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Standings as of 2015-05-02

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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	4	7	New York Yankees	24	15	9	.625	--	116	88	28	6-6	9-3	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Joe Girardi	Brian Cashman	Yankee Stadium II	138	72	66	.522
2	5	9	Tampa Bay Rays	24	13	11	.542	2.0	89	90	-1	6-6	7-5	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Kevin Cash	Matt Silverman	Tropicana Field	138	67	71	.486
3	6	16	Baltimore Orioles	22	11	11	.500	3.0	116	106	10	7-5	4-6	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Buck Showalter	Dan Duquette	Oriole Park at Camden Yards	140	70	70	.500
4	7	15	Boston Red Sox	24	12	12	.500	3.0	117	126	-9	6-6	6-6	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D	John Farrell	Ben Cherington	Fenway Park	138	66	72	.478
5	9	17	Toronto Blue Jays	25	12	13	.480	3.5	137	128	9	5-5	7-8	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	John Gibbons	Alex Anthopoulos	Rogers Centre	137	81	56	.591
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
1	2	3	Kansas City Royals	24	16	8	.667	--	124	77	47	9-3	7-5	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Ned Yost	Dayton Moore	Kauffman Stadium	138	79	59	.572
2	3	5	Detroit Tigers	25	16	9	.640	0.5	111	103	8	8-5	8-4	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Brad Ausmus	Dave Dombrowski	Comerica Park	136	58	78	.426
3	8	11	Minnesota Twins	24	12	12	.500	4.0	92	103	-11	8-4	4-8	W3	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Paul Molitor	Terry Ryan	Target Field	138	71	67	.514
4	13	26	Chicago White Sox	21	8	13	.381	6.5	67	95	-28	6-3	2-10	L4	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Robin Ventura	Rick Hahn	U.S. Cellular Field	141	68	73	.482
5	14	27	Cleveland Indians	23	8	15	.348	7.5	92	113	-21	3-8	5-7	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Terry Francona	Chris Antonetti	Progressive Field	138	73	65	.529
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	1	2	Houston Astros	24	17	7	.708	--	118	82	36	7-5	10-2	W9	T S R Log Off Def SP D	AJ Hinch	Jeff Luhnow	Minute Maid Park	138	69	69	.500
2	10	21	Los Angeles Angels	24	11	13	.458	6.0	95	96	-1	4-6	7-7	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Mike Scioscia	Jerry Dipoto	Angel Stadium of Anaheim	138	74	64	.536
3	11	24	Seattle Mariners	24	10	14	.417	7.0	86	111	-25	5-7	5-7	L3	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Lloyd McClendon	Jack Zduriencik	Safeco Field	138	66	72	.478
4	12	25	Oakland Athletics	25	10	15	.400	7.5	124	112	12	4-9	6-6	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Bob Melvin	Billy Beane	Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum	137	58	79	.423
5	15	28	Texas Rangers	23	8	15	.348	8.5	88	110	-22	3-8	5-7	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Jeff Banister	Jon Daniels	Globe Life Park in Arlington	139	80	59	.576
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	3	6	New York Mets	25	16	9	.640	--	101	82	19	11-2	5-7	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Terry Collins	Sandy Alderson	Citi field	137	74	63	.540
2	7	12	Miami Marlins	24	12	12	.500	3.5	108	90	18	8-6	4-6	W4	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Mike Redmond	Dan Jennings	Marlins Park	138	59	79	.428
3	11	20	Atlanta Braves	24	11	13	.458	4.5	102	114	-12	5-7	6-6	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Brian Snitker	John Hart	Turner Field	138	56	82	.406
4	12	22	Washington Nationals	25	11	14	.440	5.0	104	111	-7	5-5	6-9	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Matt Williams	Michael Rizzo	Nationals Park	137	72	65	.526
5	14	29	Philadelphia Phillies	25	8	17	.320	8.0	66	120	-54	6-6	2-11	L5	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Ryne Sandberg	Ruben Amaro	Citizens Bank Park	137	55	82	.401
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	1	1	St. Louis Cardinals	23	17	6	.739	--	96	57	39	10-2	7-4	W5	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Mike Matheny	John Mozeliak	Busch Stadium III	139	83	56	.597
2	4	8	Chicago Cubs	22	13	9	.591	3.5	91	83	8	7-6	6-3	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Joe Maddon	Jed Hoyer	Wrigley Field	140	84	56	.600
4	6	13	Pittsburgh Pirates	24	12	12	.500	5.5	91	75	16	6-4	6-8	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Clint Hurdle	Neal Huntington	PNC Park	138	86	52	.623
3	8	14	Cincinnati Reds	24	12	12	.500	5.5	100	103	-3	6-5	6-7	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Walt Jocketty	Great American Ballpark	138	52	86	.377
5	15	30	Milwaukee Brewers	24	6	18	.250	11.5	77	120	-43	3-10	3-8	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Ron Roenicke	Douglas Melvin	Miller Park	138	62	76	.449
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	23	15	8	.652	--	114	81	33	12-2	3-6	W3	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Don Mattingly	Farhan Zaidi	Dodger Stadium	139	77	62	.554
2	5	10	San Diego Padres	25	13	12	.520	3.0	123	113	10	8-7	5-5	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Bud Black	AJ Preller	Petco Park	137	61	76	.445
3	9	18	Colorado Rockies	23	11	12	.478	4.0	93	123	-30	4-5	7-7	L4	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Walt Weiss	Jeff Bridich	Coors Field	139	57	82	.410
4	10	19	San Francisco Giants	24	11	13	.458	4.5	74	100	-26	6-6	5-7	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Bruce Bochy	Bobby Evans	AT&T Park	138	73	65	.529
5	13	23	Arizona Diamondbacks	23	10	13	.435	5.0	100	100	0	6-8	4-5	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Chip Hale	Dave Stewart	Chase Field	139	69	70	.496

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Player Name	Pos	Age	Organization	Actual Team	Transaction Notes
Scott Copeland	P	27.139	Toronto Blue Jays	Toronto Blue Jays (MLB)	Contract purchased from minors
Ezequiel Carrera	LF	27.326	Toronto Blue Jays	Toronto Blue Jays (MLB)	Contract purchased from minors
Brian Duensing	RP	32.069	Minnesota Twins	Minnesota Twins (MLB)	Activated from DL
Ricky Nolasco	SP	32.140	Minnesota Twins	Minnesota Twins (MLB)	Activated from DL
Caleb Thielbar	RP	28.091	Minnesota Twins	Rochester (AAA)	Assigned to Rochester (AAA)
Tim Stauffer	RP	32.334	Minnesota Twins	Minnesota Twins (MLB)	DL-15 Right intercostal strain
Ryan Pressly	RP	26.138	Minnesota Twins	Minnesota Twins (MLB)	Recalled from Rochester (AAA)
Tommy Milone	SP	28.075	Minnesota Twins	Rochester (AAA)	Assigned to Rochester (AAA)
Tim Cooney	P	24.134	St. Louis Cardinals	Memphis (AAA)	Assigned to Memphis (AAA)
Miguel Socolovich	P	28.282	St. Louis Cardinals	St. Louis Cardinals (MLB)	Contract purchased from minors
Tommy Pham	CF	27.055	St. Louis Cardinals	St. Louis Cardinals (MLB)	Transferred to 60-day DL
Dalton Pompey	CF	22.142	Toronto Blue Jays	Buffalo (AAA)	Assigned to Buffalo (AAA)
Maicer Izturis	ss-2b	34.232	Toronto Blue Jays	Toronto Blue Jays (MLB)	Transferred to 60-day DL
Daniel Norris	P	22.007	Toronto Blue Jays	Buffalo (AAA)	Assigned to Buffalo (AAA)
Grant Balfour	RP	37.123	Tampa Bay Rays	Tampa Bay Rays (MLB)	Signed to Minor League Contract
Dilson Herrera	2B	21.060	New York Mets	New York Mets (MLB)	Recalled from Las Vegas (AAA)
Grant Green	2b	27.218	Los Angeles Angels	Salt Lake (AAA)	Assigned to Salt Lake (AAA)
Efren Navarro	1B	28.353	Los Angeles Angels	Los Angeles Angels (MLB)	Recalled from Salt Lake (AAA)
Alcides Escobar	ss	28.137	Kansas City Royals	Kansas City Royals (MLB)	DL-7 Concussion and left cheek contusion
Carlos Quentin	lf	32.247			Announced retirement
TJ House	P	25.215	Cleveland Indians	Cleveland Indians (MLB)	DL-15 Left shoulder inflammation
Tyler Holt	CF	26.053	Cleveland Indians	Cleveland Indians (MLB)	Recalled from Columbus (AAA)
Cory Mazzoni	P	25.195	San Diego Padres	El Paso (AAA)	Assigned to El Paso (AAA)
Nick Vincent	RP	28.294	San Diego Padres	San Diego Padres (MLB)	Recalled from El Paso (AAA)
Blake Swihart	C	23.029	Boston Red Sox	Boston Red Sox (MLB)	Recalled from Pawtucket (AAA)
Carlos Gomez	CF	29.149	Milwaukee Brewers	Milwaukee Brewers (MLB)	Activated from DL
Alex Hassan	LF	27.031	Oakland Athletics	Nashville (AAA)	Claimed off waivers from Rangers by Athletics and assigned to minors
Chad Bell	P	26.063	Texas Rangers	Frisco (AA)	Placed on temporary inactive list
Steven Hensley	P	28.126	Los Angeles Angels	Arizona Angels (Rk)	Assigned to AZL Angels (Rk)
Adrian Salcedo	P	24.086	Minnesota Twins	Chattanooga (AA)	Suspended 80 games for violating minor league drug program.
Dylan Unsworth	P	22.221	Seattle Mariners	Everett (A-)	Assigned to Everett (A-)
Kyle Gaedele	CF	25.182	San Diego Padres	Lake Elsinore (A+)	DL-7 Injured
Leon Landry	CF	25.224	Seattle Mariners	Jackson (AA)	DL-7 Injured
Justin McCalvin	P	22.352	Tampa Bay Rays	Tampa Bay Rays (MLB)	Assigned to extended spring training
Nick Mutz	P	24.321			Released by Padres
Tyler Horan	OF	24.151	San Francisco Giants	San Jose (A+)	DL-7 Injured
Jacob Smigelski	P	22.316	Miami Marlins	Batavia (A-)	Assigned to Batavia (A-)
Miles Nordgren	P	22.324	Minnesota Twins	Gulf Coast Twins (Rk)	Assigned to GCL Twins (Rk)
Randy Ortiz	OF	21.321	San Francisco Giants	Augusta (A)	DL-7 Injured
Chris Lamb	P	24.307	Oakland Athletics	Oakland Athletics (MLB)	Assigned to extended spring training
Yadir Drake	of	25.020	Texas Rangers	Tulsa (AA)	Assigned to Tulsa (AA)
Yoan Lopez	P	22.120	Arizona Diamondbacks	Mobile (AA)	Assigned to Mobile (AA)
Abiatal Avelino	SS	20.077	New York Yankees	Tampa (A+)	Assigned to Tampa (A+)
Roger Bernadina	cf	30.324	Colorado Rockies	Albuquerque (AAA)	Activated from disabled list
Audy Ciriaco	3B	27.321	Cleveland Indians	Columbus (AAA)	Activated from disabled list
Boomer Collins	IF	25.323	Toronto Blue Jays	Lansing (A)	Activated from disabled list
Daniel Cordero	P	21.329	Atlanta Braves	Rome (A)	Assigned to Rome (A)
Johnny Davis	LF	25.006	Milwaukee Brewers	Brevard County (A+)	Activated from disabled list
Jonathan Davis	IF	22.355	Toronto Blue Jays	Lansing (A)	Activated from disabled list
Austin Fleet	P	28.015	San Francisco Giants	San Jose (A+)	Assigned to San Jose (A+)
Josh Fuentes	3B	21.134	Colorado Rockies	Asheville (A)	Assigned to Asheville (A)
Michael Fulmer	P	22.048	New York Mets	Binghamton (AA)	Assigned to Binghamton (AA)
Ryan Gebhardt	SS	23.210	Arizona Diamondbacks	Kane County (A)	Assigned to Kane County (A)
Reymin Guduan	P	23.047	Houston Astros	Quad Cities (A)	Assigned to Quad Cities (A)
Sean Jamieson	SS	26.061	Arizona Diamondbacks	Mobile (AA)	Activated from disabled list
Dedgar Jimenez	P	19.057	Boston Red Sox	Greenville (A)	Assigned to Greenville (A)
Mycal Jones	CF	27.338	Atlanta Braves	Gwinnett (AAA)	Activated from disabled list
Patrick Kaminska	P	24.086	Texas Rangers	High Desert (A+)	Assigned to High Desert (A+)
Casey Kotchman	1b	32.069	Kansas City Royals	Omaha (AAA)	Assigned to Omaha (AAA)
Paul Kronenfeld	OF-1B	23.218	Cincinnati Reds	Dayton (A)	Assigned to Dayton (A)
Casey Lawrence	P	27.187	Toronto Blue Jays	Buffalo (AAA)	Assigned to Buffalo (AAA)
Luis Liberato	OF	19.136	Seattle Mariners	Clinton (A)	Assigned to Clinton (A)
Christian Lopes	SS	22.213	Toronto Blue Jays	New Hampshire (AA)	Assigned to New Hampshire (AA)
Shane McCain	OF	23.272	Texas Rangers	High Desert (A+)	Assigned to High Desert (A+)
Ty McFarland	2B	23.202	New York Yankees	Charleston (sc) (A)	Activated from disabled list
Zach Morton	P	24.294	Houston Astros	Lancaster (A+)	Reinstated to active roster
Martin Peguero	SS	21.180	Seattle Mariners	Bakersfield (A+)	Assigned to Bakersfield (A+)
Ryan Perry	P	28.078	Detroit Tigers	Erie (AA)	Activated from disabled list
TJ Rivera	2B	26.187	New York Mets	Binghamton (AA)	Activated from disabled list
Ryan Schimpf	2B	27.021	Toronto Blue Jays	Buffalo (AAA)	Assigned to Buffalo (AAA)
Brennan Smith	P	25.271	Detroit Tigers	Lakeland (A+)	Assigned to Lakeland (A+)
Benny Suarez	P	23.217	Cleveland Indians	Akron (AA)	Assigned to Akron (AA)
Isaias Tejeda	C	23.187	New York Yankees	Charleston (sc) (A)	Assigned to Charleston (sc) (A)
Jan Vazquez	C	24.003	Colorado Rockies	New Britain (AA)	Assigned to New Britain (AA)
Andrew Velazquez	SS	20.292	Tampa Bay Rays	Charlotte (A+)	Activated from disabled list
Shane Zeile	C	21.322	Detroit Tigers	West Michigan (A)	Activated from disabled list
Casper Wells	cf	30.160			Released by Tigers
Cristhian Adames	SS	23.281	Colorado Rockies	Albuquerque (AAA)	DL-7 Injured
Daniel Corcino	P	24.249	Los Angeles Dodgers	Ogden (Rk)	Assigned to Ogden (Rk)
Barret Loux	P	26.026	Chicago Cubs	Iowa (AAA)	DL-7 Injured
Fabio Martinez Mesa	P	25.185			Released by Dodgers
Jeremy Hazelbaker	CF-RF	27.262			Released by Dodgers
Matt Swynenberg	P	26.075	Washington Nationals	Syracuse (AAA)	Placed on restricted list
Shawn Zarraga	C	26.101	Los Angeles Dodgers	Tulsa (AA)	DL-7 Injured
Trevor Brown	C	23.169	San Francisco Giants	Sacramento (AAA)	DL-7 Injured
Colin Moran	3B-1B	22.213	Houston Astros	Corpus Christi (AA)	DL-7 Jaw fracture [Hit in face with ball sliding into 2B]
Glenn Sparkman	P	22.356	Kansas City Royals	Northwest Arkansas (AA)	DL-7 Injured
Jonathan Garcia	RF	23.173			Released by Dodgers
Omar Duran	P	25.065			Released by Tigers
Tanner Poppe	P	24.287		Biloxi (AA)	Placed on temporary inactive list
Aaron Brown	RF	22.316	Philadelphia Phillies	Clearwater (A+)	DL-7 Injured
Burt Reynolds	of	26.231	Seattle Mariners	Bakersfield (A+)	DL-7 Injured
Exicardo Cayones	RF	23.206			Released by Angels
Lewis Brinson	OF	20.359	Texas Rangers	High Desert (A+)	DL-7 Injured
Alvaro Noriega	C	20.174	New York Yankees	New York Yankees (MLB)	Assigned to extended spring training
Arvicent Perez	C	21.108	Detroit Tigers	Connecticut (A-)	Assigned to Connecticut (A-)
Brandon Diaz	CF	20.018	Milwaukee Brewers	Wisconsin (A)	DL-7 Injured
Brett Bruening	P	26.123			Released by White Sox
Ethan Gross	IF	23.233	Chicago White Sox	Chicago White Sox (MLB)	Assigned to extended spring training
Fernery Ozuna	2B	19.175	Arizona Diamondbacks	Kane County (A)	DL-7 Injured
Giancarlo Brugnoni	1B	24.066	Detroit Tigers	Connecticut (A-)	Assigned to Connecticut (A-)
Henry Garcia	1B	21.223	Colorado Rockies	Boise (A-)	Assigned to Boise (A-)
Jake Gatewood	SS	19.220	Milwaukee Brewers	Wisconsin (A)	DL-7 Righ tknee
Jose Javier	SS	22.228	New York Yankees	New York Yankees (MLB)	Assigned to extended spring training
Richie Pedroza	IF	23.286			Released by Cardinals
Rob Huber	P	23.115	Oakland Athletics	Oakland Athletics (MLB)	Placed on temporary inactive list
Taylor Aikenhead	P	23.032	San Diego Padres	Tri City (A-)	Assigned to Tri-City (A-)
Walker Lockett	P	20.364	San Diego Padres	Tri-City (A-)	Assigned to Tri-City (A-)
Zach Loraine	P	24.267			Released by Cardinals
Austin Chrismon	P	22.228	Houston Astros	Quad Cities (A)	Placed on temporary inactive list

Vis Team	R	Home Team	R	Box	Winning Pitcher	Losing Pitcher	Save Pitcher
Tampa Bay Rays	0	Baltimore Orioles	4	Box	Miguel Gonzalez	Chris Archer	Brad Brach
New York Yankees	4	Boston Red Sox	2	Box	Nathan Eovaldi	Wade Miley	Dellin Betances
Toronto Blue Jays	11	Cleveland Indians	4	Box	Aaron Sanchez	Corey Kluber	(none)
Seattle Mariners	4	Houston Astros	11	Box	Collin McHugh	Taijuan Walker	(none)
Detroit Tigers	2	Kansas City Royals	1	Box	David Price	Edinson Volquez	(none)
Chicago White Sox	3	Minnesota Twins	5	Box	Ricky Nolasco	Hector Noesi	Glen Perkins
Oakland Athletics	7	Texas Rangers	8	Box	Keone Kela	Ryan Cook	(none)
Cincinnati Reds	8	Atlanta Braves	4	Box	Jason Marquis	Eric Stults	(none)
Milwaukee Brewers	6	Chicago Cubs	1	Box	Michael Fiers	Jake Arrieta	(none)
Arizona Diamondbacks	4	Los Angeles Dodgers	6	Box	Juan Nicasio	Evan Marshall	Chris Hatcher
Philadelphia Phillies	0	Miami Marlins	7	Box	Dan Haren	Cole Hamels	(none)
Washington Nationals	1	New York Mets	0	Box	Gio Gonzalez	Jon Niese	Drew Storen
Colorado Rockies	2	San Diego Padres	4	Box	Brandon Morrow	Jorge de la Rosa	Craig Kimbrel
Los Angeles Angels	4	San Francisco Giants	5	Box	Tim Hudson	Hector Santiago	Santiago Casilla
Pittsburgh Pirates	1	St. Louis Cardinals	2	Box	Carlos Villanueva	Jared Hughes	(none)

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