AL East and Central spotlight in 2009 baseball preview
The AL preview outlines Boston Red Sox with Lester Matsuzaka and Beckett, Yankees with Sabathia Burnett and Rivera, and Rays post 97 win season. It also covers Blue Jays Orioles Twins Royals Indians White Sox Tigers and West challengers Angels Rangers A's Mariners, noting key injuries trades and big-name returns.
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Boston Red Sox
Red Sox
Jon Lester
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Josh Beckett
Smoltz
Boston
Atlanta
Jonathan Papelbon
David Ortiz
Ramirez
Mike Lowell
J.D. Drew
New York Yankees
CC Sabathia
A.J Burnett
Andy Pettitte
John Chamberlain
Chien-Ming Wang
Jorge Posada
Hideki Matsui
Teixeira
A-Red
Mariano Rivera
Yankees
Tampa Bay Rays
Rays
Evan Longona
Carl Crawford
Troy Percival
Tampa Bay
Pat Burrell
Philadelphia
David Price
Toronto Blue Jays
Roy Halladay
Burnett
Shaun Marcum
Dustin McGowan
Aaron Hill
Vernon Wells
Travis Snider
Blue Jays
Minnesota Twins
Ron Gardenhire
Twins
White Sox
Joe Crede
Minnesota
Francisco Liriano
Joe Nathan
Michael Cuddyer
Justin Morneau
Mauer
Brian Fuentes
K-Red
Scot Shields
Jose Arredondo
Angels
Texas Rangers
Texas
Ian Kinsler
Michael Young
Rangers
Brandon McCarthy
Kevin Millwood
Vicente Padilla
Nolan Ryan
Hamilton
Yankee Stadium
Young
Elvis Andrus
Omar Vizquel
Nelson Cruz
Andruw Jones
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Associated Press
Cito Gaston
Baltimore Orioles
Andy MacPhail
Orioles
Adam Jones
Matt Wieters
Nick Markakis
Brian Roberts
Koji Uehara
Kansas City Royals
Royals
Kansas City
Dayton Moore
Trey Hillman
Gil Meche
Zack Greinke
Joakim Soria
Mike Aviles
Alex Gordon
Cleveland Indians
Indians
Casey Blake
Cleveland
Lee
Travis Hafner
Victor Martinez
Kerry Wood
Carl Pavano
Chicago White Sox
Ken Williams
Josh Fields
Chris Getz
Alexei Ramirez
Longoria
Jim Thome
Jermaine Dye
Paul Konerko
Carlos Quentin
Mark Buehrle
Gavin Floyd
John Danks
Jose Contreras
Bartolo Colon
Clayton Richard
Bobby Jenks
Ozzie Guillen
Javier Vazquez
Nick Swisher
Ken Griffey Jr
Orlando Cabrera
Crede
Detroit Tigers
Jim Leyland
Tigers
Curtis Granderson
Placido Polanco
Magglio Ordonez
Miguel Cabrera
Detroit
Adam Everett
Gerald Laird
Brandon Inge
Justin Verlander
Edwin Jackson
Jeremy Bonderman
Armando Galarraga
Joel Zumaya
Gary Sheffield
Los Angeles Angels
Francisco Rodriguez
Jon Garland
Garret Anderson
John Lackey
Ervin Santana
Kelvin Escobar
Nick Adenhart
Bobby Abreu
Guerrero
Torii Hunter
Juan Rivera
Gary Matthews Jr
Abreu
Kendry Morales
Mike Scioscia
Oakland Athletics
Oakland
Billy Beane
Colorado
Holliday
A’s
Giambi
Eric Chavez
Justin Duchscherer
Seattle Mariners
Seattle
Suzuki
Mariners
Jack Zduriencik
Don Wakamatsu
Griffey
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Southwomenfrins
Kathy Boyette
Wits
Ege
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