Shows Jays All-in for 2015, A's Retooling Again
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• How to watch Yankees vs. Blue Jays ALDS Game 1 for free: Time, livestream
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• The Blue Jays' playoff run starts with the AL's top seed -- and a modern Mr. October on their side
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• Yankees vs. Blue Jays ALDS schedule, prediction, odds, TV channel as AL East foes prepare for Game 1

New York and Toronto will begin their best-of-five series on Saturday...2025
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• Yankees vs. Red Sox: Comparing AL East rivals position by position ahead of Wild Card Series matchup

Cody Bellinger or Jarren Duran? Garrett Crochet or Max Fried? Let's build a roster...2025
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• Jays clinch East, home field through AL playoffs
Alejandro Kirk hit two home runs, including his first career grand slam, and the Toronto Blue Jays clinched their first AL East title in a decade by routing the Tampa Bay Rays 13-4 in their regular-season finale Sunday....2025
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• Blue Jays clinch AL East for the first time since 2015: Toronto holds off Yankees, secures No. 1 playoff seed

Vladimir Guerrero Jr. and his squad will have a bye to the ALDS...2025
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• What's at stake in Game 162? AL East, AL Central and wild card races down to last day of MLB regular season

Plus, Cal Raleigh's home run chase has him looking up at Aaron Judge's record...2025
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• Aaron Judge adds to MVP resume as Yankees roll past Orioles to keep pace in AL East race

As far as closing arguments go, Aaron Judge is certainly making a convincing one....2025
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• MLB playoff clinch scenarios: How AL East, AL Central, wild card races will be decided this weekend

With two games left of the 2025 regular season, four playoff berths are still open...2025
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• Keeping Pace
The race for the top spot in the AL East remains unchanged. The Blue Jays beat the Rays 4-2 thanks to a two run homer by Nathan Lukes, and another good start by Shane Bieber. The Yankees down the Orioles 8-4 Aaron Judge homered and Giancarlo Stanton hit two of his own, tying Carl Yastrzemski […]...2025
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• Red Sox signing Nathaniel Lowe for postseason push after shocking release
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• MLB Week 17 Hot or Not: It’s a trade frenzy
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• Royals Rumblings - News for July 29, 2025
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• MLB Week 16 Hot or Not: The week before the trade deadline
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• BCB After Dark: Can the Cubs deal for Dylan Cease?
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• Game Thread: Blue Jays at White Sox
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• Rafael Devers trade: Red Sox fans, Dodgers among losers, 3 winners

David Butler II-Imagn Images Let’s parse the Rafael Devers trade between the Red Sox and Giants. More than a month ahead of the MLB Trade Deadline, we have our first big move. Big might be an understatement. After months of frustration with slugger Rafael Devers, the Boston Red Sox traded the star to the San Francisco Giants in exchange for LHP Kyle Harrison, RHP Jordan Hicks, Single-A OF ...2025
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• Thursday Rockpile: Gameplanning the trade deadline for the Rockies

Isaiah J. Downing-Imagn Images Colorado Rockies news and links for Thursday, June 12, 2025 We’re about a month-and-a-half away from MLB’s trade deadline on July 31st. Many teams are already considering their options in regards to this most special of days, trying to determine what path to take to set them on the road to success. Rumors swirl about names such as Luis Robert Jr., Zac Gallen,...2025
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• MLB Week 9 Hot or Not: Tarik Skubal presents his Cy Young case, Max Fried and Zach Wheeler struggle

Tarik Skubal throws the final strikeout of his first career complete game, against the Guardians on May 25. | Rob Tringali/MLB Photos via Getty Images Pitching was all the buzz in the last week of May Week nine of the Hot or Not series is all about pitching — both dominant and faulty. This week’s recap covers the fifth full week of the season, May 25-31. AL West Hot: Jose Altuve Altuve ha...2025
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• Roundtable: What is the top storyline of the first third of the season?

Kim Klement Neitzel-Imagn Images or, are the Rays good? With the 2025 season one third complete, what is the top story line of the year thus far? Danny Russell With the series win against the Twins, the Rays have risen to a 28-27 record, second in the AL East — albeit 7.0 games back from the Yankees — and, in an astonishing turn around, improving their playoff odds to 30%. Y...2025
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