American LeagueCentral Division
White Sox: After hitting .354 in April, catcher Tyler Flowers batting .093 (4-for-43) over first 14 games of June.
Indians: Indians spokesman defends Chief Wahoo logo: “When people look at our logo, we believe they think baseball.”
Royals: After hitting 26 home runs in their first 54 games, Royals cranked out 15 in next 19 entering Saturday.
Tigers: Brad Ausmus apologizes for joking about beating his wife. Even Ivy Leaguers aren’t immune from bouts of stupidity.
Twins: Brian Dozier’s 56 runs scored accounted for 18 percent of the Twins’ total runs (306) entering Saturday.
East Division
Blue Jays: Mark Buehrle hits 100-innings mark, remains well ahead of pace to exceed 200 innings for 14th straight season.
Orioles: Hotheaded Manny Machado to unveil his own salsa brand Tuesday. Strangely, it comes only in mild and medium.
Rays: Matt Joyce makes video magic, hitting batting-practice ball back into pitching machine, which fires it right back at him.
Red Sox: Jake Peavy hasn’t won since April 25, thanks to little run support and bullpen failures. Red Sox are 5-11 in Peavy starts.
Yankees: Derek Jeter becomes 10th big-leaguer since 1876 to score 1,900 runs. Rickey Henderson is all-time leader at 2,296.
West Division
Angels: Summer rerun: Ian Stewart hits .176, goes on DL and gets optioned to Triple A when he returns.
Astros: Rookie George Springer back to earth. Hitting .189 vs. lefties entering weekend, with 78 strikeouts in 211 at-bats overall.
Athletics: Jim Johnson has 13.50 ERA at home, 2.04 ERA on road — a difference of 11.46 runs per 9 innings.
Mariners: Fears Robinson Cano would disappear from view out west didn’t materialize. Headed for another All-Star start.
Rangers: In classy move, Rangers establish fund for family of ESPNDallas.com reporter Richard Durrett, who died at 38.
National LeagueCentral Division
Cubs: Junior Lake entered weekend missing on 40.9 percent of his swings, leading majors in avoiding contact.
Brewers: Jonathan Lucroy’s mock All-Star video “attacking” Cardinals shows what happens with creative marketing types.
Cardinals: Humorless manager Mike Matheny miffed over Lucroy’s video. No one can poke fun at the Cardinals.
Pirates: Mark Melancon replaces Jason Grilli as closer, but will it matter for a team ranked 12th in NL pitching?
Reds: Shoulder surgery on tap for beleaguered reliever Sean Marshall, who has thrown only 24 innings the last two years.
East Division
Braves: Gavin Floyd’s broken elbow during dominant start against Nationals ends comeback from Tommy John surgery.
Marlins: Kevin Gregg finds his way back to the majors after talking his way off the Cubs last September.
Mets: @ColonAtBat tweets gain dozens of followers after Bartolo Colon gets first hit since 2005, before Twitter invented.
Nationals: Gio Gonzalez returns after missing a month with shoulder inflammation, but Nats can’t pull away.
Phillies: Chase Utley hitting above .300, showing fire at 35. Last time he ended season better than .300 was .332 in 2007.
West Division
Diamondbacks: Veteran reliever J.J. Putz designated for assignment, which happens when you post a 6.59 ERA.
Dodgers: Clayton Kershaw and Josh Beckett first teammates with no-hitters since ’72 Cubs’ Burt Hooton and Milt Pappas.
Giants: Annual June swoon continues. Once imposing 91/2-game lead over Dodgers down to four in 11 days.
Padres: Tony Gwynn’s baseball legacy is secure, as is his status as the most accommodating superstar in modern history.
Rockies: Rockies have used a league-high 10 starters so far, and combined 4.89 ERA entering weekend was worst in baseball.
