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THT Daily: Albert Pujols

by Matthew Carruth
June 22, 2008

Major League News for June 22

Player News
Yesterday’s Results
Today’s Games
Standings
Top Minor League Performances

You can always find the most recent THT Daily at http://www.hardballtimes.com/main/content/thtdaily/

Player News

Player Headlines are courtesy of Rotoworld
Blue Jays placed RHP Shaun Marcum on the 15-day disabled list, retroactive to June 19, with soreness in his right elbow.
Marcum had felt discomfort in his throwing arm for a few weeks and finally decided he needed some extra rest. "This is a blow to the rotation—that's for sure," Blue Jays pitching coach Brad Arnsberg said. "He's throwing the ball as well as anybody on the entire staff. But, bumps in the road come, and hopefully we just get good news." John Parrish, who is 10-0 with a 2.83 ERA at Triple-A Syracuse, is the likely replacement in the rotation.

Albert Pujols (calf) will join the Cardinals in Detroit for some supervised workouts next week.
If everything looks fine, Pujols will return when he's eligible on Thursday. "I think he's feeling really good," manager Tony La Russa said.

Cubs placed RHP Carlos Zambrano on the 15-day disabled list, retroactive to June 19, with a mild strain in his right shoulder.
It's the second career DL stint for Zambrano. Sean Marshall is expected to be called up to replace him Tuesday and will probably make a second start in his place next weekend.

The Marlins plan to activate Josh Willingham from the disabled list on Tuesday.
Willingham will be eased back into the lineup. 'I'm not going to run him out there the first seven days in a row,'' manager Fredi Gonzalez said. He has been on the DL since April 28 with lower back pain.

Chipper Jones said he expects to be sidelined through the weekend after aggravating his strained right quad.
"It's happened so many times I can't recall," Jones said. "This is definitely the worst, though." Omar Infante will start at either third or short on Saturday, depending on whether Yunel Escobar plays.

Erik Bedard was taken out of Friday's game against the Braves with back spasms.
Bedard threw three scoreless innings being unable to continue. With the trade talk already heating up, one wonders if he's really willing to give it his all for the Mariners at this point.

Yesterday’s Results

American League
STL     9  BOS     3    (Recap and Boxscore)
CIN     6  NYA     0    (Recap and Boxscore)
TB      4  HOU     3    (Recap and Boxscore)
KC      5  SF      3    (Recap and Boxscore)
MIN     6  ARI     1    (Recap and Boxscore)
FLA     6  OAK     4    (Recap and Boxscore)

National League
ATL     5  SEA     4    (Recap and Boxscore)
LAA     6  PHI     2    (Recap and Boxscore)
TEX    13  WAS     3    (Recap and Boxscore)
CHN    11  CHA     7    (Recap and Boxscore)
MIL     3  BAL     2    (Recap and Boxscore)
PIT     6  TOR     3    (Recap and Boxscore)
COL     7  NYN     1    (Recap and Boxscore)
CLE     7  LAN     2    (Recap and Boxscore)
DET     7  SD      5    (Recap and Boxscore)

Today’s Games

National League
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 New York Mets at Colorado Rockies, 3:05 PM
  (R) Mike Pelfrey (3-6) vs. (R) Greg Reynolds (2-4)
 
 Inter-League
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 Cincinnati Reds at New York Yankees, 1:05 PM
  (R) Johnny Cueto (5-7) vs. (L) Andy Pettitte (7-5)
 St. Louis Cardinals at Boston Red Sox, 1:35 PM
  (R) Joel Pineiro (2-3) vs. (L) Jon Lester (6-3)
 LA Angels of Anaheim at Philadelphia Phillies, 1:35 PM
  (R) Jered Weaver (6-7) vs. (L) Cole Hamels (7-4)
 Texas Rangers at Washington Nationals, 1:35 PM
  (R) Vicente Padilla (9-3) vs. (L) John Lannan (4-8)
 Seattle Mariners at Atlanta Braves, 1:35 PM
  (R) Carlos Silva (3-8) vs. (R) Tim Hudson (7-5)
 Toronto Blue Jays at Pittsburgh Pirates, 1:35 PM
  (R) Dustin McGowan (5-5) vs. (R) Ian Snell (3-7)
 Houston Astros at Tampa Bay Rays, 1:40 PM
  (R) Brandon Backe (4-8) vs. (L) Scott Kazmir (6-2)
 Baltimore Orioles at Milwaukee Brewers, 2:05 PM
  (L) Garrett Olson (5-2) vs. (L) Manny Parra (6-2)
 Arizona Diamondbacks at Minnesota Twins, 2:10 PM
  (R) Brandon Webb (11-3) vs. (R) Livan Hernandez (7-4)
 San Francisco Giants at Kansas City Royals, 2:10 PM
  (R) Tim Lincecum (8-1) vs. (R) Kyle Davies (3-0)
 Florida Marlins at Oakland Athletics, 4:05 PM
  (L) Andrew Miller (5-5) vs. (R) Justin Duchscherer (7-4)
 Detroit Tigers at San Diego Padres, 4:05 PM
  (R) Justin Verlander (3-9) vs. (L) Randy Wolf (5-5)
 Cleveland Indians at Los Angeles Dodgers, 4:10 PM
  (R) Paul Byrd (3-7) vs. (R) Chad Billingsley (5-7)
 Chicago White Sox at Chicago Cubs, 8:05 PM
  (R) Javier Vazquez (7-5) vs. (R) Ryan Dempster (8-2)

Standings

The graphics next to each team are called "sparklines.” They depict each team’s performance over the last month. Each "up" bar is a victory and a "down" bar is a loss. There are horizontal lines for home games and red bars represent games decided by two runs or less. "PWins" is short for Projected Wins, based on each team’s Run Differential, and is often a better measure of a team’s true strength. Other team graphs and stats can be found on our Team Page.


American League East        Pwins  Diff
BOS     46  31 .597    0.0   45     1    
TB      44  30 .595    0.5   40     4    
NYA     40  35 .533    5.0   39     1    
BAL     38  35 .521    6.0   36     2    
TOR     35  41 .461   10.5   39    -4    
American League Central     
CHA     41  33 .554    0.0   46    -5    
MIN     39  36 .520    2.5   37     2    
DET     35  39 .473    6.0   37    -2    
CLE     35  40 .467    6.5   39    -4    
KC      32  43 .427    9.5   31     1    
American League West        
LAA     45  30 .600    0.0   39     6    
OAK     40  34 .541    4.5   43    -3    
TEX     38  38 .500    7.5   37     1    
SEA     26  48 .351   18.5   29    -3    


National League East        Pwins  Diff
PHI     42  34 .553    0.0   46    -4    
FLA     40  34 .541    1.0   38     2    
NYN     36  37 .493    4.5   37    -1    
ATL     37  39 .487    5.0   42    -5    
WAS     30  46 .395   12.0   27     3    
National League Central     
CHN     47  28 .627    0.0   48    -1    
STL     44  32 .579    3.5   41     3    
MIL     40  34 .541    6.5   36     4    
PIT     36  39 .480   11.0   34     2    
CIN     35  41 .461   12.5   34     1    
HOU     34  41 .453   13.0   34     0    
National League West        
ARI     39  36 .520    0.0   39     0    
LAN     34  40 .459    4.5   37    -3    
COL     32  43 .427    7.0   32     0    
SF      32  43 .427    7.0   33    -1    
SD      32  44 .421    7.5   31     1

Top Minor League Games

The following list, provided by First Inning, includes the top minor league batting (based on Runs Created) and pitching (based on Game Score) performances from yesterday.

ORG LVL PLAYER            AB  H 2B 3B HR BB SO  Notes
TB  AAA Dan Johnson....... 5  3  1  0  2  0  1  3 R
MIN A   C. Parmelee....... 5  4  1  0  1  0  0  3 R
TEX AAA John Mayberry..... 4  3  1  0  1  0  0  
TB  AAA Fernando Perez.... 5  3  0  0  1  0  1  2 SB
NYY AAA Brett Gardner..... 4  3  1  0  0  1  0  2 SB
CHC AA  Jake Fox.......... 5  3  1  0  1  0  0  
CLE AA  Trevor Crowe...... 4  2  1  0  1  1  0  3 R
CIN A   Zachary Cozart.... 5  2  0  0  2  0  1  
TOR AAA Kevin Melillo..... 4  3  1  1  0  0  0  
SD  A+  Mitch Canham...... 2  1  0  0  1  2  0  
CHW A+  John Shelby....... 4  2  1  0  1  0  1  4 RBI
KC  A+  Jeffrey Bianchi... 5  2  0  1  1  0  1  

ORG LVL PLAYER            IP  H  R ER SO BB HR  Notes
CLE AAA David Huff........ 7  5  0  0  9  0  0  12 GB
SD  AA  Steve Garrison.... 7  3  1  1 11  1  1  
SF  A   M. Bumgarner...... 7  5  0  0 10  1  0  
SF  A+  Henry Sosa........ 6  4  1  1  9  0  0  
CLE A+  Hector Rondon..... 7  3  1  0  9  2  0  
ATL A   Edgar Osuna....... 7  7  3  3  9  1  0  
CHW AAA Charlie Haeger.... 6  2  1  0  6  1  0  
TOR A   Bradley Mills..... 6  3  0  0  7  2  0  
LAA A   Trevor Reckling... 7  5  2  2 10  3  1  
MIL A+  A. Periard........ 6  5  2  1  7  1  0  
TB  A+  David Price....... 6  5  3  3  7  2  0  
CIN AAA Homer Bailey...... 8  10  4  3  7  0  1

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