Today, baseball fans view the American League as the tougher league, due to its usage of the designated hitter. Within the American League, the Eastern division is regarded as the most talented and toughest division to play in. It has been this way for a long time.
So, when you have a division with such a notoriety, there had to have been a plethora of amazing players to give it that notoriety. That is what I will be examining today; the greatest of those amazing players that gave (or are still giving) the AL East the reputation it has today.
MLB implemented the division system in 1969, so any players that played for AL East teams before (and not after) that date are ineligible for inclusion on this list.
To avoid confusion with how the East division has been altered throughout the years, I am going to stick with players that have played for the current five members of the AL East. These teams are the Baltimore Orioles, the Boston Red Sox, the New York Yankees, the Tampa Bay Rays, and the Toronto Blue Jays.
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