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Standings as of 2014-08-20

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	125	73	52	.584	--	540	475	65	34-26	39-26	W4	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Buck Showalter	Dan Duquette	Oriole Park at Camden Yards	37	23	14	.622
2	8	15	Toronto Blue Jays	127	65	62	.512	9.0	568	560	8	33-26	32-36	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	John Gibbons	Alex Anthopoulos	Rogers Centre	35	18	17	.514
3	9	16	New York Yankees	124	63	61	.508	9.5	487	530	-43	29-31	34-30	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Joe Girardi	Brian Cashman	Yankee Stadium II	38	21	17	.553
4	10	18	Tampa Bay Rays	126	61	65	.484	12.5	498	483	15	28-36	33-29	L4	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Joe Maddon	Andrew Friedman	Tropicana Field	36	16	20	.444
5	12	23	Boston Red Sox	126	56	70	.444	17.5	483	547	-64	29-36	27-34	L4	T S R Log Off Def SP D	John Farrell	Ben Cherington	Fenway Park	36	15	21	.417
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	126	70	56	.556	--	522	491	31	33-28	37-28	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Ned Yost	Dayton Moore	Kauffman Stadium	36	19	17	.528
2	5	8	Detroit Tigers	124	68	56	.548	1.0	570	528	42	33-29	35-27	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Brad Ausmus	Dave Dombrowski	Comerica Park	38	22	16	.579
3	7	13	Cleveland Indians	125	64	61	.512	5.5	546	526	20	37-24	27-37	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Terry Francona	Chris Antonetti	Progressive Field	37	21	16	.568
4	11	22	Chicago White Sox	127	59	68	.465	11.5	538	604	-66	31-32	28-36	L3	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Robin Ventura	Rick Hahn	U.S. Cellular Field	35	14	21	.400
5	13	25	Minnesota Twins	125	55	70	.440	14.5	524	574	-50	26-35	29-35	L4	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Ron Gardenhire	Terry Ryan	Target Field	37	15	22	.405
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	125	75	50	.600	--	590	495	95	41-23	34-27	W3	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Mike Scioscia	Jerry Dipoto	Angel Stadium of Anaheim	37	23	14	.622
2	2	2	Oakland Athletics	126	74	52	.587	1.5	608	446	162	41-22	33-30	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Bob Melvin	Billy Beane	Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum	36	14	22	.389
3	6	10	Seattle Mariners	126	68	58	.540	7.5	499	401	98	34-32	34-26	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Lloyd McClendon	Jack Zduriencik	Safeco Field	36	19	17	.528
4	14	27	Houston Astros	127	54	73	.425	22.0	513	598	-85	29-36	25-37	W3	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Bo Porter	Jeff Luhnow	Minute Maid Park	35	16	19	.457
5	15	30	Texas Rangers	126	49	77	.389	26.5	502	637	-135	23-38	26-39	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Ron Washington	Jon Daniels	Globe Life Park in Arlington	36	18	18	.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	125	72	53	.576	--	530	429	101	40-24	32-29	W9	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Matt Williams	Michael Rizzo	Nationals Park	37	24	13	.649
2	6	12	Atlanta Braves	127	66	61	.520	7.0	483	469	14	37-28	29-33	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Brian Snitker	Frank Wren	Turner Field	35	13	22	.371
3	8	17	Miami Marlins	126	63	63	.500	9.5	507	533	-26	37-31	26-32	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Mike Redmond	Dan Jennings	Marlins Park	36	14	22	.389
4	10	20	New York Mets	128	60	68	.469	13.5	485	493	-8	30-32	30-36	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Terry Collins	Sandy Alderson	Citi field	34	19	15	.559
5	12	24	Philadelphia Phillies	127	56	71	.441	17.0	488	565	-77	28-37	28-34	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Ryne Sandberg	Ruben Amaro	Citizens Bank Park	35	17	18	.486
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	127	71	56	.559	--	550	505	45	35-29	36-27	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Ron Roenicke	Douglas Melvin	Miller Park	35	11	24	.314
2	4	9	St. Louis Cardinals	126	69	57	.548	1.5	479	481	-2	39-26	30-31	W4	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Mike Matheny	John Mozeliak	Busch Stadium III	36	21	15	.583
3	7	14	Pittsburgh Pirates	127	65	62	.512	6.0	532	537	-5	40-26	25-36	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Clint Hurdle	Neal Huntington	PNC Park	35	23	12	.657
4	9	19	Cincinnati Reds	127	61	66	.480	10.0	488	475	13	32-29	29-37	L5	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Walt Jocketty	Great American Ballpark	35	15	20	.429
5	13	26	Chicago Cubs	126	55	71	.437	15.5	477	529	-52	29-32	26-39	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Rick Renteria	Jed Hoyer	Wrigley Field	36	18	18	.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	3	6	Los Angeles Dodgers	127	71	56	.559	--	521	470	51	31-31	40-25	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Don Mattingly	Ned Colletti	Dodger Stadium	35	23	12	.657
2	5	11	San Francisco Giants	125	66	59	.528	4.0	487	454	33	32-32	34-27	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Bruce Bochy	Brian Sabean	AT&T Park	37	22	15	.595
3	11	21	San Diego Padres	124	58	66	.468	11.5	414	425	-11	33-27	25-39	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Bud Black	AJ Preller	Petco Park	38	19	19	.500
4	14	28	Arizona Diamondbacks	127	53	74	.417	18.0	497	597	-100	25-39	28-35	L5	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Kirk Gibson	Kevin Towers	Chase Field	35	11	24	.314
5	15	29	Colorado Rockies	126	50	76	.397	20.5	590	659	-69	32-32	18-44	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Walt Weiss	Daniel O'Dowd	Coors Field	36	16	20	.444

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Player Name	Pos	Age	Organization	Actual Team	Transaction Notes
David Ross	c	37.154	Boston Red Sox	Boston Red Sox (MLB)	Activated from DL
Gerrit Cole	SP	23.346	Pittsburgh Pirates	Pittsburgh Pirates (MLB)	Activated from DL
Wil Myers	rf	23.253	Tampa Bay Rays	Tampa Bay Rays (MLB)	Activated from DL
Jerry Sands	LF-1B	26.327	Tampa Bay Rays	Tampa Bay Rays (MLB)	Transferred to 60-day DL
Alex Hassan	LF	26.141	Boston Red Sox	Boston Red Sox (MLB)	Recalled from Pawtucket (AAA)
Bobby LaFromboise	RP	28.056	San Diego Padres	San Diego Padres (MLB)	Designated for Assignment
Cameron Maybin	cf	27.138	San Diego Padres	San Diego Padres (MLB)	Reinstated from suspension
Andrew Ferreira	P	23.302	Minnesota Twins	Minnesota Twins (MLB)	Assignment unknown
Zach Albin	P	21.067	Baltimore Orioles	Aberdeen (A-)	Assigned to Aberdeen (A-)
Juan Marte	P	23.356	New York Mets	Gulf Coast Mets (Rk)	Assigned to GCL Mets (Rk)
Junior Arias	3B	22.224	Cincinnati Reds	Bakersfield (A+)	Assigned to Bakersfield (A+)
Jamal Austin	CF	23.359	Seattle Mariners	High Desert (A+)	Reinstated to active roster
Vince Belnome	2B-1B	26.162	Tampa Bay Rays	Durham (AAA)	Assigned to Durham (AAA)
Steven Baron	C	23.256	Seattle Mariners	Jackson (AA)	DL-7 Injured
Christian Bethancourt	C	22.353	Atlanta Braves	Gwinnett (AAA)	DL-7 Injured
Bobby Bundy	P	24.219	Baltimore Orioles	Aberdeen (A-)	Assigned to Aberdeen (A-)
Michael Burke	P	21.358	Baltimore Orioles	Aberdeen (A-)	Assigned to Aberdeen (A-)
Daniel Butler	C	27.307	Boston Red Sox	Pawtucket (AAA)	Assigned to Pawtucket (AAA)
Ben Brewster	P	22.280	Chicago White Sox	Winston-Salem (A+)	DL-7 Injured
Jesse Beal	P	24.039	Baltimore Orioles	Frederick (A+)	DL-7 Injured
Matt Curry	1B	26.024	Pittsburgh Pirates	Altoona (AA)	Activated from disabled list
Tripp Davis	P	23.189	Kansas City Royals	Northwest Arkansas (AA)	Assigned to Northwest Arkansas (AA)
Brett Eibner	CF	25.261	Kansas City Royals	Wilmington (A+)	Activated from disabled list
Griff Erickson	C	26.162	Los Angeles Dodgers	Albuquerque (AAA)	Activated from disabled list
Thairo Estrada		18.180	New York Yankees	Gulf Coast Yankees (Rk)	Assigned to Gulf Coast Yankees (Rk)
Yohan Flande	P	28.205	Colorado Rockies	Colorado Springs (AAA)	Assigned to Colorado Springs (AAA)
Billy Fleming	2B	21.334	New York Yankees	Staten Island (A-)	Assigned to Staten Island (A-)
Nick Gallego	SS	25.234	San Diego Padres	Lake Elsinore (A+)	Assigned to Lake Elsinore (A+)
Joe Gardner	P	26.155	Atlanta Braves	Mississippi (AA)	Signed to Minor League Contract (From Indy)
Felipe Gonzalez	P	23.005	Pittsburgh Pirates	Bradenton (A+)	Assigned to Bradenton (A+)
Kai Gronauer	C	27.265	New York Mets	Las Vegas (AAA)	Activated from disabled list
Matt Hague	3B-1B	29.000	Toronto Blue Jays	Buffalo (AAA)	Assigned to Buffalo (AAA)
Michael Joseph	P	23.342	Baltimore Orioles	Gulf Coast Orioles (Rk)	Activated from disabled list
Wade Kirkland	SS-3B	25.138	Oakland Athletics	Stockton (A+)	Assigned to Stockton (A+)
Branden Kline	P	22.326	Baltimore Orioles	Bowie (AA)	Assigned to Bowie (AA)
Tyler Ladendorf	2B-SS	26.166	Oakland Athletics	Sacramento (AAA)	Reinstated to active roster
Blake Logan	P	22.221	Miami Marlins	Jacksonville (AA)	Assigned to Jacksonville (AA)
Adam Lopez	P	24.180	Chicago White Sox	Winston-Salem (A+)	Assigned to Winston-Salem (A+)
Alfredo Lopez	2B	24.317	Miami Marlins	Jacksonville (AA)	Reinstated to active roster
Joseph Maher	P	22.015	New York Yankees	Charleston (sc) (A)	Assigned to Charleston (Sc) (A)
Terance Marin	P	24.364	Chicago White Sox	Birmingham (AA)	Assigned to Birmingham (AA)
Nick Maronde	RP	24.349	Cleveland Indians	Akron (AA)	Assigned to Akron (AA)
Danny Mars	OF	20.210	Boston Red Sox	Greenville (A)	Assigned to Greenville (A)
Blake McFarland	P	26.200	Toronto Blue Jays	New Hampshire (AA)	Activated from disabled list
Zeke McGranahan	P	23.229	Baltimore Orioles	Aberdeen (A-)	Assigned to Aberdeen (A-)
Sam Moll	P	22.230	Colorado Rockies	Asheville (A)	Assigned to Asheville (A)
Austin Muehring	P	23.094	Cincinnati Reds	Arizona Reds (Rk)	Assigned to Arizona Reds (Rk)
Mitch Nay	3B	20.334	Toronto Blue Jays	Dunedin (A+)	Assigned to Dunedin (A+)
Yoanner Negrin	P	30.113	Chicago Cubs	Iowa (AAA)	Assigned to Iowa (AAA)
Matt Nevarez	P	27.175	Pittsburgh Pirates	Altoona (AA)	Assigned to Altoona (AA)
Kyler Newby	P	29.179	Los Angeles Angels	Salt Lake (AAA)	Assigned to Salt Lake (AAA)
Ben Paulsen	1B	26.298	Colorado Rockies	Colorado Springs (AAA)	Assigned to Colorado Springs (AAA)
Jose Pena		23.151	New York Yankees	Gulf Coast Yankees (Rk)	Assigned to Gulf Coast Yankees (Rk)
Jace Peterson	SS	24.103	San Diego Padres	El Paso (AAA)	Assigned to El Paso (AAA)
Dalton Pompey	CF	21.252	Toronto Blue Jays	Buffalo (AAA)	Assigned to Buffalo (AAA)
Mike Rayl	P	25.292	Cleveland Indians	Arizona Indians (Rk)	Assigned to Arizona Indians (Rk)
Alfredo Reyes	SS	20.320	New York Mets	Brooklyn (A-)	Assigned to Brooklyn (A-)
Antoan Richardson	CF	30.317	New York Yankees	Scranton/Wilkes-Barre (AAA)	Reinstated to active roster
Adrian Rivero	P	23.082	Los Angeles Dodgers	Ogden (Rk)	Assigned to Ogden (Rk)
Jose Rodriguez	2B	21.336	Kansas City Royals	Lexington (A)	Activated from disabled list
Robbie Ross	RP	25.057	Texas Rangers	Round Rock (AAA)	Assigned to Round Rock (AAA)
Lance Rymel	C	24.110	Chicago Cubs	Iowa (AAA)	Activated from disabled list
Allen Scott	P	23.295	Miami Marlins	Jupiter (A+)	Assigned to Jupiter (A+)
Luis Sierra	C	27.028	Chicago White Sox	Charlotte (AAA)	Assigned to Charlotte (AAA)
DJ Snelten	P	22.083	San Francisco Giants	Salem-Keizer (A-)	Assigned to Salem-Keizer (A-)
Jake Stinnett	P	22.117	Chicago Cubs	Boise (A-)	Assigned to Boise (A-)
Dickie Thon	SS	22.278	Toronto Blue Jays	Lansing (A)	Activated from disabled list
Sebastian Valle	C	24.027	Philadelphia Phillies	Lehigh Valley (AAA)	Assigned to Lehigh Valley (AAA)
AJ Vanegas	P	22.004	Los Angeles Dodgers	Great Lakes (A)	Assigned to Great Lakes (A)
Alex Wilson	P	23.139	Atlanta Braves	Lynchburg (A+)	Activated from disabled list
Rob Wort	P	25.194	Arizona Diamondbacks	Hillsboro (A-)	Assigned to Hillsboro (A-)
Steven Wright	SP	29.355	Boston Red Sox	Pawtucket (AAA)	Assigned to Pawtucket (AAA)
Kyle Zimmer	P	22.342	Kansas City Royals	Idaho Falls (Rk)	Assigned to Idaho Falls (Rk)
Brett Marshall	RP	24.151	Cincinnati Reds	Louisville (AAA)	Placed on temporary inactive list
Mickey Storey	RP	28.157			Released by Blue Jays
Alfredo Silverio	CF-LF	27.106	Miami Marlins	Jupiter (A+)	DL-7 Injured
Anderson De La Rosa	C	30.019	Los Angeles Angels	Arkansas (AA)	DL-7 Injured
Darin Gorski	P	26.319	New York Mets	Las Vegas (AAA)	DL-7 Injured
Jeff Howell	C	31.141	Washington Nationals	Syracuse (AAA)	DL-7 Injured
Pat Dean	P	25.087	Minnesota Twins	New Britain (AA)	DL-7 Injured
Ryan Dennick	P	27.222	Cincinnati Reds	Louisville (AAA)	Placed on temporary inactive list
Scott McGregor	P	27.244	Washington Nationals	Syracuse (AAA)	Placed on temporary inactive list
Andrew Triggs	P	25.157	Kansas City Royals	Northwest Arkansas (AA)	DL-7 Injured
Christopher Thomas	P	26.157	St. Louis Cardinals	Springfield (AA)	DL-7 Injured
Gary Sanchez	C	21.261	New York Yankees	Trenton (AA)	Placed on temporary inactive list
Jose Peraza	SS	20.112	Atlanta Braves	Mississippi (AA)	DL-7 Injured
Kyle Crick	P	21.263	San Francisco Giants	Richmond (AA)	DL-7 Injured
Matt Williams	SS	24.356	St. Louis Cardinals	Springfield (AA)	Placed on temporary inactive list
Mike Kvasnicka	3B	25.256	Minnesota Twins	New Britain (AA)	DL-7 Injured
Pat Ludwig	P	24.313	Pittsburgh Pirates	Bradenton (A+)	DL-7 Injured
Sharif Othman	C	25.150	Miami Marlins	Jupiter (A+)	DL-7 Injured
Chris Garia	OF	21.247	Texas Rangers	Myrtle Beach (A+)	DL-7 Injured
David Hurlbut	P	24.269	Minnesota Twins	Gulf Coast Twins (Rk)	DL-7 Injured
Pedro Perez	C	23.104	Baltimore Orioles	Frederick (A+)	DL-7 Injured
Chris Diaz	P	21.088	Atlanta Braves	Rome (A)	DL-7 Injured
Gerald Chin	2B	21.083	Atlanta Braves	Rome (A)	DL-7 Injured
Joey Webb	P	23.327	Washington Nationals	Hagerstown (A)	DL-7 Injured
Ty Young	SS-2B	22.034	Tampa Bay Rays	Bowling Green (A)	DL-7 Injured
Tyler Brosius	P	22.226	Atlanta Braves	Rome (A)	DL-7 Injured
Vaughn Bryan	CF	21.076	St. Louis Cardinals	Peoria (A)	DL-7 Injured
Eduardo Jimenez	P	19.138	Detroit Tigers	Gulf Coast Tigers (East) (Rk)	DL-60 Injured
Ariel Hernandez	P	22.171	San Francisco Giants	San Francisco Giants (MLB)	Assignment unknown
Brandon Culbreth	P	22.024	Houston Astros	Houston Astros (MLB)	Assignment unknown
Brent Bonvillain	P	23.314	Kansas City Royals	Kansas City Royals (MLB)	Assignment unknown
Bryan Munoz	P	19.025	Los Angeles Dodgers	Los Angeles Dodgers (MLB)	Assignment unknown
Carlos Gomez	P	22.143	New York Mets	New York Mets (MLB)	Assignment unknown
Chris Rowley	P	24.006	Toronto Blue Jays	Toronto Blue Jays (MLB)	Military leave
Clayton Crum	P	22.217	Tampa Bay Rays	Tampa Bay Rays (MLB)	Assignment unknown
Clinton Hollon	P	19.239	Toronto Blue Jays	Toronto Blue Jays (MLB)	Assignment unknown
Drew Stiner	C	21.349	San Francisco Giants	San Francisco Giants (MLB)	Assignment unknown
Eric Weiss	C-OF	23.308	Los Angeles Angels	Los Angeles Angels (MLB)	Assignment unknown
Franklin Perez	P	20.101	Los Angeles Dodgers	Los Angeles Dodgers (MLB)	Assignment unknown
Igol Feliz	P	21.081	Kansas City Royals	Kansas City Royals (MLB)	DL-60 Injured
Francisco Diaz	C	24.152	Pittsburgh Pirates	West Virginia (A)	Activated from disabled list
Edison Frias	P	23.245	Houston Astros	Quad Cities (A)	DL-7 Injured

Vis Team	R	Home Team	R	Box	Winning Pitcher	Losing Pitcher	Save Pitcher
Los Angeles Angels	8	Boston Red Sox	3	Box	Cory Rasmus	Clay Buchholz	(none)
Baltimore Orioles	4	Chicago White Sox	3	Box	Wei-Yin Chen	Hector Noesi	Zach Britton
Cleveland Indians	5	Minnesota Twins	0	Box	TJ House	Ricky Nolasco	(none)
Houston Astros	5	New York Yankees	2	Box	Scott Feldman	David Huff	Jose Veras
New York Mets	8	Oakland Athletics	5	Box	Zack Wheeler	Jeff Samardzija	Jeurys Familia
Detroit Tigers	6	Tampa Bay Rays	0	Box	Rick Porcello	Jake Odorizzi	(none)
San Francisco Giants	8	Chicago Cubs	3	Box	Jake Peavy	Edwin Jackson	(none)
Kansas City Royals	2	Colorado Rockies	5	Box	Jorge de la Rosa	Danny Duffy	LaTroy Hawkins
San Diego Padres	4	Los Angeles Dodgers	1	Box	Eric Stults	Fausto Carmona	Kevin Quackenbush
Texas Rangers	5	Miami Marlins	4	Box	Nick Martinez	Nathan Eovaldi	Neftali Feliz
Toronto Blue Jays	9	Milwaukee Brewers	5	Box	R.A. Dickey	Jimmy Nelson	(none)
Seattle Mariners	3	Philadelphia Phillies	4	Box	Cole Hamels	James Paxton	Jonathan Papelbon
Atlanta Braves	2	Pittsburgh Pirates	3	Box	Mark Melancon	David Carpenter	(none)
Cincinnati Reds	3	St. Louis Cardinals	7	Box	Lance Lynn	Johnny Cueto	Trevor Rosenthal
Arizona Diamondbacks	2	Washington Nationals	3	Box	Rafael Soriano	Evan Marshall	(none)

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