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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	115	66	49	.574	--	489	443	46	31-25	35-24	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Buck Showalter	Dan Duquette	Oriole Park at Camden Yards	47	30	17	.638
2	7	13	New York Yankees	115	61	54	.530	5.0	467	486	-19	29-27	32-27	W3	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Joe Girardi	Brian Cashman	Yankee Stadium II	47	23	24	.489
3	8	14	Toronto Blue Jays	117	61	56	.521	6.0	529	502	27	31-26	30-30	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D	John Gibbons	Alex Anthopoulos	Rogers Centre	45	22	23	.489
4	10	18	Tampa Bay Rays	115	56	59	.487	10.0	452	452	0	27-32	29-27	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Joe Maddon	Andrew Friedman	Tropicana Field	47	21	26	.447
5	13	25	Boston Red Sox	115	51	64	.443	15.0	437	495	-58	27-31	24-33	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	John Farrell	Ben Cherington	Fenway Park	47	20	27	.426
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	5	Detroit Tigers	113	63	50	.558	--	521	475	46	30-27	33-23	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Brad Ausmus	Dave Dombrowski	Comerica Park	49	27	22	.551
2	5	9	Kansas City Royals	114	61	53	.535	2.5	460	443	17	28-27	33-26	W5	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Ned Yost	Dayton Moore	Kauffman Stadium	48	28	20	.583
3	9	17	Cleveland Indians	116	57	59	.491	7.5	515	512	3	34-22	23-37	L4	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Terry Francona	Chris Antonetti	Progressive Field	46	28	18	.609
4	11	21	Chicago White Sox	117	55	62	.470	10.0	503	557	-54	29-28	26-34	L4	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Robin Ventura	Rick Hahn	U.S. Cellular Field	45	18	27	.400
5	12	24	Minnesota Twins	114	51	63	.447	12.5	479	514	-35	25-30	26-33	L3	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Ron Gardenhire	Terry Ryan	Target Field	48	19	29	.396
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	115	71	44	.617	--	563	395	168	39-20	32-24	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Bob Melvin	Billy Beane	Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum	47	17	30	.362
2	2	2	Los Angeles Angels	115	67	48	.583	4.0	545	464	81	38-22	29-26	L4	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Mike Scioscia	Jerry Dipoto	Angel Stadium of Anaheim	47	31	16	.660
3	6	12	Seattle Mariners	115	61	54	.530	10.0	449	376	73	30-31	31-23	W4	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Lloyd McClendon	Jack Zduriencik	Safeco Field	47	26	21	.553
4	14	28	Houston Astros	116	48	68	.414	23.5	454	549	-95	27-33	21-35	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Bo Porter	Jeff Luhnow	Minute Maid Park	46	22	24	.478
5	15	29	Texas Rangers	115	45	70	.391	26.0	467	582	-115	21-33	24-37	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Ron Washington	Jon Daniels	Globe Life Park in Arlington	47	22	25	.468
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	3	7	Washington Nationals	114	62	52	.544	--	480	402	78	34-24	28-28	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Matt Williams	Michael Rizzo	Nationals Park	48	34	14	.708
2	7	15	Atlanta Braves	115	59	56	.513	3.5	433	429	4	32-24	27-32	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Brian Snitker	Frank Wren	Turner Field	47	20	27	.426
3	9	19	Miami Marlins	115	56	59	.487	6.5	463	494	-31	31-28	25-31	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Mike Redmond	Dan Jennings	Marlins Park	47	21	26	.447
4	10	20	New York Mets	116	55	61	.474	8.0	446	446	0	28-27	27-34	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Terry Collins	Sandy Alderson	Citi field	46	24	22	.522
5	12	23	Philadelphia Phillies	116	52	64	.448	11.0	450	518	-68	25-34	27-30	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Ryne Sandberg	Ruben Amaro	Citizens Bank Park	46	21	25	.457
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	6	Milwaukee Brewers	116	64	52	.552	--	507	472	35	33-27	31-25	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Ron Roenicke	Douglas Melvin	Miller Park	46	18	28	.391
2	4	8	Pittsburgh Pirates	115	62	53	.539	1.5	487	471	16	37-22	25-31	W3	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Clint Hurdle	Neal Huntington	PNC Park	47	26	21	.553
3	5	10	St. Louis Cardinals	114	61	53	.535	2.0	420	425	-5	33-25	28-28	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Mike Matheny	John Mozeliak	Busch Stadium III	48	29	19	.604
4	8	16	Cincinnati Reds	116	59	57	.509	5.0	440	414	26	31-26	28-31	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Walt Jocketty	Great American Ballpark	46	17	29	.370
5	14	27	Chicago Cubs	114	49	65	.430	14.0	448	492	-44	25-28	24-37	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Rick Renteria	Jed Hoyer	Wrigley Field	48	24	24	.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	4	Los Angeles Dodgers	116	66	50	.569	--	481	428	53	30-27	36-23	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Don Mattingly	Ned Colletti	Dodger Stadium	46	28	18	.609
2	6	11	San Francisco Giants	116	62	54	.534	4.0	452	421	31	29-30	33-24	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Bruce Bochy	Brian Sabean	AT&T Park	46	26	20	.565
3	11	22	San Diego Padres	113	51	62	.451	13.5	361	386	-25	30-27	21-35	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Bud Black	AJ Preller	Petco Park	49	26	23	.531
4	13	26	Arizona Diamondbacks	116	50	66	.431	16.0	459	550	-91	24-38	26-28	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Kirk Gibson	Kevin Towers	Chase Field	46	14	32	.304
5	15	30	Colorado Rockies	115	45	70	.391	20.5	536	600	-64	28-30	17-40	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Walt Weiss	Daniel O'Dowd	Coors Field	47	21	26	.447

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Player Name	Pos	Age	Organization	Actual Team	Transaction Notes
Steven Tolleson	SS	30.281	Toronto Blue Jays	Toronto Blue Jays (MLB)	Reinstated from Paternity Leave list
Anthony DeSclafani	P	24.112	Miami Marlins	Miami Marlins (MLB)	Recalled from New Orleans (AAA)
Ed Lucas	3b	32.079	Miami Marlins	Miami Marlins (MLB)	Recalled from New Orleans (AAA)
Edgar Olmos	RP	24.118	Miami Marlins	Miami Marlins (MLB)	Recalled from New Orleans (AAA)
Dan Jennings	RP	27.113	Miami Marlins	Miami Marlins (MLB)	DL-7 Concussion
Matt Daley	P	32.046	New York Yankees	New York Yankees (MLB)	Designated for Assignment
Bryan Mitchell	P	23.111	New York Yankees	New York Yankees (MLB)	Recalled from Scranton/Wilkes-Barre (AAA)
Ryan Kalish	lf	26.133	Chicago Cubs	Chicago Cubs (MLB)	Designated for Assignment
Nick Greenwood	P	26.315	St. Louis Cardinals	St. Louis Cardinals (MLB)	Recalled from Memphis (AAA)
Jason Motte	CL	32.047	St. Louis Cardinals	St. Louis Cardinals (MLB)	DL-15 Lower back sprain
Andrew Chafin	P	24.052	Arizona Diamondbacks	Arizona Diamondbacks (MLB)	Contract purchased from minors
Xavier Paul	lf	29.164	Arizona Diamondbacks	Arizona Diamondbacks (MLB)	Contract purchased from minors
Mike Clevinger	P	23.230	Cleveland Indians	Cleveland Indians (MLB)	Traded from Angels to Indians for Vinnie Pestano
Tyler Bremer	P	24.244	Miami Marlins	Miami Marlins (MLB)	Traded from Cubs with Jose Arias to Marlins for Jacob Turner
Jose Arias	P	23.203	Miami Marlins	Miami Marlins (MLB)	Traded from Cubs with Tyler Bremer to Marlins for Jacob Turner
Lucas Luetge	RP	27.165	Seattle Mariners	Seattle Mariners (MLB)	Recalled from Tacoma (AAA)
Geovany Soto	c	31.200	Texas Rangers	Texas Rangers (MLB)	Activated from DL
Jerome Williams	RP	32.247	Texas Rangers	Texas Rangers (MLB)	Designated for Assignment
Josh Beckett	SP	34.085	Los Angeles Dodgers	Los Angeles Dodgers (MLB)	DL-15 Left hip impingement
Jacob Turner	SP	23.079	Chicago Cubs	Chicago Cubs (MLB)	Traded from Marlins to Cubs for Tyler Bremer and Jose Arias
Ernesto Frieri	RP	29.020	Pittsburgh Pirates	Pittsburgh Pirates (MLB)	Designated for Assignment
Matt Duffy	3B	23.205	San Francisco Giants	San Francisco Giants (MLB)	Recalled from Richmond (AA)
Nick Ahmed	SS	24.146	Arizona Diamondbacks	Reno (AAA)	Assigned to Reno (AAA)
Sam Alvis	OF	22.058	Miami Marlins	Jupiter (A+)	Assigned to Jupiter (A+)
Cody Anderson	P	23.328	Cleveland Indians	Akron (AA)	Activated from disabled list
Matt Anderson	P	22.264	Seattle Mariners	High Desert (A+)	Activated from disabled list
Christian Bergman	P	26.096	Colorado Rockies	Colorado Springs (AAA)	Assigned to Colorado Springs (AAA) for rehab
Andrew Brockett	P	22.034	Kansas City Royals	Lexington (A)	Assigned to Lexington (A)
David Carpenter	P	26.342	Los Angeles Angels	Salt Lake (AAA)	Assigned to Salt Lake (AAA)
Alexi Casilla	2b	30.019	Baltimore Orioles	Aberdeen (A-)	Activated from disabled list
Alex Claudio	P	22.190	Texas Rangers	Round Rock (AAA)	Assigned to Round Rock (AAA)
Michael Cuddyer	rf	35.134	Colorado Rockies	Grand Junction (Rk)	Assigned to Grand Junction (Rk) for rehab
L.B. Dantzler	IF	23.078	Toronto Blue Jays	Dunedin (A+)	Activated from disabled list
Logan Darnell	P	25.187	Minnesota Twins	Rochester (AAA)	Assigned to Rochester (AAA)
Matt Den Dekker	CF	26.364	New York Mets	Las Vegas (AAA)	Assigned to Las Vegas (AAA)
Nathan Desouza	OF	20.026	Toronto Blue Jays	Gulf Coast Blue Jays (Rk)	Assigned to Gulf Coast Blue Jays (Rk)
Roenis Elias	P	26.007	Seattle Mariners	Tacoma (AAA)	Assigned to Tacoma (AAA)
Andrew Florides	SS	19.198	Toronto Blue Jays	Gulf Coast Blue Jays (Rk)	Assigned to Gulf Coast Blue Jays (Rk)
Dexter Fowler	cf	28.139	Houston Astros	Oklahoma City (AAA)	Assigned to Oklahoma City (AAA) for rehab
Anthony Giansanti	RF	25.314	Chicago Cubs	Tennessee (AA)	Activated from disabled list
Bradin Hagens	P	25.088	Arizona Diamondbacks	Reno (AAA)	Assigned to Reno (AAA)
Enrique Hernandez	LF	22.350	Miami Marlins	New Orleans (AAA)	Assigned to New Orleans (AAA)
Nick Hill	P	29.190	Seattle Mariners	Jackson (AA)	Assigned to Jackson (AA)
Matt Hoffman	P	25.263	Philadelphia Phillies	Lehigh Valley (AAA)	Assigned to Lehigh Valley (AAA)
Jim Johnson	RP	31.042	Detroit Tigers	Toledo (AAA)	Assigned to Toledo (AAA)
Roger Kieschnick	lf	27.199	Arizona Diamondbacks	Reno (AAA)	Assigned to Reno (AAA)
Branden Kline	P	22.314	Baltimore Orioles	Aberdeen (A-)	Assigned to Aberdeen (A-)
Zach Larson	OF	20.304	Minnesota Twins	Gulf Coast Twins (Rk)	Activated from disabled list
Ryan Lipkin	C	26.305	Oakland Athletics	Stockton (A+)	Activated from disabled list
B.J. Lopez	C	19.313	Arizona Diamondbacks	South Bend (A)	Assigned to South Bend (A)
Zach Marberry	C	23.188	Tampa Bay Rays	Hudson Valley (A-)	Assigned to Hudson Valley (A-)
Dustin Martin	RF	30.126	Arizona Diamondbacks	Mobile (AA)	Assigned to Mobile (AA)
Duncan McAlpine	C-P	23.120	Detroit Tigers	Gulf Coast Tigers (East) (Rk)	Assigned to Gulf Coast Tigers (Rk)
Casey McCarthy	P	24.117	Miami Marlins	New Orleans (AAA)	Assigned to New Orleans (AAA)
Yohander Mendez	P	19.203	Texas Rangers	Arizona Rangers (Rk)	Activated from disabled list
Melky Mesa	rf	27.189	Toronto Blue Jays	New Hampshire (AA)	Assigned to New Hampshire (AA)
Sam Moll	P	22.218	Colorado Rockies	Tri-City (A-)	Assigned to Tri-City (A-)
Frankie Montas	P	21.140	Chicago White Sox	Arizona White Sox (Rk)	Activated from disabled list
Toru Murata	P	29.080	Cleveland Indians	Columbus (AAA)	Assigned to Columbus (AAA)
Ramon Oviedo	P	24.015	Miami Marlins	Batavia (A-)	Assigned to Batavia (A-)
Vinnie Pestano	RP	29.169	Los Angeles Angels	Salt Lake (AAA)	Traded from Indians to Angels for Michael Clevinger
Tim Peterson	P	23.167	New York Mets	St. Lucie (A+)	Activated from disabled list
AJ Pollock	cf	26.247	Arizona Diamondbacks	Reno (AAA)	Assigned to Reno (AAA) for rehab
Rob Rasmussen	P	25.128	Toronto Blue Jays	Buffalo (AAA)	Assigned to Buffalo (AAA)
Andre Rienzo	SP	26.064	Chicago White Sox	Charlotte (AAA)	Assigned to Charlotte (AAA)
CJ Robinson	P	21.089	Miami Marlins	Jupiter (A+)	Assigned to Jupiter (A+)
Brady Rodgers	P	23.325	Houston Astros	Corpus Christi (AA)	Assigned to Corpus Christi (AA)
Michael Roth	RP	24.174	Los Angeles Angels	Arkansas (AA)	Assigned to Arkansas (AA)
John Ruettiger	CF	24.321	Baltimore Orioles	Frederick (A+)	Assigned to Frederick (A+)
Cam Stewart	P	19.333	San Diego Padres	Arizona Padres (Rk)	Assigned to Arizona Padres (Rk)
Matthew Taylor	P	23.129	Baltimore Orioles	Frederick (A+)	Activated from disabled list
Jose Valdez	P	31.198	Boston Red Sox	Lowell (A-)	Assigned to Lowell (A-)
Josh Wall	RP	27.199	Pittsburgh Pirates	Indianapolis (AAA)	Assigned to Indianapolis (AAA)
Justin Wright	P	24.355	St. Louis Cardinals	Springfield (AA)	Activated from disabled list
Pedro Alvarez	3b	27.183	Pittsburgh Pirates	Pittsburgh Pirates (MLB)	Reinstated from Bereavement list
Zach Putnam	RP	27.036	Chicago White Sox	Chicago White Sox (MLB)	Activated from DL
Jeremy Hefner	SP	28.150	New York Mets	St. Lucie (A+)	DL-7 Injured
Jonathan Herrera	2b	29.278	Boston Red Sox	Pawtucket (AAA)	DL-7 Injured
Pedro Feliciano	RP	37.348			Released by Cardinals
Ryan Roberts	2b	33.323	Boston Red Sox	Pawtucket (AAA)	DL-7 Injured
Warner Madrigal	P	30.140			Released by Nationals
Jason Gurka	P	26.211	Baltimore Orioles	Bowie (AA)	DL-7 Injured
Jose Toussen	SS-2B	24.268	New York Yankees	Trenton (AA)	DL-7 Injured
Mikey O'Brien	P	24.158	Cincinnati Reds	Louisville (AAA)	DL-7 Injured
Sammie Starr	2B-SS	26.069	Baltimore Orioles	Bowie (AA)	DL-7 Injured
Jack Snodgrass	P	26.242	San Francisco Giants	Richmond (AA)	DL-7 Injured
Michael Burgess	RF	25.292	Baltimore Orioles	Bowie (AA)	DL-7 Injured
Garrett Hughes	p	22.347	San Francisco Giants	San Jose (A+)	DL-7 Injured
Griffin Murphy	P	23.204	Toronto Blue Jays	Dunedin (A+)	DL-7 Injured
Matt Pare	1B	23.264	San Francisco Giants	San Jose (A+)	DL-7 Injured
Robby Rowland	P	22.237			Released by Pirates
Santiago Nessy	C	21.243	Toronto Blue Jays	Dunedin (A+)	DL-7 Injured
Ben Eckels	P	20.193	Arizona Diamondbacks	Hillsboro (A-)	DL-7 Injured
Dylan Davis	OF	21.019	San Francisco Giants	Salem-Keizer (A-)	Assigned to Salem-Keizer (A-)
Henry Garcia	1B	20.321	Colorado Rockies	Grand Junction (Rk)	Assigned to Grand Junction (Rk)
Horelbin Ramos	P	20.206	Pittsburgh Pirates	Gulf Coast Pirates (Rk)	Assigned to GCL Pirates (Rk)
J.T. Autrey	P	22.088	Toronto Blue Jays	Bluefield (Rk)	Assigned to Bluefield (Rk)
Joshua Morgan	SS	18.266	Texas Rangers	Spokane (A-)	Assigned to Spokane (A-)
Nyjer Morgan	CF	34.037	-		Cleared Waivers and Became a Free Agent
Spencer Hermann	P	21.002	Seattle Mariners	High Desert (A+)	Assigned to High Desert (A+)
Onas Farfan	P	21.046	Minnesota Twins	Gulf Coast Twins (Rk)	DL-60 Injured
Byron Murray	OF	19.013	San Francisco Giants	Arizona Giants (Rk)	Signed out of draft (Florida HS)
Cory Rhodes	P	22.344	Pittsburgh Pirates	Jamestown (A-)	Signed as undrafted free agent (King)

Vis Team	R	Home Team	R	Box	Winning Pitcher	Losing Pitcher	Save Pitcher
Boston Red Sox	4	Los Angeles Angels	2	Box	Allen Webster	Jered Weaver	Koji Uehara
St. Louis Cardinals	2	Baltimore Orioles	12	Box	Chris Tillman	Justin Masterson	(none)
Texas Rangers	3	Houston Astros	4	Box	Jose Veras	Neal Cotts	Chad Qualls
San Francisco Giants	2	Kansas City Royals	4	Box	Jason Frasor	Madison Bumgarner	Greg Holland
Cleveland Indians	6	New York Yankees	10	Box	Esmil Rogers	Trevor Bauer	(none)
Minnesota Twins	5	Oakland Athletics	6	Box	Scott Kazmir	Kyle Gibson	Sean Doolittle
Chicago White Sox	1	Seattle Mariners	4	Box	Hisashi Iwakuma	Jose Quintana	Fernando Rodney
Detroit Tigers	5	Toronto Blue Jays	4	Box	Al Alburquerque	Casey Janssen	Joe Nathan
Colorado Rockies	3	Arizona Diamondbacks	5	Box	Chase Anderson	Tyler Matzek	(none)
Washington Nationals	6	Atlanta Braves	7	Box	Ervin Santana	Stephen Strasburg	Craig Kimbrel
Tampa Bay Rays	4	Chicago Cubs	3	Box	Brad Boxberger	Hector Rondon	(none)
Miami Marlins	2	Cincinnati Reds	1	Box	Nathan Eovaldi	Mike Leake	Steve Cishek
Los Angeles Dodgers	3	Milwaukee Brewers	9	Box	Jeremy Jeffress	Brandon League	(none)
New York Mets	5	Philadelphia Phillies	4	Box	Bartolo Colon	A.J. Burnett	Jenrry Mejia
San Diego Padres	1	Pittsburgh Pirates	2	Box	Vance Worley	Ian Kennedy	Mark Melancon

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