Baseball on this Date - Thursday August 16,2018

Standings as of 2018-08-16

Record in remaining games at far right

Rk	Lg	MLB	AL East	GP	W	L	Pct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Home	Away	StrK	2018 Links	Manager	General Manager	Ballpark	GP	W	L	Pct
1	1	1	Boston Red Sox	122	86	36	.705	--	665	454	211	42-15	44-21	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Alex Cora	Dave Dombrowski	Fenway Park	40	22	18	.550
2	2	2	New York Yankees	120	75	45	.625	10.0	616	481	135	42-20	33-25	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Aaron Boone	Brian Cashman	Yankee Stadium II	40	24	16	.600
3	7	15	Tampa Bay Rays	121	62	59	.512	23.5	505	490	15	34-24	28-35	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Kevin Cash	Matt Silverman	Tropicana Field	41	28	13	.683
4	10	21	Toronto Blue Jays	121	55	66	.455	30.5	537	613	-76	29-32	26-34	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	John Gibbons	Ross Atkins	Rogers Centre	40	18	22	.450
5	15	30	Baltimore Orioles	121	36	85	.298	49.5	478	662	-184	21-40	15-45	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Buck Showalter	Dan Duquette	Oriole Park at Camden Yards	41	11	30	.268
Rk	Lg	MLB	AL Central	GP	W	L	Pct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Home	Away	StrK	2018 Links	Manager	General Manager	Ballpark	GP	W	L	Pct
1	5	5	Cleveland Indians	119	69	50	.580	--	616	478	138	37-22	32-28	W5	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Terry Francona	Mike Chernoff	Progressive Field	42	22	20	.524
2	9	20	Minnesota Twins	120	57	63	.475	12.5	539	560	-21	36-24	21-39	W3	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Paul Molitor	Rob Antony	Target Field	42	21	21	.500
3	12	25	Detroit Tigers	122	50	72	.410	20.5	469	574	-105	32-30	18-42	L3	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Ron Gardenhire	Alberto Avila	Comerica Park	40	14	26	.350
4	13	28	Chicago White Sox	120	44	76	.367	25.5	488	646	-158	22-38	22-38	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Rick Renteria	Rick Hahn	Guaranteed Rate Field	42	18	24	.429
5	14	29	Kansas City Royals	121	37	84	.306	33.0	447	659	-212	18-44	19-40	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Ned Yost	Dayton Moore	Kauffman Stadium	41	21	20	.512
Rk	Lg	MLB	AL West	GP	W	L	Pct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Home	Away	StrK	2018 Links	Manager	General Manager	Ballpark	GP	W	L	Pct
1	3	3	Houston Astros	121	74	47	.612	--	595	393	202	33-29	41-18	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	A.J. Hinch	Jeff Luhnow	Minute Maid Park	41	29	12	.707
2	4	4	Oakland Athletics	121	72	49	.595	2.0	571	506	65	35-24	37-25	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Bob Melvin	David Forst	Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum	41	25	16	.610
3	6	7	Seattle Mariners	122	70	52	.574	4.5	509	531	-22	36-24	34-28	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Scott Servais	Jerry Dipoto	Safeco Field	39	19	20	.487
4	8	16	Los Angeles Angels	123	62	61	.504	13.0	564	525	39	33-30	29-31	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Mike Scioscia	Billy Eppler	Angel Stadium of Anaheim	39	18	21	.462
5	11	22	Texas Rangers	123	54	69	.439	21.0	594	649	-55	27-37	27-32	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Jeff Banister	Jon Daniels	Globe Life Park in Arlington	38	12	26	.316
Rk	Lg	MLB	NL East	GP	W	L	Pct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Home	Away	StrK	2018 Links	Manager	General Manager	Ballpark	GP	W	L	Pct
1	2	8	Atlanta Braves	120	68	52	.567	--	586	491	95	34-25	34-27	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Brian Snitker	Alex Anthopoulos	SunTrust Park	42	22	20	.524
2	3	9	Philadelphia Phillies	121	67	54	.554	1.5	527	513	14	40-20	27-34	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Gabe Kapler	Matt Klentak	Citizens Bank Park	41	13	28	.317
3	10	19	Washington Nationals	121	60	61	.496	8.5	553	489	64	29-28	31-33	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Dave Martinez	Michael Rizzo	Nationals Park	39	20	19	.513
4	12	23	New York Mets	119	52	67	.437	15.5	509	556	-47	24-36	28-31	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Mickey Callaway	Sandy Alderson	Citi field	42	25	17	.595
5	14	26	Miami Marlins	123	48	75	.390	21.5	452	632	-180	28-35	20-40	L5	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Don Mattingly	Michael Hill	Marlins Park	37	15	22	.405
Rk	Lg	MLB	NL Central	GP	W	L	Pct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Home	Away	StrK	2018 Links	Manager	General Manager	Ballpark	GP	W	L	Pct
1	1	6	Chicago Cubs	119	69	50	.580	--	583	494	89	38-23	31-27	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Joe Maddon	Jed Hoyer	Wrigley Field	43	25	18	.581
2	4	10	Milwaukee Brewers	123	68	55	.553	3.0	544	515	29	36-24	32-31	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Craig Counsell	David Stearns	Miller Park	40	28	12	.700
3	6	12	St. Louis Cardinals	122	66	56	.541	4.5	556	507	49	32-27	34-29	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Mike Shildt	Mike Girsch	Busch Stadium III	40	22	18	.550
4	11	18	Pittsburgh Pirates	121	60	61	.496	10.0	543	550	-7	33-30	27-31	L4	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Clint Hurdle	Neal Huntington	PNC Park	39	21	18	.538
5	13	24	Cincinnati Reds	121	52	69	.430	18.0	544	620	-76	28-35	24-34	L4	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Jim Riggleman	Dick Williams	Great American Ballpark	40	14	26	.350
Rk	Lg	MLB	NL West	GP	W	L	Pct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Home	Away	StrK	2018 Links	Manager	General Manager	Ballpark	GP	W	L	Pct
1	5	11	Arizona Diamondbacks	122	67	55	.549	--	547	471	76	32-29	35-26	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Torey Lovullo	Mike Hazen	Chase Field	40	15	25	.375
2	7	13	Colorado Rockies	121	65	56	.537	1.5	562	584	-22	31-27	34-29	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Bud Black	Jeff Bridich	Coors Field	42	26	16	.619
3	8	14	Los Angeles Dodgers	122	65	57	.533	2.0	567	474	93	32-30	33-27	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Dave Roberts	Farhan Zaidi	Dodger Stadium	41	27	14	.659
4	9	17	San Francisco Giants	122	61	61	.500	6.0	492	526	-34	34-26	27-35	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Bruce Bochy	Bobby Evans	AT&T Park	40	12	28	.300
5	15	27	San Diego Padres	124	48	76	.387	20.0	473	588	-115	22-41	26-35	L4	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Andy Green	A.J. Preller	Petco Park	37	18	19	.486

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Player Name	Pos	Age	Organization	Actual Team	Transaction Notes
Ranger Suarez	p	22.356	Philadelphia Phillies	Lehigh Valley (AAA)	Assigned to Lehigh Valley (AAA)
Tim Peterson	P	27.175	New York Mets	Las Vegas (AAA)	Assigned to Las Vegas (AAA)
Steven Matz	SP	27.079	New York Mets	New York Mets (MLB)	Activated from DL
Brian Goodwin	LF	27.287	Kansas City Royals	Omaha (AAA)	Assigned to Omaha (AAA) for rehab
Kevin Newman	ss	25.012	Pittsburgh Pirates	Pittsburgh Pirates (MLB)	Contract purchased from minors
Casey Sadler	P	28.034	Pittsburgh Pirates	Indianapolis (AAA)	Designated for Assignment
Jordan Luplow	OF	24.324	Pittsburgh Pirates	Pittsburgh Pirates (MLB)	Recalled from Indianapolis (AAA)
Jordy Mercer	SS	31.354	Pittsburgh Pirates	Pittsburgh Pirates (MLB)	DL-10 Left calf strain
Austin Davis	P	25.194	Philadelphia Phillies	Philadelphia Phillies (MLB)	DL-10 Lower back tightness
Aaron Loup	RP	30.241	Philadelphia Phillies	Philadelphia Phillies (MLB)	DL-10 Left forearm strain
Kelvin Gonzalez	P	20.235	Texas Rangers	Arizona Rangers (Rk)	Traded from Royals to Rangers for FC
Mark Leiter	P	27.156	Philadelphia Phillies	Philadelphia Phillies (MLB)	Recalled from Lehigh Valley (AAA)
Zach Eflin	SP	24.130	Philadelphia Phillies	Philadelphia Phillies (MLB)	Recalled from Lehigh Valley (AAA)
Jacob Rhame	P	25.153	New York Mets	New York Mets (MLB)	Recalled from Las Vegas (AAA)
Zach Davies	SP	25.190	Milwaukee Brewers	Colorado Springs (AAA)	Assigned to Colorado Springs (AAA) for rehab
Tommy Pham	LF	30.161	Tampa Bay Rays	Tampa Bay Rays (MLB)	Activated from DL
Jake Faria	P	25.017	Tampa Bay Rays	Durham (AAA)	Assigned to Durham (AAA)
Joe Ross	SP	25.087	Washington Nationals	Potomac (A+)	Assigned to Potomac (A+) for rehab
Tom Kahnle	RP	29.009	New York Yankees	New York Yankees (MLB)	Recalled from Scranton/Wilkes-Barre (AAA)
Yacksel Rios	P	25.050	Philadelphia Phillies	Philadelphia Phillies (MLB)	Recalled from Lehigh Valley (AAA)
Luis Cessa	SP	26.113	New York Yankees	Scranton/Wilkes-Barre (AAA)	Assigned to Scranton/Wilkes-Barre (AAA)
Austin Maddox	C	27.095	Boston Red Sox	Gulf Coast Red Sox (Rk)	Assigned to GCL Red Sox (Rk) for rehab
Chace Numata	C	26.002	New York Yankees	Gulf Coast Yankees (Rk)	Assigned to Gulf Coast Yankees (Rk)
Shane Carrier	OF	22.074	Minnesota Twins	Gulf Coast Twins (Rk)	Assigned to Gulf Coast Twins (Rk)
Brad Case	P	21.337	Pittsburgh Pirates	Bristol (Rk)	Assigned to Bristol (Rk)
Matt Harris	P	24.037	Toronto Blue Jays	Gulf Coast Blue Jays (Rk)	Assigned to Gulf Coast Blue Jays (Rk)
Andres Regnault	C	19.238	New York Mets	Gulf Coast Mets (Rk)	Assigned to Gulf Coast Mets (Rk)
Davis Bradshaw	CF	20.113	Miami Marlins	Batavia (A-)	Assigned to Batavia (A-)
Mark Montgomery	P	27.351	Boston Red Sox	Gulf Coast Red Sox (Rk)	Assigned to Gulf Coast Red Sox (Rk)
Jose Alberto Rivera	P	21.183	Houston Astros	Tri City (A-)	Assigned to Tri City (A-)
Bradin Hagens	P	29.096	Arizona Diamondbacks	Arizona Diamondbacks (Rk)	Assigned to Arizona Diamondbacks (Rk)
Omar Herman	P	21.148	Arizona Diamondbacks	Arizona Diamondbacks (Rk)	Assigned to Arizona Diamondbacks (Rk)
Zack Brown	P	23.244	Milwaukee Brewers	Arizona Brewers (Rk)	Assigned to Arizona Brewers (Rk)
Kelvin Gonzalez	P	20.235	Texas Rangers	Arizona Rangers (Rk)	Assigned to Arizona Rangers (Rk)
Camden Duzenack	IF	23.161	Arizona Diamondbacks	Arizona Diamondbacks (Rk)	Assigned to Arizona Diamondbacks (Rk)
Reagan Todd	P	22.352	Colorado Rockies	Boise (A-)	Assigned to Boise (A-)
Reagan Biechler	P	23.280	Colorado Rockies	Boise (A-)	Assigned to Boise (A-)
Zack Trageton	P	19.348	Tampa Bay Rays	Hudson Valley (A-)	Assigned to Hudson Valley (A-)
Domenic Mazza	P	24.018	San Francisco Giants	San Jose (A+)	Assigned to San Jose (A+)
Alex McKenna	OF	20.344	Houston Astros	Quad Cities (A)	Assigned to Quad Cities (A)
Dave Smith	P	23.300	Washington Nationals	Hagerstown (A)	Assigned to Hagerstown (A)
Justin Garza	P	24.149	Cleveland Indians	Mahoning Valley (A-)	Assigned to Mahoning Valley (A-)
Yeral Encarnacion	OF	20.298	Miami Marlins	Greensboro (A)	Assigned to Greensboro (A)
Alan Marrero	C	20.169	Boston Red Sox	Lowell (A-)	Assigned to Lowell (A-)
Logan Mattix	CF	22.092	Houston Astros	Tri City (A-)	Assigned to Tri City (A-)
Gage Canning	CF	21.115	Washington Nationals	Hagerstown (A)	DL-7 Injured
Scott Sebald	P	24.061	Miami Marlins	Greensboro (A)	DL-7 Injured
Alex Scherff	P	20.192	Boston Red Sox	Greenville (A)	Activated from disabled list
Edward Cabrera	P	20.125	Miami Marlins	Greensboro (A)	Activated from disabled list
Will Allen	C	26.144	Miami Marlins	Jupiter (A+)	Assigned to Jupiter (A+)
Carlos Salazar	P	23.266	Los Angeles Angels	Inland Empire (A+)	Assigned to Inland Empire (A+)
Max Herrmann	P	25.030	Los Angeles Angels	Burlington (A)	DL-7 Injured
Austin Krzeminski	P-OF	21.320	Los Angeles Angels	Burlington (A)	Reinstated to active roster
Steve Moyers	P	24.327	Seattle Mariners	Clinton (A)	Assigned to Clinton (A)
Joe McCarthy	OF-1B	24.174	Tampa Bay Rays	Charlotte (A+)	Assigned to Charlotte (A+)
J.C. Millan	OF	22.211	Miami Marlins	Jupiter (A+)	DL-7 Injured
Zach Lee	P	26.338	Tampa Bay Rays	Durham (AAA)	Assigned to Durham (AAA)
James Buckelew	P	27.012	Chicago Cubs	Myrtle Beach (A+)	DL-7 Injured
Erich Uelmen	P	22.089	Chicago Cubs	Myrtle Beach (A+)	Activated from disabled list
Brallan Perez	2B	22.202	Oakland Athletics	Stockton (A+)	Activated from disabled list
Trace Loehr	SS	23.085	Oakland Athletics	Stockton (A+)	DL-7 Injured
Dillon Dobson	IF	24.360	San Francisco Giants	Richmond (AA)	Assigned to Richmond (AA)
Patrick Sandoval	P	21.302	Los Angeles Angels	Mobile (AA)	Assigned to Mobile (AA)
Austin Hutchison	P	23.129	Seattle Mariners	Modesto (A+)	Assigned to Modesto (A+)
Juan Martinez	P	26.032	Cincinnati Reds	Pensacola (AA)	Activated from disabled list
Joe Gatto	P	23.063	Los Angeles Angels	Mobile (AA)	Placed on temporarily inactive list
Michael Russell	OF	25.198	Tampa Bay Rays	Montgomery (AA)	Assigned to Montgomery (AA)
Harold Arauz	P	23.079	Philadelphia Phillies	Lehigh Valley (AAA)	Assigned to Lehigh Valley (AAA)
John Riley	C	24.183	San Francisco Giants	Richmond (AA)	DL-7 Injured
Juan Kelly	1B	24.031	Toronto Blue Jays	New Hampshire (AA)	Activated from disabled list
Gunnar Heidt	IF	25.338	Toronto Blue Jays	Buffalo (AAA)	Assigned to Buffalo (AAA)
Alfred Gutierrez	P	23.065	Detroit Tigers	Toledo (AAA)	Assigned to Toledo (AAA)
Jeff Singer	P	24.337	Philadelphia Phillies	Lehigh Valley (AAA)	Assigned to Lehigh Valley (AAA)
Brady Lail	P	25.007	New York Yankees	Scranton/Wilkes-Barre (AAA)	Assigned to Scranton/Wilkes-Barre (AAA)
Erik Davis	P	31.312	Milwaukee Brewers	Colorado Springs (AAA)	DL-7 Injured
Melvin Mercedes	2B	26.216	Oakland Athletics	Nashville (AAA)	DL-7 Injured
Trey Martin	OF	25.248	Chicago Cubs	Iowa (AAA)	DL-7 Injured
David Rollins	P	28.238	Seattle Mariners	Tacoma (AAA)	Assigned to Tacoma (AAA)
Rey Navarro	3B-2B	28.237	New York Yankees	Scranton/Wilkes-Barre (AAA)	Activated from disabled list
Phillippe Aumont	P	29.221	Detroit Tigers	Toledo (AAA)	DL-7 Injured
Carlos Franco	3B	26.240	Atlanta Braves	Gwinnett (AAA)	DL-7 Injured
Justin Nicolino	P	26.268	Cincinnati Reds	Louisville (AAA)	DL-7 Injured
L.J. Mazzilli	2B	27.344	New York Yankees	Scranton/Wilkes-Barre (AAA)	DL-7 Injured
Jason Leblebijian	3B-1B	27.095	Toronto Blue Jays	Buffalo (AAA)	DL-7 Injured
Mike Franco	P	26.270	Tampa Bay Rays	Durham (AAA)	Placed on temporarily inactive list
Jorge Barrosa	OF	17.180	Arizona Diamondbacks	Arizona Diamondbacks (Rk)	Assigned to Arizona Diamondbacks (Rk)
Kurt Spomer	P	29.037	Detroit Tigers	Erie (AA)	DL-7 Injured
Weilly Yan	P	22.199	San Francisco Giants	Arizona Giants (Rk)	Assigned to Arizona Giants (Rk)

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Vis Team	R	Home Team	R	Box	Winning Pitcher	Losing Pitcher	Save Pitcher
Colorado Rockies	5	Atlanta Braves	3	Box	Seung Hwan Oh	Brad Brach	Wade Davis
New York Mets	24	Philadelphia Phillies	4	Box	Corey Oswalt	Ranger Suarez	(none)
New York Mets	6	Philadelphia Phillies	9	Box	Zach Eflin	Steven Matz	Seranthony Dominguez
Chicago Cubs	1	Pittsburgh Pirates	0	Box	Jon Lester	Ivan Nova	Pedro Strop
Arizona Diamondbacks	5	San Diego Padres	1	Box	Clay Buchholz	Jacob Nix	(none)
Washington Nationals	5	St. Louis Cardinals	4	Box	Tanner Roark	Luke Weaver	Koda Glover
Toronto Blue Jays	2	Kansas City Royals	6	Box	Brian Flynn	Sam Gaviglio	(none)
Detroit Tigers	8	Minnesota Twins	15	Box	Trevor May	Francisco Liriano	(none)
Tampa Bay Rays	3	New York Yankees	1	Box	Blake Snell	Masahiro Tanaka	Adam Kolarek
Los Angeles Angels	6	Texas Rangers	8	Box	Matt Moore	Justin Anderson	Jose Leclerc

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