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

It's the Marlins, so when they name a new manager something could always go wrong. They've changed managers eight times in Jeffrey Loria's 11 seasons as owner. But maybe they got this one right by hiring Mike Redmond to replace Ozzie Guillen. ...more