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As the season draws to a close in the Premier League, League One and League Two, there are still numerous questions waiting to be answered. Who will cement their places in the Champions League next season? Who will make the League One play-offs? Who will be promoted automatically along with Northampton from League Two?We analyse title run-ins, the battles for promotion, the race to claim a spot in the play-offs and relegation dogfights... Premier League titleTottenhams draw with Chelsea on Monday Night Football handed the Premier League title to Leicester. The Foxes will receive the trophy at home against Everton, live on Saturday Night Football from 5pm on Sky Sports 1 HD.Spurs need four points from their remaining two games to guarantee second spot, but could still be caught by both Arsenal and Manchester City, who are looking to cement their seats at the Champions League table next season. City host the Gunners on Super Sunday, live on Sky Sports 1 HD from 3.30pm. Manchester United and West Ham could still sneak into the top four. United trail Manchester City by four points and West Ham are five points behind - and both have a game in hand. Louis van Gaal takes his team to face the Hammers in the final game at Upton Park on Tuesday night, live on Sky Sports 1 HD from 7pm. Aston Villa are already relegated and two from Newcastle, Sunderland and Norwich are set to join them.League One automatic promotionWigan sealed an automatic return to the Sky Bet Championship with a 4-0 victory over Blackpool, with Burton looking the favourites to join them in the second tier. Highlights from Walsalls 3-1 win over Fleetwood in League One Heading into the last round of fixtures at lunchtime on Sunday, Burton are three points ahead of Walsall and have a plus-three superior goal difference. Burton are at Doncaster - watch live on Sky Sports 2 HD from 12.15pm - while Walsall go to Port Vale. League One play-offsMillwall and Bradford have secured their top-six spots, but there is a three-horse race between Barnsley, Scunthorpe and Gillingham for the final play-off spot. Barnsley manager Paul Heckingbottom Barnsley go to Wigan on the final day of the season on Sunday, while Scunthorpe, level with Barnsley on 71 points, go to Sheffield United. Gillingham, two points behind the pair, host Millwall on the final day, but have a better goal difference than the two sides above them.League One relegationDoncaster and Blackpool are teetering on the edge of relegation along with Colchester and Crewe and both will need a win - and hope the other loses - to have a chance of catching Fleetwood in the safety of 20th place. But Fleetwood do not require a victory to ensure their survival as they have a far superior goal difference and would need a 10-goal swing to go against them if they are to be relegated.The final fixtures see Doncaster host Burton in that aforementioned live Sky Sports clash, Blackpool go to Peterborough and Fleetwood entertain Crewe.League Two promotionWith just a game remaining, there are still three teams who could claim an automatic promotion place alongside Northampton Town, who have already won the title. Accrington Stanleys Mark Hughes celebrates with the fans With the top three going up from League Two, Accrington are second on 84 points before hosting Stevenage on the final day on Saturday; Oxford United are third on 83 points before hosting Wycombe, and Bristol Rovers are third on 82 points as they host Dagenham and Redbridge.Bristol Rovers are at least guaranteed a play-off spot, alongside Portsmouth, Plymouth Argyle and Wimbledon. 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Air Force One Just Do It Pas Cher . - After sewage backups, toilet overflows and foul smells surfaced the past two years, nothing at the Oakland Coliseum surprises the home team anymore.Business in the Major League Baseball pitching market is about to pick up and the Toronto Blue Jays could be poised to be in the middle of the action. Masahiro Tanaka has touched down in the United States and the courting of the Rakuten Golden Eagles stud pitcher has begun in earnest by a bevy of MLB teams interested in the Japanese ace. The posting fee for Tanaka to be paid to Rakuten is $20 million and the pitcher himself is expected to garner a deal in the six-year, $100 million range. Early speculation has the Arizona Diamondbacks as the key suitor for Tanakas services, but the usual suspects like the New York Yankees and teams looking to rebuild like the Chicago Cubs are also said to be heavily interested. The Jays, who went hard after, but ultimately lost out on Yu Darvish to the Texas Rangers in 2012, are believed to be interested in Tanaka, but arent considered a serious contender for the 24-year-old who went 24-0 with a 1.27 ERA last season in the Japanese League. Still, Tanakas impending arrival is of great interest to Alex Anthopoulos and the rest of the Blue Jays management. Once Tanaka signs, the floodgates are expected to open on the MLB pitching market from both a free agency and trade perspective. Tanaka will be the first domino to drop on what could be a very busy next few weeks in the baseball offseason and the Jays are expected to, and need to, be active. With options expanding, who should the Jays target to shore up their rotation heading into 2014? If the Jays were to stand pat going into spring training, their rotation would likely be made up of R.A. Dickey, Brandon Morrow, Mark Buehrle, J.A. Happ and a fifth man from a pool of candidates including Marcus Stroman, Todd Redmond, Kyle Drabek and Drew Hutchison. While by no means a poor rotation, the need to bolster it is obvious if they want to compete for a playoff spot. The free agent avenue presents a few intriguing options. Ubaldo Jimenez is coming off a fine 2013 with the Cleveland Indians, posting a 13-9 record with 182.2 IP, a 3.30 ERA and a WHIP of 1.33. Jimenez, soon to turn 30, is no longer the power pitcher he was with the Colorado Rockies, but has compensated for his loss of velocity by relying on his slider and splitter more frequently. Ervin Santana was acquired by the Kansas City Royals last winter from the Los Angeles Angels and slipped into their new-look rotation behind James Shields. Santana, 31, went 9-10 with 211 IP, a 3.28 ERA and a 1.14 WHIP. Santana can likely be counted on for more innings pitched than Jimenez, but has struggled with giving up home runs over the course of his career, something that will be taken into account considering the Rogers Centres reputation as a long ball stadium. Matt Garza is no stranger to the AL Easst.ddddddddddddHaving spent three seasons with the Tampa Bay Rays, Garza has an impressive career record at Rogers Centre. In seven career starts in the park, Garza has 1.36 ERA and a 1.00 WHIP. Obviously, thats an incredibly small sample size and he was pitching against the Jays during those starts, but it is an encouraging sign. Garza split last season between the Chicago Cubs and the Texas Rangers and didnt exactly light the world on fire in 2013, pitching only 151.3 innings thanks to continuing elbow problems, but with a respectable 3.82 ERA and 1.32 WHIP, going 10-6. There is a prevailing idea that the asking price on all three starters has dropped as free agency has gone on, but none of the three will come cheap. All are expected to fetch multi-year deals in the $14-16 million range. Signing any of the trio represents a significant investment by the club, but likely a necessary one. Lesser free agents are also available, but the likes of Bronson Arroyo, Tommy Hanson or Jason Hammel wouldnt appreciably improve the Jays current corps. On the trade front, the Jays have been repeatedly attached in rumours to Cubs starter Jeff Samardzija. Samardzija, the 28-year-old former Notre Dame wide receiver, represents a high-risk, high-reward proposition for the Jays. A hard-throwing fastballer, Samardzija has eclipsed the 200 IP plateau in one of his two full seasons as a starter and doesnt have any significant injury history. The potential in Samardzija is obvious, but so is the cost. Having traded a significant number of key assets last season in the acquisition of Dickey and the blockbuster trade with the Miami Marlins, Anthopoulos would be loath to once again mortgage any part of the future. The Cubs dont need to move Samardzija and, as such, are asking for massive return. The Jays would likely have to part with two or more of their high-end prospects among Stroman, Aaron Sanchez, Roberto Osuna and Daniel Norris. Other names have been bandied about in terms of being available, including Tampa Bays David Price and Cole Hamels of the Philadelphia Phillies, but those options are more along the lines of pipe dreams. With a payroll already over the $100 million mark, management isnt keen on overpaying for a free agent disaster and last years big trades and the movement of young assets didnt bring the expected dividends. Anthopoulos must act prudently going forward, knowing that the benefit of the doubt isnt as easy to come by as it might have been before from both ownership and the fans. Still, in order for tangible improvement to happen, moves need to be made. But which avenue is preferable? Of all of the possible options on the table, how would you go about bolstering the Toronto Blue Jays rotation for 2014? As always, its Your! Call. ' ' '