AL East

Fact: David Ortiz hit his 36th home run of the season in the Boston Red Sox's 5-2 win over the Baltimore Orioles on Tuesday, passing Dave Kingman for the most home runs by a player in his final season.

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Boston Red Sox second baseman Dustin Pedroia is nursing a sore left knee that will keep him out for at least one game. 

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Pedroia Out vs. Orioles

Tuesday, Sept. 20

WEEI.com's Rob Bradford relayed the update. 

Toronto Blue Jays designated hitter Edwin Encarnacion hit his 40th home run of the season in Friday's 5-0 win over the Los Angeles Angels, joining Carlos Delgado and outfielder Jose Bautista as the only players in franchise history to record multiple 40-homer seasons in a Toronto uniform, per Sportsnet Stats.

Much like convenience-store lackey Dante Hicks in Kevin Smith's seminal 1994 film Clerks, the New York Yankees weren't even supposed to be here.

They sold their veteran assets at the August 1 trade deadline and fixed their gaze on the future. They surrendered.

Forget shoulders—the Toronto Blue Jays' season rests squarely on Josh Donaldson's right hip.

The New York Yankees reportedly added another bat to their roster for the stretch run Wednesday.

Citing sources, Jon Heyman of Today’s Knuckleball reported the Bronx Bombers signed Billy Butler to a deal. Ken Rosenthal of Fox Sports confirmed the news.

The Toronto Blue Jays announced the hiring of former Boston Red Sox general manager Ben Cherington as their new vice president of baseball operations Wednesday.

New York Yankees outfielder Aaron Judge suffered an oblique strain in his team's 3-0 win Tuesday night over the Los Angeles Dodgers. He's been placed on the 15-day disabled list, per Jesse Spector of Sporting News.

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Toronto Blue Jays third baseman Josh Donaldson will miss his second straight game with a hip injury.

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Donaldson (Hip) Out of the Lineup

Tuesday, Sept. 13

Donaldson, 30, went down in Sunday's game and has not played either of the last two days, per Ben Nicholson-Smith of Sportsnet. 

The Boston Red Sox gave David Price ace money over the winter.

Now, finally, after months of wobbling and hand-wringing, he's giving them ace results.