AL East

NEW YORK — The best team ever didn't win.

No, that's not right. By definition, the best team ever is one that won.

However, the "BEST TEAM EVER!" didn't.

It was the 2011 Boston Red Sox, and we know it now as the team that collapsed in a mess of beer and fried chicken. But the day before Opening Day, we knew it as the team the Boston Herald called the "BEST TEAM EVER!"

The Boston Red Sox officially announced Wednesday that Dave Dombrowski will be taking over as president of baseball operations, with general manager Ben Cherington stepping down from the post he's held since October 2011.   

The non-waiver trade deadline has come and gone, but the Toronto Blue Jays might have one more big addition left up their sleeves.

Yes, Troy Tulowitzki and David Price were huge pickups, and since they arrived north of the border, the Jays have streaked to the forefront of the playoff chase.

But right now, we're talking about a guy who's been there all along, waiting in the wings: Marcus Stroman.

The Boston Red Sox needed a new leader. Dave Dombrowski needed a new job. Sometimes, these things work out.

Alex Rodriguez padded his record for most grand slams in MLB history Tuesday night, when he crushed the ball just right of center field for a go-ahead blast.

New York Yankees pitcher Bryan Mitchell was in the middle of a scary scene Monday, when a line drive off the bat of the Minnesota Twins' Eduardo Nunez struck him in the face. 

He has been diagnosed with a "small nasal fracture," according to Mike Berardino of the St. Paul Pioneer Press. 

The New York Yankees and Toronto Blue Jays opened a three-game series Friday with everything on the line, and they finished it Sunday with nothing settled.

That's how it's going to be in the American League East: back and forth, tit for tat, right down to the wire. Simply put, we're watching the best division battle in baseball unfold.

David Price and his cannon arm are enjoying the life with his new team. The Toronto Blue Jays are in command of a wild-card spot in the American League right now with help of an 8-2 run in their last 10 games.

The team is getting hot at the right time. 

Momentum is such a fickle thing in Major League Baseball.

While the narrative and storyline that comes along with it feed the public’s interest and make for good radio, column and bar-stool fodder, the truth is momentum in that sport shifts from day to day, inning to inning and even batter to batter. All the momentum in the world—negative and positive—can be altered by one misplaced pitch, a swat of a hanging breaking ball or the twirling of a gorgeous complete game.

The New York Yankees have had trouble finding consistency at second base all season.

There have been small sparks of offensive production and defensive flair from both Stephen Drew and Brendan Ryan here and there, but overall, second base has been the biggest flaw in New York's starting lineup this year.