By Christopher Reina We are officially in the dog days of summer and it is time to examine how all 30 MLB teams have fared between June 1st and August 5th. 1. New York Yankees (39-21, .650): The Yankees were counted out by many experts and skeptics, but they are in the thick of the Wild Card race. They hit .319, with 45 homeruns and 202 runs during the month of July. Hideki Matsui himself hit 13 homers in the month. 2. Chicago Cubs (36-23, .610): The Cubs have raced to Milwaukee?s heels behind excellent pitching from Carlos Zambrano and Ted Lilly and a serviceable bullpen. 3. Seattle Mariners (34-25, .576): The Mariners are doing it with smoke and mirrors and clutch hitting. 4. Los Angeles Angels (31-24, .564): The Angels hit just 10 homeruns during the month of July, compare to Matsui?s total above. Their pitching has been below average as well during the summer and are still living off of their 17-9 June against mostly National League teams. 5. Colorado Rockies (31-25, .554): Jeff Francis is 8-1 since June 1st, despite a 6.16 ERA in July, which followed a terrific 2.84 in June. The Rockies have only hit 103 homeruns, which could be their lowest output since their inaugural season in 1993. 6. Philadelphia Phillies (32-26, .552): Ryan Howard has hit 21 of his 30 homeruns this season since June 1st. Rookie Kyle Kendrick has been a pleasant surprise on the mound as well. 7. Toronto Blue Jays (31-26, .544): The Blue Jays have flown into the Wild Card chase under the radar as the Yankees have been receiving more of the attention. They are hitting well and getting excellent efforts from a makeshift bullpen missing B.J. Ryan. 8. Detroit Tigers (31-26, .544): The Tigers have been one of the most consistent teams in the MLB, but their pitching has been disappointing this summer. 9. Boston Red Sox (32-27, .542): Boston?s pitching has been superb, though Eric Gagne has an ERA of 9.00 in two appearances. After another bad start, Coco Crisp has been hitting well over .300 since June 1st. 10. Arizona Diamondbacks (31-27, .534): The Diamondbacks have a Pythagorean Win-Loss record of 53-60, which has made them the luckiest team in the MLB this season. They rank 15th in the NL in batting, but are 4th in ERA. 11. Kansas City Royals (29-27, .518): If you takeaway their 1-6 record against the Yankees, the Royals are a .571 club since June 1st. Brian Bannister and Gil Meche have been giving Kansas City excellent efforts on the mound. 12. Minnesota Twins (30-28, .517): The Twins are still a Wild Card possibility, but dealing away Luis Castillo didn?t give Johan Santana and Torii Hunter much reason to be optimistic. 13. Milwaukee Brewers (30-28, .517): Rookies Yovani Gallardo and Ryan Braun have been carrying the Brewers while J.J. Hardy and Prince Fielder have trailed off their production and Richie Weeks is now back in the minors. 14. San Diego Padres (29-28, .509): The Padres are charged by their impressive 3.48 ERA, but how long can they hold on without Chris Young throwing every fifth day. 15. Washington Nationals (29-28, .509): Only this type of statistic could show that the Nationals have been playing better baseball than the Mets and Braves. Journeyman Tim Redding has an ERA of 2.43 in his six starts, while the club had a 3.83 ERA in July. This is necessary since the Nationals are last in the NL in runs scored this year. 16. Cleveland Indians (29-30, .492): Where would the Indians be without Fausto Carmona? He had a 1.74 ERA in July, including a huge 1-0 win versus Boston on the 25th. 17. New York Mets (29-30, .492): The Mets wrapped this stretch with a 4-2 roadtrip to Milwaukee and Chicago. The biggest difference between the Mets of the summer and the Mets of April is on the mound. The 2.96 ERA in April has risen to 3.87. 18. Atlanta Braves (29-30, .492): The Braves are 3-1 since Mark Teixeira was acquired and the slugger already has three homeruns. 19. St. Louis Cardinals (28-29, .491): The Cardinals wasted a promising July where they went 15-11 by beginning August with five straight losses. 20. Texas Rangers (25-28, .472): Ron Washington has turned the Rangers around from their 19-35 start, as they finished June and July with 14-12 records. 21. Los Angeles Dodgers (27-31, .466) Injuries and anemic hitting have kept the Dodgers from reaching their full potential. 22. Cincinnati Reds (26-30, .464): The Reds decided to retain Adam Dunn, Bronson Arroyo and Ken Griffey, Jr. at the deadline, putting them in a position to maintain this kind of W-L percentage throughout the remainder of the season. 23. Chicago White Sox (28-34, .452) The White Sox can be a dangerous team, but outside of Mark Buehrle and Javier Vazquez, their pitching has been dreadful. 24. Oakland Athletics (27-33, .450): The A?s typically make a midseason charge, but there have been no signs of life this season, while Dan Haren has come back to earth, posting a 4.10 ERA in July. 25. Houston Astros (26-32, .448): Losing Hunter Pence will not help things for the Astros, who have the second worst ERA in the National League. 26. Florida Marlins (26-32, .448): The Marlins, behind Hanley Ramirez, Miguel Cabrera and Dan Uggla, put up runs like an American League team, but their pitching has been dreadful. 27. Baltimore Orioles (25-31, .446) Baltimore has been receiving very good pitching from Jeremy Guthrie and Erik Bedard, but have struggled to score runs, particularly when Miguel Tejada was on the shelf. 28. San Francisco Giants (22-35, .386) The summer has been dedicated to Barry Bonds? pursuit of 756 while the club has still failed to develop any positional players from their farm system. 29. Pittsburgh Pirates (21-34, .382): Ian Snell and Tom Gorzelanny have seen their ERAs rise in July, dampening the one bright spot of the season. 30. Tampa Bay Devil Rays (20-39, .339): Carlos Pena and B.J. Upton have had breakout seasons, but their 5.89 ERA doesn?t make winning game very easy.