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Four of the AL East teams will be facing off head-to-head this mid-May weekend, with the Tampa Bay Rays traveling to Baltimore and the mighty Vernon Wells-led New York Yankees hosting the last-place-but-hot Toronto Blue Jays. The other team is the Bo...

Are Rangers the best team in MLB?...

Paul Swydan breaks down the chances for the Detroit Tigers and Texas Rangers to remain elite throughout the season. He also writes why the Red Sox have struggled as of late.

Story | Conversation | May 13, 2013

KANSAS CITY -- On this date one year ago, the New York Yankees' everyday first baseman was batting .212, with four home runs, 17 RBIs, an on-base percentage of .269 and an OPS of .634. This season, the numbers for the Yankees' everyday first basem...

The cream of the 2013 free-agent crop was obvious and expensive. Teams entered the offseason flush with cash and spent prodigiously. Outfielder Josh Hamilton was the best position player, while B.J. Upton and Michael Bourn followed not far behind...

Blog | May 10, 2013

Despite a rough week of losses, the Sox are resolved to keep banging away.

Throwback Uniforms

There's still a long, long way to go, but here's what we've learned from the first 30 games or so.

With three teams each finishing at least 16 games above .500, the American League West was the strongest division in 2012 according to the ESPN Stats & Information MLB Division Power Rankings. And although it's only one month into the season, the ...

The baseball season is a long and lonely road. To preserve his sanity, Yankees shortstop Derek Jeter keeps a diary. These are excerpts from The Captain's private journal. Wednesday, April 24: at Tampa Bay Rays I don't want to dwell on the game....

Nike says T-shirts made for New York Yankees fans that had the words "Boston Massacre" on them have been pulled from outlet stores following the Boston Marathon bombings of last Monday.

Yankees show revamped Blue Jays how to do more with less in weekend series.

Last week, we ran down the National League's closer situations, and some of the best potential opportunities to exploit. This time, we tackle the American League. BALTIMORE ORIOLES Closer: Jim Johnson Lying in wait: Pedro Strop Stating the ...

In case you were busy living on easy street ... wait — OH, I FORGOT ABOUT MY TAXES — here's what you missed in sports on Tuesday: The Boston Red Sox rode a seven-run second inning to cruise to a 7-2 win over the host Cleveland Ind...

To honor Boston, the New York Yankees played the Fenway Park traditional song, "Sweet Caroline," following the third inning of Tuesday night's game at Yankee Stadium.

Lined up in front of their dugouts, all wearing No. 42 on Jackie Robinson Day, the Washington Nationals and Miami Marlins stood for a moment of silence to honor bombing victims at the Boston Marathon.