AL West

Welcome to the no-hitter club, Hisashi Iwakuma.

Outfielder Carlos Gomez has had an up-and-down stint with the Houston Astros since they acquired him from the Milwaukee Brewers in a trade, but the AL West leaders will be without him for at least one game.  

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Texas Rangers star pitcher Cole Hamels won't be making a scheduled start on Thursday against the Minnesota Twins because of a groin injury.

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As August trails on and September approaches from afar, roster expansion is around the corner for the stretch run of the 2015 MLB season. Teams in contention for playoff spots, such as the second-place Los Angeles Angels, may need to call upon their top prospects to give the big club a jolt in the fall.

Evidently, the Texas Rangers feel the key to getting back to the postseason for the first time since 2012 is to reunite with as many members of that team as possible.

And given the names they're reuniting with, that's actually not a bad idea.

Looking at the American League heading into 2015, it was easy to imagine a three-team scrap for the AL Central title and a five-team battle royale for the AL East title. But the AL West title? Meh, there didn't seem to be much to see there.

But in the latest case of YCPB, here we are with two months left to go and the AL West is home to the most hotly contested division race in the Junior Circuit.

Houston Astros outfielder Carlos Gomez hit the 100th home run of his career during Tuesday's 4-3 loss to the Texas Rangers, blasting a solo shot over the left-center field wall off of Rangers pitcher Yovani Gallardo in the sixth inning, per MLB Milestones.

For much of 2015, things have been a bit hellish for the Los Angeles Angels. They began the year by raising a ruckus over Josh Hamilton's latest relapse.

Texas Rangers pitcher Yovani Gallardo extended his scoreless run to 29.1 innings during Thursday's 2-0 win over the Baltimore Orioles, giving him the Rangers' longest such streak since Kenny Rogers tossed 31 consecutive scoreless innings in 2005, according to the Elias Sports Bureau (via ESPN S

The All-Star Game is July 14 and the Oakland A's have several quality candidates that could head to Cincinnati to represent the American League.

Unfortunately, fan voting seems like it will knock out many of those candidates, from Oakland and many other teams, in place of much less deserving players. Because of that, the likelihood the A's send more than a player or two are slim.