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Standings as of 2012-07-05

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	1	New York Yankees	81	48	33	.593	--	384	326	58	26-15	22-18	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Joe Girardi	Brian Cashman	Yankee Stadium II	81	47	34	.580
2	4	8	Baltimore Orioles	82	45	37	.549	3.5	348	376	-28	24-18	21-19	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Buck Showalter	Dan Duquette	Oriole Park at Camden Yards	80	48	32	.600
3	7	14	Tampa Bay Rays	83	44	39	.530	5.0	343	343	0	25-18	19-21	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Joe Maddon	Andrew Friedman	Tropicana Field	79	46	33	.582
4	10	17	Toronto Blue Jays	83	42	41	.506	7.0	417	393	24	23-19	19-22	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	John Farrell	Alex Anthopoulos	Rogers Centre	79	31	48	.392
5	12	27	Boston Red Sox	82	34	48	.415	14.5	411	361	50	18-24	16-24	L3	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Bobby Valentine	Ben Cherington	Fenway Park	80	35	45	.438
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	3	6	Kansas City Royals	81	45	36	.556	--	334	366	-32	21-16	24-20	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Ned Yost	Dayton Moore	Kauffman Stadium	81	27	54	.333
2	5	9	Chicago White Sox	82	45	37	.549	0.5	394	333	61	25-18	20-19	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Robin Ventura	Kenny Williams	U.S. Cellular Field	80	40	40	.500
3	8	13	Detroit Tigers	83	44	39	.530	2.0	368	371	-3	23-16	21-23	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Jim Leyland	Dave Dombrowski	Comerica Park	79	44	35	.557
4	9	15	Cleveland Indians	82	42	40	.512	3.5	369	394	-25	22-20	20-20	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Manny Acta	Chris Antonetti	Progressive Field	80	26	54	.325
5	13	28	Minnesota Twins	82	33	49	.402	12.5	343	432	-89	16-26	17-23	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Ron Gardenhire	Terry Ryan	Target Field	80	33	47	.413
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	2	3	Los Angeles Angels	83	48	35	.578	--	367	331	36	22-18	26-17	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Mike Scioscia	Jerry Dipoto	Angel Stadium of Anaheim	79	41	38	.519
2	6	12	Texas Rangers	83	45	38	.542	3.0	434	353	81	25-17	20-21	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Ron Washington	Jon Daniels	Rangers Ballpark in Arlington	79	48	31	.608
3	11	19	Oakland Athletics	83	40	43	.482	8.0	312	307	5	21-20	19-23	W4	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Bob Melvin	Billy Beane	Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum	49	24	25	.490
4	14	30	Seattle Mariners	84	31	53	.369	17.5	328	358	-30	16-25	15-28	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Eric Wedge	Jack Zduriencik	Safeco Field	78	44	34	.564
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	2	Washington Nationals	80	47	33	.588	--	340	280	60	24-13	23-20	W4	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Davey Johnson	Michael Rizzo	Nationals Park	82	51	31	.622
2	2	4	New York Mets	83	48	35	.578	0.5	384	358	26	27-16	21-19	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Terry Collins	Sandy Alderson	Citi field	79	26	53	.329
3	6	10	Miami Marlins	82	45	37	.549	3.0	325	380	-55	26-18	19-19	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Ozzie Guillen		Marlins Park	80	24	56	.300
4	11	22	Philadelphia Phillies	84	38	46	.452	11.0	362	381	-19	19-22	19-24	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Charlie Manuel	Ruben Amaro	Citizens Bank Park	78	43	35	.551
5	12	23	Atlanta Braves	82	37	45	.451	11.0	376	351	25	17-25	20-20	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Brian Snitker	Frank Wren	Turner Field	80	57	23	.713
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	5	11	Pittsburgh Pirates	82	45	37	.549	--	324	304	20	25-15	20-22	W3	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Clint Hurdle	Neal Huntington	PNC Park	80	34	46	.425
2	7	16	Cincinnati Reds	82	42	40	.512	3.0	342	309	33	21-18	21-22	L3	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Dusty Baker	Walt Jocketty	Great American Ballpark	80	55	25	.688
3	8	18	Milwaukee Brewers	82	40	42	.488	5.0	369	383	-14	23-20	17-22	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Ron Roenicke	Douglas Melvin	Miller Park	80	43	37	.538
4	10	21	St. Louis Cardinals	83	39	44	.470	6.5	416	347	69	19-21	20-23	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Mike Matheny	John Mozeliak	Busch Stadium III	79	49	30	.620
5	14	25	Houston Astros	83	35	48	.422	10.5	334	401	-67	25-17	10-31	L3	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Brad Mills	Jeff Luhnow	Minute Maid Park	79	20	59	.253
6	15	26	Chicago Cubs	82	34	48	.415	11.0	301	376	-75	18-21	16-27	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Dale Sveum	Jed Hoyer	Wrigley Field	80	27	53	.338
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	5	Los Angeles Dodgers	84	48	36	.571	--	325	305	20	26-17	22-19	W3	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Don Mattingly	Ned Colletti	Dodger Stadium	78	38	40	.487
2	4	7	San Francisco Giants	83	46	37	.554	1.5	329	325	4	26-16	20-21	L3	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Bruce Bochy	Brian Sabean	AT&T Park	79	48	31	.608
3	9	20	Arizona Diamondbacks	82	39	43	.476	8.0	358	358	0	20-21	19-22	L5	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Kirk Gibson	Kevin Towers	Chase Field	80	42	38	.525
4	13	24	San Diego Padres	84	36	48	.429	12.0	298	365	-67	17-24	19-24	W8	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Bud Black	Josh Byrnes	Petco Park	78	40	38	.513
5	16	29	Colorado Rockies	82	32	50	.390	15.0	403	471	-68	19-24	13-26	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Jim Tracy	Daniel O'Dowd	Coors Field	80	32	48	.400

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Player Name	Pos	Age	Organization	Actual Team	Transaction Notes
Matt Antonelli	3B-2B	27.088	-		Released by Yankees
Sam Dyson	RP	24.059	Toronto Blue Jays	Toronto Blue Jays (MLB)	Contract purchased from New Hampshire (AA)
Jordan Parraz	RF	27.270	Atlanta Braves	Gwinnett (AAA)	Activated from DL
Taylor Teagarden	C	28.197	Baltimore Orioles	Bowie (AA)	Assigned to Bowie (AA) for rehab
Luis Sanz	C	24.229	Detroit Tigers	Erie (AA)	DL-7 Injured
Drew Storen	P	24.329	Washington Nationals	Potomac (A+)	Assigned to Potomac (A+) for Rehab
Ryan Meade	IF	23.010	-		Released by Royals
Wuilmer Becerra	OF	17.277	Toronto Blue Jays	Gulf Coast Blue Jays (Rk)	Placed on 60-day DL
Chris Schwinden	P	25.286	New York Yankees	New York Yankees (MLB)	Designated for Assignment
Humberto Quintero	c	32.338	-		Released by Royals
Hector Noesi	SP	25.160	Seattle Mariners	Tacoma (AAA)	Optioned to Tacoma (AAA)
Carlos Peguero	rf	25.133	Seattle Mariners	Seattle Mariners (MLB)	Recalled from Tacoma (AAA)
Jonny Venters	RP	27.107	Atlanta Braves	Atlanta Braves (MLB)	DL-15 Left elbow impingement
Matt Young	LF-CF	29.275	Detroit Tigers	Toledo (AAA)	Outrighted to Toledo (AAA)
Joe Mahoney	1b	25.154	Baltimore Orioles	Baltimore Orioles (MLB)	Recalled from Norfolk (AAA)
Chris Schwinden	P	25.286	New York Mets	New York Mets (MLB)	Claimed off waivers from Yankees
Darnell McDonald	rf	33.230	New York Yankees	New York Yankees (MLB)	Activated by Yankees
Dallas Keuchel	SP	24.186	Houston Astros	Oklahoma City (AAA)	Optioned to Oklahoma City (AAA)
Enerio Del Rosario	RP	26.262	Houston Astros	Houston Astros (MLB)	Recalled from Oklahoma City (AAA)
Zach Phillips	P	25.287	Baltimore Orioles	Norfolk (AAA)	Outrighted to Norfolk (AAA)
Brad Davis	C	29.188	Miami Marlins	Miami Marlins (MLB)	Signed to minor league contract
Dustin Umberger	P	25.145	Chicago White Sox	Chicago White Sox (MLB)	Contract purchased from River City (Indy)
Jordy Mercer	ss-2b	25.312	Pittsburgh Pirates	Pittsburgh Pirates (MLB)	Recalled from Indianapolis (AAA)
Alex Presley	lf	26.345	Pittsburgh Pirates	Pittsburgh Pirates (MLB)	DL-7 Concussion
Steve Holm	C	32.258	-		Released by Marlins
Brad Davis	C	29.188	Miami Marlins	New Orleans (AAA)	Assigned to New Orleans (AAA)
Cory Harrilchak	RF	24.252	-		Released by Braves
Junior Arias	3B	20.178	Cincinnati Reds	Clinton (A)	DL-7 Strained left groin
Dan Haren	SP	31.291	Los Angeles Angels	Los Angeles Angels (MLB)	DL-15 Lower back stiffness
David Phelps	RP-SP	25.269	New York Yankees	Trenton (AA)	Optioned to Trenton (AA)
Miles Mikolas	RP	23.316	San Diego Padres	San Diego Padres (MLB)	Recalled from Tucson (AAA)
Kevin Jepsen	RP	27.344	Los Angeles Angels	Los Angeles Angels (MLB)	Recalled from Salt Lake (AAA)
Nick Vincent	RP	25.358	San Diego Padres	Tucson (AAA)	Optioned to Tucson (AAA)
Dee Gordon	ss	24.074	Los Angeles Dodgers	Los Angeles Dodgers (MLB)	DL-15 Right thumb UCL tear
Javy Guerra	RP	26.247	Los Angeles Dodgers	Los Angeles Dodgers (MLB)	Activated from DL
Chris Jakubauskas	P	33.195	-		Released by Diamondbacks
Wilton Lopez	P	28.352	Houston Astros	Oklahoma City (AAA)	Assigned to Oklahoma City (AAA) for rehab
Jonathan Roof	LF-2B	23.163	San Diego Padres	Tucson (AAA)	Activated from DL
Heath Hembree	P	23.173	San Francisco Giants	Fresno (AAA)	DL-7 Injured
Scott Munter	P	32.120	San Francisco Giants	Fresno (AAA)	Activated from DL
Bill Murphy	P	31.057	Toronto Blue Jays	Las Vegas (AAA)	Activated from DL
Trevor Bell	P	25.266	Los Angeles Angels	Salt Lake (AAA)	Activated from DL
Dylan Owen	P	25.358	New York Mets	Buffalo (AAA)	Activated from DL
Mikey O'Brien	P	22.124	New York Yankees	Trenton (AA)	DL-7 Left leg bursitis
Anthony Ranaudo	P	22.299	Boston Red Sox	Portland (AA)	DL-7 Injured
Erik Turgeon	P	25.102	New York Mets	Binghamton (AA)	DL-7 Left shin contusion
Chris Martin	P	26.033	Boston Red Sox	Portland (AA)	DL-7 Injured
Travis Witherspoon	CF	23.080	Los Angeles Angels	Arkansas (AA)	DL-7 Left quad strain
Blake Treinen	P	24.005	Oakland Athletics	Stockton (A+)	DL-7 Injured
Kevin Nabors	P	26.327	Los Angeles Angels	Inland Empire (A+)	Activated from DL
Kyrell Hudson	CF	21.211	Philadelphia Phillies	Lakewood (A)	DL-7 Injured
Rangel Ravelo	3B	20.072	Chicago White Sox	Kannapolis (A)	Placed on restricted list
Bill Rice	LF	23.301	Chicago White Sox	Kannapolis (A)	Activated from DL
Vince Belnome	2B	24.116	San Diego Padres	Tucson (AAA)	Assigned to Tucson (AAA)
Drew Beuerlein	C	24.174	Colorado Rockies	Modesto (A+)	Assigned to Modesto (A+)
Manuel Mayorson	2B	29.117	Washington Nationals	Syracuse (AAA)	Assigned to Syracuse (AAA)
Brian Peacock	C	27.313	Cincinnati Reds	Louisville (AAA)	Assigned to Louisville (AAA)
Ryan Sweeney	cf	27.135	Boston Red Sox	Portland (AA)	Assigned to Portland (AA) for rehab
Jordan Parraz	RF	27.270	Atlanta Braves	Mississippi (AA)	Assigned to Mississippi (AA)
Neil Medchill	RF-LF	25.010	New York Yankees	Trenton (AA)	Assigned to Trenton (AA)
Manny Pina	C	25.030	Kansas City Royals	Northwest Arkansas (AA)	Assigned to Northwest Arkansas (AA)
Denis Phipps	CF	26.348	Cincinnati Reds	Louisville (AAA)	Assigned to Louisville (AAA)
B.J. Guinn	SS	23.092	San Diego Padres	Lake Elsinore (A+)	Assigned to Lake Elsinore (A+)
Adrian Nieto	C	22.235	Washington Nationals	Gulf Coast Nationals (Rk)
Brandon Garcia	C	22.009	Texas Rangers	Spokane (A-)
Jon Berti	2B	22.164	Toronto Blue Jays	Dunedin (A+)	Assigned to Dunedin (A+)
Tyler Holt	CF	23.117	Cleveland Indians	Akron (AA)	Assigned to Akron (AA)
Mike Ohlman	C	21.203	Baltimore Orioles	Delmarva (A)	Assigned to Delmarva (A)
Tucker Barnhart	C	21.179	Cincinnati Reds	Pensacola (AA)	Assigned to Pensacola (AA)
Jeff Gelalich	OF	21.111	Cincinnati Reds	Billings (Rk)
Jake Marisnick	CF	21.097	Toronto Blue Jays	New Hampshire (AA)	Assigned to New Hampshire (AA)
Jeff McVaney	OF-P	22.170	Detroit Tigers	West Michigan (A)	Assigned to West Michigan (A)
Scott Kalush	C	22.105	Baltimore Orioles	Aberdeen (A-)	Assigned to Aberdeen (A-)
Raffy Lopez	C	24.277	Chicago Cubs	Arizona Cubs (Rk)
Roberto De La Cruz	3B	21.237	Colorado Rockies	Tri-City (A-)	Assigned to Tri-City (A-)
Roberto De La Cruz	3B	21.237	St. Louis Cardinals	Quad Cities (A)	Assigned to Quad Cities (A)
Francisco Martinez	3B	21.307	Seattle Mariners	Arizona Mariners (Rk)	Assigned to Arizona Mariners (Rk)
Henry Rodriguez	2B	22.146	Cincinnati Reds	Louisville (AAA)	Assigned to Louisville (AAA)
Tony Bryant	LF	20.174	St. Louis Cardinals	Gulf Coast Cardinals (Rk)	Assigned to Gulf Coast Cardinals (Rk)
Nolan Fontana	IF	21.029	Houston Astros	Lexington (A)	Assigned to Lexington (A)
Tyler Gaffney	OF	21.076	Pittsburgh Pirates	State College (A-)	Assigned to State College (A-)
Jason Leblebijian	IF	21.053	Toronto Blue Jays	Vancouver (A-)	Assigned to Vancouver (A-)
Seth Mejias-Brean	IF	21.091	Cincinnati Reds	Billings (Rk)
Devon Travis	IF	21.134	Detroit Tigers	Connecticut (A-)
Desmond Henry	CF	18.363	Texas Rangers	Arizona Rangers (Rk)
Carlos De Los Santos	2B-SS	21.246	Detroit Tigers	Gulf Coast Tigers (East) (Rk)	Assigned to Gulf Coast Tigers (Rk)
Jairo Gomez	C	20.181	San Diego Padres	Arizona Padres (Rk)	Assigned to Arizona Padres (Rk)
Alexys Rodriguez	C	23.224	Toronto Blue Jays	Gulf Coast Blue Jays (Rk)	Assigned to Gulf Coast Blue Jays (Rk)
Seong-Min Kim	C	19.054	Oakland Athletics	Arizona Athletics (Rk)
Renato Nunez	3B	18.092	Oakland Athletics	Arizona Athletics (Rk)
Josh Kennelly		18.146	Texas Rangers	Arizona Rangers (Rk)
Zach Miner	P	30.115	Detroit Tigers	Gulf Coast Tigers (East) (Rk)
Bill Rankin	OF	27.293	Colorado Rockies	Asheville (A)
Ian Marshall	P	25.124	Atlanta Braves	Lynchburg (A+)	Assigned to Lynchburg (A+)
Mike Bolsinger	P	24.158	Arizona Diamondbacks	Mobile (AA)
Chris Kissock	P	27.064	Philadelphia Phillies	Reading (AA)	Assigned to Reading (AA)
Tanner Robles	P	23.131	Cincinnati Reds	Bakersfield (A+)	Assigned to Bakersfield (A+)
Frank Gailey	P	26.229	Philadelphia Phillies	Reading (AA)	Assigned to Reading (AA)
Jesus Sanchez	C	24.285	Milwaukee Brewers	Nashville (AAA)	Assigned to Nashville (AAA)
Kyle Ottoson	P	21.359	San Diego Padres	Arizona Padres (Rk)
Charle Rosario	P	23.347	Boston Red Sox	Portland (AA)	Assigned to Portland (AA)
Brian Baker	P	29.176	Milwaukee Brewers	Huntsville (AA)	Assigned to Huntsville (AA)
Matt Heidenreich	P	21.169	Chicago White Sox	Birmingham (AA)	Assigned to Birmingham (AA)
A.J. Holland	P	22.202	Atlanta Braves	Gulf Coast Braves (Rk)
Roman Mendez	P	21.345	Texas Rangers	Arizona Rangers (Rk)	Assigned to Arizona Rangers (Rk)
Nick Sawyer	P	20.286	Tampa Bay Rays	Princeton (Rk)	Assigned to Princeton (Rk)
Wes Mugarian	P	20.291	Cincinnati Reds	Clinton (A)	Assigned to Clinton (A)
Christopher Hanna	P	20.120	Chicago White Sox	Bristol (Rk)	Assigned to Bristol (Rk)
Jandy Sena	P	22.329	Seattle Mariners	Tacoma (AAA)	Assigned to Tacoma (AAA)
James Stokes	P	21.269	Cleveland Indians	Mahoning Valley (A-)
Jacob Dunnington	P	21.153	San Francisco Giants	Richmond (AA)	Assigned to Richmond (AA)
Sean Donatello	P	21.315	Miami Marlins	Jupiter (A+)	Assigned to Jupiter (A+)
Caleb Frare	P	18.362	New York Yankees	Gulf Coast Yankees (Rk)
Anderson Gerdel		19.105	St. Louis Cardinals	Palm Beach (A+)	Assigned to Palm Beach (A+)
Geisel De La Cruz		19.085	Tampa Bay Rays	Gulf Coast Rays (Rk)
Luis Avilan	RP	22.351	Atlanta Braves	Atlanta Braves (MLB)	Recalled from Gwinnett (AAA)
Juan Miranda	1B	29.071			Signed by Laguna (Mexico)
Chuck James	P	30.238			Released by Mets
Daryl Jones	LF	25.010			Released by Reds
Nick Liles	LF	24.348			Released by Giants
Chandler Laurent	LF-RF	24.262			Released by Rockies
Brennan May	LF-CF	21.283			Released by Reds
Dustin Umberger	P	25.145	Chicago White Sox	Kannapolis (A)	Signed to Minor League Contract

Vis Team	R	Home Team	R	Box	Winning Pitcher	Losing Pitcher	Save Pitcher
Baltimore Orioles	7	Los Angeles Angels	9	Box	LaTroy Hawkins	Luis Ayala	Ernesto Frieri
Texas Rangers	1	Chicago White Sox	2	Box	Jose Quintana	Matt Harrison	Addison Reed
Tampa Bay Rays	1	Cleveland Indians	3	Box	Josh Tomlin	Jeremy Hellickson	Chris Perez
Minnesota Twins	3	Detroit Tigers	7	Box	Octavio Dotel	Alex Burnett	(none)
Kansas City Royals	9	Toronto Blue Jays	6	Box	Luke Hochevar	Henderson Alvarez	Jonathan Broxton
Los Angeles Dodgers	4	Arizona Diamondbacks	1	Box	Nathan Eovaldi	Wade Miley	Kenley Jansen
Chicago Cubs	3	Atlanta Braves	7	Box	Mike Minor	Matt Garza	(none)
Miami Marlins	4	Milwaukee Brewers	0	Box	Mark Buehrle	Michael Fiers	(none)
Philadelphia Phillies	5	New York Mets	6	Box	Bobby Parnell	Jonathan Papelbon	(none)
Houston Astros	0	Pittsburgh Pirates	2	Box	Jeff Karstens	Bud Norris	Joel Hanrahan
Cincinnati Reds	1	San Diego Padres	2	Box	Huston Street	Logan Ondrusek	(none)
Colorado Rockies	2	St. Louis Cardinals	6	Box	Lance Lynn	Christian Friedrich	Jason Motte
San Francisco Giants	5	Washington Nationals	6	Box	Tyler Clippard	Santiago Casilla	(none)

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