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    The Ever Changing East (AL) Breakdown

    Friday, February 17, 2006, 11:47 AM EST [AL East]

    New York Yankees 97-65 --
    Toronto Blue Jays 95-67 2
    Boston Red Sox 88-74 9
    Tampa Bay Devil Rays 80-82 17
    Baltimore Orioles 75-87 22

     

    New York Yankees: They are getting older, but they have injected some youth and better talent into their team. However, the Yankees need to start developing their minor league system so they don't have to sign old veterens. They look good this year and should end up on top yet again.

    Toronto Blue Jays: The Blue Jays have made the biggest offseason aquisitions. They added the much needed power and contact that they lacked, new corner infielders and a catcher. Oh yeah, they finally have a closer and a legit number 2 starter. They still don't have enough punch to beat the Yankees, but 2007, when the Yankees age out, the Blue Jays will be #1.

    Boston Red Sox: The Red Sox added Coco Crisp to fill Johnny Damon's spot: wrong move. They added Mike Lowell to fill Bill Mueller's spot: not good enough. They have Kevin Youkillis filling Kevin Millar's spot: too bad. They did add Josh Beckett, and if healthy, he's a future #1. Lowell, Youkills and Crisp are good, don't get me wrong, but they can't fill the voids. The Red Sox need some depth to their bench and a better minor league system to fill these three gaps for the future.

    Tampa Bay Devil Rays: The DRays have created a team that should be good for years to come. They are moving up in the world. Give these top prospects a year or two to adjust to the Major League level, and this team could be World Champions. 2 games under .500 maybe a bit of a strech, but the DRays continue their amazing second half run that they had last year, .500 sounds right.

    Baltimore Orioles: The Orioles added Millar to fill in for Rafael Palmerio. It's a good move, and that should help. Other than that, they haven't done anything huge, except convincing Leo Mazzone to come to Baltimore. He could do some great things with newly aquired Kris Benson, Erik Bedard, John Maine, etc. Their new, young closer will also benifit from Mazzone. They won't do much this year with no offense, and lets face it, offense is everything in the AL. If they can add a few bats and a batting coach with Mazzone's skills for hitting, this team could be huge.

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