AL East

For the most part during Friday night's contest at Rogers Centre, the red-hot Toronto Blue Jays had the New York Yankees in the same place they had them last weekend: right where they wanted 'em.

That is until, all of a sudden, there was a loud bang. And right now in the aftershock, it's clear that what's left of the AL East race is going to be all sorts of fun instead of a one-sided romp.

Boston Red Sox manager John Farrell announced Friday that he has been diagnosed with lymphoma. 

WEEI tweeted out the news directly from Farrell:

WHDH-TV in Boston passed along the manager's full statement:

The Boston Red Sox may not be World Series contenders in 2015, but there are pieces in place for a rebuild. 

What moves do they need to make to contend in 2016? Which players will they part ways with?

Watch as Stephen Nelson and Bleacher Report MLB Analyst Scott Miller discuss the Red Sox in the video above. 

The Toronto Blue Jays are the hottest team in baseball, and they've used an 11-game winning streak to vault themselves into the role of 4-1 favorites to win the World Series at sportsbooks monitored by Odds Shark.

Fact: The Toronto Blue Jays are the 1st AL team to have multiple 10-game winning streaks in the same season since the 1977 Kansas City Royals. 

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The New York Yankees went on a run in July, taking a seven-game lead in the AL East. That was before the Toronto Blue Jays came to town. Now, the Bronx Bombers are down to just a 0.5-game lead in the division, as the Jays ride the wave of a nine-game win streak.

Is Toronto or New York the favorite to win the AL East?

Boston Red Sox pitcher Koji Uehara will be on the disabled list for the remainder of the 2015 season with a fractured right wrist.

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The New York Yankees were held scoreless by the Toronto Blue Jays pitching staff Saturday and Sunday, marking the first time in an MLB-record 2,665 games that the Bronx Bombers have been shut out in consecutive contests, per MLB Stat of the Day.

If they aren't mashing the panic button in New York, they're at least tapping it forcefully.

Yes, the New York Yankees enter play Monday as the first-place team in the American League East, a position they've held since July 3. But after a disheartening sweep at the hands of the hard-charging Toronto Blue Jays, the Bronx Bombers' division hold feels tenuous at best.

The Boston Red Sox designated pitcher Justin Masterson for assignment Sunday, according to Pete Abraham of the Boston Globe.