AL East rumors, news

Breaking news and rumors

Injuries and suspensions

Lifestyle

Trade rumors, contract, salary

Stats and scores

Family

Top stories

Fantasy rankings and news

Schedules and games

Rumors and scandals

• Red Sox Trade Rumors: Masataka Yoshida’s Future Hangs in the Balance
The Boston Red Sox will have a decision to make, as Masataka Yoshida looks like a possible trade candidate for the AL East team....2025
Visit the page Red Sox news and rumors
• Series Preview: Rays vs Angels

Photo by Julio Aguilar/Getty Images Nine games down, one-hundred fifty-three to go The 2025 regular season is swiftly moving along and the Rays are back home as they’ll take on the Los Angeles Angels in a three game set at George Steinbrenner Stadium. The Angels are hoping for better things in 2025 as they just narrowly avoided losing 100 games last season. Overall, they were 63-99 and fin...2025
Check it out Julio Aguilar latest news
• Series Preview: Cardinals (4-5) at Pirates (3-7)

4-7-2025 – By Michael Castrignano – @412DoublePlay on X The Pittsburgh Pirates will host the St. Louis Cardinals this week in their first divisional series of the season. Both teams enter the week fresh off losing their respective weekend series to an AL East team with the Bucs dropping 2 of 3 to the Yankees and theContinue reading "Series Preview: Cardinals (4-5) at Pirates (3-7)"...2025
Continue with Michael Castrignano breaking news today
• ‘Ticket Prices Are Scary’ — Blue Jays Fans Break Silence as Empty Seats Haunt AL East Leaders
Toronto Blue Jays fans aired their frustration on the high ticket prices amid the team's low attendance numbers to start the year....2025
Check it out Toronto Blue news and rumors
• Starter Spotlight: TGI Fried-day

4-4-2025 – By Michael Castrignano – @412DoublePlay on X Happy Home Opening Day to all who celebrate! Last year, we welcomed the then defending AL East champion Baltimore Orioles and this time, the defending American League champion, New York Yankees. While New York had a number of tools in their belt during their pennant run last season,Continue reading "Starter Spotlight: TGI Fried...2025
Check it out Michael Castrignano news
• Poll: Who Will Win The AL East?
Opening Day has finally arrived, and teams all around the league are gearing up for another pennant chase in hopes of being crowned this year’s World Series champion. Of course, there’s still another seven months to go before someone raises the Commissioner’s Trophy. Until the playoffs begin, teams will be focused on a smaller goal:…...2025
Click for news about World Series latest news

• Series Preview: Rays vs Pirates

Kim Klement Neitzel-Imagn Images Three games down, one-hundred fifty-nine to go The 2025 regular season is a weekend old and the Rays will now move on to face the Pittsburgh Pirates in a three game set at George Steinbrenner Field in Tampa. Although the Pirates finished last in the National League Central in 2024, there is plenty of reason to hope as they have perhaps the best starting pit...2025
Read about Klement Neitzel Imagn injury status
• This Day in Braves History: Rabbit Maranville breaks his left leg

This was after the Braves legend broke his right leg eight years earlier! Braves Franchise History 1934: Rabbit Maranville breaks his left leg while sliding home on a double steal in an exhibition game against the New York Yankees. The Boston Braves veteran is out for the season and will play just 23 games next year. He had broken his right leg earlier in spring training of 1926. MLB History 197...2025
See also Rabbit Maranville injury update
• MLB Opening Day 2025: The Purple Row staff offers their season predictions

Photo by Rachel O’Driscoll/Colorado Rockies/Getty Images How many games will the Rockies win in 2025? Who will take home hardware around baseball? It’s that time of year again...Purple Row staff predictions! The Rockies start their 162-game quest tonight in sunny Tampa, FL at Tropicana George M. Steinbrenner Field as they take on the Tampa Bay Rays, who are playing their season in the sp...2025
Click for news about Purple Row injury report
• AL East preview 2025: Predicting where Yankees finish after spring injuries

Can the Yankees take the division again?...2025
• 2025 Atlanta Braves positional season preview: Starting Pitching

Photo by Brace Hemmelgarn/Minnesota Twins/Getty Images This rotation has the potential to be brilliant. It also has the potential to have a collective rapid unscheduled disassembly. Sure hope it’s the former! The starting rotation in 2025 for the Atlanta Braves figures to be incredibly fascinating. It’s probably the positional unit on this team with the biggest possible variance of results...2025
Check it out Atlanta Braves injury
• 5 things for Braves fans to get excited about for 2025

Photo by Casey Sykes/Getty Images Which aspects of Braves baseball are you looking forward to most this year? Two things can be true at once. The Atlanta Braves had a very disappointing offseason that included a shocking and, in my opinion, egregious decision to duck under the luxury tax instead of adding around their core in the middle of a World Series window. But, despite this, the Bra...2025
See more Casey Sykes
• Outside The Confines: Down goes Cole

Photo by Brandon Sloter/Getty Images The Yankees ace needs Tommy John surgery. And other news from around MLB. Good morning. Yankees ace Gerrit Cole will miss the entire 2025 season after undergoing Tommy John surgery. Max Fried says he’s “ready to step up” in Cole’s absence. Yankees general manager Brian Cashman said the team needs to add pitching, but “very little is available.” Bus...2025
See more Tommy John injury
• MLB Analyst Names New AL East Favorites as Yankees’ Season Could Be in Jeopardy
One MLB analyst thinks that there is a new AL East favorite on the block after New York Yankees starter Gerrit Cole suffered a major injury....2025
Check it out New York Yankees injury update
• AL East Notes: Varsho, Bello, Orioles
Daulton Varsho underwent rotator cuff surgery in late September, with the expectation that he would likely start the season on the 10-day injured list, even if his absence wouldn’t stretch too far into April. That timeline isn’t much clearer now that Spring Training is well underway, but Varsho logged his first Grapefruit League action yesterday,…...2025
Read about Daulton Varsho injuries
• MLB storylines to watch as Spring Training gets underway

Photo by Christian Petersen/Getty Images There is no shortage of intrigue as baseball returns for the 2025 season. The Super Bowl is now more than a week in the rear view mirror and, for Eagles fans like myself, I’m still not done re-watching the highlights of their beatdown of the Chiefs. Not even close. But this week, full squad spring training workouts began around Major League Basebal...2025
Visit the page Spring Training injury update

• Red Sox Cuban Phenom Yoan Moncada More Than Flashy Cars, Hype and Muscles
2016

Check it out Red Sox
• Scott Miller's Starting 9: Fifty-Six Reasons to Pay Attention in Spring Training
2016

Check it out Scott Miller
• Scott Miller's Starting 9: Jays, Royals, Mets Full Steam Ahead After Deadline
2015

See also Scott Miller
• What Do MLB Players Really Do During the Long Offseason Months?
2014

Click for news about Robinson Cano

2025
"Heyman lists the Cubs, Mets and all five AL East teams among that group."

2024
"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."

2023
"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."

2022
"Step 1, complete: Yankees clinch AL East title"

2021
"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."

2020
"MLB shuts down Marlins and Phillies, revises schedule for NL East, AL East teams amid COVID-19 outbreak"

2019
"AL East Notes: Yankees, Gardner, Red Sox, Luxury Tax, Rays, Relocation"

2018
"AL East Notes: Brach, Orioles, Ellsbury, Yankees, JDM"

2017
"Sox storm back vs. Reds, pad AL East lead"

2016
"O's cool Blue Jays, stay alone atop AL East"

2015
"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."

2014
"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."

• Series Preview: Rays vs Pirates
2025

See more articles Klement Neitzel Imagn trade rumors
• This Day in Braves History: Rabbit Maranville breaks his left leg
2025

See also Rabbit Maranville trade rumors
• MLB Opening Day 2025: The Purple Row community offers their season predictions

Photo by AAron Ontiveroz/MediaNews Group/The Denver Post via Getty Images What do you all think will happen during the 2025 MLB season? It’s Opening Day! Rockies baseball is back! Earlier today, we shared our Purple Row staff predictions, and for the second-straight year, we asked the community to offer their same predictions! We received 35 responses, up from 28 in 2024, and here’s what y...2025
See more articles Purple Row
• MLB Opening Day 2025: The Purple Row staff offers their season predictions
2025

See more articles Purple Row salary rumors
• Predictions 2025: Braves will take the cake

Back on top: The Braves will win their second World Series in the past five years. | Brian Spurlock/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images South Siders will finish 51-111, according to one writer’s predictions We find ourselves here once again, approaching a season where not many good things are expected to happen. Somehow, the White Sox have topped themselves, as although the outlook heading in...2025
See more World Series trade rumors
• 5 things for Braves fans to get excited about for 2025
2025

See more Casey Sykes contract rumors
• Outside The Confines: Down goes Cole
2025

See also Tommy John
• 2025 Cubs: Know your enemy, AL East

Photo by Daniel Shirey/MLB Photos via Getty Images The Cubs did reasonably well against these teams in 2024. The AL East has traditionally been a tough division, though last year only two of the teams finished over .500. The Cubs went 7-8 against these five teams, though that nearly even record was boosted by sweeping the Orioles. They were only 4-8 vs. the Red Sox, Rays, Blue Jays and Yan...2025
Read about Daniel Shirey
• 2025 Cubs: Know your enemy, NL West

Will the Dodgers hoist the World Series trophy again in 2025? | Robert Gauthier/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images One team in particular dominates all talk about this division. Something something Dodgers. Given what the Dodgers have spent the last couple of offseasons, they should win this division by eleventy-seven games, right? As you surely know, baseball doesn’t work that way. They l...2025
Continue with NL West trade rumors
• 30 teams, 2025 edition

For the first time since debuting this series here 17 years ago, I considered not running it this year. Ranking MLB's teams in order of how I like them seems like something who's time has past. There are people on social media -- baseball fans -- who don't root for any team (and I assume that means they don't root against any team). They just root for good games. That's a pretty foreig...2025
Click for news about World Series contract

• This Day in Braves History: Rabbit Maranville breaks his left leg
2025

See more Rabbit Maranville statistics
• MLB Opening Day 2025: The Purple Row community offers their season predictions
2025

Check it out Purple Row statistics
• MLB Opening Day 2025: The Purple Row staff offers their season predictions
2025

See more Purple Row
• The 2025 Royals and MLB predictions thread

Photo by H. Armstrong Roberts/ClassicStock/Getty Images How do you see this season going? Yes, I know technically the regular season has begun (thanks Cubs and Dodgers in Japan!) but this is the eve of the start of the season for most teams. This makes it a good time to put our powers of prognostication on the line. Earlier this week we asked readers to give their predictions on the season...2025
Check it out Bobby Witt statistics
• 2025 Atlanta Braves positional season preview: Starting Pitching
2025

Continue with Atlanta Braves stats
• 5 things for Braves fans to get excited about for 2025
2025

Check it out Casey Sykes
• Outside The Confines: Down goes Cole
2025

See more articles Tommy John statistics
• 2025 Cubs: Know your enemy, NL West
2025

Visit the page NL West
• The annual preseason PECOTA ranking says the Cubs will win 90 games

Photo by @WillByington / www.willbyington.com And yes, I’m saying there’s a chance. Baseball Prospectus’ annual PECOTA standings ranking has appeared for the first time on their site for 2025. And not only do they have the Cubs winning 90 games, they’ve got them comfortably winning the NL Central. Here, have a look: Now, I’m generally an optimist and yes, I believe this y...2025
Visit the page Terry Francona
• An update on MLB teams’ local TV for 2025

Photo by Kyle Cooper/Colorado Rockies/Getty Images The state of local baseball broadcasting is still in flux. Last November, I posted this article about the state of MLB teams’ local TV packages and where they stood back then, and where they were going into the 2025 season. Since then, there have been some updates on a couple of teams that hadn’t finalized broadcast plans for 2025. Here a...2025
Read about Kyle Cooper scores

• 2025 Atlanta Braves positional season preview: Starting Pitching
2025

See more articles Atlanta Braves
• Outside The Confines: Down goes Cole
2025

Check it out Tommy John
• 2025 Cubs: Know your enemy, NL West
2025

See more NL West
• MLB storylines to watch as Spring Training gets underway
2025

Visit the page Spring Training
• AL East Notes: Morton, Rays, Neander, Yankees
As has been the custom over his last few seasons, veteran right-hander Charlie Morton talked things over with his wife after the 2024 campaign to figure out whether or not he would again try to ramp up for another run. This time, however, Morton might’ve on some level made his decision even before his 2024…...2025
See also Charlie Morton
• Former Cubs reliever Willie Hernandez has passed away

Willie Hernandez pitching for the Cubs in 1977 | Photo by Heinz Kluetmeier /Sports Illustrated via Getty Images He went on to better years in Detroit after the Cubs traded him. Willie Hernandez, a lefthander who pitched for the Cubs from 1977-83, has passed away, aged 69. This Spanish-language article has details (and if you put it into Google Chrome, you should be able to read a translati...2023
See also Puerto Rico
• Cubs ownership and management is pretty good — consider these 6 other cautionary tales

Kamil Krzaczynski-USA TODAY Sports You can criticize Cubs leadership at times... but it could be a whole lot worse. It’s a parlor game, really, or what used to be called that: Complaining about the ownership and/or front-office management of your favorite baseball team. Cubs fans are no different than any other in this regard; rightly or wrongly, Tom Ricketts and Jed Hoyer get their share ...2023
See more Kamil Krzaczynski
• Blue Jays fans are eating hot dogs at a frankly alarming rate
Todd Korol/Toronto Star via Getty Images Tracking the hot dog consumption of Blue Jays fans is the only MLB stat I care about. Baseball is a sport steeped in rich traditional and statistical intricacy. However, there’s only one stat I’m paying attention to now for the rest of the MLB season. Blue Jays fans coming out hot early in Loonie Dog sked, again establishing a new single-game reco...2023
Read about Blue Jays
• Josh Donaldson clearly uncomfortable in Yankees clubhouse after Judge, Rizzo trolls
Josh Donaldson recently became a father (again) in the beginning of September after welcoming his second daughter into the world. He got to celebrate once again this month on Tuesday night when the New York Yankees clinched the AL East in Toronto. A party ensued in the visiting clubhouse when the Yankees took home the […] Josh Donaldson clearly uncomfortable in Yankees clubhouse after Judge,...2022
See more articles Josh Donaldson
• Ranking 5 injured Yankees by potential playoff impact
The New York Yankees used a four-game set against the Boston Red Sox in the Bronx to expel some demons of recent postseasons past, clinching a playoff berth that once seemed in peril while surging ahead in the AL East chase. Now, the focus in New York is on maintaining momentum while integrating returning stars, […] Ranking 5 injured Yankees by potential playoff impact - Yanks Go Yard - Yank...2022
Continue with New York Yankees

• McCann's blast sparks Yankees past Rays
2015

Visit the page Brian McCann
• 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
See more articles Michael Pineda
• 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
Click for news about Michael Pineda
• 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
Check it out Luis Severino
• 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
See also Luis Severino
• 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
Click for news about Red Sox
• 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
See also Red Sox
• 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
Visit the page Brett Gardner

1. White Sox

2. World Series

3. Red Sox

. . .

59. AL East

• 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
See also Eric Longenhagen
• 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
Read about Michael Reaves
• David Price Right at Home with Boston Red Sox Thanks in Large Part to Big Papi
2016

See more David Price
• Are the Yankees Headed for a Third Straight Year Without a Playoff Appearance?
2014

See more New York Yankees
• Blockbuster Josh Donaldson Trade Shows Jays All-in for 2015, A's Retooling Again
2014

See more articles Toronto Blue

• Series Preview: Rays vs Angels
2025

Visit the page Julio Aguilar
• Poll: Who Will Win The AL East?
2025

See more World Series
• Series Preview: Rays vs Pirates
2025

Read about Klement Neitzel Imagn
• Red Sox Are Again A .500 Team—With 160 To Go

After two games of the 2025 season, the Red Sox find themselves in a familiar place: .500. It begs the question: Is this team really as good as the hype around it? After all, despite wining on Opening Day, they struck out 12 times—reminiscent of the "WhiffFest of 2024". Moreover, starting pitching (the big overhaul of the off-season) has been, well, just OK. In Game Two, Tanner Houck was hard...2025
Visit the page Red Sox
• This Day in Braves History: Rabbit Maranville breaks his left leg
2025

Check it out Rabbit Maranville
• MLB Opening Day 2025: The Purple Row community offers their season predictions
2025

See also Purple Row
• MLB Opening Day 2025: The Purple Row staff offers their season predictions
2025

Visit the page Purple Row
• Predictions 2025: Braves will take the cake
2025

See more articles World Series
• The 2025 Royals and MLB predictions thread
2025

Continue with Bobby Witt
• Division Preview, 2025 AL East
The division previews finish with the AL East. To help with evaluations, a crude runs created per game is calculated from Musings Marcels projections for both batters and pitchers. I then average these for the core of the team. The nine position players, the five starting pitchers, and the closer. I weight the pitchers as […]...2025
Read about Musings Marcels

• 5 things for Braves fans to get excited about for 2025
2025

Read about Casey Sykes scandals
• MLB storylines to watch as Spring Training gets underway
2025

See also Spring Training whispers
• Takeaways from Braves-Rockies: A missed opportunity

Photo by Todd Kirkland/MLB Photos via Getty Images The Braves still won the series but they also missed a golden chance gain as much ground as possible in the NL Wild Card race. Heading into this series, the Atlanta Braves were going for a sweep in order to set the record straight against a Colorado Rockies team that tripped them up in a major way back at Coors Field. For the first two ga...2024
Check it out Todd Kirkland buzz
• Spoiler Alert: The White Sox possess only one existential function, and they’re even failing at that

Artist’s imagining of Miguel Vargas’ post-collision injury. The South Siders go “full White Sox” in Baltimore and make history. Again The 2024 Chicago White Sox are so bad, they’re being used by other teams as an adverb. "the white sox have just gone full white sox" pic.twitter.com/1C5dgI5rvw— Codify (@CodifyBaseball) September 3, 2024 It’s not a pipe dream anymore; with 22 games rem...2024
See also White Sox rumors
• AL East Notes: Benintendi, Kluber, Rays
Despite all of the trade speculation swirling around Andrew Benintendi, the Red Sox haven’t “reached a point of no return in trade talks,” The Boston Globe’s Alex Speier writes, and “there’s a solid chance, though not a guarantee” that Benintendi won’t be moved. One of the obstacles preventing a deal is the number of quality…...2021
Visit the page Andrew Benintendi scandal
• AL East Notes: Morton, Betts, Margot, Blue Jays, Wood, Sanchez
Former Astros righty Charlie Morton became the latest player to address Houston’s electronic sign-stealing scandal, telling MLB.com’s Juan Toribio and other reporters that “personally, I regret not doing more to stop it” during his time with the club in 2017, while also admitting that he wasn’t certain what steps he could have taken to directly…...2020
See more articles Charlie Morton gossip
• For Rays in deep AL East, pitching remains a major concern
Matt Duffy is slated to be the Tampa Bay Rays starting third baseman, with newcomer Yandy Diaz also seeing time at the hot corner. Diaz figures to split his time between third, first and “eventually” the outfield, according to manager Kevin Cash. In terms of further offseason additions, pitching remains an area of concern, though Cash is confident with the group he has now, per Marc Topkin of the...2019
Click for news about Matt Duffy buzz
• Scott Miller's Starting 9: Dodgers a Year Too Late to Make Moves They Need Now
2016

Click for news about Scott Miller buzz
• How Much Could Yankees Actually Sell on Summer Trade Market?
2016

Visit the page New York Yankees whispers
• Blue Jays-Rangers' All-out Brawl Escalates Bad Blood Rivalry to New Level
2016

Visit the page Blue Jays gossip

MLB - baseball breaking news, rumors, trades and scores...

AL East rumors, news

Choose a topic

AL East news, rumors

Advertisement

Share it ! 😉

AL East injury and suspension

AL East lifestyle

Timeline

Advertisement

AL East trade rumors, contract, salary rumors

AL East stats and results

AL East parents, kids, wife / husband, girlfriend / boyfriend

Top AL East news

Baseball Fame Ranking

AL East fantasy rankings and news

AL East schedule, game

AL East rumors, scandals

Latest baseball headlines and breaking news

Baseball breaking news and stories

See more articles