Home run standings as of 08/24/2014

Top seven players with 32 or more home runs.

HR..PHR..GL.. Player/team/League

36...38.......8....M. Olson/Stk/Calif.

34...43......34...N. Cruz/Bal/Amr

34...36.......9....S. Moya/Eri/Eastern

33...42......32...J. Abreu/CWS/Amr

33...33.......0....J. Lindsey/MEX/Mex

32...40......33...G. Stanton/MIA/Nat

32...33.......7....J. Pederson/ALB/PC

 Still to close to call, it will be Ding-Dong to the last day.

HOME RUN STANDINGS AS OF 08/20/2014

All players with 30 or more homers are listed.

HR...PHR...player/Lg/class

36.....41.....Matt Olson/Ca/A.Adv

33.....42.....Nelson Cruz/A/MLB

33.....38.....John Lindsey/Mex/AAA

33.....37.....Steven Moya/Eastern/A. Adv

32.....41.....Jose Abreu/A/MLB

30.....39.....Chris Carter/N/MLB

30.....39.....David Ortize/A/MLB

30.....34.....Joe Pederson/PC/AAA

Congrats to the Angles for having the best record in baseball. It is so close at the top of the Home Run leader board that I think any of the top six PHRs can still win it.

PHR standings as of 8/17/14

All players 30 or more home runs are listed with their pre-season odds.

1. J. Lindsey PHR 42.  Odds. 80-1

    33 homers in 105 games. 30 left.

    Mexican league- AAA

2. G. Stanton PHR 41.  Odds 4-1

       32 homers in 124 games. 38 left

     National league- MLB

3. N. Cruz  PHR 41.  Odds 20-1

   31 homers in 120 games. 40 left

   American League - MLB

4. J. Abreu. PHR 41. Odds 5-2

       31 homers in 109 games. 38 left

        American League - MLB

5. M. Olson - PHR 40.  Odds 80-1

    35 homers in 123 games. 19 left

     Calif. League - AA

6. S. Moya - PHR 34  Odds 80-1

    30 homers in 120 games. 17 left

    Eastern League - A. Adv.

Closest race in 15 years with the minor leagues still in the running with less than 40 games to go. Very real chance that 40 home runs will not happen this year.

If the MLB playoffs were to start today...

My team the LA Angels took over first place in the ALW today. Here are the teams with the best win percentage;

LAA...595 ALW

OAK..593 ALW

BAL..570 ALE

WAS..562 NLE

LAD...560 NLW

MIL....556 NLC

KC.....549 ALC

DET...545 ALC

STL...533 NLC

Play off picture would look like this:

  AL

LAA vs KC

OAK vs BAL

NL

WSH vs STL

LAD vs MIL

Next closest wild card is DET in the AL, but really has no chance.

If Angles make playoffs and are 3-1 to win the WS, I'm going to Vegas baby!

2014 Home Run Standings for 08/14/2014

PMatt Olson- 35 HR.   41 PHR

John Lindsey- 33 HR  42 PHR

George Stanton- 31 Hr. 43 PHR

Josh Abreu- 31 HR. 43 PHR

Nelson Cruz- 31 HR. 42 PHR

PHR Standings as of Aug 9, 2014

Here is a list of the last seven Home Run Title winners and where they stood at this time in the standings.

Year..HR..player........on..HR..Pl..leader

2013..53..C. Davis...8/10..41..1..

2012..44..M. Cabrera..8/10..42..3..MiLB

2011..49..J. Bautista..8/6..43..3..MiLB

2010..54..J. Bautista..8/8..34..1

2009..42..A. Pujols..8/9..36..1 tied

2008..48..R. Howard.. 8/9..32..3..MiLB

2007..54..A. Rodriguez..8/11..39..1

PHR Standings, all players with 28 HRs

PHR..HR..Player/LG/Class

44..31..J. Abreu/Amr/MLB

42..33..J. Lindsey/Mex/AAA

42..34..M. Olson/Calif/A. Adv

41..29..N. Cruz /Amr/MLB

39..28..G. Stanton/Nat/MLB

35..28..A. Wilkins/Int/AAA

35..28..R. Nunez/Calif/A. Adv

34..28..S. Moya /Eastern/AA

Abreu will need to pick up the pace or for the first time in 15 years a Minor League player will win the HR Title.