Will Leitch of MLB.com predicts a 17-game swing in the AL East, with the Yankees improving by four wins (100 to 104) and the Red Sox sliding back by 13 wins (108 to 95).
In other words, Boston will go from finishing eight games ahead of the Yankees last year to ending up nine games behind them in 2019. Needless to say, I do not share Leitch's outlook.
It's easy to forget this now, but heading into last season, it was the Yankees, not the Red Sox, who were widely considered the heavy favorite in the American League East.