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Trying to Slug Your Way Through the A.L. East? Pack a Lunch.

In a division of big bats and headline names, four teams are separated by tiny margins. “This division is always good, but it feels really good,” said Aaron Boone.

Aaron Judge is still working on a contract extension with the Yankees. He could become baseball's highest-paid position player.Credit...Octavio Jones for The New York Times

TAMPA, Fla. — The strongest division in baseball history — one through four, anyway — looks daunting again. Four American League East teams earned more than 90 victories last season, a first for divisional play, which dates to 1969.