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Standings as of 2014-08-03

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	4	5	Baltimore Orioles	110	62	48	.564	--	458	429	29	30-25	32-23	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Buck Showalter	Dan Duquette	Oriole Park at Camden Yards	52	34	18	.654
2	5	11	Toronto Blue Jays	113	60	53	.531	3.5	516	485	31	30-23	30-30	L3	T S R Log Off Def SP D	John Gibbons	Alex Anthopoulos	Rogers Centre	49	23	26	.469
3	7	13	New York Yankees	110	57	53	.518	5.0	446	474	-28	25-26	32-27	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Joe Girardi	Brian Cashman	Yankee Stadium II	52	27	25	.519
4	10	18	Tampa Bay Rays	111	54	57	.486	8.5	439	440	-1	27-32	27-25	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Joe Maddon	Andrew Friedman	Tropicana Field	51	23	28	.451
5	13	24	Boston Red Sox	111	49	62	.441	13.5	427	484	-57	27-31	22-31	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D	John Farrell	Ben Cherington	Fenway Park	51	22	29	.431
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	4	Detroit Tigers	108	61	47	.565	--	510	460	50	30-27	31-20	W3	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Brad Ausmus	Dave Dombrowski	Comerica Park	54	29	25	.537
2	6	12	Kansas City Royals	110	57	53	.518	5.0	434	434	0	27-27	30-26	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Ned Yost	Dayton Moore	Kauffman Stadium	52	32	20	.615
3	9	16	Cleveland Indians	111	56	55	.505	6.5	497	480	17	33-21	23-34	W3	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Terry Francona	Chris Antonetti	Progressive Field	51	29	22	.569
4	11	20	Chicago White Sox	112	54	58	.482	9.0	493	518	-25	28-26	26-32	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Robin Ventura	Rick Hahn	U.S. Cellular Field	50	19	31	.380
5	12	23	Minnesota Twins	110	50	60	.455	12.0	467	499	-32	24-29	26-31	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Ron Gardenhire	Terry Ryan	Target Field	52	20	32	.385
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	1	Oakland Athletics	110	67	43	.609	--	545	381	164	35-19	32-24	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Bob Melvin	Billy Beane	Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum	52	21	31	.404
2	2	2	Los Angeles Angels	110	66	44	.600	1.0	533	446	87	38-19	28-25	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Mike Scioscia	Jerry Dipoto	Angel Stadium of Anaheim	52	32	20	.615
3	8	15	Seattle Mariners	111	57	54	.514	10.5	421	367	54	26-31	31-23	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Lloyd McClendon	Jack Zduriencik	Safeco Field	51	30	21	.588
4	14	28	Houston Astros	112	47	65	.420	21.0	441	528	-87	26-33	21-32	W3	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Bo Porter	Jeff Luhnow	Minute Maid Park	50	23	27	.460
5	15	30	Texas Rangers	111	43	68	.387	24.5	442	572	-130	21-33	22-35	L3	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Ron Washington	Jon Daniels	Globe Life Park in Arlington	51	24	27	.471
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	6	Washington Nationals	109	60	49	.550	--	458	378	80	32-22	28-27	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Matt Williams	Michael Rizzo	Nationals Park	53	36	17	.679
2	7	14	Atlanta Braves	112	58	54	.518	3.5	421	412	9	31-24	27-30	L6	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Brian Snitker	Frank Wren	Turner Field	50	21	29	.420
3	9	19	Miami Marlins	111	54	57	.486	7.0	450	476	-26	31-28	23-29	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Mike Redmond	Dan Jennings	Marlins Park	51	23	28	.451
4	10	21	New York Mets	111	53	58	.477	8.0	428	425	3	28-26	25-32	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Terry Collins	Sandy Alderson	Citi field	51	26	25	.510
5	12	25	Philadelphia Phillies	112	49	63	.438	12.5	428	504	-76	22-33	27-30	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Ryne Sandberg	Ruben Amaro	Citizens Bank Park	50	24	26	.480
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	3	7	Milwaukee Brewers	112	61	51	.545	--	487	458	29	30-26	31-25	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Ron Roenicke	Douglas Melvin	Miller Park	50	21	29	.420
2	5	9	St. Louis Cardinals	110	59	51	.536	1.0	409	407	2	31-24	28-27	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Mike Matheny	John Mozeliak	Busch Stadium III	52	31	21	.596
3	6	10	Pittsburgh Pirates	111	59	52	.532	1.5	468	459	9	34-21	25-31	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Clint Hurdle	Neal Huntington	PNC Park	51	29	22	.569
4	8	17	Cincinnati Reds	111	56	55	.505	4.5	417	400	17	29-25	27-30	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Walt Jocketty	Great American Ballpark	51	20	31	.392
5	14	27	Chicago Cubs	110	47	63	.427	13.0	429	468	-39	25-27	22-36	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Rick Renteria	Jed Hoyer	Wrigley Field	52	26	26	.500
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	1	3	Los Angeles Dodgers	111	63	48	.568	--	464	409	55	29-26	34-22	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Don Mattingly	Ned Colletti	Dodger Stadium	51	31	20	.608
2	4	8	San Francisco Giants	111	60	51	.541	3.0	435	403	32	29-30	31-21	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Bruce Bochy	Brian Sabean	AT&T Park	51	28	23	.549
3	11	22	San Diego Padres	110	50	60	.455	12.5	354	377	-23	30-27	20-33	W3	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Bud Black		Petco Park	52	27	25	.519
4	13	26	Arizona Diamondbacks	112	49	63	.438	14.5	447	525	-78	23-35	26-28	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Kirk Gibson	Kevin Towers	Chase Field	50	15	35	.300
5	15	29	Colorado Rockies	111	44	67	.396	19.0	513	579	-66	27-28	17-39	L4	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Walt Weiss	Daniel O'Dowd	Coors Field	51	22	29	.431

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Player Name	Pos	Age	Organization	Actual Team	Transaction Notes
Nate Freiman	1b	27.215	Oakland Athletics	Oakland Athletics (MLB)	Recalled from Sacramento (AAA)
Nick Punto	3b-2b	36.268	Oakland Athletics	Oakland Athletics (MLB)	DL-15 Strained right hamstring
Ryan Wheeler	1b	26.024	Los Angeles Angels	Salt Lake (AAA)	Claimed on Unconditional Release Waivers
Cam Bedrosian	P	22.306	Los Angeles Angels	Los Angeles Angels (MLB)	Recalled from Arkansas (AA)
Fernando Salas	RP	29.065	Los Angeles Angels	Los Angeles Angels (MLB)	Recalled from Salt Lake (AAA)
Joe Thatcher	RP	33.115	Los Angeles Angels	Los Angeles Angels (MLB)	DL-15 Sprained left ankle
Jesus Guzman	1b-LF	30.050	Houston Astros	Houston Astros (MLB)	DL-15 Back spasms
Domingo Santana	RF	21.363	Houston Astros	Houston Astros (MLB)	Recalled from Oklahoma City (AAA)
Hector Neris	P	25.050	Philadelphia Phillies	Philadelphia Phillies (MLB)	Contract purchased from minors
Dean Anna	2B	27.252	Pittsburgh Pirates	Pittsburgh Pirates (MLB)	Designated for Assignment
Nick Noonan	2B	25.091	San Francisco Giants	San Francisco Giants (MLB)	Outrighted to minors
Alexi Ogando	SP	30.303	Texas Rangers	Texas Rangers (MLB)	Transferred to 60-day DL
Tony Gwynn	lf	31.303	Philadelphia Phillies	Philadelphia Phillies (MLB)	Signed to minor league contract
Donnie Joseph	RP	26.276	Miami Marlins	Miami Marlins (MLB)	Outrighted to minors
Xavier Paul	lf	29.159	-		Released by Orioles
Lane Adams	CF	24.263	Kansas City Royals	Burlington (Rk)	Activated from disabled list
Brandon Allen	IF	28.172	New York Mets	Las Vegas (AAA)	Activated from disabled list
Phillippe Aumont	RP	25.208	Philadelphia Phillies	Lehigh Valley (AAA)	Assigned to Lehigh Valley (AAA)
Anthony Banda	P	20.358	Arizona Diamondbacks	South Bend (A)	Assigned to South Bend (A)
Tim Beckham	SS-2B	24.188	Tampa Bay Rays	Charlotte (A+)	Assigned to Charlotte (A+) for rehab
Dan Black	1B	27.032	Chicago White Sox	Birmingham (AA)	Assigned to Birmingham (AA)
Tyler Bremer	P	24.239	Chicago Cubs	Kane County (A)	Assigned to Kane County (A)
David Cales	P	27.007	Chicago White Sox	Birmingham (AA)	Activated from disabled list
Collin Cowgill	rf-LF	28.073	Los Angeles Angels	Salt Lake (AAA)	Assigned to Salt Lake (AAA) for rehab
Johnny Davis	LF	24.099	Milwaukee Brewers	Wisconsin (A)	Activated from disabled list
Luis DeJesus	P	22.231	Cleveland Indians	Carolina (A+)	Assigned to Carolina (A+)
Jason Donald	SS	29.333	Texas Rangers	Round Rock (AAA)	Activated from disabled list
Ryan Doran	P	23.363	Arizona Diamondbacks	South Bend (A)	Assigned to South Bend (A)
Scott Elbert	P	28.355	Los Angeles Dodgers	Albuquerque (AAA)	Assigned to Albuquerque (AAA)
Jake Elmore	2b	27.049	Cincinnati Reds	Louisville (AAA)	Assigned to Louisville (AAA)
Mike Ford	P	22.030	New York Yankees	Charleston (sc) (A)	Activated from disabled list
Perci Garner	P	25.233	Philadelphia Phillies	Clearwater (A+)	Activated from disabled list
Nicholas Hanson	P	22.110	Philadelphia Phillies	Clearwater (A+)	Assigned to Clearwater (A+)
Rich Hill	RP	34.145	New York Yankees	Scranton/Wilkes-Barre (AAA)	Activated from disabled list
David Hurlbut	P	24.252	Minnesota Twins	Fort Myers (A+)	Assigned to Fort Myers (A+)
Zach Jones	C-LF	23.242	Minnesota Twins	Fort Myers (A+)	Assigned to Fort Myers (A+)
Brett Lawrie	3b	24.197	Toronto Blue Jays	Dunedin (A+)	Assigned to Dunedin (A+) for rehab
Pat Ludwig	P	24.296	Pittsburgh Pirates	Bradenton (A+)	Assigned to Bradenton (A+)
Luis Martinez	c	29.122	Oakland Athletics	Sacramento (AAA)	Signed to Minor League Contract
Kevin Matthews	P	21.247	Texas Rangers	Spokane (A-)	Assigned to Spokane (A-)
Tim Mayza	P	22.201	Toronto Blue Jays	Bluefield (Rk)	Assigned to Bluefield (Rk)
Jared Mitchell	CF	25.294	Chicago White Sox	Charlotte (AAA)	Assigned to Charlotte (AAA)
Tyler Mizenko	P	24.116	San Francisco Giants	San Jose (A+)	Activated from disabled list
Brent Morel	3b	27.104	Pittsburgh Pirates	Indianapolis (AAA)	Assigned to Indianapolis (AAA)
Toru Murata	P	29.075	Cleveland Indians	Columbus (AAA)	Assigned to Columbus (AAA)
Matt Palmer	P	35.135	Seattle Mariners	Tacoma (AAA)	Activated from disabled list
Michael Pineda	P	25.197	New York Yankees	Scranton/Wilkes-Barre (AAA)	Assigned to Scranton/Wilkes-Barre (AAA)
Tony Rizzotti	P	22.104	San Diego Padres	Lake Elsinore (A+)	Assigned to Lake Elsinore (A+)
George Roberts	IF-P	24.108	Arizona Diamondbacks	Visalia (A+)	Assigned to Visalia (A+)
Brady Rodgers	P	23.320	Houston Astros	Oklahoma City (AAA)	Assigned to Oklahoma City (AAA)
Eduardo Rodriguez	P	21.118	Boston Red Sox	Portland (AA)	Assigned to Portland (AA)
Angel Sanchez	P	24.248	Pittsburgh Pirates	Altoona (AA)	Assigned to Altoona (AA)
Carlos Sanchez	C	20.271	Atlanta Braves	Rome (A)	Assigned to Rome (A)
Rob Scahill	RP	27.169	Colorado Rockies	Colorado Springs (AAA)	Assigned to Colorado Springs (AAA)
Logan Schafer	cf-lf	27.329	Milwaukee Brewers	Nashville (AAA)	Assigned to Nashville (AAA)
Braden Shipley	P	22.163	Arizona Diamondbacks	Mobile (AA)	Activated from restricted list
Ruben Sosa	2B-CF	23.314	Houston Astros	Oklahoma City (AAA)	Assigned to Oklahoma City (AAA)
Dallas Tarleton	C	26.364	Arizona Diamondbacks	Visalia (A+)	Assigned to Visalia (A+)
Blake Tekotte	cf	27.071	Arizona Diamondbacks	Reno (AAA)	Traded from White Sox to Diamondbacks for cash
Jesmuel Valentin	SS	20.083	Los Angeles Dodgers	Great Lakes (A)	Activated from disabled list
Jose Vinicio	SS	21.024	Boston Red Sox	Salem (A+)	Activated from disabled list
Zachary Voight	P	23.342	Chicago White Sox	Winston-Salem (A+)	Assigned to Winston-Salem (A+)
Ryan Webb	RP	28.179	Baltimore Orioles	Norfolk (AAA)	Assigned to Norfolk (AAA)
Joe Wieland	P	24.194	San Diego Padres	San Antonio (AA)	Assigned to San Antonio (AA) for rehab
Brett Hayes	c	30.172	Kansas City Royals	Kansas City Royals (MLB)	Outrighted to minors
Atahualpa Severino	P	29.270	Atlanta Braves	Gwinnett (AAA)	DL-7 Injured
Radhames Liz	P	31.054	Toronto Blue Jays	Buffalo (AAA)	DL-7 Injured
Ryan Rowland-Smith	P	31.189			Released by Reds
John Nester	C	25.067	San Diego Padres	Lake Elsinore (A+)	DL-7 Injured
Kai Gronauer	C	27.248	New York Mets	Binghamton (AA)	DL-7 Injured
Ryan Strausborger	CF	26.152	Texas Rangers	Round Rock (AAA)	DL-7 Injured
Rylan Sandoval	2B	26.359			Released by Mets
Giuseppe Papaccio	IF	23.056			Released by Cubs
Nate Smith	P	22.341	Los Angeles Angels	Arkansas (AA)	DL-7 Injured
Ryan Fraser	P	25.341	New York Mets	Binghamton (AA)	DL-7 Injured
William Swanner	C	22.328	Colorado Rockies	Tulsa (AA)	DL-7 Injured
Zack Cates	P	24.229	Chicago Cubs	Tennessee (AA)	DL-7 Injured
Brett Mooneyham	P	24.191	Washington Nationals	Hagerstown (A)	DL-7 Injured
Evan DeLuca	P	23.147			Released by Rockies
Wes Parsons	P	21.331	Atlanta Braves	Lynchburg (A+)	DL-7 Injured
Andrew Walter	P	23.289	Houston Astros	Quad Cities (A)	DL-7 Injured
Austin Dean	OF	20.293	Miami Marlins	Greensboro (A)	DL-7 Injured
Chaz Frank	OF	23.289	Toronto Blue Jays	Lansing (A)	DL-7 Injured
James Pugliese	P	21.356	Chicago Cubs	Kane County (A)	DL-7 Injured
Kenny Mathews	P	20.362	Cleveland Indians	Lake County (A)	DL-7 Injured
Taylor Guerrieri	P	21.245	Tampa Bay Rays	Bowling Green (A)	DL-7 Injured
Tyler Barnette	P	22.067	Chicago White Sox	Kannapolis (A)	DL-7 Injured
Zach Kapstein	1B	22.067	Boston Red Sox	Greenville (A)	DL-7 Injured
Cale Elam	P	23.315	Detroit Tigers	Connecticut (A-)	DL-7 Injured
Patrick Murphy	P	19.054	Toronto Blue Jays	Gulf Coast Blue Jays (Rk)	DL-60 Injured
Jordan Schafer	cf-RF	27.333	Minnesota Twins	Minnesota Twins (MLB)	Claimed off waivers from Braves by Twins
Mike Carp	1b	28.034	Texas Rangers	Texas Rangers (MLB)	Claimed off waivers from Red Sox by Rangers
Jim Johnson	RP	31.037	-		Cleared Waivers and Became a Free Agent
Brett Wiley	IF	22.253	St. Louis Cardinals	State College (A-)	Reinstated from restricted list
Mike Jacobs	1B	33.277	Arizona Diamondbacks	Reno (AAA)	Reinstated from suspension
Ryan Hanigan	c	33.352	Tampa Bay Rays	Tampa Bay Rays (MLB)	Recalled from minor league rehab assignment
Allen Scott	P	23.278	Miami Marlins	Jupiter (A+)	Assigned to Jupiter (A+)
Donnie Joseph	RP	26.276	Miami Marlins	Miami Marlins (MLB)	Outrighted to minors
Donnie Joseph	RP	26.276	Miami Marlins	Miami Marlins (MLB)	Outrighted to minors
Donnie Joseph	RP	26.276	Miami Marlins	Miami Marlins (MLB)	Outrighted to minors
Steven Wright	SP	29.338	Boston Red Sox	Boston Red Sox (MLB)	Recalled from Pawtucket (AAA)
Donnie Joseph	RP	26.276	Miami Marlins	Miami Marlins (MLB)	Outrighted to minors
Donnie Joseph	RP	26.276	Miami Marlins	Miami Marlins (MLB)	Outrighted to minors
Cole Gillespie	rf	30.044	Toronto Blue Jays	Toronto Blue Jays (MLB)	Activated from DL
Donnie Joseph	RP	26.276	Miami Marlins	Miami Marlins (MLB)	Outrighted to minors
Erik Bedard	SP	35.150	-		Released by Rays
Javi Salas	P	22.136	Milwaukee Brewers	Wisconsin (A)	Assigned to Wisconsin (A)
Juan Delis	P	20.066	Houston Astros	Greeneville (Rk)	Assigned to Greeneville (Rk)
Kyle Porter	P	22.063	Miami Marlins	Jupiter (A+)	Assigned to Jupiter (A+)
Luke Weaver	P	20.347	St. Louis Cardinals	Palm Beach (A+)	Assigned to Palm Beach (A+)
Miguel Leal	C	23.030	New York Mets	Gulf Coast Mets (Rk)	Assigned to GCL Mets (Rk)
Jordan Minch	P	21.018	Chicago Cubs	Arizona Cubs (Rk)	Signed out of draft (Purdue)
T.J. White	IF	22.192	Minnesota Twins	Gulf Coast Twins (Rk)	Signed out of draft (UNLV)
Hudson Boyd	P	21.289	Minnesota Twins	Cedar Rapids (A)	Reinstated to active roster
Brandon Koch	P	18.240	Baltimore Orioles	Gulf Coast Orioles (Rk)	Signed out of draft (California HS)
Frankeny Fernandez	2B	17.239	Houston Astros	Gulf Coast Astros (Rk)	Assigned to GCL Astros (Rk)
Nestor Tejada	OF	17.108	Houston Astros	Gulf Coast Astros (Rk)	Assigned to GCL Astros (Rk)

Vis Team	R	Home Team	R	Box	Winning Pitcher	Losing Pitcher	Save Pitcher
Seattle Mariners	0	Baltimore Orioles	1	Box	Chris Tillman	Hisashi Iwakuma	Zach Britton
New York Yankees	8	Boston Red Sox	7	Box	Esmil Rogers	Craig Breslow	David Robertson
Minnesota Twins	16	Chicago White Sox	3	Box	Kyle Gibson	Javy Guerra	(none)
Texas Rangers	3	Cleveland Indians	4	Box	Scott Atchison	Phil Klein	(none)
Colorado Rockies	0	Detroit Tigers	4	Box	Anibal Sanchez	Jorge de la Rosa	(none)
Toronto Blue Jays	1	Houston Astros	6	Box	Scott Feldman	Marcus Stroman	(none)
Kansas City Royals	4	Oakland Athletics	2	Box	James Shields	Scott Kazmir	Greg Holland
Los Angeles Angels	7	Tampa Bay Rays	5	Box	Jered Weaver	Jake Odorizzi	Huston Street
Pittsburgh Pirates	2	Arizona Diamondbacks	3	Box	Evan Marshall	Mark Melancon	(none)
Chicago Cubs	7	Los Angeles Dodgers	3	Box	Edwin Jackson	Josh Beckett	(none)
Cincinnati Reds	7	Miami Marlins	3	Box	Mike Leake	Jacob Turner	(none)
San Francisco Giants	9	New York Mets	0	Box	Madison Bumgarner	Bartolo Colon	(none)
Atlanta Braves	3	San Diego Padres	4	Box	Tim Stauffer	David Hale	(none)
Milwaukee Brewers	2	St. Louis Cardinals	3	Box	John Lackey	Jeremy Jeffress	Trevor Rosenthal
Philadelphia Phillies	0	Washington Nationals	4	Box	Stephen Strasburg	Cole Hamels	(none)

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