Here we are, three weeks into May, 11 days from a traditional measuring stick day in baseball -- Memorial Day. While it might be more trope than policy, the truism has always been that is the first date during the long season when teams start to make qualitative judgments about their rosters -- and the rosters of their primary competitors.
What judgments, then, can we make about the American League East? Here is one: The rebuilding Baltimore Orioles appear to be headed for the cellar. But we kind of knew that already, did we not?