American League East
- Baltimore Orioles - Pathetic week (1-5) adds to atrocious season
- Boston Red Sox - Hobbled but not broken
- New York Yankees - Curtis Granderson adds inside the park homer to MVP resume
- Tampa Bay Rays - Nice week (4-1), would lead AL Central, third in East
- Toronto Blue Jays - Jose Bautista's numbers dwindling since break, so should MVP talk
- Chicago White Sox - Maintain .500, 5 back of Tigers, Alex Rios shows signs of life Sunday
- Cleveland Indians - Rough weekend vs. Detroit
- Detroit Tigers - Austin Jackson snuffs out runner at plate and possibly Indians' title hopes
- Kansas City Royals - Extend Jeff Francoeur for two years/$13.5 million
- Minnesota Twins - Jim Thome's 600th home run highlight of week...and season
- Los Angeles Angels - 5 year/$85 million extension for Jered Weaver is an absolute steal
- Oakland Athletics - Josh Willingham, 3 more HR, slugging pct. at .607 since break
- Seattle Mariners - Win one, lose 5, on pace for 93 losses
- Texas Rangers - Take 3 of 4 from Angels, lose 2 of 3 to ChiSox and West lead is sits at 4
- Atlanta Braves - Running away with NL Wild Card, very favorable schedule rest of way
- Florida Marlins - McKeon says he's "...embarrassed..." after 1-6 road trip. What did he expect?
- New York Mets - This is one boring team without Jose Reyes...
- Philadelphia Phillies - Bullpen beat up, Ryan Madson receives two straight days off
- Washington Nationals - Solid week (4-2), Drew Storen with 3 more saves (34 for season)
- Chicago Cubs - With Hendry gone and the season lost, attention turns to replacing GM
- Cincinnati Reds - Joey Votto = .400, 3HR, 8 RBI; season OPS sits at .972
- Houston Astros - Team loaded with rookies wins 4 of 6
- Milwaukee Brewers - Impressive in all facets of game, 6-1 record extends Central lead
- Pittsburgh Pirates - Jose Tabata given extension along with 3 club options (through '19)
- St. Louis Cardinals - May be completely out of division race now, wildcard unlikely too
- Arizona Diamondbacks - Awful time for a losing streak, 1-6 week allows Giants to hang
- Colorado Rockies - Win 4 of 6, hot streak could push them into contention, time is short
- Los Angeles Dodgers - Ethier now annual free fall continues, .100, 0 HR, 0 RBI
- San Diego Padres - Another team littered with youth and a positive week (5-2)
- San Francisco Giants - Fail to take advantage of D'Backs losing streak, lose 5 of 7
