AL East

Despite being swept out of the 2016 American League Division Series by the Cleveland Indians, the Boston Red Sox reaffirmed their commitment to manager John Farrell on Tuesday. 

New York Yankees starting pitcher CC Sabathia is expected to recover in time for spring training after undergoing surgery on his right knee Tuesday.

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He was supposed to be wiping champagne from his eyes, rather than tears.

It was supposed to end that way for David Ortiz. Not this way.

That's what I thought. That's what we all thought.

Although the season didn't end as planned, the Boston Red Sox enjoyed a fantastic 2016 campaign, with one of the highlights being a high-powered offense that provided three players with 30 or more home runs and 100 or more RBI for the first time in franchise history, per MLB Stat of the Day.

There was maximum tension in the bottom of the ninth inning as the Boston Red Sox twice stayed alive with two outs and two strikes, but they could not push the tying run home, and the Cleveland Indians emerged with a 4-3 victory to sweep their American League Division Series.

Travis Shaw popped out to right field on a 3-2 pitch with two outs in the bottom of the ninth, and Lonnie Chisenhall settled under the ball to seal the Indians' victory.

Canadians dig the long ball.

If that wasn't true before the Toronto Blue Jays completed a sweep of the Texas Rangers Sunday night with a 7-6 extra-inning win, it's certainly true now.

Toronto got a pair of home runs Sunday off the bats of first baseman Edwin Encarnacion and catcher Russell Martin. In all, seven Jays hitters have combined for nine home runs in the team's four postseason games.

Fact: David Price gave up 5 ER in 3.1 IP in the Red Sox's 6-0 loss to the Indians on Friday. He is now 0-8 in his career in postseason starts. 

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When pitcher David Price was introduced as the Boston Red Sox's new $217 million toy last December, he said something the future would either vindicate or bring back to haunt him.       

From the way it was being billed, the American League Division Series showdown between the Toronto Blue Jays and Texas Rangers sounded less like a baseball affair and more like a prizefight.

If that's how it is, I'm compelled to say the Blue Jays have scored a first-round knockdown.

Fact: Edwin Encarnacion hit a three-run walk-off home run in the Toronto Blue Jays' 5-2 win over the Baltimore Orioles on Tuesday night. He became the first player since the New York Yankees' Aaron Boone (2003 ALCS Game 7 vs.