At the quarter-season mark, the American League East has basically been a clash between traditional heavyweights, New York and Boston.
However, there's a lot of baseball to be played in the summer of 2018. Will the Yankees or Red Sox run away with it? Or will the Blue Jays, Orioles or Rays find a way to fight their way back into contention?
Here's a look at where each of the teams in the AL East stacks up with three-quarters of the season remaining:
BLUE JAYS
One thing we learned in the first quarter:
The Blue Jays have gone from one extreme to another, but for the most part, this is the type of performance most experts were expecting.