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  Well there is a new Big Three in the East and I am not talking about the Big Three of the Boston Celtics. I am talking about Baseball’s Beasts of the East in the AL East Division. I am talking about those upstart and flashy Rays, those gritty and champion Red Sox and the high-profiled and over-priced Yankees. All three are up and down the roster, the best teams in the Major Leagues.  They are the Beasts of the East, but who is the one Beast of the East?  I am going to breakdown each team by its Lineup and Rotation and Key Bullpen Arms. First up are the Tampa Bay Rays!

Tampa Bay Rays

Lineup:

1 Akinori Iwamura 2B

2 B.J. Upton CF

3 Carl Crawford LF

4 Evan Longoria 3B

5 Carlos Pena 1B

6 Pat Burrell DH

7 Matt Joyce RF

8 Dionner Navarro

9 Jason Bartlett SS

Rotation:

SP1 James Shields RHP

SP2 Scott Kazmir LHP

SP3 Matt Garza RHP

SP4 David Price LHP

SP5 Andy Sonnanstine

SU Grant Balfour

CL Dan Wheeler/Troy Percival

Boston Red Sox

Lineup:

1 Dustin Pedroia 2B

2 Rocco Baldelli or Jacobe Ellsbury CF

3 Kevin Youkliis 1B

4 David Ortiz DH

5 Mike Lowell 3B

6 J.D. Drew RF

7 Jason Bay LF

8 Jed Lowrie SS

9 Josh Bard C

Rotation:

SP1 Josh Beckett RHP

SP2 Jon Lester LHP

SP3 Daisuke Matsuzaka RHP

SP4 John Smoltz RHP

SP5 Brad Penny RHP

SU Hideki Okajima/ Justin Masterson

CL Jonathan Papelbon

New York Yankees

Lineup:

1 Johnny Damon LF

2 Derek Jeter SS

3 Mark Teixeira 1B

4 Alex Rodriguez 3B

5 Xavier Nady RF

6 Hideki Matsui DH

7 Jorge Posada C

8 Robinson Cano 2B

9 Brett Gardner/ Nick Swisher CF

Rotation:

SP1 C.C. Sabathia LHP

SP2 A.J. Burnett RHP

SP3 Chin-Mien Wang RHP

SP4 Joba Chamberlain RHP

SP4 Phil Hughes RHP

SU Damaso Marte LHP

CL Mariano Rivera RHP

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