We haven’t had a good, intense divisional race in the American League East for quite a while. The last two seasons, the Tampa Bay Rays had the division locked up with multiple weeks left in the season, and the Yankees did the same in 2019. The 2018 Yankees did not seriously threaten the Red Sox after being swept in a four-game set in early August. Technically, the 2017 race was tight, with Boston winning the division by only two games, but it was only appeared at close because the Red Sox lost four of their last six games.
A decade ago today: Six hours of zany pennant-race baseball
