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As the season gets ready to blast into the month of June, the American league East looks great. They weren’t supposed to be all that great this year but so far they’ve clearly been the best division in the Americna league if not in the entire Major Leagues.

Right now the Tampa Bay Rays are surprising everyone by sitting atop the division. The Rays are 10 games over .500. They have a .593 winning percentage and the second best record in the Majors. In second place are the Boston Red Sox, the defending World Series champs. The Red Sox may be the best team in baseball but right now they’re only the second best team in their own division.

In the third and fourth spots are the Toronto Blue Jays and the Baltimore Orioles. The Blue Jays are sitting at four games over .500 and the Orioles are playing .500 ball. So four teams in the East are at or above .500. The other two teams in the American league have just two teams at or above .500.

And this brings us to the basement team in the AL East – the New York Yankees. The Yankees have A-Rod back and they’re now looking better. In fact, they are just one game below .500. So the AL East may be just one night away from having every team in the division at or above .500.

An argument can be made that the NL East is a stronger division in all of baseball. However, there is no denying that the AL East is the strongest division in the American league.