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Standings as of 2012-08-11

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	4	New York Yankees	113	63	50	.558	--	559	459	100	35-21	28-29	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Joe Girardi	Brian Cashman	Yankee Stadium II	49	32	17	.653
2	3	5	Baltimore Orioles	114	63	51	.553	0.5	476	527	-51	32-25	31-26	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Buck Showalter	Dan Duquette	Oriole Park at Camden Yards	48	30	18	.625
3	5	10	Tampa Bay Rays	113	61	52	.540	2.0	464	427	37	34-25	27-27	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Joe Maddon	Andrew Friedman	Tropicana Field	49	29	20	.592
4	11	24	Boston Red Sox	115	52	63	.452	12.0	559	531	28	29-34	23-29	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Bobby Valentine	Ben Cherington	Fenway Park	47	17	30	.362
5	12	25	Toronto Blue Jays	113	50	63	.442	13.0	532	542	-10	27-26	23-37	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	John Farrell	Alex Anthopoulos	Rogers Centre	49	23	26	.469
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	114	63	51	.553	--	527	499	28	36-20	27-31	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Jim Leyland	Dave Dombrowski	Comerica Park	48	25	23	.521
2	4	7	Chicago White Sox	112	61	51	.545	1.0	528	467	61	34-23	27-28	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Robin Ventura	Kenny Williams	U.S. Cellular Field	50	24	26	.480
3	9	15	Kansas City Royals	113	58	55	.513	4.5	472	526	-54	28-25	30-30	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Ned Yost	Dayton Moore	Kauffman Stadium	49	14	35	.286
4	10	18	Cleveland Indians	114	58	56	.509	5.0	484	579	-95	32-26	26-30	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Manny Acta	Chris Antonetti	Progressive Field	48	10	38	.208
5	14	28	Minnesota Twins	113	46	67	.407	16.5	507	585	-78	21-36	25-31	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Ron Gardenhire	Terry Ryan	Target Field	49	20	29	.408
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	6	11	Texas Rangers	112	60	52	.536	--	570	493	77	33-24	27-28	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Ron Washington	Jon Daniels	Rangers Ballpark in Arlington	50	33	17	.660
2	7	12	Los Angeles Angels	114	61	53	.535	--	534	490	44	29-25	32-28	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Mike Scioscia	Jerry Dipoto	Angel Stadium of Anaheim	48	28	20	.583
3	8	14	Oakland Athletics	113	59	54	.522	1.5	461	429	32	32-28	27-26	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Bob Melvin	Billy Beane	Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum	19	5	14	.263
4	13	27	Seattle Mariners	115	48	67	.417	13.5	456	467	-11	25-29	23-38	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Eric Wedge	Jack Zduriencik	Safeco Field	47	27	20	.574
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	114	69	45	.605	--	500	401	99	32-22	37-23	W7	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Davey Johnson	Michael Rizzo	Nationals Park	48	29	19	.604
2	6	13	Atlanta Braves	113	59	54	.522	9.5	530	450	80	29-29	30-25	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Brian Snitker	Frank Wren	Turner Field	49	35	14	.714
3	7	17	Miami Marlins	114	58	56	.509	11.0	427	516	-89	32-24	26-32	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Ozzie Guillen		Marlins Park	48	11	37	.229
4	8	16	New York Mets	114	58	56	.509	11.0	500	525	-25	29-28	29-28	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Terry Collins	Sandy Alderson	Citi field	48	16	32	.333
5	10	20	Philadelphia Phillies	113	53	60	.469	15.5	463	501	-38	28-30	25-30	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Charlie Manuel	Ruben Amaro	Citizens Bank Park	49	28	21	.571
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	2	Cincinnati Reds	114	66	48	.579	--	492	424	68	35-21	31-27	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Dusty Baker	Walt Jocketty	Great American Ballpark	48	31	17	.646
2	3	3	Pittsburgh Pirates	113	64	49	.566	1.5	467	441	26	33-22	31-27	L3	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Clint Hurdle	Neal Huntington	PNC Park	49	15	34	.306
3	9	19	St. Louis Cardinals	114	56	58	.491	10.0	556	454	102	32-25	24-33	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Mike Matheny	John Mozeliak	Busch Stadium III	48	32	16	.667
4	12	22	Milwaukee Brewers	112	51	61	.455	14.0	507	516	-9	32-27	19-34	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Ron Roenicke	Douglas Melvin	Miller Park	50	32	18	.640
5	14	26	Chicago Cubs	112	47	65	.420	18.0	414	502	-88	27-27	20-38	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Dale Sveum	Jed Hoyer	Wrigley Field	50	14	36	.280
6	16	30	Houston Astros	115	44	71	.383	22.5	434	582	-148	29-29	15-42	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Brad Mills	Jeff Luhnow	Minute Maid Park	47	11	36	.234
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
2	5	8	San Francisco Giants	114	62	52	.544	--	480	449	31	33-24	29-28	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Bruce Bochy	Brian Sabean	AT&T Park	48	32	16	.667
1	4	9	Los Angeles Dodgers	114	62	52	.544	--	441	429	12	32-26	30-26	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Don Mattingly	Ned Colletti	Dodger Stadium	48	24	24	.500
3	11	21	Arizona Diamondbacks	114	53	61	.465	9.0	517	480	37	27-29	26-32	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Kirk Gibson	Kevin Towers	Chase Field	48	28	20	.583
4	13	23	San Diego Padres	115	52	63	.452	10.5	439	487	-48	27-30	25-33	W6	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Bud Black	Josh Byrnes	Petco Park	47	24	23	.511
5	15	29	Colorado Rockies	111	45	66	.405	15.5	519	637	-118	25-33	20-33	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Jim Tracy	Daniel O'Dowd	Coors Field	51	19	32	.373

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Player Name	Pos	Age	Organization	Actual Team	Transaction Notes
Alex Torres	P	24.247	Tampa Bay Rays	Gulf Coast Rays (Rk)	Assigned to GCL Rays (Rk) for rehab
Matt Young	LF-CF	29.312	-		Released by Tigers
Eric Sogard	ss	26.081	Oakland Athletics	Oakland Athletics (MLB)	DL-15 Strained back
Andrew Carpenter	IF	22.128	New York Mets	New York Mets (MLB)	Signed to minor league contract
Ryan Jackson	2b	24.093	St. Louis Cardinals	St. Louis Cardinals (MLB)	Contract purchased from Memphis (AAA)
Brad Bergesen	RP	26.320	Arizona Diamondbacks	Arizona Diamondbacks (MLB)	Recalled from Reno (AAA)
Josh Collmenter	RP	26.185	Arizona Diamondbacks	Arizona Diamondbacks (MLB)	DL-15 Ulcers
Steve Geltz	RP	24.284	Los Angeles Angels	Los Angeles Angels (MLB)	Contract purchased from Salt Lake (AAA)
Mike McCoy	lf-3b	31.131	Toronto Blue Jays	Toronto Blue Jays (MLB)	Recalled from Las Vegas (AAA)
Lendy Castillo	RP	23.125	Chicago Cubs	Chicago Cubs (MLB)	Activated from DL
Scott Maine	RP	27.190	Chicago Cubs	Iowa (AAA)	Optioned to Iowa (AAA)
Brian Bixler	LF-3B	29.293	Houston Astros	Oklahoma City (AAA)	Outrighted to Oklahoma City (AAA)
Edgmer Escalona	RP	25.309	Colorado Rockies	Colorado Rockies (MLB)	DL-15 Right elbow inflammation
Todd Helton	1b	38.356	Colorado Rockies	Colorado Rockies (MLB)	Transferred to 60-day DL
Will Harris	RP	27.348	Colorado Rockies	Colorado Rockies (MLB)	Contract purchased from Colorado Springs (AAA)
JD Martinez	lf	24.356	Houston Astros	Oklahoma City (AAA)	Optioned to Oklahoma City (AAA)
Matt Downs	3b	28.145	Houston Astros	Oklahoma City (AAA)	Optioned to Oklahoma City (AAA)
David Carpenter	RP	24.345	Los Angeles Angels	Salt Lake (AAA)	Optioned to Salt Lake (AAA)
Dewayne Wise	cf	34.168	Chicago White Sox	Chicago White Sox (MLB)	Contract purchased from Charlotte (AAA)
John Danks	P	27.118	Chicago White Sox	Charlotte (AAA)	Transferred to 60-day DL
Tony Gwynn	lf	29.311	Los Angeles Dodgers	Albuquerque (AAA)	Outrighted to Albuquerque (AAA)
Tim Redding	P	34.180	-		Released by Blue Jays
Tyler Kuhn	3B-2B	25.336	Arizona Diamondbacks	Reno (AAA)	Traded from White Sox to Diamondbacks for cash
Jordan Walden	P	24.269	Los Angeles Angels	Salt Lake (AAA)	Assigned to Salt Lake (AAA) for rehab
Will Savage	P	27.351	Los Angeles Dodgers	Albuquerque (AAA)	DL-7 Lower back strain
Jedd Gyorko	3B	23.322	San Diego Padres	Tucson (AAA)	DL-7 Injured
Corey Patterson	LF-CF	32.364	Milwaukee Brewers	Nashville (AAA)	Placed on temporarily inactive list
Dayton Buller	C	31.050	Milwaukee Brewers	Nashville (AAA)	Activated from DL
Travis Buck	RF-LF	28.267	Houston Astros	Oklahoma City (AAA)	DL-7 Injured
Jhoulys Chacin	SP	24.217	Colorado Rockies	Colorado Springs (AAA)	Assigned to Colorado Springs (AAA) for rehab
Russell Branyan	1B	36.236	-		Released by Yankees
Gustavo Molina	C	30.168	New York Yankees	Scranton/Wilkes-Barre (AAA)	DL-7 Injured
Ben Guez	RF	25.199	Detroit Tigers	Toledo (AAA)	Activated from DL
Derrick Mitchell	CF	25.218	Philadelphia Phillies	Lehigh Valley (AAA)	Activated from DL
Adam Abraham	3B	25.137	Cleveland Indians	Akron (AA)	DL-7 Lower back strain
Shaeffer Hall	P	24.314	New York Yankees	Trenton (AA)	Activated from DL
Eliezer Zambrano	C	25.329	San Francisco Giants	Richmond (AA)	DL-7 Injured
Bryce Stowell	P	25.322	Cleveland Indians	Akron (AA)	Activated from DL
Gaby Hernandez	P	26.082	-		Released by Diamondbacks
Jake Brigham	P	24.183	Chicago Cubs	Tennessee (AA)	DL-7 Injured
Ryan Mount	2B	25.359	-		Announced retirement
Matt Oye	P	26.167	Los Angeles Angels	Arkansas (AA)	DL-7 Strained left calf
Blake Treinen	P	24.042	Oakland Athletics	Stockton (A+)	Activated from DL
Jio Mier	SS	21.350	Houston Astros	Lancaster (A+)	Activated from DL
Mitch Levier	LF	24.212	Oakland Athletics	Stockton (A+)	Activated from DL
Josh Whitaker	1B	23.184	Oakland Athletics	Stockton (A+)	DL-7 Injured
Rafael Valenzuela	1B-3B	24.296	Houston Astros	Lancaster (A+)	DL-7 Injured
Tanner Robles	P	23.168	Cincinnati Reds	Bakersfield (A+)	DL-7 Back strain
Braeden Schlehuber	C	24.217	Atlanta Braves	Lynchburg (A+)	DL-7 Injured
Carlos Moncrief	RF	23.281	Cleveland Indians	Carolina (A+)	DL-7 Sprained right wrist
Luke Scott	dh	34.047	Tampa Bay Rays	Charlotte (A+)	Assigned to Charlotte (A+) for rehab
Rafael Montero	P	21.298	New York Mets	St. Lucie (A+)	DL-7 Injured
Cody Hebner	P	21.263	San Diego Padres	Fort Wayne (A)	Suspended
Ramon Morla	3B	22.264	Seattle Mariners	Clinton (A)	Activated from DL
Brandon Lodge	P	24.008	Los Angeles Angels	Cedar Rapids (A)	Activated from DL
Chase Larsson	LF-RF	23.274	-		Released by Braves
Zack Dodson	P	22.019	Pittsburgh Pirates	West Virginia (A)	Suspended 50 games for substance abuse
Casey Stevenson	3B-RF	24.085	New York Yankees	Charleston (sc) (A)	Activated from DL
Mike Kvasnicka	3B	23.247	Houston Astros	Lexington (A)	Activated from DL
Wes Hodges	1B	27.331	San Francisco Giants	Augusta (A)	Activated from DL
Myles Schroder	C	25.010	San Francisco Giants	Augusta (A)	DL-7 Injured
Matt Campbell	P	24.336	Philadelphia Phillies	Lakewood (A)	Activated from DL
Christian Walker	3B	21.136	Baltimore Orioles	Aberdeen (A-)	DL-7 Injured
Brandon Miller	C	22.307	Washington Nationals	Auburn (A-)	Activated from DL
Matt Milroy	P	21.310	Miami Marlins	Jamestown (A-)	Suspended 50 games for violating MLB drug policy
Blake Logan	P	20.212	Miami Marlins	Jamestown (A-)	Activated from DL
Jesus Montero	C	21.051	St. Louis Cardinals	Batavia (A-)	DL-7 Injured
Jackson Valera	C	20.125	New York Yankees	Staten Island (A-)	DL-7 Injured
River Stevens	IF	20.214	San Diego Padres	Eugene (A-)	Placed on temporarily inactive list
Dong-Yub Kim	LF	22.018	Chicago Cubs	Boise (A-)	DL-7 Injured
Trevor Plouffe	3b	26.057	Minnesota Twins	Rochester (AAA)	Assigned to Rochester (AAA) for rehab
Eddy Rodriguez	c	26.253	San Diego Padres	Tucson (AAA)	Assigned to Tucson (AAA)
Bobby Stevens	2B-RF	25.134	Atlanta Braves	Mississippi (AA)	Assigned to Mississippi (AA)
Elliot Soto	SS	22.355	Chicago Cubs	Tennessee (AA)	Assigned to Tennessee (AA)
Christian Marrero	1B	26.012	Pittsburgh Pirates	Altoona (AA)	Assigned to Altoona (AA)
Jobduan Morales	C-1B	21.065	Houston Astros	Lexington (A)	Assigned to Lexington (A)
Emilio King	CF-RF	22.359	Houston Astros	Tri City (A-)	Assigned to Tri City (A-)
Chan Moon	SS	21.141	Houston Astros	Lexington (A)	Assigned to Lexington (A)
Chad Lewis	3B-1B	20.245	Oakland Athletics	Arizona Athletics (Rk)	Assigned to Arizona Athletics (Rk)
James Zamarripa	CF	18.328	Seattle Mariners	Everett (A-)	Assigned to Everett (A-)
Mallex Smith	OF	19.097	San Diego Padres	Eugene (A-)	Assigned to Eugene (A-)
Felix Cabrera	2B-3B	23.028	San Diego Padres	Eugene (A-)	Assigned to Eugene (A-)
Gabriel Quintana	3B	19.338	San Diego Padres	Eugene (A-)	Assigned to Eugene (A-)
Carlos Correa	SS	17.323	Houston Astros	Greeneville (Rk)	Assigned to Greeneville (Rk)
Rio Ruiz	3B	18.081	Houston Astros	Greeneville (Rk)	Assigned to Greeneville (Rk)
Jamiel Orozco		19.194	New York Yankees	Staten Island (A-)	Assigned to Staten Island (A-)
Jiandido Tromp		18.318	Philadelphia Phillies	Williamsport (A-)	Assigned to Williamsport (A-)
Tim Stauffer	P	30.070	San Diego Padres	Tucson (AAA)	Assigned to Tucson (AAA) for rehab
Steven Wright	P	27.346	Boston Red Sox	Pawtucket (AAA)	Assigned to Pawtucket (AAA)
Rafael Perez	P	30.088	Cleveland Indians	Columbus (AAA)	Assigned to Columbus (AAA) for rehab
Jeff Marquez	P	28.001	Colorado Rockies	Colorado Springs (AAA)	Signed to minor league contract
Steve Garrison	P	25.333	Seattle Mariners	Jackson (AA)	Assigned to Jackson (AA)
Joey Williamson	P	26.195	Colorado Rockies	Colorado Springs (AAA)	Assigned to Colorado Springs (AAA)
Jimmy Moran	C	22.065	Cincinnati Reds	Bakersfield (A+)
Drew Carpenter	RP	27.085	New York Mets	Binghamton (AA)
Iden Nazario	P	23.136	St. Louis Cardinals	Springfield (AA)	Assigned to Springfield (AA)
Kelvin Perez	P	26.305	New York Yankees	Scranton/Wilkes-Barre (AAA)	Assigned to Scranton/Wilkes-Barre (AAA)
Matt Miller	P	23.193	Milwaukee Brewers	Brevard County (A+)	Assigned to Brevard County (A+)
Tyler Gagnon	P	23.142	Colorado Rockies	Asheville (A)	Assigned to Asheville (A)
Jeff Ibarra	P	24.359	San Diego Padres	Lake Elsinore (A+)	Assigned to Lake Elsinore (A+)
Pierce Johnson	P	21.093	Chicago Cubs	Boise (A-)	Assigned to Boise (A-)
Kenny Long	P	23.195	Houston Astros	Lancaster (A+)	Assigned to Lancaster (A+)
Kurt Heyer	P	21.200	St. Louis Cardinals	Batavia (A-)	Assigned to Batavia (A-)
Zach Fowler	P	23.165	Baltimore Orioles	Delmarva (A)	Assigned to Delmarva (A)
Amir Garrett	P	20.100	Cincinnati Reds	Billings (Rk)	Assigned to Billings (Rk)
Matt Anderson	P	20.267	Seattle Mariners	Arizona Mariners (Rk)
Juri Perez		22.003	Houston Astros	Tri City (A-)	Assigned to Tri City (A-)
Orlando Castro	P	20.147	Pittsburgh Pirates	West Virginia (A)	Assigned to West Virginia (A)
Jose Berrios	P	18.076	Minnesota Twins	Elizabethton (Rk)	Assigned to Elizabethton (Rk)
Endy Chavez	lf	34.185	Baltimore Orioles	Norfolk (AAA)	Outrighted to Norfolk (AAA)
David Carpenter	RP	27.027	Toronto Blue Jays	Las Vegas (AAA)	Assigned to Las Vegas (AAA)
Scott Patterson	P	33.052	New York Mets	Buffalo (AAA)	DL-7 Injured

Vis Team	R	Home Team	R	Box	Winning Pitcher	Losing Pitcher	Save Pitcher
Seattle Mariners	7	Los Angeles Angels	4	Box	Hisashi Iwakuma	Dan Haren	(none)
Kansas City Royals	7	Baltimore Orioles	3	Box	Luis Mendoza	Chris Tillman	(none)
Oakland Athletics	9	Chicago White Sox	7	Box	Ryan Cook	Matt Thornton	Grant Balfour
Boston Red Sox	2	Cleveland Indians	5	Box	Zach McAllister	Franklin Morales	Chris Perez
Tampa Bay Rays	4	Minnesota Twins	2	Box	David Price	Nick Blackburn	Fernando Rodney
Detroit Tigers	1	Texas Rangers	2	Box	Mike Adams	Brayan Villarreal	(none)
New York Yankees	5	Toronto Blue Jays	2	Box	Ivan Nova	Aaron Laffey	Rafael Soriano
Washington Nationals	6	Arizona Diamondbacks	5	Box	Edwin Jackson	Wade Miley	Tyler Clippard
Cincinnati Reds	4	Chicago Cubs	2	Box	Bronson Arroyo	James Russell	Aroldis Chapman
Milwaukee Brewers	5	Houston Astros	6	Box	Wilton Lopez	Jim Henderson	(none)
Los Angeles Dodgers	3	Miami Marlins	7	Box	Ricky Nolasco	Joe Blanton	(none)
Atlanta Braves	9	New York Mets	3	Box	Kris Medlen	Johan Santana	(none)
St. Louis Cardinals	4	Philadelphia Phillies	1	Box	Jake Westbrook	Cliff Lee	Jason Motte
San Diego Padres	5	Pittsburgh Pirates	0	Box	Jason Marquis	A.J. Burnett	(none)
Colorado Rockies	3	San Francisco Giants	9	Box	Matt Cain	Drew Pomeranz	(none)

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