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Heading towards the first third of the season, this is what the standings look like so far.....

AL East
1)Tampa Bay Rays 29-11
2)NY Yankees 25-15
3)Toronto Blue Jays 25-17
4)Boston red sox 21-20
5)Baltimore orioles 13-28

The Rays have the best record in baseball, and they've yet to really start running.
David Price leading the AL with his 6 wins and 1.81 ERA.
Not to mention Evan longoria leading the AL with 27 RBI's.
The Yankees have to be disapointed with the starters who are well under par.
The Jays are in the same position they were last year where they had their worst season in decades...you can expext the same this season/or worse.
The red sox, as mentioned are not close to contention.
The orioles are still waiting for the return of their lead-off man Brian Roberts.....they should have a good 2nd half.

AL Central
1)Minesota Twins 24-16
2)Detroit Tigers 23-17
3)Chicago White Sox 16-23
4)Kansas City Royals 17-25
5)Clevland Indians 15-24

Joe Mauer and Justin Morneau lead things for the twins while closer Raunch has been a great replacement for the injured Nathan.

AL West
1)Texas Rangers 23-18
2)Oakland A's 20-21
3)LA Angles 19-23
4)Seattle Mariners 14-26

This division looks open, although i would be suprised if texas hangs on to the lead...not that there's some super team in this division waiting to overtake them, its just the rangers have a habbit of falling apart mid-summer.

NL East
1)Philadelphia Phillies 24-15
2)Florids Marlins 22-19
3)Washington Nationals 21-20
4)Atlanta Braves 20-20
5)New York Mets 19-22

the Braves 20 Year old Jason Heyward leads his team with 29 RBI's, 8 Homeruns, batting .288, but with a lot of walks leading to a .406 on base percentage.... so yeah, he's got patience.
Most outstanding feature of Heyward is his clutch preformance as he's had an overwhelming amount of walk off at bats this season.

NL central
1)Cincinnati Reds 23-17
2)St.Louis Cardinals 23-18
3)Chicago Cubs 19-22
4)Milwakee Brewers 18-22
5)Houston Astros 14-26

Look at the Reds!
Voted as most suprising team in the major leagues.....no suprise to me, as i began pointing them out last season.

NL West
1)San Diego Padres 24-16
2)San Fransisco Giants 22-17
3)LA Dodgers 22-18
4)Colorado Rockies 19-21
5)Arizona Diamondbacks 17-24

The Padres will not remain on top here, this will end up a three horse race at most between the Dodgers, giants and rockies pending injuries.