Capsules of American League East teams, listed in order of finish last year:___Boston Red Sox2017: 93-69, first place, lost to Houston in ALDS.Manager: Alex Cora (first season).He's Here: DH J.D. Martinez.He's Outta Here: Manager John Farrell, RHP Doug Fister, OF Chris Young, RHP Addison Reed, OF Rajai Davis, LHP Henry Owens, LHP Fernando Abad.Projected Lineup: RF Mookie Betts (.264, 24 HRs, 102 RBIs), LF Andrew Benintendi (.271, 20, 90), 1B Hanley Ramirez (.242, 23, 62) or Mitch Moreland (.246, 22, 79), DH J.D. Martinez (.303, 45, 104 with Tigers and Diamondbacks), 3B Rafael Devers (.284, 10, 30 in 58 games), SS Xander Bogaerts (.273, 10, 62), CF Jackie Bradley Jr. (.245, 17, 63), C Christian Vazquez (.290, 5, 32) or Sandy Leon (.225, 7, 39), 2B Eduardo Nunez (.313, 12, 58, 24 SBs with Giants and Red Sox) or Dustin Pedroia (.293, 7, 62, .369 OBP in 105 games, expected to be out until late May following knee surgery).Rotation: LH Chris Sale (17-8, 2.90 ERA, MLB-best 308 Ks, MLB-high 214... [More]

A team-by-team look at the American League East entering spring training, including key players each club acquired and lost, and dates of the first workout for pitchers and catchers, and the full squad:___Boston Red SoxManager: Alex Cora (first season).2017: 93-69, first place, lost to Houston in ALDS.Training Town: Fort Myers, Florida.Park: JetBlue Park.First Workout: Feb. 14/19.He's Here: Manager Alex Cora.He's Outta Here: Manager John Farrell, RHP Doug Fister, INF Eduardo Nunez, OF Chris Young, RHP Addison Reed, OF Rajai Davis, LHP Henry Owens, LHP Fernando Abad, RHP Blaine Boyer.Going campin': The Red Sox won 93 games for the second straight season and claimed the franchise's first back-to-back AL East titles. But Farrell was fired after they failed to advance in the playoffs for the fourth year in a row. They are virtually the same team as last year; boss Dave Dombrowski said he was looking for a bat with power and still might add one of the free agents remaining on the market, including... [More]

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Royals have signed former Blue Jays infielder Ryan Goins to a minor league contract that includes an invitation to big league spring training.Kansas City announced the move Wednesday.The 29-year-old Goins was non-tendered by the Blue Jays after hitting .237 with a .286 on-base percentage last season. He did set career highs with 21 doubles, nine homers and 62 RBIs.Royals shortstop Alcides Escobar hit free agency this offseason, which means youngster Raul Mondesi is lined up to start at shortstop and Whit Merrifield at second base this season. Goins could provide some veteran depth behind both of those positions.___More AP baseball: https://apnews.com/tag/MLBbaseball

IF Ryan Goins drove in the final run of the season for the Blue Jays with an RBI grounder just in front of home plate in the eighth inning of Sunday's win over the Yankees. While Goins batted .237 in a career-high 143 at-bats, he had an interesting season against the Yankees, whom he drove in 12 runs against. On May 1 in New York, Goins hit the team's first two-run sacrifice fly. On Sept. 22 in Toronto, he hit a grand slam against RHP Masahiro Tanaka and pulled off the hidden ball trick on 3B Todd Frazier.

SS Ryan Goins homered in the ninth inning to cap a three-hit night, his second homer in the last four games. It was his eight career game with at least three hits, his third this season, and he is 11-for-30 (.367) with seven RBIs over his last 11 games.

INF Ryan Goins was 0-for-22 against RHP Masahiro Tanaka when he came to bat with the bases loaded in the sixth inning of the 8-1 win over the New York Yankees Friday. He ended th4 drought with his second career grand slam, and second this season, on a 0-2 pitch. "I'd never gotten a hit ball out of the infield off Tanaka much less in the air," Goins said. "I just told myself and to try to get a good pitch and not make another out, and not make it 0-for-23, or 24, something like that, with about 10 ground balls back to the pitcher." In the third inning Goins executed a hidden-ball trick and tagged Yankees 3B Todd Frazier, who stepped off the bag, for the third out. "That was fun that's all I can say," Goins said. "I guess with the new rules you keep the tag on for a long time sometimes, so I'll just joke around keeping it on there, knowing guys aren't going to come off. That time I just arm faked and was going to sit there and just watch him and something in my head said he was going to take his foot off the base, so I put my glove on him and that was it. Goins started the game at shortstop and moved to second base in the seventh.

2B Ryan Goins singled his first time up, going 1-for-4, and is hitting .315 in 16 games since Aug. 22.

INF Ryan Goins extended his hitting streak to nine games, going 1-for-3 in the 7-1 loss to the Boston Red Sox. He is batting .375 (12-for-32) with one home run and four RBIs during the streak.

INF Ryan Goins singled in the eighth inning Tuesday in the 3-0 loss to the Boston Red Sox to extend his hit streak to eight games. After going 1-for-3 on Tuesday, he is batting .379 with a home run and four RBIs during his streak. His hit came with two men on base Tuesday, giving him a team-best .350 batting average with runners in scoring position.

INF Ryan Goins extended his hitting streak to seven games with an RBI single in the fourth inning Monday in the 6-5 loss to the Boston Reed Sox. He was 1-for-4 in the game and is batting .385 (10-for-26) during that span.

INF Ryan Goins was 1-for-3 in the 7-2 loss to the Minnesota Twins Sunday to extend his hit streak to six games. He is batting .409 (9-for-22) with a home run and three RBIs during that span.

INF Ryan Goins hit a sacrifice fly with the bases loaded in the fifth inning Saturday in the 10-9 victory over the Minnesota Twins. He extended his career-best RBI total to 50. He is 9-for-12 with 15 RBIs in 13 plate appearances with the bases loaded this season. He extended his hit streak to five games and is 8-for-19 with three RBIs in that span.

INF Ryan Goins was 3-for-4 in the 6-1 loss to the Minnesota Twins Friday night. It was his fifth multi-hit game of August and 13th of the season. It was his second three-hit game of the season with the other coming May 10 against the Cleveland Indians.

INF Ryan Goins (left forearm abrasion) was back at shortstop Thursday and was 0-for-3. He left the game Wednesday in the sixth inning after Rays SS Daniel Robertson stepped on his wrist and forearm when Goins was out at second trying to advance on a pitch in the dirt. X-rays revealed no fracture and no stitches were required. Goins is getting most of the playing time at shortstop since the season-ending ankle injury to SS Troy Tulowitzki.

INF Ryan Goins (left arm) left the game in the sixth inning after being thrown out at second base Wednesday in the sixth inning of the 3-2 win over the Tampa Bay Rays. Rays SS Daniel Robertson stepped on Goins' left arm or wrist on the play. Bench coach DeMarlo Hale said the first indications were that there no fractures. Goins will be re-evaluated Thursday.

INF Ryan Goins had a two-run double and a steal of home during a five-run first inning Sunday in the 7-1 win over the Pittsburgh Pirates. It turns out that he is also a fashion critic. He is not a fan of the red uniforms the Blue Jays have been wearing at home on Sundays to recognize Canada's 150th year as a nation. His views are apparently held by many of his teammates. They wore their regular white and blue home uniforms Sunday by their choice. "When you're 2-7 in the red jersey, you just bang it," Goins said. "We should probably shred 'em, burn 'em, I don't know, give 'em away to charity. They need to go." Goins is batting a team-best .348 (23-for-66) with runners in scoring position this season and has 44 RBIs, one short of his career best set in 2015.

INF Ryan Goins started at shortstop and had an RBI double in the 11-5 loss to the New York Yankees. His 41 RBIs rank fourth on the team and are four short of his career best, set in 2015.

SS Ryan Goins delivered the game-winning RBI with two outs in the 10th inning and finished 2-for-5. Goins is now batting .378 (14-for-37) with 22 RBIs with runners in scoring position and two outs.

INF Ryan Goins singled with the bases loaded to drive in one run in the fourth inning Monday in the 4-2 win over the OaklandAthletics. He is batting .750 (9-for-12) with 14 RBIs this season with the bases loaded. His nine hits with the bases loaded leads the majors. The most in a season by a Blue Jays player is 10 by 1B Carlos Delgado in 2003. Goins is batting .208 with four homers and 33 RBIs overall this season. He hit his first career grand slam May 24.

INF Ryan Goins went 1-for-1 with two outs and runners in scoring position in the game. He is batting .379, going 11-for-29, in such situations this season. Overall, he is batting .311, going 14-for-45 with runners in scoring position this season.