As of today May 16 th 2008
Pay roll $$
| NY Yankees | 207,108,489 |
(most in MLB)
| Boston | 133,220,112 |
(4th most)
| Tampa Bay | 43,422,997 |
(2nd least)
Major League Standings
| American League Regular Season Standings | |||||||||||
| Eastern Division | |||||||||||
| Team | W | L | Pct | GB | Home | Road | East | Cent | West | Last 10 | Streak |
| 24 | 17 | .585 | - | 16 - 8 | 8 - 9 | 18 - 12 | 2 - 3 | 4 - 2 | 8 - 2 | W 1 | |
| Boston | 24 | 19 | .558 | 1 | 14 - 5 | 10 - 14 | 8 - 11 | 8 - 5 | 8 - 3 | 4 - 6 | L 4 |
| Baltimore | 21 | 19 | .525 | 2.5 | 12 - 6 | 9 - 13 | 8 - 7 | 5 - 4 | 8 - 8 | 5 - 5 | W 2 |
| Toronto | 21 | 22 | .488 | 4 | 10 - 9 | 11 - 13 | 7 - 10 | 11 - 7 | 3 - 5 | 5 - 5 | W 4 |
| New York | 20 | 22 | .476 | 4.5 | 9 - 9 | 11 - 13 | 10 - 11 | 7 - 11 | 3 - 0 | 4 - 6 | L 1 |