As we are now less than a week from the trade deadline (Aug. 1 this season, in case you haven't yet heard), we're definitely getting up on the stretch run. The pennant race, as others like to call it. I like to sort through the individual races and size up which ones might be the most fun and all of the wild-card spots actually seem to be pretty fun, though those take a back seat to the AL East for me.

First up, in the AL East right now has the Orioles, Blue Jays and Red Sox all within 2.5 games of one another. All three teams have struggled at times and surged at others. All three have many strong suits and bad flaws in other areas. There are nine Orioles-Red Sox games, nine Blue Jays-Orioles games and six Red Sox-Blue Jays games left on the schedule. Oh mama. That's some viewing pleasure. Dream on a three-team race going down to the wire and this just might be it.

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