2013 AL Standings: August

[White Sox GM (Michael)]

AL East:

Rank	Team	Record	Winning Percentage	Games Back
1.	Tampa Bay	136-76-12	.634	--
2.	Baltimore	122-93-9	.565	15.5
3.	New York AL	107-100-17	.544	26.5
4.	Boston	54-151-19	.283	78.5
5.	Toronto	48-158-18	.254	85

AL Central:

Rank	Team	Record	Winning Percentage	Games Back
1.	Detroit	155-61-8	.710	--
2.	Chicago AL	150-60-14	.701	2
3.	Cleveland	110-97-17	.529	40.5
4.	Kansas City	106-97-21	.520	42.5
5.	Minnesota	101-115-8	.469	54

AL West:

Rank	Team	Record	Winning Percentage	Games Back
1.	Los Angeles AL	114-98-12	.536	--
2.	Texas	102-99-23	.507	6.5
3.	Oakland	86-123-15	.417	26.5
4.	Seattle	71-134-19	.359	39.5

Playoff Projection:

1. Detroit
2. Tampa Bay
3. Los Angeles AL
4. Chicago AL (WC1)
5. Baltimore (WC2)

Looking In:

6. New York AL
7. Cleveland
8. Kansas City
9. Texas

MVP Race (according to Player Rater):

1. Miguel Cabrera CWS 27.45
2. Chris Davis TEX 21.52
3. Carlos Gonzalez DET 18.89
4. David Ortiz NYY 16.37
5. Edwin Encarnacion CWS 15.74

6. Andrew McCutchen KC 14.44
7. Jean Segura BOS 14.17
8. Robinson Cano TB 13.91
9. Adam Jones CLE 13.65
10. Troy Tulowitzki LAA 13.34

Cy Young Race (according to Player Rater):

1. Clayton Kershaw KC 14.10
2. Max Scherzer TB 12.87
3. Patrick Corbin TB 11.95
4. Madison Bumgarner DET 10.58
5. Yu Darvish BAL 9.89

6. Cliff Lee LAA 9.64
7. Mike Minor CWS 9.56
8. Chris Sale TEX 9.45
9. Hiroki Kuroda CWS 8.80
10. Travis Wood BAL 8.15

[White Sox GM (Michael)]

Matchups to Watch in August (Weeks 17-21)

Week 17:

Kansas City Royals vs. Baltimore Orioles

Week 18:

Texas Rangers vs. Baltimore Orioles

Week 19:

Texas Rangers vs. Los Angeles Angels

Week 20: 

Kansas City Royals vs. New York Yankees

Week 21:

Baltimore Orioles vs. Chicago White Sox

[Rays GM (forbz)]

i like the player rater award races, nice job!