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          Trade deadline objectives: AL East

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          • Jim Bowden, ESPN Baseball AnalystJul 28, 2014, 01:18 PM ET
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            • Former GM of the Reds and Nationals
            • Author of "The GM's Office" blog
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          Deadline objectives: NL East | NL Central | NL West | AL East | AL Central | AL West

          It's looking like the AL East could become quite a race, with two teams (the Toronto Blue Jays and New York Yankees) being within four games of the division-leading Baltimore Orioles, with the fourth-place Tampa Bay Rays having won nine of their past 10 games. Only the last-place Boston Red Sox check in as potential sellers, though we're not quite sure what the Rays will do at this point.

          With that, let's have a look at the AL East deadline objectives: