| Team | Record | Previous Rank |
|---|
1. New York Yankees | 80-50 | 1 |
| Yankees return home still tied with Rays atop AL East |
2. Tampa Bay Rays | 80-50 | 2 |
| Shields becomes club's all-time career wins leader |
3. Minnesota Twins | 75-56 | 3 |
| Central-leading Twins hope injured players can return for stretch run |
4. Texas Rangers | 73-57 | 5 |
| Texas trusts Lee will get back to dominating form |
5. Boston Red Sox | 74-57 | 4 |
| Boston's playoff hopes in trouble after losing key series to Rays |
6. Chicago White Sox | 70-60 | 6 |
| Possible addition of Ramirez has Pale Hose feeling confident |
7. Detroit Tigers | 65-66 | 9 |
| Perhaps Damon should have joined Boston through waivers |
8. Toronto Blue Jays | 68-62 | 7 |
| Young, fresh faces could be called up for the Jays |
9. Oakland Athletics | 65-64 | 10 |
| Starting pitching has come around for hopeful A's |
10. LA Angels of Anaheim | 63-68 | 8 |
| Angels reportedly lose Napoli to Red Sox via waivers |
11. Kansas City Royals | 55-75 | 11 |
| Suddenly Chen is the ace of the KC staff |
12. Cleveland Indians | 53-77 | 12 |
| LaPorta's hip latest issue with Tribe |
13. Seattle Mariners | 51-79 | 14 |
| Ichiro has to feel good about Japan winning Little League World Series |
14. Baltimore Orioles | 48-83 | 13 |
| O's anticipating Jones returning this week from shoulder injury |
