AL East

The Baltimore Orioles have held strong in their division the entire season, staying just behind the New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox, even with starting pitching woes and bullpen implosions.

In the wake of Memorial Day, new Kansas City Royals hitting coach George Brett sat before an outfit of reporters at Busch Stadium, controlled rage streaming from his glare.

It looks like CC Sabathia is back.

And this time, it might actually be for real. No funny stuff.

Heading into Friday night's game with the Boston Red Sox, New York Yankees starting pitcher CC Sabathia hadn't logged a victory in the entire month of May.

In fact, after he gave up seven runs in seven innings to the Tampa Bay Rays on May 26, Sabathia talked about the need to pick his game up.

The April 15 Boston Marathon bombings claimed the lives of three and injured several hundred more, but they also united America in a way that tragedies—and the resulting compassion and heroism—only can.

Some heroes go unrecognized, but there are special moments when a hero is both lauded for his or her courage and reunited with life forever changed by that act of bravery.

Back in 1996, the New York Yankees were on the verge of something big.

The club, of course, would go on to win the World Series that year and then three of the next four. At the heart of those title-winning teams? Derek Jeter, Andy Pettitte and Mariano Rivera.

It’s amazing what a difference a year can make.

After Memorial Day Weekend the Boston Red Sox are currently sitting on top of the AL East at 32-20. At this time last year the Sox were cellar dwellers in the AL East at 24-24. They would ultimately stay in the cellar in 2012 finishing the year in last place at 69-93.

The Baltimore Orioles have scored five runs or more in 10 consecutive road games, which is important to consider when making your MLB picks Tuesday, as they meet up with the Washington Nationals at Nationals Park.

Sports bettors will find that the Orioles are +106 underdogs in the pro baseball odds (courtesy of SBR Forum), while the total sits at 8.5 in the betting market.

Let's take a closer look at this interleague matchup from a betting perspective, while offering up a prediction along the way.

The New York Yankees' patchwork roster has somehow managed to stay at, or near, the top of the AL East despite continued injury setbacks. 

Now, as some of the bigger name stars get close to their returns to the Bronx, it is time for the team to use its newfound abundance of talent as leverage in deals in an attempt to get younger and lower its payroll.

Here's a look at a few possible trades the Bombers could make that would offer win-win results.

The New York Yankees continue to shock the baseball world with a great start to the 2013 campaign, and in that start, the Bombers are proving to themselves that it doesn't take a team loaded with $100 million players to win.