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Standings as of 2012-07-27

Record in remaining games at far right

Rk	Lg	MLB	AL East	GP	W	L	Pct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Home	Away	StrK	2012 Links	Manager	General Manager	Ballpark	GP	W	L	Pct
1	1	2	New York Yankees	99	58	41	.586	--	480	393	87	32-16	26-25	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Joe Girardi	Brian Cashman	Yankee Stadium II	63	37	26	.587
2	6	11	Baltimore Orioles	100	54	46	.540	4.5	413	471	-58	27-22	27-24	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Buck Showalter	Dan Duquette	Oriole Park at Camden Yards	62	39	23	.629
3	8	13	Tampa Bay Rays	100	52	48	.520	6.5	412	405	7	30-23	22-25	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Joe Maddon	Andrew Friedman	Tropicana Field	62	38	24	.613
4	11	21	Toronto Blue Jays	99	46	53	.465	12.0	496	477	19	25-24	21-29	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	John Farrell	Alex Anthopoulos	Rogers Centre	63	27	36	.429
5	12	25	Boston Red Sox	100	44	56	.440	14.5	488	461	27	24-29	20-27	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Bobby Valentine	Ben Cherington	Fenway Park	62	25	37	.403
Rk	Lg	MLB	AL Central	GP	W	L	Pct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Home	Away	StrK	2012 Links	Manager	General Manager	Ballpark	GP	W	L	Pct
1	2	6	Detroit Tigers	100	56	44	.560	--	454	439	15	32-17	24-27	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Jim Leyland	Dave Dombrowski	Comerica Park	62	32	30	.516
2	4	8	Chicago White Sox	99	54	45	.545	1.5	475	416	59	30-19	24-26	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Robin Ventura	Kenny Williams	U.S. Cellular Field	63	31	32	.492
3	9	15	Cleveland Indians	100	51	49	.510	5.0	430	485	-55	28-24	23-25	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Manny Acta	Chris Antonetti	Progressive Field	62	17	45	.274
4	10	16	Kansas City Royals	99	50	49	.505	5.5	406	470	-64	24-23	26-26	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Ned Yost	Dayton Moore	Kauffman Stadium	63	22	41	.349
5	14	28	Minnesota Twins	99	39	60	.394	16.5	426	521	-95	18-32	21-28	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Ron Gardenhire	Terry Ryan	Target Field	63	27	36	.429
Rk	Lg	MLB	AL West	GP	W	L	Pct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Home	Away	StrK	2012 Links	Manager	General Manager	Ballpark	GP	W	L	Pct
1	3	7	Los Angeles Angels	100	55	45	.550	--	454	401	53	28-22	27-23	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Mike Scioscia	Jerry Dipoto	Angel Stadium of Anaheim	62	34	28	.548
2	5	10	Texas Rangers	98	53	45	.541	1.0	493	408	85	29-20	24-25	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Ron Washington	Jon Daniels	Rangers Ballpark in Arlington	64	40	24	.625
3	7	12	Oakland Athletics	99	53	46	.535	1.5	403	366	37	28-22	25-24	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Bob Melvin	Billy Beane	Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum	33	11	22	.333
4	13	27	Seattle Mariners	102	41	61	.402	15.0	401	410	-9	20-29	21-32	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Eric Wedge	Jack Zduriencik	Safeco Field	60	34	26	.567
Rk	Lg	MLB	NL East	GP	W	L	Pct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Home	Away	StrK	2012 Links	Manager	General Manager	Ballpark	GP	W	L	Pct
1	1	1	Washington Nationals	99	58	41	.586	--	425	347	78	29-18	29-23	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Davey Johnson	Michael Rizzo	Nationals Park	63	40	23	.635
2	6	14	New York Mets	100	52	48	.520	6.5	451	462	-11	28-24	24-24	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Terry Collins	Sandy Alderson	Citi field	62	22	40	.355
3	7	17	Miami Marlins	99	50	49	.505	8.0	366	448	-82	29-23	21-26	L3	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Ozzie Guillen		Marlins Park	63	19	44	.302
4	8	18	Atlanta Braves	99	49	50	.495	9.0	456	421	35	22-27	27-23	W3	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Brian Snitker	Frank Wren	Turner Field	63	45	18	.714
5	12	23	Philadelphia Phillies	100	46	54	.460	12.5	425	457	-32	23-27	23-27	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Charlie Manuel	Ruben Amaro	Citizens Bank Park	62	35	27	.565
Rk	Lg	MLB	NL Central	GP	W	L	Pct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Home	Away	StrK	2012 Links	Manager	General Manager	Ballpark	GP	W	L	Pct
1	2	4	Cincinnati Reds	99	57	42	.576	--	416	353	63	29-20	28-22	W8	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Dusty Baker	Walt Jocketty	Great American Ballpark	63	40	23	.635
2	4	5	Pittsburgh Pirates	99	56	43	.566	1.0	405	365	40	30-19	26-24	W3	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Clint Hurdle	Neal Huntington	PNC Park	63	23	40	.365
3	9	19	St. Louis Cardinals	100	49	51	.490	8.5	494	397	97	27-23	22-28	W4	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Mike Matheny	John Mozeliak	Busch Stadium III	62	39	23	.629
4	11	22	Milwaukee Brewers	99	46	53	.465	11.0	441	455	-14	27-24	19-29	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Ron Roenicke	Douglas Melvin	Miller Park	63	37	26	.587
5	14	26	Chicago Cubs	98	43	55	.439	13.5	362	437	-75	23-23	20-32	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Dale Sveum	Jed Hoyer	Wrigley Field	64	18	46	.281
6	16	30	Houston Astros	101	39	62	.386	19.0	386	505	-119	26-24	13-38	L6	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Brad Mills	Jeff Luhnow	Minute Maid Park	61	16	45	.262
Rk	Lg	MLB	NL West	GP	W	L	Pct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Home	Away	StrK	2012 Links	Manager	General Manager	Ballpark	GP	W	L	Pct
1	3	3	San Francisco Giants	99	57	42	.576	--	401	383	18	31-18	26-24	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Bruce Bochy	Brian Sabean	AT&T Park	63	37	26	.587
2	5	9	Los Angeles Dodgers	101	55	46	.545	3.0	392	384	8	28-21	27-25	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Don Mattingly	Ned Colletti	Dodger Stadium	61	31	30	.508
3	10	20	Arizona Diamondbacks	100	47	53	.470	10.5	455	425	30	26-26	21-27	L3	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Kirk Gibson	Kevin Towers	Chase Field	62	34	28	.548
4	13	24	San Diego Padres	101	45	56	.446	13.0	371	429	-58	22-29	23-27	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Bud Black	Josh Byrnes	Petco Park	61	31	30	.508
5	15	29	Colorado Rockies	98	38	60	.388	18.5	462	548	-86	21-29	17-31	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Jim Tracy	Daniel O'Dowd	Coors Field	64	26	38	.406

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Player Name	Pos	Age	Organization	Actual Team	Transaction Notes
Eric Smith	P	23.285	Arizona Diamondbacks	Mobile (AA)	Activated from DL
Tyler LaTorre	C	29.096	San Francisco Giants	Fresno (AAA)	Activated from DL
Santiago Nessy	C	19.231	Toronto Blue Jays	Bluefield (Rk)	Activated from DL
Luis Perdomo	RP	28.091	Minnesota Twins	Minnesota Twins (MLB)	Contract purchased from Rochester (AAA)
Nelson Figueroa	P	38.070	Boston Red Sox	Pawtucket (AAA)	Placed on temporarily inactive list
Travis Miller	P	22.134	St. Louis Cardinals	Palm Beach (A+)	DL-7 Injured
Brian Stroud	P	23.282	Detroit Tigers	Lakeland (A+)	DL-7 Injured
Aaron Altherr	LF-CF	21.194	Philadelphia Phillies	Lakewood (A)	DL-7 Left leg
Ulises Joaquin	P	20.046	Philadelphia Phillies	Williamsport (A-)	Activated from DL
Dana Eveland	RP	28.272	Baltimore Orioles	Baltimore Orioles (MLB)	Designated for assignment
Miguel Socolovich	RP	26.003	Baltimore Orioles	Baltimore Orioles (MLB)	Recalled from Norfolk (AAA)
Doug Mathis	P	29.050	-		Signed with Chiba Lotte (Japan)
Erick Aybar	ss	28.195	Los Angeles Angels	Los Angeles Angels (MLB)	DL-15 Fractured big right toe
Vernon Wells	lf	33.231	Los Angeles Angels	Los Angeles Angels (MLB)	Activated from DL
Andrew Romine	ss	26.215	Los Angeles Angels	Los Angeles Angels (MLB)	Recalled from Salt Lake (AAA)
Trevor Plouffe	3b	26.042	Minnesota Twins	Minnesota Twins (MLB)	DL-15 Bruised right thumb [Jammed on inside pitch]
Chuck Fick	RP	26.258	Houston Astros	Houston Astros (MLB)	Claimed off waivers from Cardinals
Scott Elbert	RP	26.348	Los Angeles Dodgers	Los Angeles Dodgers (MLB)	DL-15 Left elbow inflammation
Stephen Fife	SP	25.296	Los Angeles Dodgers	Los Angeles Dodgers (MLB)	Recalled from Albuquerque (AAA)
Wil Ledezma	P	31.187	-		Signed with Chiba Lotte (Japan)
Rick Ankiel	cf	33.008	-		Released by Nationals
Todd Helton	1b	38.341	Colorado Rockies	Colorado Rockies (MLB)	Activated from DL
Edwar Cabrera	SP	24.281	Colorado Rockies	Colorado Springs (AAA)	Optioned to Colorado Springs (AAA)
Jean Segura	ss	22.132	Milwaukee Brewers	Huntsville (AA)	Traded from Angels with Johnny Hellweg and Ariel Pena to Brewers for Zack Greinke
Johnny Hellweg	P	23.271	Milwaukee Brewers	Milwaukee Brewers (MLB)	Traded from Angels with Jean Segura and Ariel Pena to Brewers for Zack Greinke
Ariel Pena	P	23.068	Milwaukee Brewers	Milwaukee Brewers (MLB)	Traded from Angels with Johnny Hellweg and Jean Segura to Brewers for Zack Greinke
Zack Greinke	SP	28.280	Los Angeles Angels	Los Angeles Angels (MLB)	Traded from Brewers to Angels for Jean Segura, Johnny Hellweg and Arial Pena
Enerio Del Rosario	RP	26.284	Houston Astros	Oklahoma City (AAA)	Optioned to Oklahoma City (AAA)
Mitch Moreland	1B	26.324	Texas Rangers	Frisco (AA)	Assigned to Frisco (AA) for rehab
Jonathan Herrera	2B	27.266	Colorado Rockies	Colorado Springs (AAA)	Assigned to Colorado Springs (AAA) for rehab
Scott Atchison	RP	36.120	Boston Red Sox	Pawtucket (AAA)	Assigned to Pawtucket (AAA) for rehab
Brent Morel	3B	25.097	Chicago White Sox	Charlotte (AAA)	Assigned to Charlotte (AAA) for rehab
Brandon Allen	1B	26.165	Tampa Bay Rays	Durham (AAA)	Activated from temporary inactive list
Matt Mangini	1B	26.218	Tampa Bay Rays	Durham (AAA)	Activated from temporary inactive list
Bill Hall	2B	32.212	Baltimore Orioles	Norfolk (AAA)	Activated from DL
Andy Oliver	P	24.237	Detroit Tigers	Toledo (AAA)	Activated from DL
Ben Guez	RF	25.184	Detroit Tigers	Toledo (AAA)	DL-7 Injured
Erik Turgeon	P	25.124	-		Released by Mets
Rawley Bishop	1B	26.250	Detroit Tigers	Erie (AA)	Placed on temporarily inactive list
Neil Medchill	RF-LF	25.032	New York Yankees	Trenton (AA)	DL-7 Lower left leg
Walter Ibarra	SS	24.269	New York Yankees	Trenton (AA)	Activated from DL
Joel Weeks	C	27.239	San Francisco Giants	Richmond (AA)	Activated from DL
Travis Denker	3B	26.356	-		Released by Dodgers
Jae-Hoon Ha	CF	21.271	Chicago Cubs	Tennessee (AA)	DL-7 Injured
J.T. Wise	C	26.055	Los Angeles Dodgers	Chattanooga (AA)	Activated from DL
Noel Arguelles	P	22.196	Kansas City Royals	Northwest Arkansas (AA)	Activated from temporary inactive list
Neil Ramirez	P	23.063	Texas Rangers	Frisco (AA)	Activated from DL
Bryan Paukovits	P	25.028	Kansas City Royals	Northwest Arkansas (AA)	DL-7 Injured
Val Majewski	LF-RF	31.137	Texas Rangers	Frisco (AA)	DL-7 Hamstring
Willy Kesler	P	24.351	-		Released by Mariners
R.J. Alaniz	P	21.043	Houston Astros	Lancaster (A+)	DL-7 Injured
Grant Hogue	RF	26.031	Houston Astros	Lancaster (A+)	DL-7 Injured
Rafael Valenzuela	1B-3B	24.281	Houston Astros	Lancaster (A+)	Activated from temporary inactive list
Leondy Perez	P	22.038	Kansas City Royals	Wilmington (A+)	Activated from DL
Roman Hernandez	OF	24.200	Kansas City Royals	Wilmington (A+)	DL-7 Injured
Caleb Cotham	P	24.264	New York Yankees	Tampa (A+)	DL-7 Injured
Chad James	P	21.185	Miami Marlins	Jupiter (A+)	Activated from temporary inactive list
R.L Eisenbach	P	24.113	-		Released by Padres
Zack Kometani	1B	22.243	-		Released by Padres
Carlos George	SS	23.171	Milwaukee Brewers	Wisconsin (A)	Activated from DL
Cole Leonida	C	23.214	Washington Nationals	Hagerstown (A)	Activated from DL
Jeremy Mayo	C	24.040	Washington Nationals	Hagerstown (A)	DL-7 Injured
Enrico Jimenez	P	23.170	-		Released by Orioles
Mike Nemeth	1B-3B	23.114	-		Announced retirement
Brock Kjeldgaard	RF	26.186	Milwaukee Brewers	Brevard County (A+)	Designated for assignment
Jayson Hernandez	C	23.328	Boston Red Sox	Portland (AA)
Matt Spring	C	27.262	Boston Red Sox	Pawtucket (AAA)	Assigned to Pawtucket (AAA)
Matt Szczur	CF	23.007	Chicago Cubs	Tennessee (AA)	Assigned to Tennessee (AA)
Abraham Almonte	CF	23.036	New York Yankees	Gulf Coast Yankees (Rk)	Assigned to Gulf Coast Yankees (Rk) for rehab
Rhett Stafford	LF	23.148	Oakland Athletics	Arizona Athletics (Rk)	Assigned to Arizona Athletics (Rk)
Roberto De La Cruz	3B	21.259	Colorado Rockies	Tri-City (A-)	Assigned to Tri-City (A-)
Alfredo Lopez	2B	22.293	Miami Marlins	Jacksonville (AA)	Assigned to Jacksonville (AA)
Patrick Tolentino	C	23.009	Cleveland Indians	Akron (AA)	Assigned to Akron (AA)
Blake Barber	IF	22.114	Miami Marlins	Jupiter (A+)	Assigned to Jupiter (A+)
Alex Santana	3B	18.340	Los Angeles Dodgers	Arizona Dodgers (Rk)	Assigned to Arizona Dodgers (Rk)
Glynn Davis	CF	20.233	Baltimore Orioles	Frederick (A+)	Assigned to Frederick (A+)
Leandro Mateo	2B	22.132	St. Louis Cardinals	Johnson City (Rk)	Assigned to Johnson City (Rk)
Nathan Desouza	OF	18.014	Toronto Blue Jays	Gulf Coast Blue Jays (Rk)	Assigned to Gulf Coast Blue Jays (Rk)
Ryan Copeland	P	24.047	St. Louis Cardinals	Batavia (A-)	Assigned to Batavia (A-)
Jimmy Barthmaier	P	28.203	Washington Nationals	Harrisburg (AA)	Assigned to Harrisburg (AA)
Bryan Morgado	P	23.231	Philadelphia Phillies	Gulf Coast Phillies (Rk)	Rehab
Jeremy Bleich	P	25.039	New York Yankees	Tampa (A+)	Assigned to Tampa (A+)
Ty'relle Harris	P	25.227	Chicago Cubs	Tennessee (AA)	Assigned to Tennessee (AA)
Robert Carson	RP	23.185	New York Mets	Buffalo (AAA)	Assigned to Buffalo (AAA)
Paul Clemens	P	24.164	Houston Astros	Corpus Christi (AA)	Assigned to Corpus Christi (AA)
Trey Haley	P	22.036	Cleveland Indians	Carolina (A+)	Assigned to Carolina (A+)
Jarred Cosart	P	22.063	Houston Astros	Oklahoma City (AAA)	Assigned to Oklahoma City (AAA)
Graham Johnson	P	22.287	Miami Marlins	Gulf Coast Marlins (Rk)
Dan Remenowsky	P	26.111	Chicago White Sox	Birmingham (AA)	Assigned to Birmingham (AA)
Taylor Rogers	P	21.222	Minnesota Twins	Beloit (A)	Assigned to Beloit (A)
Matt Brazis	P	22.324	Seattle Mariners	Clinton (A)	Assigned to Clinton (A)
Scott Copeland	P	24.225	Toronto Blue Jays	Dunedin (A+)	Assigned to Dunedin (A+)
Shae Simmons	P	21.327	Atlanta Braves	Danville (Rk)	Assigned to Danville (Rk)
Blair Walters	P	22.261	Houston Astros	Lancaster (A+)	Assigned to Lancaster (A+)
George Mieses	P	21.085	Seattle Mariners	Arizona Mariners (Rk)
Roberto Canache	P	22.076	St. Louis Cardinals	Johnson City (Rk)	Assigned to Johnson City (Rk)
Alex Ramirez	P	22.166	Toronto Blue Jays	Gulf Coast Blue Jays (Rk)
Andrew Stueve	P	23.111	Kansas City Royals	Idaho Falls (Rk)	Assigned to Idaho Falls (Rk)
Stephen Williams	P	19.351	Boston Red Sox	Gulf Coast Red Sox (Rk)	Assigned to Gulf Coast Red Sox (Rk)
Angel Rincon		19.304	New York Yankees	Gulf Coast Yankees (Rk)
Elias Pinales		19.262	Baltimore Orioles	Gulf Coast Orioles (Rk)
Miguel Batista	SP	41.158	Atlanta Braves	Gwinnett (AAA)	Signed to minor league contract
Rusty Ryal	3B	29.133	Atlanta Braves	Gwinnett (AAA)	Signed to minor league contract
John Eshleman	2B-3B	23.110			Released by Giants
Roberto Velasquez	SS-2B	22.163			Released by Mariners

Vis Team	R	Home Team	R	Box	Winning Pitcher	Losing Pitcher	Save Pitcher
Tampa Bay Rays	1	Los Angeles Angels	3	Box	Dan Haren	Alex Cobb	Ernesto Frieri
Oakland Athletics	14	Baltimore Orioles	9	Box	Jerry Blevins	Jim Johnson	(none)
Cleveland Indians	0	Minnesota Twins	11	Box	Scott Diamond	Josh Tomlin	(none)
Boston Red Sox	3	New York Yankees	10	Box	Phil Hughes	Aaron Cook	(none)
Kansas City Royals	1	Seattle Mariners	6	Box	Blake Beavan	Jeremy Guthrie	(none)
Chicago White Sox	9	Texas Rangers	5	Box	Chris Sale	Yu Darvish	(none)
Detroit Tigers	3	Toronto Blue Jays	8	Box	Carlos Villanueva	Rick Porcello	(none)
New York Mets	5	Arizona Diamondbacks	11	Box	Josh Collmenter	Jonathon Niese	(none)
Philadelphia Phillies	1	Atlanta Braves	6	Box	Ben Sheets	Cole Hamels	(none)
St. Louis Cardinals	9	Chicago Cubs	6	Box	Lance Lynn	Travis Wood	Jason Motte
Cincinnati Reds	3	Colorado Rockies	0	Box	Bronson Arroyo	Drew Pomeranz	Aroldis Chapman
Pittsburgh Pirates	6	Houston Astros	5	Box	Tony Watson	Rhiner Cruz	Joel Hanrahan
San Diego Padres	7	Miami Marlins	2	Box	Kip Wells	Carlos Zambrano	(none)
Washington Nationals	0	Milwaukee Brewers	6	Box	Michael Fiers	Ross Detwiler	(none)
Los Angeles Dodgers	5	San Francisco Giants	3	Box	Shawn Tolleson	Sergio Romo	Kenley Jansen

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