There has been no change in any of the American League standings in the past week, but there is a team that has played so poorly that they have played themselves right out of contention and off of our weekly check-in list. That team, friends, is the New York Yankees.
Losers of five in a row and eight of their last 10, the Yankees have fallen under .500 for the season. After so many years of seeing the Orioles at the bottom of the standings, looking up at the Yankees, it feels great to see the roles reversed.