Baseball on this Date - Thursday April 17,2014

Standings as of 2014-04-17

Record in remaining games at far right

Rk	Lg	MLB	AL East	GP	W	L	Pct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Home	Away	StrK	2014 Links	Manager	General Manager	Ballpark	GP	W	L	Pct
1	2	6	New York Yankees	16	10	6	.625	--	64	56	8	6-3	4-3	W5	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Joe Girardi	Brian Cashman	Yankee Stadium II	146	74	72	.507
2	9	15	Toronto Blue Jays	16	8	8	.500	2.0	66	66	0	3-3	5-5	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D	John Gibbons	Alex Anthopoulos	Rogers Centre	146	75	71	.514
3	6	16	Baltimore Orioles	14	7	7	.500	2.0	56	57	-1	4-4	3-3	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Buck Showalter	Dan Duquette	Oriole Park at Camden Yards	148	89	59	.601
4	14	23	Boston Red Sox	16	7	9	.438	3.0	56	60	-4	2-4	5-5	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D	John Farrell	Ben Cherington	Fenway Park	146	64	82	.438
5	13	24	Tampa Bay Rays	16	7	9	.438	3.0	47	63	-16	4-4	3-5	L4	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Joe Maddon	Andrew Friedman	Tropicana Field	146	70	76	.479
Rk	Lg	MLB	AL Central	GP	W	L	Pct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Home	Away	StrK	2014 Links	Manager	General Manager	Ballpark	GP	W	L	Pct
1	3	8	Detroit Tigers	12	7	5	.583	--	49	47	2	5-2	2-3	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Brad Ausmus	Dave Dombrowski	Comerica Park	150	83	67	.553
2	5	11	Minnesota Twins	15	8	7	.533	0.5	86	78	8	5-4	3-3	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Ron Gardenhire	Terry Ryan	Target Field	147	62	85	.422
3	8	13	Chicago White Sox	16	8	8	.500	1.0	87	86	1	6-4	2-4	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Robin Ventura	Rick Hahn	U.S. Cellular Field	146	65	81	.445
4	7	17	Kansas City Royals	14	7	7	.500	1.0	47	53	-6	4-2	3-5	W3	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Ned Yost	Dayton Moore	Kauffman Stadium	148	82	66	.554
5	10	20	Cleveland Indians	15	7	8	.467	1.5	69	72	-3	3-3	4-5	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Terry Francona	Chris Antonetti	Progressive Field	147	78	69	.531
Rk	Lg	MLB	AL West	GP	W	L	Pct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Home	Away	StrK	2014 Links	Manager	General Manager	Ballpark	GP	W	L	Pct
1	1	3	Oakland Athletics	15	10	5	.667	--	68	48	20	3-3	7-2	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Bob Melvin	Billy Beane	Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum	147	78	69	.531
2	4	10	Texas Rangers	16	9	7	.563	1.5	62	69	-7	7-3	2-4	W3	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Ron Washington	Jon Daniels	Globe Life Park in Arlington	146	58	88	.397
4	11	21	Los Angeles Angels	15	7	8	.467	3.0	83	71	12	3-6	4-2	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Mike Scioscia	Jerry Dipoto	Angel Stadium of Anaheim	147	91	56	.619
3	12	19	Seattle Mariners	15	7	8	.467	3.0	61	50	11	2-3	5-5	L3	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Lloyd McClendon	Jack Zduriencik	Safeco Field	147	80	67	.544
5	15	28	Houston Astros	16	5	11	.313	5.5	45	74	-29	3-7	2-4	L4	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Bo Porter	Jeff Luhnow	Minute Maid Park	146	65	81	.445
Rk	Lg	MLB	NL East	GP	W	L	Pct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Home	Away	StrK	2014 Links	Manager	General Manager	Ballpark	GP	W	L	Pct
1	2	2	Atlanta Braves	15	10	5	.667	--	56	40	16	4-2	6-3	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Brian Snitker	Frank Wren	Turner Field	147	69	78	.469
2	6	9	Washington Nationals	16	9	7	.563	1.5	77	74	3	4-3	5-4	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Matt Williams	Michael Rizzo	Nationals Park	146	87	59	.596
3	7	12	New York Mets	15	8	7	.533	2.0	68	68	0	2-4	6-3	W3	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Terry Collins	Sandy Alderson	Citi field	147	71	76	.483
4	10	22	Philadelphia Phillies	15	7	8	.467	3.0	63	72	-9	4-5	3-3	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Ryne Sandberg	Ruben Amaro	Citizens Bank Park	147	66	81	.449
5	13	27	Miami Marlins	16	6	10	.375	4.5	76	75	1	6-4	0-6	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Mike Redmond	Dan Jennings	Marlins Park	146	71	75	.486
Rk	Lg	MLB	NL Central	GP	W	L	Pct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Home	Away	StrK	2014 Links	Manager	General Manager	Ballpark	GP	W	L	Pct
1	1	1	Milwaukee Brewers	16	11	5	.688	--	65	51	14	5-4	6-1	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Ron Roenicke	Douglas Melvin	Miller Park	146	71	75	.486
2	4	5	St. Louis Cardinals	16	10	6	.625	1.0	67	54	13	4-2	6-4	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Mike Matheny	John Mozeliak	Busch Stadium III	146	80	66	.548
3	8	14	Pittsburgh Pirates	16	8	8	.500	3.0	68	63	5	5-2	3-6	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Clint Hurdle	Neal Huntington	PNC Park	146	80	66	.548
4	12	26	Cincinnati Reds	15	6	9	.400	4.5	58	51	7	4-5	2-4	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Bryan Price	Walt Jocketty	Great American Ballpark	147	70	77	.476
5	14	29	Chicago Cubs	13	4	9	.308	5.5	47	58	-11	2-4	2-5	L3	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Rick Renteria	Jed Hoyer	Wrigley Field	149	69	80	.463
Rk	Lg	MLB	NL West	GP	W	L	Pct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Home	Away	StrK	2014 Links	Manager	General Manager	Ballpark	GP	W	L	Pct
1	3	4	Los Angeles Dodgers	15	10	5	.667	--	66	52	14	2-3	8-2	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Don Mattingly	Ned Colletti	Dodger Stadium	147	84	63	.571
2	5	7	San Francisco Giants	16	10	6	.625	0.5	72	61	11	5-4	5-2	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Bruce Bochy	Brian Sabean	AT&T Park	146	78	68	.534
3	9	18	Colorado Rockies	17	8	9	.471	3.0	82	81	1	4-2	4-7	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Walt Weiss	Daniel O'Dowd	Coors Field	145	58	87	.400
4	11	25	San Diego Padres	15	6	9	.400	4.0	42	53	-11	4-5	2-4	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Bud Black	Josh Byrnes	Petco Park	147	71	76	.483
5	15	30	Arizona Diamondbacks	18	4	14	.222	7.5	67	115	-48	1-11	3-3	L6	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Kirk Gibson	Kevin Towers	Chase Field	144	60	84	.417

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Player Name	Pos	Age	Organization	Actual Team	Transaction Notes
Chris Swauger	RF-LF	27.249	St. Louis Cardinals	St. Louis Cardinals (MLB)	Assignment unknown
Chris Wallace	C	25.355	Cleveland Indians	Cleveland Indians (MLB)	Assignment unknown
Cole St. Clair	P	27.261			Granted free agency
Elian Herrera	lf	29.075	Milwaukee Brewers	Milwaukee Brewers (MLB)	Recalled from minors
Lyle Overbay	1b	37.079	Milwaukee Brewers	Milwaukee Brewers (MLB)	Placed on Paternity Leave list
Raul Valdes	RP	36.141	Houston Astros	Houston Astros (MLB)	Contract purchased from minors
Keith Butler	RP	25.077	St. Louis Cardinals	St. Louis Cardinals (MLB)	Optioned to minors
Eric Fornataro	P	26.106	St. Louis Cardinals	St. Louis Cardinals (MLB)	Recalled from Memphis (AAA)
Joe Kelly	SP	25.312	St. Louis Cardinals	St. Louis Cardinals (MLB)	DL-15 Strained left hamstring
Jorge Rondon	P	26.061	St. Louis Cardinals	St. Louis Cardinals (MLB)	Recalled from minors
Zach Putnam	RP	26.289	Chicago White Sox	Chicago White Sox (MLB)	Contract purchased from minors
Donnie Veal	RP	29.211	Chicago White Sox	Chicago White Sox (MLB)	Designated for Assignment
Adam Loewen	1B-RF	30.008	Philadelphia Phillies	Philadelphia Phillies (MLB)	Signed to minor league contract
Lorenzo Cain	RF	28.004	Kansas City Royals	Kansas City Royals (MLB)	DL-15 Strained left groin
Justin Marks	P	26.096	Kansas City Royals	Kansas City Royals (MLB)	Recalled from minors
Eduardo Nunez	ss	26.307	Minnesota Twins	Minnesota Twins (MLB)	Recalled from Rochester (AAA)
Anthony Gose	cf	23.250	Toronto Blue Jays	Toronto Blue Jays (MLB)	Recalled from minors
Anthony Gose	cf	23.250	Toronto Blue Jays	Toronto Blue Jays (MLB)	Optioned to minors
Jeremy Jeffress	P	26.209	-		Refused minor league assignment, declared free agent
Matt Abramson	P	24.026	Chicago White Sox	Kannapolis (A)	Assigned to Kannapolis (A)
Hunter Adkins	P	23.209	Oakland Athletics	Stockton (A+)	Assigned to Stockton (A+)
Brandon Allen	IF	28.064	New York Mets	St. Lucie (A+)	Assigned to St. Lucie (A+)
Collin Balester	P	27.315	Pittsburgh Pirates	Bradenton (A+)	Assigned to Bradenton (A+)
Cam Bedrosian	P	22.198	Los Angeles Angels	Arkansas (AA)	Assigned to Arkansas (AA)
Austin Bibens-Dirkx	P	28.353	Toronto Blue Jays	Buffalo (AAA)	Assigned to Buffalo (AAA)
Sean Bierman	P	25.179	Chicago White Sox	Winston-Salem (A+)	Assigned to Winston-Salem (A+)
Brian Bocock	2B-SS	29.039	Kansas City Royals	Northwest Arkansas (AA)	Assigned to Northwest Arkansas (AA)
Michael Brady	P	27.027	Los Angeles Angels	Salt Lake (AAA)	Assigned to Salt Lake (AAA)
Keith Butler	RP	25.077	St. Louis Cardinals	Memphis (AAA)	Assigned to Memphis (AAA)
John Cannon	C	23.341	Los Angeles Dodgers	Albuquerque (AAA)	Activated from disabled list
David Carpenter	P	26.229	Los Angeles Angels	Arkansas (AA)	Assigned to Arkansas (AA)
Kevin Chapman	RP	26.058	Houston Astros	Oklahoma City (AAA)	Assigned to Oklahoma City (AAA)
Tyler Clark	P	25.103	Detroit Tigers	Lakeland (A+)	Assigned to Lakeland (A+)
Evan Crawford	P	27.227	Chicago White Sox	Birmingham (AA)	Assigned to Birmingham (AA)
Rhiner Cruz	RP	27.167	Houston Astros	Oklahoma City (AAA)	Assigned to Oklahoma City (AAA)
Taylor Davis	C	24.140	Chicago Cubs	Tennessee (AA)	Activated from disabled list
Tripp Davis	P	23.064	Kansas City Royals	Lexington (A)	Assigned to Lexington (A)
Frank De los Santos	P	26.152	Chicago White Sox	Charlotte (AAA)	Assigned to Charlotte (AAA)
Paul Eshleman	C	23.226	Milwaukee Brewers	Wisconsin (A)	Assigned to Wisconsin (A)
Blake Forsythe	C	24.260	Oakland Athletics	Midland (AA)	Activated from disabled list
Clint Frazier	OF	19.223	Cleveland Indians	Lake County (A)	Assigned to Lake County (A)
Jonathan Galvez	2B	23.089	San Diego Padres	El Paso (AAA)	Activated from disabled list
Shane Greene	P	25.151	New York Yankees	Scranton/Wilkes-Barre (AAA)	Assigned to Scranton/Wilkes-Barre (AAA)
Enrique Hernandez	LF	22.237	Houston Astros	Oklahoma City (AAA)	Assigned to Oklahoma City (AAA)
John Hussey	P	27.146	San Diego Padres	San Antonio (AA)	Assigned to San Antonio (AA)
Ryan Jackson	2B-SS	25.342	San Diego Padres	El Paso (AAA)	Assigned to El Paso (AAA)
James McDonald	SS	22.123	Los Angeles Dodgers	Rancho Cucamonga (A+)	Assigned to Rancho Cucamonga (A+)
Melky Mesa	rf	27.076	Kansas City Royals	Omaha (AAA)	Assigned to Omaha (AAA)
Albert Minnis	P	22.164	Houston Astros	Quad Cities (A)	Assigned to Quad Cities (A)
Mike Morin	P	22.350	Los Angeles Angels	Salt Lake (AAA)	Assigned to Salt Lake (AAA)
Jon Mota	3B	26.321	Chicago Cubs	Iowa (AAA)	Assigned to Iowa (AAA)
Telvin Nash	1B	23.056	Houston Astros	Corpus Christi (AA)	Assigned to Corpus Christi (AA)
Matt Neil	P	27.224	Tampa Bay Rays	Montgomery (AA)	Assigned to Montgomery (AA)
Shawn O'Malley	SS-2B	26.111	Los Angeles Angels	Salt Lake (AAA)	Assigned to Salt Lake (AAA)
Johnny Omahen	P	25.033	Arizona Diamondbacks	Visalia (A+)	Assigned to Visalia (A+)
Giuseppe Papaccio	IF	22.314	Chicago Cubs	Daytona (A+)	Assigned to Daytona (A+)
Juan Perez	LF	27.155	San Francisco Giants	Fresno (AAA)	Assigned to Fresno (AAA)
Stephen Pryor	RP	24.268	Seattle Mariners	Tacoma (AAA)	Activated from DL
Michael Ratterree	SS	23.067	Milwaukee Brewers	Huntsville (AA)	Assigned to Huntsville (AA)
Dan Robertson	RF-CF	28.199	San Diego Padres	El Paso (AAA)	Activated from disabled list
Mark Rogers	SP	28.077	Seattle Mariners	Tacoma (AAA)	Assigned to Tacoma (AAA)
Raydel Sanchez	P	24.037	Los Angeles Dodgers	Chattanooga (AA)	Assigned to Chattanooga (AA)
Eduard Santos		24.177	Los Angeles Angels	Inland Empire (A+)	Assigned to Inland Empire (A+)
Juan Sosa	P	24.188	Miami Marlins	Jupiter (A+)	Assigned to Jupiter (A+)
Kenny Swab	C	25.240	Kansas City Royals	Lexington (A)	Assigned to Lexington (A)
Chuck Taylor	OF	20.208	Arizona Diamondbacks	South Bend (A)	Assigned to South Bend (A)
Patrick Urckfitz	P	25.270	Houston Astros	Corpus Christi (AA)	Assigned to Corpus Christi (AA)
Marcus Walden	P	25.216	Oakland Athletics	Sacramento (AAA)	Assigned to Sacramento (AAA)
Kevin Whelan	P	30.100	Detroit Tigers	Erie (AA)	Assigned to Erie (AA)
Matt Williams	SS	24.231	St. Louis Cardinals	Palm Beach (A+)	Assigned to Palm Beach (A+)
Alex Sanabia	SP	25.221	Arizona Diamondbacks	Arizona Diamondbacks (MLB)	Recalled from minors
Alex Sanabia	SP	25.221	Arizona Diamondbacks	Arizona Diamondbacks (MLB)	Outrighted to minors
Jason Bartlett	SS	34.170	Minnesota Twins	Minnesota Twins (MLB)	Sent to minors for rehabilitation
Denard Span	cf	30.050	Washington Nationals	Hagerstown (A)	Assigned to Hagerstown (A) for rehab
Brayan Villarreal	RP	26.343	Boston Red Sox	Pawtucket (AAA)	DL-7 Injured
John Gast	SP	25.060	St. Louis Cardinals	Memphis (AAA)	DL-7 Injured
Radhames Liz	P	30.312	Toronto Blue Jays	Buffalo (AAA)	DL-7 Injured
Dante Rosenberg	C	23.286	St. Louis Cardinals	Memphis (AAA)	DL-7 Injured
Drew Vettleson	RF	22.273	Washington Nationals	Harrisburg (AA)	DL-7 Injured
Dylan Baker	P	22.011	Cleveland Indians	Carolina (A+)	DL-7 Injured
Jackson Valera	C	22.009	New York Yankees	Charleston (sc) (A)	DL-7 Injured
Jaron Long	P	22.233	New York Yankees	Staten Island (A-)	Assigned to Staten Island (A-)
Justin Gominsky	CF	24.234	Houston Astros	Houston Astros (MLB)	Assigned to extended spring training
LeVon Washington	CF	22.266	Cleveland Indians	Carolina (A+)	DL-7 Injured
Mike Mosby	3B	24.169			Released by Orioles
Trent Mummey	CF	25.102			Released by Orioles
Wilson Soriano	OF	22.108	Colorado Rockies	Colorado Rockies (MLB)	Assigned to extended spring training
Carlos Lopez	3B-C	24.089	Washington Nationals	Washington Nationals (MLB)	Assigned to extended spring training
Conor Mullee	P	26.052	New York Yankees	Charleston (sc) (A)	DL-7 Injured
Gabe Encinas	P	22.118	New York Yankees	Charleston (sc) (A)	DL-7 Injured
Kevin Cornelius	SS	21.232	New York Yankees	Charleston (sc) (A)	DL-7 Injured
Luis Niebla	P	23.103	New York Yankees	Charleston (sc) (A)	DL-7 Injured
Luis Torrens	C	17.350	New York Yankees	Staten Island (A-)	Assigned to Staten Island (A-)
Matthew Duran	1B-3B	20.351	New York Yankees	Charleston (sc) (A)	DL-7 Injured
Nick McBride	P	22.340	Texas Rangers	Texas Rangers (MLB)	DL-60 Tommy John Surgery
Reymin Guduan	P	22.032	Houston Astros	Houston Astros (MLB)	Assignment unknown
Rylan Sandoval	2B	26.251	New York Mets	New York Mets (MLB)	Assignment unknown
Dontrelle Willis	P	32.095			Released by Giants
Jose Chavez	C	18.345	Oakland Athletics	Beloit (A)	Assigned to Beloit (A)

Vis Team	R	Home Team	R	Box	Winning Pitcher	Losing Pitcher	Save Pitcher
Boston Red Sox	3	Chicago White Sox	1	Box	Jon Lester	Ronald Belisario	Koji Uehara
Cleveland Indians	5	Detroit Tigers	7	Box	Justin Verlander	Danny Salazar	Joe Nathan
Kansas City Royals	5	Houston Astros	1	Box	James Shields	Scott Feldman	(none)
Toronto Blue Jays	0	Minnesota Twins	7	Box	Kyle Gibson	R.A. Dickey	(none)
Toronto Blue Jays	5	Minnesota Twins	9	Box	Casey Fien	Sergio Santos	(none)
New York Yankees	10	Tampa Bay Rays	2	Box	CC Sabathia	David Price	(none)
Seattle Mariners	6	Texas Rangers	8	Box	Pedro Figueroa	Joe Beimel	Joakim Soria
Atlanta Braves	0	Philadelphia Phillies	1	Box	Antonio Bastardo	Alex Wood	Jonathan Papelbon
Milwaukee Brewers	2	Pittsburgh Pirates	11	Box	Edinson Volquez	Rob Wooten	(none)
Colorado Rockies	3	San Diego Padres	1	Box	Franklin Morales	Ian Kennedy	LaTroy Hawkins
Los Angeles Dodgers	2	San Francisco Giants	1	Box	Hyun-Jin Ryu	Madison Bumgarner	Kenley Jansen
St. Louis Cardinals	8	Washington Nationals	0	Box	Adam Wainwright	Taylor Jordan	(none)

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