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Standings as of 2014-08-17

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	3	3	Baltimore Orioles	122	70	52	.574	--	523	469	54	34-26	36-26	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Buck Showalter	Dan Duquette	Oriole Park at Camden Yards	40	26	14	.650
2	7	12	New York Yankees	122	63	59	.516	7.0	481	518	-37	29-29	34-30	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Joe Girardi	Brian Cashman	Yankee Stadium II	40	21	19	.525
3	8	15	Toronto Blue Jays	125	64	61	.512	7.5	558	549	9	33-26	31-35	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	John Gibbons	Alex Anthopoulos	Rogers Centre	37	19	18	.514
4	10	18	Tampa Bay Rays	124	61	63	.492	10.0	492	469	23	28-34	33-29	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Joe Maddon	Andrew Friedman	Tropicana Field	38	16	22	.421
5	12	23	Boston Red Sox	123	56	67	.455	14.5	475	531	-56	29-33	27-34	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	John Farrell	Ben Cherington	Fenway Park	39	15	24	.385
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	4	7	Kansas City Royals	123	68	55	.553	--	507	478	29	33-28	35-27	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Ned Yost	Dayton Moore	Kauffman Stadium	39	21	18	.538
2	6	9	Detroit Tigers	122	66	56	.541	1.5	556	522	34	33-29	33-27	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Brad Ausmus	Dave Dombrowski	Comerica Park	40	24	16	.600
3	9	16	Cleveland Indians	123	62	61	.504	6.0	534	521	13	37-24	25-37	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Terry Francona	Chris Antonetti	Progressive Field	39	23	16	.590
4	11	20	Chicago White Sox	124	59	65	.476	9.5	532	587	-55	31-29	28-36	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Robin Ventura	Rick Hahn	U.S. Cellular Field	38	14	24	.368
5	13	24	Minnesota Twins	122	55	67	.451	12.5	515	556	-41	26-32	29-35	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Ron Gardenhire	Terry Ryan	Target Field	40	15	25	.375
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	Los Angeles Angels	122	72	50	.590	--	574	487	87	41-23	31-27	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Mike Scioscia	Jerry Dipoto	Angel Stadium of Anaheim	40	26	14	.650
2	2	2	Oakland Athletics	124	73	51	.589	--	597	436	161	40-21	33-30	L5	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Bob Melvin	Billy Beane	Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum	38	15	23	.395
3	5	8	Seattle Mariners	123	67	56	.545	5.5	490	391	99	34-32	33-24	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Lloyd McClendon	Jack Zduriencik	Safeco Field	39	20	19	.513
4	14	28	Houston Astros	125	52	73	.416	21.5	501	592	-91	29-36	23-37	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Bo Porter	Jeff Luhnow	Minute Maid Park	37	18	19	.486
5	15	30	Texas Rangers	124	48	76	.387	25.0	494	629	-135	23-38	25-38	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Ron Washington	Jon Daniels	Globe Life Park in Arlington	38	19	19	.500
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	1	4	Washington Nationals	122	69	53	.566	--	514	422	92	37-24	32-29	W6	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Matt Williams	Michael Rizzo	Nationals Park	40	27	13	.675
2	6	14	Atlanta Braves	124	64	60	.516	6.0	463	460	3	37-28	27-32	W3	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Brian Snitker	Frank Wren	Turner Field	38	15	23	.395
3	8	17	Miami Marlins	124	62	62	.500	8.0	499	525	-26	36-30	26-32	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Mike Redmond	Dan Jennings	Marlins Park	38	15	23	.395
4	10	21	New York Mets	125	59	66	.472	11.5	474	478	-4	30-31	29-35	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Terry Collins	Sandy Alderson	Citi field	37	20	17	.541
5	12	25	Philadelphia Phillies	124	54	70	.435	16.0	478	556	-78	26-36	28-34	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Ryne Sandberg	Ruben Amaro	Citizens Bank Park	38	19	19	.500
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	2	5	Milwaukee Brewers	125	70	55	.560	--	539	495	44	34-28	36-27	W4	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Ron Roenicke	Douglas Melvin	Miller Park	37	12	25	.324
2	4	10	St. Louis Cardinals	123	66	57	.537	3.0	461	469	-8	36-26	30-31	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Mike Matheny	John Mozeliak	Busch Stadium III	39	24	15	.615
3	7	13	Pittsburgh Pirates	124	64	60	.516	5.5	523	517	6	39-24	25-36	L5	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Clint Hurdle	Neal Huntington	PNC Park	38	24	14	.632
4	9	19	Cincinnati Reds	124	61	63	.492	8.5	476	457	19	32-29	29-34	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Walt Jocketty	Great American Ballpark	38	15	23	.395
5	13	26	Chicago Cubs	123	53	70	.431	16.0	468	520	-52	28-31	25-39	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Rick Renteria	Jed Hoyer	Wrigley Field	39	20	19	.513
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	6	Los Angeles Dodgers	125	70	55	.560	--	512	460	52	30-30	40-25	L3	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Don Mattingly	Ned Colletti	Dodger Stadium	37	24	13	.649
2	5	11	San Francisco Giants	123	65	58	.528	4.0	479	449	30	32-32	33-26	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Bruce Bochy	Brian Sabean	AT&T Park	39	23	16	.590
3	11	22	San Diego Padres	122	57	65	.467	11.5	404	416	-12	33-27	24-38	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Bud Black	A.J. Preller	Petco Park	40	20	20	.500
4	14	27	Arizona Diamondbacks	124	53	71	.427	16.5	490	581	-91	25-39	28-32	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Kirk Gibson	Kevin Towers	Chase Field	38	11	27	.289
5	15	29	Colorado Rockies	124	49	75	.395	20.5	581	650	-69	31-31	18-44	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Walt Weiss	Daniel O'Dowd	Coors Field	38	17	21	.447

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Player Name	Pos	Age	Organization	Actual Team	Transaction Notes
Jim Johnson	RP	31.051	Detroit Tigers	Detroit Tigers (MLB)	Contract purchased from minors
Corey Brown	CF	28.264	Boston Red Sox	Boston Red Sox (MLB)	Designated for Assignment
Steven Wright	SP	29.352	Boston Red Sox	Boston Red Sox (MLB)	Recalled from Pawtucket (AAA)
Danny Salazar	SP	24.218	Cleveland Indians	Cleveland Indians (MLB)	Recalled from Columbus (AAA)
Matt Szczur	CF	25.028	Chicago Cubs	Chicago Cubs (MLB)	Recalled from Iowa (AAA)
Carlos Martinez	SP	22.331	St. Louis Cardinals	St. Louis Cardinals (MLB)	Recalled from Memphis (AAA)
Brent Morel	3b	27.118	Pittsburgh Pirates	Pittsburgh Pirates (MLB)	Recalled from Indianapolis (AAA)
Charlie Morton	SP	30.279	Pittsburgh Pirates	Pittsburgh Pirates (MLB)	DL-15 Right hip inflammation
Bobby Abreu	LF	40.159	New York Mets	Las Vegas (AAA)	Assigned to Las Vegas (AAA)
Yasiel Balaguert	OF	21.227	Chicago Cubs	Kane County (A)	Assigned to Kane County (A)
Travis Ballew	P	23.108	Houston Astros	Corpus Christi (AA)	Assigned to Corpus Christi (AA)
Tyler Barnette	P	22.081	Chicago White Sox	Charlotte (AAA)	Activated from disabled list
Brandon Bayardi	OF	23.263	Los Angeles Angels	Burlington (A)	Assigned to Burlington (A)
Rafael Betancourt	RP	39.110	Colorado Rockies	Colorado Springs (AAA)	Assigned to Colorado Springs (AAA)
Jabari Blash	LF-RF	25.044	Seattle Mariners	Jackson (AA)	Reinstated to active roster
Jacob Booden	P	24.003	St. Louis Cardinals	Peoria (A)	Assigned to Peoria (A)
Billy Buckner	RP	30.356	Milwaukee Brewers	Nashville (AAA)	Assigned to Nashville (AAA)
Oliver Caraballo		19.357	Texas Rangers	Hickory (A)	Assigned to Hickory (A)
David Dahl	OF	20.138	Colorado Rockies	Modesto (A+)	Reinstated to active roster
Kentrail Davis	RF	26.049	Milwaukee Brewers	Huntsville (AA)	Reinstated to active roster
Derek Dietrich	2b	25.030	Miami Marlins	Jupiter (A+)	Assigned to Jupiter (A+) for rehab
Andy Dirks	lf	28.205	Detroit Tigers	Toledo (AAA)	Assigned to Toledo (AAA) for rehab
Felix Doubront	SP	26.299	Chicago Cubs	Iowa (AAA)	Assigned to Iowa (AAA) for rehab
Mitch Haniger	OF	23.237	Arizona Diamondbacks	Arizona Diamondbacks (Rk)	Activated from disabled list
Tyler Holt	CF	25.160	Cleveland Indians	Columbus (AAA)	Assigned to Columbus (AAA)
Brett Jackson	cf	26.015	Arizona Diamondbacks	Reno (AAA)	Assigned to Reno (AAA)
Williams Jerez	CF	22.093	Boston Red Sox	Lowell (A-)	Assigned to Lowell (A-)
Joe Kurrasch	P	23.059	San Francisco Giants	San Jose (A+)	Activated from disabled list
Nick Lee	P	23.216	Washington Nationals	Hagerstown (A)	Assigned to Hagerstown (A)
Chris Leroux	RP	30.125	New York Yankees	Scranton/Wilkes-Barre (AAA)	Assigned to Scranton/Wilkes-Barre (AAA)
Sugar Ray Marimon	P	25.321	Kansas City Royals	Northwest Arkansas (AA)	Activated from disabled list
David Martinez	P	27.013	Houston Astros	Oklahoma City (AAA)	Activated from disabled list
Francisco Martinez	P	22.258	Los Angeles Dodgers	Ogden (Rk)	Assigned to Ogden (Rk)
Wilton Martinez		20.249	Seattle Mariners	Clinton (A)	Assigned to Clinton (A)
Casey McCarthy	P	24.126	Miami Marlins	New Orleans (AAA)	Assigned to New Orleans (AAA)
Melvin Mercedes	P	23.288	Detroit Tigers	Toledo (AAA)	Assigned to Toledo (AAA)
Sam Moll	P	22.227	Colorado Rockies	Tri-City (A-)	Assigned to Tri-City (A-)
Brandon Moore	P	22.172	Milwaukee Brewers	Wisconsin (A)	Assigned to Wisconsin (A)
Delvis Morales	SS	23.353	Los Angeles Dodgers	Albuquerque (AAA)	Assigned to Albuquerque (AAA)
Arturo Nieto	C	21.251	Seattle Mariners	High Desert (A+)	Assigned to High Desert (A+)
Daryl Norris	P	23.066	Detroit Tigers	Lakeland (A+)	Assigned to Lakeland (A+)
Travis Ott	P	19.049	Washington Nationals	Hagerstown (A)	Assigned to Hagerstown (A)
Chris Owings	SS	23.005	Arizona Diamondbacks	Arizona Diamondbacks (Rk)	Assigned to AZL Diamondbacks (Rk) for rehab
Brandon Phillips	2b	33.050	Cincinnati Reds	Dayton (A)	Assigned to Dayton (A) for rehab
Branden Pinder	P	25.203	New York Yankees	Scranton/Wilkes-Barre (AAA)	Assigned to Scranton/Wilkes-Barre (AAA)
Jose Pujols		18.323	Philadelphia Phillies	Williamsport (A-)	Assigned to Williamsport (A-)
David Putman	P	24.170	Chicago White Sox	Winston-Salem (A+)	Assigned to Winston-Salem (A+)
Josh Richmond	RF	25.064	Chicago White Sox	Charlotte (AAA)	Assigned to Charlotte (AAA)
Carlos Rodon	P	21.250	Chicago White Sox	Charlotte (AAA)	Assigned to Charlotte (AAA)
Leo Rodriguez	2B-SS	22.250	Los Angeles Dodgers	Great Lakes (A)	Activated from disabled list
Elvis Rubio		20.046	Milwaukee Brewers	Arizona Brewers (Rk)	Assigned to Arizona Brewers (Rk)
Casey Sadler	P	24.035	Pittsburgh Pirates	Indianapolis (AAA)	Assigned to Indianapolis (AAA)
Daniel Schlereth	P	28.100	Detroit Tigers	Toledo (AAA)	Reinstated to active roster
Frank Schwindel	C-1B	22.049	Kansas City Royals	Wilmington (A+)	Assigned to Wilmington (A+)
Kevin Siegrist	RP	25.028	St. Louis Cardinals	Memphis (AAA)	Assigned to Memphis (AAA)
Carson Smith	P	24.302	Seattle Mariners	Tacoma (AAA)	Activated from disabled list
Dan Straily	SP	25.259	Chicago Cubs	Iowa (AAA)	Assigned to Iowa (AAA)
Daury Torrez	P	21.067	Chicago Cubs	Kane County (A)	Activated from disabled list
Jose Valdez	P	31.207	Boston Red Sox	Pawtucket (AAA)	Assigned to Pawtucket (AAA)
Brayan Villarreal	RP	27.099	Boston Red Sox	Pawtucket (AAA)	Assigned to Pawtucket (AAA)
Kender Villegas		21.070	St. Louis Cardinals	State College (A-)	Assigned to State College (A-)
Connor Walsh	P	21.303	Chicago White Sox	Kannapolis (A)	Assigned to Kannapolis (A)
Tyler Wampler	IF	22.351	Los Angeles Dodgers	Great Lakes (A)	Assigned to Great Lakes (A)
Wei-Chung Wang	P	22.114	Milwaukee Brewers	Wisconsin (A)	Assigned to Wisconsin (A) for rehab
Bryan Woodall	P	27.297	Arizona Diamondbacks	Mobile (AA)	Assigned to Mobile (AA)
Matt Zaleski	P	32.258	Chicago White Sox	Charlotte (AAA)	Activated from disabled list
Erik Johnson	P	24.230	Chicago White Sox	Charlotte (AAA)	DL-7 Injured
Tyler Pastornicky	2b	24.247	Atlanta Braves	Gwinnett (AAA)	DL-7 Injured
Luis Flores	C	27.288	Chicago Cubs	Tennessee (AA)	DL-7 Injured
Matt Spring	C	29.283	Boston Red Sox	Pawtucket (AAA)	DL-7 Injured
Jordan Jankowski	C	25.092	Houston Astros	Corpus Christi (AA)	Placed on temporary inactive list
M.P. Cokinos	C	24.060	Houston Astros	Corpus Christi (AA)	Placed on temporary inactive list
Aderlin Rodriguez	3B	22.273	New York Mets	St. Lucie (A+)	DL-7 Injured
Aneury Tavarez	2B	22.125	Boston Red Sox	Salem (A+)	DL-7 Injured
Chase Jensen	SS	23.200	San Diego Padres	Eugene (A-)	DL-60 Injured
Christopher Perry	P	24.033	St. Louis Cardinals	Palm Beach (A+)	DL-7 Injured
Cody Ege	P	23.101	Texas Rangers	Myrtle Beach (A+)	Placed on temporary inactive list
Dreily Guerrero	2B-3B	23.309	Boston Red Sox	Salem (A+)	DL-7 Injured
Jairo Perez	3B	26.068	New York Mets	St. Lucie (A+)	DL-7 Injured
Ashton Goudeau	P	22.025	Kansas City Royals	Lexington (A)	DL-7 Injured
Dustin Fowler	CF	19.231	New York Yankees	Charleston (sc) (A)	DL-7 Injured
Ranyelmy Mendoza	OF	20.082	Los Angeles Angels	Burlington (A)	DL-7 Injured
Victor Castro	OF	22.220			Released by Marlins
Victor Diaz	P	20.315	Milwaukee Brewers	Wisconsin (A)	DL-7 Injured
Yency Almonte	P	20.074	Los Angeles Angels	Burlington (A)	DL-7 Injured
Danny Wissmann	P	22.103	San Diego Padres	Eugene (A-)	DL-60 Injured
Thomas Dorminy	P	22.077	San Diego Padres	Eugene (A-)	DL-60 Injured
Zach Hayden	P	22.293	Minnesota Twins	Gulf Coast Twins (Rk)	DL-7 Injured
Curtis Partch	RP	27.185	Cincinnati Reds	Cincinnati Reds (MLB)	Recalled from Louisville (AAA)
Engel Beltre	RF	24.289	Texas Rangers	Texas Rangers (MLB)	Activated from DL
Alex Presley	CF	29.023	Houston Astros	Houston Astros (MLB)	Recalled from minor league rehab assignment
Kevin Whelan	P	30.222	Detroit Tigers	Toledo (AAA)	Designated for Assignment
Jordan Johnson	P	20.336	San Francisco Giants	Arizona Giants (Rk)	Signed out of draft (Cal State Northridge)
Michael Gunn	P	21.204	Boston Red Sox	Gulf Coast Red Sox (Rk)	Signed out of draft (Arkansas)
Josh Taylor	P	21.168	Philadelphia Phillies	Gulf Coast Phillies (Rk)	Signed as undrafted free agent (Georgia College & State)
Stephen Gaylor	OF	22.318	Atlanta Braves	Gulf Coast Braves (Rk)	Signed as undrafted free agent (Berry)

Vis Team	R	Home Team	R	Box	Winning Pitcher	Losing Pitcher	Save Pitcher
Houston Astros	8	Boston Red Sox	1	Box	Collin McHugh	Joe Kelly	(none)
Toronto Blue Jays	5	Chicago White Sox	7	Box	Scott Carroll	Drew Hutchison	Jake Petricka
Baltimore Orioles	4	Cleveland Indians	1	Box	Kevin Gausman	Danny Salazar	Zach Britton
Seattle Mariners	8	Detroit Tigers	1	Box	Chris Young	Robbie Ray	(none)
Kansas City Royals	12	Minnesota Twins	6	Box	Jeremy Guthrie	Tom Milone	(none)
New York Yankees	4	Tampa Bay Rays	2	Box	Hiroki Kuroda	Jeremy Hellickson	David Robertson
Los Angeles Angels	2	Texas Rangers	3	Box	Neftali Feliz	Huston Street	(none)
Oakland Athletics	3	Atlanta Braves	4	Box	Mike Minor	Jon Lester	Craig Kimbrel
Cincinnati Reds	9	Colorado Rockies	10	Box	Rex Brothers	J.J. Hoover	(none)
Cincinnati Reds	5	Colorado Rockies	10	Box	Adam Ottavino	Carlos Contreras	(none)
Milwaukee Brewers	7	Los Angeles Dodgers	2	Box	Wily Peralta	Dan Haren	(none)
Arizona Diamondbacks	3	Miami Marlins	10	Box	Tom Koehler	Josh Collmenter	(none)
Chicago Cubs	2	New York Mets	1	Box	Pedro Strop	Jenrry Mejia	Hector Rondon
Philadelphia Phillies	2	San Francisco Giants	5	Box	Tim Lincecum	David Buchanan	Santiago Casilla
San Diego Padres	6	St. Louis Cardinals	7	Box	Adam Wainwright	Odrisamer Despaigne	Seth Maness
Pittsburgh Pirates	5	Washington Nationals	6	Box	Ross Detwiler	Brandon Cumpton	(none)

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