Look closely at each of the American League East’s top playoff contenders, and a pattern will emerge. The Blue Jays, Red Sox, and Yankees all have at least one established veteran turning back the clock and delivering a season we haven’t seen from them in quite a long time. Let’s have a look at these players providing a big impact in what remains, by all accounts, a three-team race for the AL East title.

Yankees

Giancarlo Stanton (DH)

2025 numbers: .281/.358/.609 – 19 HR, 164 wRC+, 60 games

Out of all the players on this list, Stanton is the only one who has missed significant time, which means we take his numbers with a grain of salt. If Stanton were able even remotely to maintain anything near this level of production, he wouldn’t just have a great season but an MVP-level campaign. E

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