Baseball on this Date - Tuesday April 21,2015

Standings as of 2015-04-21

Record in remaining games at far right

Rk	Lg	MLB	AL East	GP	W	L	Pct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Home	Away	StrK	2015 Links	Manager	General Manager	Ballpark	GP	W	L	Pct
1	3	7	Boston Red Sox	14	9	5	.643	--	71	65	6	4-3	5-2	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D	John Farrell	Ben Cherington	Fenway Park	148	69	79	.466
4	6	15	Toronto Blue Jays	14	7	7	.500	2.0	83	67	16	3-5	4-2	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	John Gibbons	Alex Anthopoulos	Rogers Centre	148	86	62	.581
3	5	11	New York Yankees	14	7	7	.500	2.0	70	60	10	2-4	5-3	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Joe Girardi	Brian Cashman	Yankee Stadium II	148	80	68	.541
2	7	14	Baltimore Orioles	14	7	7	.500	2.0	68	73	-5	3-3	4-4	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Buck Showalter	Dan Duquette	Oriole Park at Camden Yards	148	74	74	.500
5	9	19	Tampa Bay Rays	14	6	8	.429	3.0	51	64	-13	1-6	5-2	L4	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Kevin Cash	Matt Silverman	Tropicana Field	148	74	74	.500
Rk	Lg	MLB	AL Central	GP	W	L	Pct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Home	Away	StrK	2015 Links	Manager	General Manager	Ballpark	GP	W	L	Pct
2	1	3	Kansas City Royals	14	11	3	.786	--	81	46	35	7-1	4-2	W3	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Ned Yost	Dayton Moore	Kauffman Stadium	148	84	64	.568
1	2	1	Detroit Tigers	14	11	3	.786	--	72	41	31	6-2	5-1	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Brad Ausmus	Dave Dombrowski	Comerica Park	147	63	84	.429
4	12	23	Cleveland Indians	13	5	8	.385	5.5	44	52	-8	1-4	4-4	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Terry Francona	Chris Antonetti	Progressive Field	148	76	72	.514
3	13	24	Chicago White Sox	13	5	8	.385	5.5	44	61	-17	3-2	2-6	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Robin Ventura	Rick Hahn	U.S. Cellular Field	149	71	78	.477
5	14	26	Minnesota Twins	14	5	9	.357	6.0	45	72	-27	4-2	1-7	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Paul Molitor	Terry Ryan	Target Field	148	78	70	.527
Rk	Lg	MLB	AL West	GP	W	L	Pct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Home	Away	StrK	2015 Links	Manager	General Manager	Ballpark	GP	W	L	Pct
1	4	10	Houston Astros	14	8	6	.571	--	47	48	-1	4-5	4-1	W4	T S R Log Off Def SP D	A.J. Hinch	Jeff Luhnow	Minute Maid Park	148	78	70	.527
2	8	18	Oakland Athletics	15	7	8	.467	1.5	74	60	14	3-4	4-4	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Bob Melvin	Billy Beane	Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum	147	61	86	.415
4	10	20	Texas Rangers	14	6	8	.429	2.0	58	67	-9	2-4	4-4	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Jeff Banister	Jon Daniels	Globe Life Park in Arlington	148	82	66	.554
3	11	22	Los Angeles Angels	14	6	8	.429	2.0	60	57	3	1-4	5-4	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Mike Scioscia	Jerry Dipoto	Angel Stadium of Anaheim	148	79	69	.534
5	15	27	Seattle Mariners	14	5	9	.357	3.0	55	75	-20	3-5	2-4	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Lloyd McClendon	Jack Zduriencik	Safeco Field	148	71	77	.480
Rk	Lg	MLB	NL East	GP	W	L	Pct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Home	Away	StrK	2015 Links	Manager	General Manager	Ballpark	GP	W	L	Pct
1	1	2	New York Mets	14	11	3	.786	--	64	42	22	8-0	3-3	W9	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Terry Collins	Sandy Alderson	Citi field	148	79	69	.534
2	5	9	Atlanta Braves	13	8	5	.615	2.5	55	51	4	3-3	5-2	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Brian Snitker	John Hart	Turner Field	149	59	90	.396
3	8	12	Washington Nationals	14	7	7	.500	4.0	55	53	2	5-3	2-4	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Matt Williams	Michael Rizzo	Nationals Park	148	76	72	.514
4	12	25	Philadelphia Phillies	14	5	9	.357	6.0	39	59	-20	4-3	1-6	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Ryne Sandberg	Ruben Amaro	Citizens Bank Park	148	58	90	.392
5	14	29	Miami Marlins	14	3	11	.214	8.0	53	72	-19	1-5	2-6	L5	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Mike Redmond	Dan Jennings	Marlins Park	148	68	80	.459
Rk	Lg	MLB	NL Central	GP	W	L	Pct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Home	Away	StrK	2015 Links	Manager	General Manager	Ballpark	GP	W	L	Pct
1	3	5	St. Louis Cardinals	12	8	4	.667	--	44	26	18	5-1	3-3	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Mike Matheny	John Mozeliak	Busch Stadium III	150	92	58	.613
2	6	8	Chicago Cubs	13	8	5	.615	0.5	59	53	6	4-4	4-1	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Joe Maddon	Jed Hoyer	Wrigley Field	149	89	60	.597
3	10	16	Cincinnati Reds	14	7	7	.500	2.0	59	61	-2	4-2	3-5	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Walt Jocketty	Great American Ballpark	148	57	91	.385
4	11	21	Pittsburgh Pirates	14	6	8	.429	3.0	56	51	5	4-4	2-4	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Clint Hurdle	Neal Huntington	PNC Park	148	92	56	.622
5	15	30	Milwaukee Brewers	14	2	12	.143	7.0	41	87	-46	1-7	1-5	L7	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Ron Roenicke	Douglas Melvin	Miller Park	148	66	82	.446
Rk	Lg	MLB	NL West	GP	W	L	Pct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Home	Away	StrK	2015 Links	Manager	General Manager	Ballpark	GP	W	L	Pct
1	2	4	Los Angeles Dodgers	13	9	4	.692	--	65	52	13	8-1	1-3	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Don Mattingly	Farhan Zaidi	Dodger Stadium	149	83	66	.557
2	4	6	San Diego Padres	15	10	5	.667	--	80	56	24	5-2	5-3	W3	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Bud Black	A.J. Preller	Petco Park	147	64	83	.435
3	7	13	Arizona Diamondbacks	14	7	7	.500	2.5	61	56	5	3-4	4-3	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Chip Hale	Dave Stewart	Chase Field	148	72	76	.486
4	9	17	Colorado Rockies	14	7	7	.500	2.5	60	66	-6	1-4	6-3	L5	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Walt Weiss	Jeff Bridich	Coors Field	148	61	87	.412
5	13	28	San Francisco Giants	15	5	10	.333	5.0	43	64	-21	2-6	3-4	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Bruce Bochy	Bobby Evans	AT&T Park	147	79	68	.537

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Player Name	Pos	Age	Organization	Actual Team	Transaction Notes
Peter Bourjos	cf	28.021	St. Louis Cardinals	St. Louis Cardinals (MLB)	Placed on paternity leave
Mitch Harris	P	29.165	St. Louis Cardinals	St. Louis Cardinals (MLB)	Contract purchased from minors
Zack Wheeler	SP	24.326	New York Mets	New York Mets (MLB)	Transferred to 60-day DL
Chasen Shreve	RP	24.283	New York Yankees	New York Yankees (MLB)	Recalled from Scranton/Wilkes-Barre (AAA)
Branden Pinder	P	26.085	New York Yankees	Scranton/Wilkes-Barre (AAA)	Assigned to Scranton/Wilkes-Barre (AAA)
Kelvin Herrera	RP	25.111	Kansas City Royals	Kansas City Royals (MLB)	Suspended 5 games for throwing at Brett Lawrie
Addison Russell	2B	21.088	Chicago Cubs	Chicago Cubs (MLB)	Contract purchased from minors
Arismendy Alcantara	SS	23.175	Chicago Cubs	Iowa (AAA)	Assigned to Iowa (AAA)
Mike Olt	3b	26.237	Chicago Cubs	Chicago Cubs (MLB)	Transferred to 60-day DL
David Ortiz	DH	39.155	Boston Red Sox	Boston Red Sox (MLB)	Suspended 1 game for making contact with umpire
Jonathan Lucroy	c	28.312	Milwaukee Brewers	Milwaukee Brewers (MLB)	DL-15 Broken left toe
Brandon Kintzler	RP	30.263	Milwaukee Brewers	Colorado Springs (AAA)	Designated for Assignment
Elian Herrera	lf	30.079	Milwaukee Brewers	Milwaukee Brewers (MLB)	Contract purchased from minors
Juan Centeno	C	25.156	Milwaukee Brewers	Milwaukee Brewers (MLB)	Recalled from Colorado Springs (AAA)
Scooter Gennett	2b	24.355	Milwaukee Brewers	Milwaukee Brewers (MLB)	DL-15 Left hand laceration
Gerald Laird	c	35.160	Arizona Diamondbacks	Arizona Diamondbacks (MLB)	Transferred to 60-day DL
Jake Lamb	3B	24.194	Arizona Diamondbacks	Arizona Diamondbacks (MLB)	DL-15 Stress reaction left foot
Danny Dorn	1B	30.275	Arizona Diamondbacks	Arizona Diamondbacks (MLB)	Contract purchased from minors
Ian Thomas	P	28.001	Atlanta Braves	Atlanta Braves (MLB)	Recalled from Gwinnett (AAA)
Jose Urena	P	23.222	Miami Marlins	New Orleans (AAA)	Assigned to New Orleans (AAA)
Nick Masset	P	32.339	Miami Marlins	Miami Marlins (MLB)	Contract purchased from minors
Matt Tracy	P	26.146	Miami Marlins	Miami Marlins (MLB)	Designated for Assignment
Juan Francisco	1b	27.302			Signed with Yomiuri (Japan)
Cam Bedrosian	P	23.202	Los Angeles Angels	Los Angeles Angels (MLB)	Recalled from Salt Lake (AAA)
Efren Navarro	1B	28.342	Los Angeles Angels	Salt Lake (AAA)	Assigned to Salt Lake (AAA)
Blake Parker	RP	29.306	Chicago Cubs	Iowa (AAA)	DL-7 Injured
Nick Christiani	RP	27.279	Cincinnati Reds	Billings (Rk)	Assigned to Billings (Rk)
Wilkin Castillo	C	30.324	Pittsburgh Pirates	West Virginia (A-)	Assigned to West Virginia (A-)
O'Koyea Dickson	1B	25.071	Los Angeles Dodgers	Oklahoma City (AAA)	DL-7 Injured
Ray Chang	3B	31.241	Cincinnati Reds	Billings (Rk)	Assigned to Billings (Rk)
Domingo Tapia	P	23.127	New York Mets	Binghamton (AA)	DL-7 Injured
Matt Hobgood	P	24.261	Baltimore Orioles	Bowie (AA)	DL-7 Injured
T.J. Rivera	2B	26.176	New York Mets	Binghamton (AA)	DL-7 Injured
Julio Felix	P	23.058	Detroit Tigers	Lakeland (A+)	DL-7 Injured
Philip Walby	P	22.271	New York Yankees	Staten Island (A-)	Assigned to Staten Island (A-)
Reinier Roibal	P	26.092	Philadelphia Phillies	Clearwater (A+)	Placed on temporary inactive list
Bobby Bradley	1B	18.327	Cleveland Indians	Mahoning Valley (A-)	Assigned to Mahoning Valley (A-)
Brock Hudgens	P	23.188	Milwaukee Brewers	Wisconsin (A)	DL-7 Injured
Christopher Breen	C	21.026	New York Yankees	Charleston (sc) (A)	DL-7 Injured
Dane Phillips	C	24.124	San Diego Padres	Tri-City (A-)	Assigned to Tri-City (A-)
Darwin Frias	P	23.063	New York Mets	Brooklyn (A-)	Assigned to Brooklyn (A-)
Anthony Alford	OF	20.275	Toronto Blue Jays	Lansing (A)	Activated from disabled list
James Baldwin	CF	23.194	Chicago White Sox	Kannapolis (A)	Activated from disabled list
Richard Bleier	P	28.005	Washington Nationals	Syracuse (AAA)	Assigned to Syracuse (AAA)
Devin Burke	P	24.060	Colorado Rockies	New Britain (AA)	Assigned to New Britain (AA)
Juan Ciriaco	SS-LF	31.250	San Francisco Giants	Sacramento (AAA)	Activated from disabled list
Paul Eshleman	C	24.230	Milwaukee Brewers	Brevard County (A+)	Assigned to Brevard County (A+)
Blake Forsythe	C	25.264	Oakland Athletics	Nashville (AAA)	Activated from disabled list
Michael Heesch	P	24.341	Chicago Cubs	Myrtle Beach (A+)	Activated from disabled list
Ralph Henriquez	C	28.014	Los Angeles Dodgers	Oklahoma City (AAA)	Assigned to Oklahoma City (AAA)
Carlos Hernandez	P	28.048	Colorado Rockies	Albuquerque (AAA)	Assigned to Albuquerque (AAA)
Brett Mooneyham	P	25.087	Washington Nationals	Hagerstown (A)	Activated from disabled list
Delvis Morales	SS	24.235	Los Angeles Dodgers	Rancho Cucamonga (A+)	Activated from disabled list
Rey Navarro	2B-3B	25.120	Baltimore Orioles	Norfolk (AAA)	Activated from disabled list
Mike O'Neill	LF	27.069	St. Louis Cardinals	Memphis (AAA)	Activated from disabled list
Tyson Perez	P	25.115	Houston Astros	Fresno (AAA)	Assigned to Fresno (AAA)
Bryan Radziewski	P	23.060	Houston Astros	Quad Cities (A)	Assigned to Quad Cities (A)
Jose Regalado	P	23.154	Pittsburgh Pirates	West Virginia (A)	Assigned to West Virginia (A)
Derrick Robinson	lf	27.206	Washington Nationals	Harrisburg (AA)	Assigned to Harrisburg (AA)
Troy Scott	P	21.155	Seattle Mariners	Clinton (A)	Assigned to Clinton (A)
James Simmons	P	28.204	Washington Nationals	Harrisburg (AA)	Assigned to Harrisburg (AA)
Josh Smith	P	27.258	Cincinnati Reds	Pensacola (AA)	Assigned to Pensacola (AA)
Pedro Villarreal	RP	27.134	Cincinnati Reds	Louisville (AAA)	Assigned to Louisville (AAA)
Allen Webster	SP	25.070	Arizona Diamondbacks	Reno (AAA)	DL-7 Injured
Jair Jurrjens	RP	29.082	Colorado Rockies	Albuquerque (AAA)	DL-7 Injured
John Lannan	SP	30.206	Colorado Rockies	Albuquerque (AAA)	DL-7 Injured
Zach Stewart	P	28.205	Los Angeles Angels	Salt Lake (AAA)	DL-7 Injured
Evan Marzilli	OF	24.039	Arizona Diamondbacks	Reno (AAA)	DL-7 Injured
Jon Kemmer	LF	24.155	Houston Astros	Corpus Christi (AA)	Placed on temporary inactive list
Adrian Houser	P	22.078	Houston Astros	Lancaster (A+)	Placed on temporary inactive list
Derek Callahan	P	22.113	New York Yankees	Staten Island (A-)	Assigned to Staten Island (A-)
Jordan Hershiser	P	26.218			Released by Dodgers
Manny Rodriguez	P	26.099	Washington Nationals	Potomac (A+)	DL-7 Injured
Nick Sawyer	P	23.211	Tampa Bay Rays	Charlotte (A+)	DL-7 Injured
Robbie Garvey	CF-LF	25.360	Los Angeles Dodgers	Rancho Cucamonga (A+)	DL-7 Injured
Will Morris	P	21.354	Philadelphia Phillies	Gulf Coast Phillies (Rk)	Assigned to GCL Phillies (Rk)
Jake Drehoff	P	22.320	Boston Red Sox	Greenville (A)	DL-7 Injured
Joe Jimenez	P	20.094	Detroit Tigers	West Michigan (A)	DL-7 Injured
John Curtiss	P	22.016	Minnesota Twins	Cedar Rapids (A)	DL-7 Injured
Jorge Fernandez	C	21.022	Minnesota Twins	Cedar Rapids (A)	DL-7 Injured
Johan Mieses	OF	19.283	Los Angeles Dodgers	Great Lakes (A)	Assigned to Great Lakes (A)
Dreily Guerrero	2B-3B	24.191	Boston Red Sox	Boston Red Sox (MLB)	Assignment unknown
Ellis Jimenez	P	22.299	Boston Red Sox	Boston Red Sox (MLB)	Assignment unknown
Genison Reyes	P	23.215	San Diego Padres	Tri-City (A-)	Assigned to Tri-City (A-)
Granden Goetzman	OF	22.158	Tampa Bay Rays	Tampa Bay Rays (MLB)	Assignment unknown
Gregory Greve	P	23.107	Miami Marlins	Miami Marlins (MLB)	Assignment unknown
Huascar Brazoban	p	25.188	Colorado Rockies	Modesto (A+)	Assignment unknown
Ismael Guillon	P	23.068	Cincinnati Reds	Cincinnati Reds (MLB)	Assignment unknown
Ivan Hernandez	P	23.268	Baltimore Orioles	Baltimore Orioles (MLB)	Assignment unknown
Jacob Booden	P	24.250	St. Louis Cardinals	St. Louis Cardinals (MLB)	Assignment unknown
Jacob Newberry	p	24.193	Colorado Rockies	Colorado Rockies (MLB)	Assignment unknown
Jon Matthews	RF	24.015	Cincinnati Reds	Cincinnati Reds (MLB)	Assignment unknown
Jordan Hankins	IF-C	23.063	Chicago Cubs	Chicago Cubs (MLB)	Assignment unknown
Kevin Frandsen	1b	32.332	Arizona Diamondbacks	Reno (AAA)	Signed to Minor League Contract
Steel Russell	C	24.228	Baltimore Orioles	Aberdeen (A-)	Assigned to Aberdeen (A-)
Yadir Drake	of	25.009	Texas Rangers	Rancho Cucamonga (A+)	Assigned to Rancho Cucamonga (A+)
Elliott Blair	LF-CF	27.078			Announced retirement

Vis Team	R	Home Team	R	Box	Winning Pitcher	Losing Pitcher	Save Pitcher
Oakland Athletics	1	Los Angeles Angels	14	Box	Hector Santiago	Drew Pomeranz	(none)
Cleveland Indians	6	Chicago White Sox	2	Box	Carlos Carrasco	Hector Noesi	(none)
New York Yankees	5	Detroit Tigers	2	Box	Nathan Eovaldi	Kyle Lobstein	Andrew Miller
Minnesota Twins	5	Kansas City Royals	6	Box	Chris Young	Casey Fien	Wade Davis
Houston Astros	6	Seattle Mariners	3	Box	Collin McHugh	Charlie Furbush	Chad Qualls
Boston Red Sox	1	Tampa Bay Rays	0	Box	Wade Miley	Chris Archer	Koji Uehara
Baltimore Orioles	6	Toronto Blue Jays	13	Box	Mark Buehrle	Bud Norris	(none)
Texas Rangers	7	Arizona Diamondbacks	1	Box	Shawn Tolleson	Daniel Hudson	(none)
San Diego Padres	7	Colorado Rockies	6	Box	Brandon Maurer	Boone Logan	Craig Kimbrel
Cincinnati Reds	16	Milwaukee Brewers	10	Box	Jason Marquis	Michael Fiers	(none)
Atlanta Braves	1	New York Mets	7	Box	Jon Niese	Trevor Cahill	(none)
Miami Marlins	3	Philadelphia Phillies	7	Box	Jerome Williams	Dan Haren	(none)
Chicago Cubs	9	Pittsburgh Pirates	8	Box	Edwin Jackson	Mark Melancon	Hector Rondon
Los Angeles Dodgers	2	San Francisco Giants	6	Box	Tim Lincecum	Brett Anderson	Santiago Casilla
St. Louis Cardinals	1	Washington Nationals	2	Box	Aaron Barrett	Carlos Villanueva	(none)

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