The American League East sent three teams to the postseason in 2020, and it’s shaping up to be one of baseball’s most competitive divisions this summer.

The Rays handled the Blue Jays in the AL Wild Card Series last year before defeating the Yankees in the AL Division Series, eventually reaching the World Series where they fell, 4-2, to the Dodgers. Tampa Bay is looking for another shot at the championship, but a strong New York team stands in its way and Toronto has momentum following the addition of George Springer to its young lineup.

With Boston looking to bounce back and Baltimore rebuilding, teams in the AL East will see plenty of each other through the first month of play. The Yankees face the Orioles seven times, the Blue Jays six times and the Rays six times, which handles a good percentage of their division play right out of the gates.

When the Yankees, Red Sox and Rays visit the Blue Jays in April, it won’t be in Toronto, either. The Blue Jays have committed to spending their first three homestands at their spring home of TD Ballpark in Dunedin, Fla. Here’s a look at how these AL East schedules stack up through May 2:

Blue Jays
Home/road split: 12 at home, 15 on road
Games in division: 0 vs. Orioles, 3 vs. Rays, 2 vs. Red Sox, 6 vs. Yankees
Games vs. >.500 teams in 2020: 12
Games vs. playoff teams in 2020: 12

The Blue Jays face the Yankees six times in their first 13 games, which will be a key stretch to look back on when this division race heats up late in the season, especially given the rotation injuries Toronto is currently dealing with. This is a challenging start to division play with just two games combined between the Red Sox and Orioles, who the Blue Jays should fare better against. -- Keegan Matheson

Orioles
Home/road split: 14 at home, 14 on road
Games in division: 0 vs. Blue Jays, 0 vs. Rays, 6 vs. Red Sox, 7 vs. Yankees
Games vs. >.500 teams in 2020: 15
Games vs. playoff teams in 2020: 15

The early schedule isn’t easy for the rebuilding Orioles, who will play nearly half of their first 28 games against the Yankees and A’s. The Yanks, in particular, have proven a famously difficult opponent in recent years; the O’s are 12-36 against New York over the past three seasons. -- Joe Trezza

Rays
Home/road split: 17 at home, 12 on road
Games in division: 6 vs. Yankees, 3 vs. Red Sox, 3 vs. Blue Jays, 0 vs. Orioles
Games vs. >.500 teams in 2020: 16
Games vs. playoff teams in 2020: 13

The Rays will get a good sense right away of how they stack up against the rival Yankees after finishing ahead of New York in the division standings and in the AL Division Series last year, as they’ll meet six times. Their biggest challenge, though, is navigating 30 games in 31 days from April 9-May 9. -- Adam Berry

Red Sox
Home/road split: 16 games at home, 13 on road
Games in division: 6 vs. Orioles, 3 vs. Rays, 2 vs. Blue Jays, 0 vs. Yankees
Games vs. >.500 teams in 2020: 13
Games vs. playoff teams in 2020: 13

After getting off to a thoroughly disappointing start the past two seasons, it is a must for the Red Sox to start strong to build confidence within the team and the fanbase. They have a real shot to do so with six of their first nine games against the rebuilding Orioles. A big early-season series for the Sox is the three-game set against the defending AL champion Rays from April 5-7. Tampa Bay has dominated Boston over the past two seasons, particularly at Fenway Park. It’s interesting that the Sox don’t have their first rivalry game against the Yankees until June 4. -- Ian Browne

Yankees
Home/road split: 14 at home, 14 on road
Games in division: 6 vs. Blue Jays, 7 vs. Orioles, 6 vs. Rays, 0 vs. Red Sox
Games vs. >.500 teams in 2020: 12
Games vs. Playoff teams in 2020: 8

The Yankees have seen plenty of the Blue Jays this spring, their neighbors in the Tampa/St. Petersburg area pod, and that will continue through the first weeks of the regular season. They’ll also renew their budding rivalry with the Rays, who bested them in eight of 10 meetings during the regular season in 2020, then ended their playoff run in a neutral-site ALDS. -- Bryan Hoch