New York Daily News | James O’Connell: Although the Yankees will be playing fewer games against the AL East this year, the first goal of the team is to win the division and avoid the Wild Card round in the postseason. To do this, they’ll have to take on three real challenges for the division crown, with both the Blue Jays and Rays eyeing the AL East title, and the Orioles looking to continue their improvement year-to-year. The Red Sox on paper are the worst in the class, but nobody is really a pushover in what’s regularly baseball’s toughest division.