Timing was right for Blue Jays to go for it in AL East

With the Yankees committed for now to staying under the $189 million luxury-tax threshold for 2014, and with the Red Sox coming off a bad season that requires at least a lot of fix-up work, the timing was right for the Blue Jays to take a serious run at upsetting the balance of power in the AL East. With the trade that became official Monday, they've tried. ...more