Big Signing in Boston

Rusney Castillo has arrived in Boston, the Cuban center fielder agreed to a seven year 72.5 million dollar deal. The Red Sox look to him to be their future big bat in the outfield with the fellow Cuban bat Cespedes. Boston has been on a slump as of late, dropping seven straight. After their pitching sale before the deadline, Boston has made their offense look better but are having a hard time out there on the mound. Castillo will join a group of successful players coming out of Cuba, as Puig, Cespedes, Abreu, and Fernandez have all made names for themselves.  Boston was in a battle with the Tigers when it came to making a deal with Castillo, but came on top in the end with the length they offered. Though the Red Sox look to be fully out of the picture this season, after an off season where they acquire some new arms, Boston will be dangerous with Castillo in their lineup.
The Angels and A's have gotten intense in their division fight as the A's tied it up tonight in their 2-1 victory with Lester on the mound. The Angels picked up Gordon Beckham from the White Sox, for what seemed like nothing, but also have bad news with the loss of their leading pitcher Garret Richards for the rest of the season. Though I believe trading Cespedes was not a very good move, I will now say the A's will take the West now that the Angels are missing both Skaggs and Richards from the rotation.
In other baseball injury news, Manny Machado is back on the DL and this time for the season with knee surgery. Last year, Manny's season ended with a left knee injury, this year it is the right knee. He took a swing that messed up his knee and resulted in Machado's need for assistance off the field. This season is a bit of a different story, as the Orioles are currently leading their division by seven games. The Orioles should be able to hang on as all their division rivals are in slumps. The Blue Jays especially have been tripping, along with the Yankees who have been running to injury issues as well with Beltran recently missing games.
A current big story in the AL however is the slumping Tigers. They surrendered 12 runs against the Twins today and 20 yesterday. While the Royals have been hot with Gordon, Butler, and Perez showing off their bats and other bats coming to life such as Moustakas and Cain. The Royals currently have a 3 game lead, as they are looking to make the playoffs for the first time since 1985. With the slumping Tigers and Indians, the Royals look to be in good shape to runaway with the Central division making it A's, Royals, and Orioles as the division winners. I doubt anyone called that in the beginning of the year. Wildcard spot #1 will go to the Angels, while the Mariners and Tigers will fight for the 2nd seat.