At 37-20, the Rays are now poised to clinch the best overall record in the American League. The pitching staff is starting to get healthy as Ryan Yarbrough returned from the injured list on Tuesday against the Nationals and Oliver Drake made his return to the active roster over the weekend.

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Manager Charlie Montoyo and his staff have taken an approach of patience and teaching, and while it's slowly improving, one of the biggest factors for the Blue Jays with the postseason approaching is their ability to make the plays in front of them and put together a "clean" game over nine full innings. This season, the Rays are 13-5 in one-run games. The 2020 regular season is almost over -- two weeks left, in fact. He covered the Nationals/Expos from 2002-2016. , List of American League Wild Card winners, 1999 Cuba national baseball team exhibition, Still, We Believe: The Boston Red Sox Movie, Babe Ruth's 573-foot home run into Alligator Farm, Ladies and Gentlemen, the Bronx Is Burning, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=American_League_East&oldid=984686455, Short description is different from Wikidata, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. There’s still a chance José Alvarado is available for the postseason, which would give the Rays another boost in the bullpen. More from the AL East… Since front office hiring negotiations aren’t usually recreated as movie scenes, it is common knowledge that the Red Sox … From Mideast to AL East: Orioles’ Israeli prospect blooms . Baltimore Orioles Baltimore Boston Red Sox Boston New York Yankees NY Yankees Tampa Bay Rays Tampa Bay Toronto Blue Jays Toronto. Of the five American League East teams, four of them still have a shot at playing in the postseason in October. The pitchers have kept games competitive and allowed the Rays 20th ranked offense to win the close ones with timely hitting. After the Yankees signed Gerrit Cole to a record nine-year, $324 million contract, they were immediately viewed as favorites to not only win the AL East, but the AL pennant and World Series as well. The Red Sox might also call up their No. AL East.