Red Sox Rivals Battle For AL East Bragging Rights
The Boston Red Sox are in fourth place in the American League East, 11.5 games behind the first-place Tampa Bay Rays and seven games behind the second-place New York Yankees.
Red Sox Rivals Battle For AL East Bragging Rights originally appeared on NESN . Add NESN as a Preferred Source by clicking here . American League East bragging rights are on the line tonight when the first-place Tampa Bay Rays visit the Bronx for a three-game series with the second-place New York Yankees.
The Rays own a surprising 4. 5-game lead on the Yankees as we approach Memorial Day weekend, thanks in part to their three-game sweep of New York last month in Tampa. Meanwhile the Boston Red Sox lag in fourth place , 11.
5 games behind the Rays. Sadly, MLB. com's Will Leitch predicts the AL East will remain a two-team race down the stretch and says it shapes up to be the best division race.
"The Yankees, in control so recently, are now just trying to make sure the division doesn’t get away from them," Leitch says. "It’s the perfect time for (Gerrit) Cole to make his season debut on Friday night, with the Rays in town and feeling like they’re on top of the world. "The Rays have ridden their starting pitching to all this success -- their starters boast a 3.