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Standings as of 2012-07-20

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	93	56	37	.602	--	454	376	78	32-15	24-22	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Joe Girardi	Brian Cashman	Yankee Stadium II	69	39	30	.565
2	6	12	Baltimore Orioles	93	50	43	.538	6.0	388	435	-47	25-20	25-23	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Buck Showalter	Dan Duquette	Oriole Park at Camden Yards	69	43	26	.623
3	7	13	Tampa Bay Rays	94	50	44	.532	6.5	394	390	4	30-21	20-23	W4	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Joe Maddon	Andrew Friedman	Tropicana Field	68	40	28	.588
4	11	21	Toronto Blue Jays	93	44	49	.473	12.0	454	437	17	24-21	20-28	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	John Farrell	Alex Anthopoulos	Rogers Centre	69	29	40	.420
5	12	26	Boston Red Sox	94	41	53	.436	15.5	469	414	55	23-28	18-25	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Bobby Valentine	Ben Cherington	Fenway Park	68	28	40	.412
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	4	Detroit Tigers	94	53	41	.564	--	428	415	13	30-17	23-24	W3	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Jim Leyland	Dave Dombrowski	Comerica Park	68	35	33	.515
2	4	8	Chicago White Sox	93	51	42	.548	1.5	435	388	47	28-18	23-24	L3	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Robin Ventura	Kenny Williams	U.S. Cellular Field	69	34	35	.493
3	8	15	Cleveland Indians	93	48	45	.516	4.5	412	456	-44	25-21	23-24	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Manny Acta	Chris Antonetti	Progressive Field	69	20	49	.290
4	10	17	Kansas City Royals	92	47	45	.511	5.0	379	432	-53	23-22	24-23	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Ned Yost	Dayton Moore	Kauffman Stadium	70	25	45	.357
5	13	29	Minnesota Twins	93	36	57	.387	16.5	395	483	-88	17-32	19-25	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Ron Gardenhire	Terry Ryan	Target Field	69	30	39	.435
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	3	6	Los Angeles Angels	94	52	42	.553	--	424	374	50	25-19	27-23	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Mike Scioscia	Jerry Dipoto	Angel Stadium of Anaheim	68	37	31	.544
2	5	9	Texas Rangers	92	50	42	.543	1.0	460	384	76	27-18	23-24	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Ron Washington	Jon Daniels	Rangers Ballpark in Arlington	70	43	27	.614
3	9	16	Oakland Athletics	93	48	45	.516	3.5	355	340	15	26-22	22-23	W3	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Bob Melvin	Billy Beane	Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum	39	16	23	.410
4	14	30	Seattle Mariners	95	36	59	.379	16.5	380	395	-15	17-27	19-32	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Eric Wedge	Jack Zduriencik	Safeco Field	67	39	28	.582
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	2	3	Washington Nationals	91	52	39	.571	--	385	325	60	27-17	25-22	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Davey Johnson	Michael Rizzo	Nationals Park	71	46	25	.648
2	6	11	New York Mets	93	50	43	.538	3.0	429	416	13	28-19	22-24	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Terry Collins	Sandy Alderson	Citi field	69	24	45	.348
3	7	14	Miami Marlins	93	49	44	.527	4.0	357	421	-64	28-20	21-24	L3	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Ozzie Guillen		Marlins Park	69	20	49	.290
4	9	18	Atlanta Braves	92	45	47	.489	7.5	430	400	30	21-27	24-20	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Brian Snitker	Frank Wren	Turner Field	70	49	21	.700
5	12	23	Philadelphia Phillies	94	42	52	.447	11.5	394	424	-30	19-26	23-26	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Charlie Manuel	Ruben Amaro	Citizens Bank Park	68	39	29	.574
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	3	5	Pittsburgh Pirates	92	51	41	.554	--	382	347	35	27-17	24-24	W3	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Clint Hurdle	Neal Huntington	PNC Park	70	28	42	.400
2	4	7	Cincinnati Reds	93	51	42	.548	0.5	388	342	46	27-20	24-22	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Dusty Baker	Walt Jocketty	Great American Ballpark	69	46	23	.667
3	8	19	Milwaukee Brewers	92	45	47	.489	6.0	412	418	-6	26-23	19-24	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Ron Roenicke	Douglas Melvin	Miller Park	70	38	32	.543
4	11	22	St. Louis Cardinals	93	43	50	.462	8.5	445	378	67	22-22	21-28	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Mike Matheny	John Mozeliak	Busch Stadium III	69	45	24	.652
5	13	24	Chicago Cubs	92	41	51	.446	10.0	347	405	-58	23-22	18-29	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Dale Sveum	Jed Hoyer	Wrigley Field	70	20	50	.286
6	15	27	Houston Astros	94	38	56	.404	14.0	365	457	-92	26-19	12-37	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Brad Mills	Jeff Luhnow	Minute Maid Park	68	17	51	.250
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	1	2	San Francisco Giants	93	54	39	.581	--	376	360	16	29-16	25-23	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Bruce Bochy	Brian Sabean	AT&T Park	69	40	29	.580
2	5	10	Los Angeles Dodgers	94	51	43	.543	3.5	358	352	6	28-21	23-22	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Don Mattingly	Ned Colletti	Dodger Stadium	68	35	33	.515
3	10	20	Arizona Diamondbacks	93	44	49	.473	10.0	409	403	6	23-22	21-27	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Kirk Gibson	Kevin Towers	Chase Field	69	37	32	.536
4	14	25	San Diego Padres	95	42	53	.442	13.0	346	404	-58	21-28	21-25	W4	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Bud Black	Josh Byrnes	Petco Park	67	34	33	.507
5	16	28	Colorado Rockies	92	36	56	.391	17.5	443	522	-79	21-28	15-28	L3	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Jim Tracy	Daniel O'Dowd	Coors Field	70	28	42	.400

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Player Name	Pos	Age	Organization	Actual Team	Transaction Notes
Jonathan Sanchez	SP	29.243	Colorado Rockies	Colorado Rockies (MLB)	Traded from Royals to Rockies for Jeremy Guthrie
Jeremy Guthrie	SP	33.103	Kansas City Royals	Kansas City Royals (MLB)	Traded from Rockies to Royals for Jonathan Sanchez
Francisco Cordero	RP	37.070	Houston Astros	Houston Astros (MLB)	Traded from Blue Jays to Astros in 10-player deal
Ben Francisco	rf	30.270	Houston Astros	Houston Astros (MLB)	Traded from Blue Jays to Astros in 10-player deal
Joe Musgrove	P	19.228	Houston Astros	Houston Astros (MLB)	Traded from Blue Jays to Astros in 10-player deal
Asher Wojciechowski	P	23.211	Houston Astros	Houston Astros (MLB)	Traded from Blue Jays to Astros in 10-player deal
David Rollins	P	22.211	Houston Astros	Houston Astros (MLB)	Traded from Blue Jays to Astros in 10-player deal
Carlos Perez	C	21.266	Houston Astros	Houston Astros (MLB)	Traded from Blue Jays to Astros in 10-player deal
Brandon Lyon	RP	32.345	Toronto Blue Jays	Toronto Blue Jays (MLB)	Traded from Astros to Blue Jays in 10-player deal
J.A. Happ	SP	29.274	Toronto Blue Jays	Toronto Blue Jays (MLB)	Traded from Astros to Blue Jays in 10-player deal
Robert Coello	P	27.239	Toronto Blue Jays	Toronto Blue Jays (MLB)	Transferred to 60-day DL
Travis Snider	lf	24.169	Toronto Blue Jays	Toronto Blue Jays (MLB)	Recalled from Las Vegas (AAA)
Omar Quintanilla	2b	30.269	Baltimore Orioles	Baltimore Orioles (MLB)	Traded from Mets to Orioles
Scott Barnes	RP	24.319	Cleveland Indians	Columbus (AAA)	Optioned to Columbus (AAA)
Cody Allen	RP	23.242	Cleveland Indians	Cleveland Indians (MLB)	Contract purchased from Columbus (AAA)
Cliff Pennington	ss	28.035	Oakland Athletics	Oakland Athletics (MLB)	DL-15 Left elbow tendinitis
Eric Sogard	ss	26.059	Oakland Athletics	Oakland Athletics (MLB)	Recalled from Sacramento (AAA)
Brad Bergesen	RP	26.298	Arizona Diamondbacks	Arizona Diamondbacks (MLB)	Claimed off waivers from Orioles
Geoff Blum	3b	39.085	-		Released by Diamondbacks
Ryan Wheeler	3b	24.010	Arizona Diamondbacks	Arizona Diamondbacks (MLB)	Contract purchased from Reno (AAA)
Jonathan Albaladejo	RP	29.263	Arizona Diamondbacks	Reno (AAA)	Optioned to Reno (AAA)
David Carpenter	RP	27.005	Toronto Blue Jays	Toronto Blue Jays (MLB)	Traded from Astros to Blue Jays in 10-player deal
Andrew Carpenter	P	22.106	Toronto Blue Jays	Toronto Blue Jays (MLB)
Eric Hurley	P	26.306	-		Elected free agency
Vernon Wells	LF	33.224	Los Angeles Angels	Salt Lake (AAA)	Assigned to Salt Lake (AAA) for rehab
Neftali Feliz	P	24.079	Texas Rangers	Round Rock (AAA)	Assigned to Round Rock (AAA) for rehab
Dusty Brown	C	30.031	Texas Rangers	Round Rock (AAA)	DL-7 Injured
Bret Montgomery	P	26.348	Los Angeles Dodgers	Albuquerque (AAA)	DL-7 Right quad tightness
Jack Wilson	ss	34.203	Atlanta Braves	Gwinnett (AAA)	Assigned to Gwinnett (AAA) for rehab
Jonny Venters	RP	27.122	Atlanta Braves	Gwinnett (AAA)	Assigned to Gwinnett (AAA) for rehab
Laynce Nix	LF	31.263	Philadelphia Phillies	Lehigh Valley (AAA)	Assigned to Lehigh Valley (AAA) for rehab
Jeff Howell	C	29.110	Washington Nationals	Syracuse (AAA)	DL-7 Injured
Chorye Spoone	P	26.307	-		Released by Red Sox
Chorye Spoone	P	26.307	Toronto Blue Jays	New Hampshire (AA)	Signed to minor league contract
Mike Baxter	1B	27.225	New York Mets	Binghamton (AA)	Assigned to Binghamton (AA) for rehab
Russ Mitchell	3B	27.155	San Francisco Giants	Richmond (AA)	DL-7 Ankle sprain
Cory Mazzoni	P	22.274	New York Mets	Binghamton (AA)	DL-7 Right thumb laceration
Nestor Molina	P	23.192	Chicago White Sox	Birmingham (AA)	DL-7 Injured
Joseph Cruz	P	24.000	Tampa Bay Rays	Montgomery (AA)	DL-7 Injured
Nick Van Stratten	RF	27.059	Kansas City Royals	Northwest Arkansas (AA)	DL-7 Injured
Travis Witherspoon	CF	23.095	Los Angeles Angels	Arkansas (AA)	Activated from DL
Kelvin Marte	P	24.239	San Francisco Giants	San Jose (A+)	Activated from DL
Brett Anderson	P	24.170	Oakland Athletics	Stockton (A+)	Assigned to Stockton (A+) for rehab
Jayson Werth	RF	33.061	Washington Nationals	Potomac (A+)	Assigned to Potomac (A+) for rehab
Brent Morel	3B	25.090	Chicago White Sox	Winston-Salem (A+)	Assigned to Winston-Salem (A+) for rehab
Chris Garcia	1B	24.238	Atlanta Braves	Lynchburg (A+)	DL-7 Injured
Randolph Oduber	LF	23.124	Washington Nationals	Potomac (A+)	DL-7 Injured
Joba Chamberlain	P	26.300	New York Yankees	Tampa (A+)	Assigned to Tampa (A+) for rehab
Chad James	P	21.178	Miami Marlins	Jupiter (A+)	Placed ton temporarily inactive list
Jeff Holm	RF	23.276	Detroit Tigers	West Michigan (A)	DL-7 Right shoulder sprain
Matt Tomshaw	P	23.215	Minnesota Twins	Beloit (A)	Activated from DL
Eric Stamets	IF	20.299	Los Angeles Angels	Cedar Rapids (A)	DL-7 Injured
Danny Stienstra	2B-3B	23.141	St. Louis Cardinals	Batavia (A-)	Activated from DL
Jair Fernandez	C	25.222	Houston Astros	Oklahoma City (AAA)	DL-7 Injured
Wes Timmons	2B-1B	33.008	Oakland Athletics	Sacramento (AAA)	Activated from DL
Angel Sanchez	SS	28.304	Houston Astros	Oklahoma City (AAA)	Activated from temporary inactive list
Adam Russell	P	29.097	-		Released by Braves
Todd Helton	1b	38.334	Colorado Rockies	Grand Junction (Rk)	Assigned to Grand Junction (Rk) for rehab
Nick Natoli	SS-2B	24.185	Boston Red Sox	Greenville (A)	Assigned to Greenville (A)
Myrio Richard	LF	23.327	Oakland Athletics	Arizona Athletics (Rk)
Chris Wallace	C	24.084	Houston Astros	Oklahoma City (AAA)	Assigned to Oklahoma City (AAA)
Rene Tosoni	RF-LF	26.018	Minnesota Twins	New Britain (AA)	Assigned to New Britain (AA)
Terrence Dayleg	SS	24.305	Miami Marlins	Jupiter (A+)	Assigned to Jupiter (A+)
Allan De San Miguel	C	24.170	Baltimore Orioles	Frederick (A+)	Assigned to Frederick (A+)
Aaron Baker	1B	24.314	Baltimore Orioles	Bowie (AA)	Assigned to Bowie (AA)
Michael Main	P	23.218	Miami Marlins	Jamestown (A-)	Assigned to Jamestown (A-)
Steven Souza	1B	23.087	Washington Nationals	Potomac (A+)	Assigned to Potomac (A+)
J.R. Higley	RF-CF	24.029	Washington Nationals	Hagerstown (A)	Assigned to Hagerstown (A)
Khris Davis	LF	24.212	Milwaukee Brewers	Arizona Brewers (Rk)	Assigned to Arizona Brewers (Rk)
Joel Galarraga	C	30.122	Toronto Blue Jays	Las Vegas (AAA)	Assigned to Las Vegas (AAA)
Brian Goodwin	OF	21.260	Washington Nationals	Harrisburg (AA)	Assigned to Harrisburg (AA)
Stephen Malcolm	UT	22.102	Philadelphia Phillies	Lakewood (A)	Assigned to Lakewood (A)
Roberto De La Cruz	3B	21.252	St. Louis Cardinals	Batavia (A-)	Assigned to Batavia (A-)
Henry Moreno	1B	23.044	Kansas City Royals	Kane County (A)	Assigned to Kane County (A)
Eury Perez	CF	22.051	Washington Nationals	Syracuse (AAA)	Assigned to Syracuse (AAA)
Eury Perez	CF	22.051	Washington Nationals	Harrisburg (AA)	Assigned to Harrisburg (AA)
Andrew Campbell	LF	20.153	Cleveland Indians	Mahoning Valley (A-)	Assigned to Mahoning Valley (A-)
Adam Lewis		23.099	St. Louis Cardinals	Batavia (A-)	Assigned to Batavia (A-)
Tyrone Taylor	OF	18.179	Milwaukee Brewers	Arizona Brewers (Rk)	Assigned to Arizona Brewers (Rk)
Tyrone Taylor	OF	18.179	Milwaukee Brewers	Helena (Rk)	Assigned to Helena (Rk)
Kevin Ross	SS	18.306	Pittsburgh Pirates	Gulf Coast Pirates (Rk)	Assigned to Gulf Coast Pirates (Rk)
Taylor Hawkins	C	18.306	Tampa Bay Rays	Gulf Coast Rays (Rk)
Brian Fuentes	RP	36.346	St. Louis Cardinals	Gulf Coast Cardinals (Rk)	Assigned to Gulf Coast Cardinals (Rk)
Ryan Copeland	P	24.040	St. Louis Cardinals	Gulf Coast Cardinals (Rk)
Matt Packer	P	24.327	Cleveland Indians	Arizona Indians (Rk)	Assigned to Arizona Indians (Rk)
Tim Bascom	P	27.197	Baltimore Orioles	Norfolk (AAA)	Assigned to Norfolk (AAA)
Will Latimer	P	26.228	Boston Red Sox	Portland (AA)	Assigned to Portland (AA)
Derrick Stultz	P	23.119	Arizona Diamondbacks	Yakima (A-)
Pete Levitt	P	23.087	Chicago Cubs	Peoria (A)	Assigned to Peoria (A)
Ryan Weber	P	21.342	Atlanta Braves	Lynchburg (A+)	Assigned to Lynchburg (A+)
J.R. Graham	P	22.187	Atlanta Braves	Mississippi (AA)	Assigned to Mississippi (AA)
Anthony Ferrara	P	22.321	St. Louis Cardinals	Springfield (AA)	Assigned to Springfield (AA)
Jose Jimenez	P	25.119	Seattle Mariners	Tacoma (AAA)	Assigned to Tacoma (AAA)
Kyle Hald	P	23.054	St. Louis Cardinals	Palm Beach (A+)	Assigned to Palm Beach (A+)
Luke Bard	P	21.249	Minnesota Twins	Gulf Coast Twins (Rk)
Zach Jones	C-LF	21.228	Minnesota Twins	Beloit (A)	Assigned to Beloit (A)
Nick McBride	P	21.068	Texas Rangers	Myrtle Beach (A+)	Assigned to Myrtle Beach (A+)
Chance Sossamon	P	22.274	Texas Rangers	Arizona Rangers (Rk)	Assigned to Arizona Rangers (Rk)
Dixon Anderson	P	23.018	Washington Nationals	Gulf Coast Nationals (Rk)
Michael Boyden	P	22.032	Washington Nationals	Auburn (A-)	Assigned to Auburn (A-)
Alex Meyer	P	22.198	Washington Nationals	Potomac (A+)	Assigned to Potomac (A+)
Mark Montgomery	P	21.324	New York Yankees	Trenton (AA)	Assigned to Trenton (AA)
Eric Jaffe	P	21.034	Chicago White Sox	Bristol (Rk)
Andrew Ferreira	P	21.271	Minnesota Twins	Elizabethton (Rk)
Reinier Roibal	P	23.182	San Francisco Giants	Arizona Giants (Rk)
Bradley Watson	P	22.346	St. Louis Cardinals	Quad Cities (A)	Assigned to Quad Cities (A)
Frank Santana	P	23.149	Arizona Diamondbacks	Mobile (AA)	Assigned to Mobile (AA)
Corey Kimber	P	18.022	San Diego Padres	Arizona Padres (Rk)
Derek De Young	P	20.216	Oakland Athletics	Arizona Athletics (Rk)	Assigned to Arizona Athletics (Rk)
Franklin Noel		23.212	San Francisco Giants	Arizona Giants (Rk)	Assigned to Arizona Giants (Rk)
Tyson Auer	CF	26.269			Announced retirement
Gerardo Reyes	2B	21.163			Released by Braves
Cody Bartlett	SS-2B	23.363			Released by Blue Jays
Scott Patterson	P	33.030	Seattle Mariners	Tacoma (AAA)	DL-7 Injured

Vis Team	R	Home Team	R	Box	Winning Pitcher	Losing Pitcher	Save Pitcher
Texas Rangers	1	Los Angeles Angels	6	Box	Jered Weaver	Derek Holland	(none)
Toronto Blue Jays	6	Boston Red Sox	1	Box	Aaron Laffey	Josh Beckett	(none)
Baltimore Orioles	10	Cleveland Indians	2	Box	Miguel Gonzalez	Derek Lowe	(none)
Chicago White Sox	2	Detroit Tigers	4	Box	Justin Verlander	Jake Peavy	Jose Valverde
Minnesota Twins	2	Kansas City Royals	1	Box	Casey Fien	Jonathan Broxton	Glen Perkins
New York Yankees	2	Oakland Athletics	3	Box	Ryan Cook	Cody Eppley	(none)
Seattle Mariners	3	Tampa Bay Rays	4	Box	Jake McGee	Tom Wilhelmsen	(none)
Houston Astros	8	Arizona Diamondbacks	13	Box	Trevor Cahill	Bud Norris	(none)
Milwaukee Brewers	1	Cincinnati Reds	3	Box	Homer Bailey	Marco Estrada	Aroldis Chapman
Los Angeles Dodgers	7	New York Mets	6	Box	Aaron Harang	Johan Santana	Kenley Jansen
San Francisco Giants	7	Philadelphia Phillies	2	Box	Tim Lincecum	Vance Worley	(none)
Miami Marlins	3	Pittsburgh Pirates	4	Box	Kevin Correia	Ricky Nolasco	Joel Hanrahan
Colorado Rockies	5	San Diego Padres	9	Box	Jason Marquis	Drew Pomeranz	(none)
Chicago Cubs	1	St. Louis Cardinals	4	Box	Kyle Lohse	Ryan Dempster	Jason Motte
Atlanta Braves	11	Washington Nationals	10	Box	Eric O'Flaherty	Tom Gorzelanny	Chad Durbin

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