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The AL's top five teams in runs scored - Boston, Toronto, Cleveland, Baltimore and Texas - are also the five teams that would be in the playoffs if the season ended now. It's no shock that a high-scoring offense can lead to more wins, but the Red Sox and Rangers in particular are in this position despite middling performances on the mound. Texas and Boston have allowed the fourth- and fifth-most runs in the AL. Continue to Article

July 18, 2016 2:17:am EST

A seems a little early to be playing must-win baseball, but this season isn’t quite normal for the New York Yankees. As our attention turns to the trade deadline, the Yankees might be the most fascinating team in the game. Each game from now until Aug. 1 might help determine that, so when Yankees skipper Joe Girardi called Sunday’s game with the Boston Red Sox “as important a game as we’ve had in July,” he wasn’t talking nonsense. Continue to Article

July 18, 2016 2:05:am EST

Holding any kind of lead in the American League East over the New York Yankees has been a rarity for the Baltimore Orioles, especially in July. Baltimore can widen its lead over the Yankees on Monday night when it opens a four-game series at Yankee Stadium. The Orioles are ahead of the Yankees through this point in the season for the second time in three years as they enter Monday 8 1/2 games up on fourth-place New York. Continue to Article

July 18, 2016 1:01:am EST

Holding any kind of lead in the American League East over the New York Yankees has been a rarity for the Baltimore Orioles, especially in July. Baltimore can widen its lead over the Yankees on Monday night when it opens a four-game series at Yankee Stadium. The Orioles are ahead of the Yankees through this point in the season for the second time in three years as they enter Monday 8 1/2 games up on fourth-place New York. Continue to Article

July 18, 2016 12:27:am EST