The New York Yankees and Baltimore Orioles are in quite the battle for the AL East, where they’re currently tied for first.
It is August 12. The 2024 MLB season is nearly three-quarters over. The Yankees are fresh off of an awful month-plus stretch where the team was on par with the Colorado Rockies for worst team in baseball. Meanwhile, during that same stretch from June into July, Baltimore also failed to build its lead at the top.
Cut to today, and both franchises have seven weeks to give fans an answer: Which AL East team reigns supreme?