By all accounts the Tampa Bay Rays are in for a monster year. Well, maybe not a monster year, but certainly one that might give the Red Sox and Yankees a run for their money. And why not? They did it in 2008. Their starting rotation of Garza, Shields, Niemann, and Price are strong and they've got Carl Crawford, BJ Upton, and Even Longoria in their lineup.
The Orioles on the other hand don't look like they are in for a monster year per se. Or maybe we can call it a monster year in Orioles terms. They've got Matt Wieters, their superstar in the making catcher and a couple of good pitching prospects thrown in for good measure. I don't see the Orioles posing a legitimate threat this year but they may not be the easy win Sox fans have become used to.
However, all this could be based on the feel good baseball reporting of Spring Training where everyone looks like they could have a great year and boasts a killer lineup. Everyone that is except for the poor Blue Jays who will be hard pressed to make up for the loss of Roy Halladay. In the end it seems more likely that the AL East will once again come down to the Red Sox and Yankees.
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