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As a reminder: Odds to win AL East, March 25 (Bovada.lv) Blue Jays +160 Rays +250 Yankees +350 Red Sox +550 Orioles +750 AL East projected standings, March 26 (Dan Szymborski's ZiPS system) Blue Jays -- 94-68 Rays -- 88-74 Red Sox -- 84...

The Baltimore Orioles not only could not score on Hiroki Kuroda, they couldn't even get to second base. Well, they finally reached second with two outs in the ninth, but that was only because of an error and a fielder's choice. It didn't matte...

Hiroki Kuroda pitched a five-hitter for his fifth major league shutout and Brett Gardner hit his first home run off a left-handed pitcher since July 2010, leading the New York Yankees over the Baltimore Orioles 3-0 Sunday night.

WHAT IT MEANS: The New York Yankees' starting rotation suddenly doesn't look so strong. On Friday, Andy Pettitte had his next start pushed back due to back spasms. On Saturday, Phil Hughes got pounded for the second time in a row, resulting in a 5...

Struggling starting pitchers will certainly be on display this weekend as teams -- both real and fantasy -- wonder if their aces will deliver. Of course, it's not even Tax Day yet, so in general it's wise to be patient. By the way, don't forget to pa...

Picking division winners and playoff teams is easy. What's harder is picking the final record for every team. So I will venture to project this year's final standings ... remember, wins and losses and runs scored and runs allowed must add up across t...

Potential and upside, even track record, can carry a career only so far. At some point, a player has to put up or shut up. Baseball is a results-oriented industry and if the production isn't there, neither are you. With it being Opening Day in man...

Blog | April 01, 2013

Orioles 10, Yankees 7

During my entire 15-year career in baseball as a GM and through today, commissioner Bud Selig has emphasized improving the game's competitive balance. He said his goal was for all 30 clubs' fan bases to have "hope and faith" on Opening Day that t...

Blog | January 24, 2013

In sizing up the major league landscape at the offseason's midway point, ESPN.com senior baseball writer Jayson Stark polled executives around the league, asking them to identify the five teams that improved themselves most and the five that have don...

The Blue Jays are AL East favorites and Dan Szymborski explains how the rest of the division can catch them.

Story | Conversation | December 18, 2012

Welcome to the second-annual edition of Grantland's MLB Winter Meetings coverage. We'll be filing frequent updates throughout each day of the meetings, weighing in on signings, trades, and rumors, while also providing as much color as possible from N...

Dan Szymborski looks at what each AL East team needs to do to make the playoffs in 2013.

Story | Conversation | November 08, 2012

As great as he was in Game 1, CC Sabathia had to be greater in Game 5.

CC Sabathia pitched a four-hitter and the Yankees once again came out on the right side of a disputed home run call against the Orioles in October, beating Baltimore 3-1 Friday in the deciding Game 5 to reach the AL championship series against Detroit.