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For the third straight season, the Boston Red Sox will play postseason baseball. Last night, the Red Sox clinched a playoff spot this season with a 7-2 win over the Toronto Blue Jays. Boston improved to 99-46 on the year, becoming the first team to clinch a postseason berth this …

AL East isn’t Easy The Tampa Bay Rays are 15 games over .500 right now with a record of 79-64 but they are somehow still 18.5 games back in the AL East. The Tampa Bay Rays have the misfortune of being in the American League East, arguably one of the …

With just 21 days remaining in the regular season, the MLB Playoffs are far from set in stone. In 4 out of 6 divisions, the top teams are within 5 games of each other. In some cases, the divisional race is a toss-up between 3 teams. NL West This is …

The MLB regular season is coming to a close in less than a month and there’s already a clear picture on who’s making it to the postseason. The American League appears to be the stronger than the National league based solely off total wins. But, the race to see who’ll …

The Tampa Bay Rays travel to Atlanta to begin a two-game interleague set with the Braves on Wednesday. Both teams are on an absolute roll right now as they are both trying to make their first playoff appearance since 2013. The Braves currently have a 3.5 game lead ahead of …

It seemed like just yesterday the Red Sox were coming off of a four-game sweep of the Yankees and what appeared to be an insurmountable lead atop the AL East. How quickly things changed though. Yankees Back In It The Red Sox (90-42) are now on a three game losing …

Many athletes can pick out a specific instance that changed their careers forever. Twenty-five-year-old right-handed pitcher Justin Shafer may have just had this moment for his career. Road to the Big Leagues Shafer played at the University of Florida for three years before he was picked in the eighth round …

The Oakland Athletics are hot. Red hot. After a shutout win Monday night against the Texas Rangers, the A’s now sit atop the AL West standings tied for first place with the defending champion Houston Astros. Since losing four straight from June 12 to June 15 that pushed them to …

Since the All-Star break, the Boston Red Sox have pulled away as the best and hottest team in baseball. Boston became the first team to 80 wins Tuesday night, coming from behind to win 10-7 in 10 innings in Toronto. https://twitter.com/MLB/status/1027028972301963264 “It’s really good,” Boston first baseman Mitch Moreland, who …

The MLB Trade Deadline is rapidly approaching with the deadline being at 4 p.m. Tuesday. There’s already been plenty of action, with the potential for more fireworks still a possibility. Latest Deals Rays Land Tommy Pham In a rare instance of the Rays being buyers instead of sellers, Tampa Bay …