THT Daily: All-Star injuries
by Matthew CarruthJuly 05, 2007
Major League News for July 5
Today’s LinksPlayer News
Yesterday’s Results
Today’s Games
Standings
Game of the Day
Top Minor League Performances
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Waste of time - Indians reliever Rafael Betancourt was cited for taking more than 12 seconds to throw his pitch twice during yesterday's Indians-Tigers game. While this rule seems inconsistently applied, it's always nice when pitchers work quickly.
New York misery - The Rockies finished a three-game sweep of the Mets with a 17-7 win last night, becoming the first team in over 50 years to sweep both the Mets and the Yankees in the same season. Now granted, since interleague play hasn't been around that long, that's not as impressive as it sounds, but it's still pretty cool.
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Player News
Player Headlines are courtesy of RotoworldAgent Jeff Berry said Wednesday night that Mark Buehrle will not sign a proposed four-year, $56 million contract with the White Sox unless it includes complete no-trade protection. Smart. Berry also said that if Buehrle is traded, the pitcher will decline any offer of a contract extension from the team that acquires him and exercise his right to become a free agent at the end of the season. The White Sox are offering Buehrle a no-trade clause for the rest of 2007 and 2008 only. If they want to keep him, they'll have to go all the way, apparently.
Devil Rays placed RHP Al Reyes on the 15-day disabled list, retroactive to July 3, with a strained rotator cuff. Reyes has struggled recently and has a long history of arm problems, but was 17-for-18 converting saves. The Devil Rays are hoping he can return when eligible on July 18. Left-hander Jon Switzer was called up to replace him on the roster, but doesn't figure to be in the mix for save chances. Gary Glover is seemingly the favorite to take over ninth-inning duties, but he's about as likely to hurt fantasy teams as help them over the next two weeks.
John Smoltz confirmed Wednesday that he'll sit out the All-Star Game because of his sore right shoulder. Smoltz, who will have his shoulder examined Thursday, plans on making his next start July 17 in the Braves' fifth game back after the All-Star break. Jo-Jo Reyes looks like the top candidate to start in his place on Saturday.
Though his strained hamstring didn't cause him to miss any games for the Yankees, Alex Rodriguez is considering sitting out the All-Star Game next week. "I told the guys I'll let them know Saturday ... but if I feel like this, probably not," Rodriguez said when asked if he would play. As expected, A-Rod DHed Wednesday against the Twins.
Mike Sweeney will have arthroscopic surgery on his right knee on Thursday. No details were released. If it's just a routine cleanup, Sweeney could be back in a month. Still, by that time, the Royals might decide they're better off playing Billy Butler regularly. Butler, who was supposed to return to the minors if Sweeney came back this week, should now get a chance to take over as the full-time DH, making him a fine play in AL-only leagues.
Troy Glaus' status is uncertain after X-rays on his injured left foot. "They took some X-rays and they were inconclusive," manager John Gibbons said. "He'll get checked out tomorrow. We'll know more then." Glaus will get at least one day to rest with the Jays off Thursday.
Yesterday’s Results
American League BOS 7 TB 5 (Recap and Boxscore) MIN 6 NYA 2 (Recap and Boxscore) BAL 9 CHA 6 (Recap and Boxscore) DET 6 CLE 4 (Recap and Boxscore) SEA 4 KC 0 (Recap and Boxscore) TOR 10 OAK 3 (Recap and Boxscore) TEX 4 LAA 2 (Recap and Boxscore) National League WAS 6 CHN 0 (Recap and Boxscore) SF 9 CIN 5 (Recap and Boxscore) PHI 8 HOU 3 (Recap and Boxscore) PIT 5 MIL 3 (Recap and Boxscore) STL 5 ARI 4 (Recap and Boxscore) COL 17 NYN 7 (Recap and Boxscore) ATL 5 LAN 2 (Recap and Boxscore) SD 1 FLA 0 (Recap and Boxscore)
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Today’s Games
National League --------------- Milwaukee Brewers at Pittsburgh Pirates, 12:35 PM (R) Ben Sheets (10-3) vs. (L) Tom Gorzelanny (8-4) Florida Marlins at San Diego Padres, 3:35 PM (R) Byung-Hyun Kim (3-4) vs. (R) Jake Peavy (9-2) Chicago Cubs at Washington Nationals, 7:05 PM (L) Sean Marshall (4-3) vs. (R) Jason Bergmann (1-5) San Francisco Giants at Cincinnati Reds, 7:10 PM (R) Matt Morris (7-4) vs. (R) Bronson Arroyo (2-9) Arizona Diamondbacks at St. Louis Cardinals, 7:15 PM (L) Doug Davis (5-9) vs. (R) Adam Wainwright (6-7) New York Mets at Houston Astros, 8:05 PM (R) John Maine (9-4) vs. (R) Jason Jennings (1-3) Atlanta Braves at Los Angeles Dodgers, 10:10 PM (R) Tim Hudson (8-5) vs. (R) Brad Penny (10-1) American League --------------- Minnesota Twins at New York Yankees, 1:05 PM (R) Kevin Slowey (3-0) vs. (L) Kei Igawa (2-2) Cleveland Indians at Detroit Tigers, 1:05 PM (L) CC Sabathia (12-2) vs. (R) Justin Verlander (9-3) Tampa Bay Devil Rays at Boston Red Sox, 7:05 PM (L) JP Howell (1-2) vs. (R) Josh Beckett (11-2) Baltimore Orioles at Chicago White Sox, 8:11 PM (L) Brian Burres (4-2) vs. (L) John Danks (4-6) LA Angels of Anaheim at Texas Rangers, 8:35 PM (R) Kelvim Escobar (9-3) vs. (R) Robinson Tejeda (5-7) Seattle Mariners at Oakland Athletics, 10:05 PM (R) Miguel Batista (8-6) vs. (R) Chad Gaudin (7-3)
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 50 31 .617 0.0 50 0TOR 40 42 .488 10.5 43 -3
NYA 38 41 .481 11.0 46 -8
BAL 36 45 .444 14.0 41 -5
TB 33 48 .407 17.0 32 1
American League Central CLE 50 32 .610 0.0 48 2
DET 47 33 .588 2.0 49 -2
MIN 42 39 .519 7.5 44 -2
CHA 35 44 .443 13.5 34 1
KC 35 48 .422 15.5 38 -3
American League West LAA 51 31 .622 0.0 48 3
SEA 45 34 .570 4.5 42 3
OAK 42 40 .512 9.0 46 -4
TEX 34 48 .415 17.0 38 -4
National League East Pwins Diff NYN 46 35 .568 0.0 46 0
ATL 43 40 .518 4.0 42 1
PHI 42 41 .506 5.0 42 0
FLA 38 45 .458 9.0 39 -1
WAS 33 49 .402 13.5 30 3
National League Central MIL 48 34 .585 0.0 47 1
CHN 41 40 .506 6.5 44 -3
STL 37 42 .468 9.5 34 3
HOU 36 47 .434 12.5 39 -3
PIT 35 47 .427 13.0 35 0
CIN 31 51 .378 17.0 38 -7
National League West SD 47 34 .580 0.0 50 -3
LAN 47 36 .566 1.0 47 0
ARI 46 38 .548 2.5 41 5
COL 40 43 .482 8.0 42 -2
SF 35 45 .438 11.5 42 -7
Game of the Day
Mike Cameron scored the only run of the game in the ninth inning and the Padres beat the Marlins, 1-0. Cameron had doubled to lead off the inning and was on third, with no outs and the bases loaded, when catcher Miguel Olivo dropped the throw home on Kevin Kouzmanoff’s grounder to third.Chris Young picked a good time to pitch a great game for San Diego. He pitched seven shutout innings, lowered his ERA to 2.00, tied for best in the majors, and certainly pumped up his All-Star chances.
FLORIDA (0) VS SAN DIEGO (1) - FINAL
FLORIDA ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
A Amezaga ss 4 0 3 0 0 0 0 .266
D Uggla 2b 4 0 1 0 0 1 3 .251
M Cabrera 3b 4 0 0 0 0 1 2 .325
M Jacobs 1b 4 0 0 0 0 2 2 .252
J Willingham lf 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 .268
J Hermida rf 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 .224
M Olivo c 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 .252
T Linden cf 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 .221
J Johnson p 2 0 0 0 0 1 2 .000
R Pinto p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
J Miller p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
a-H Ramirez ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .320
A Benitez p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
M Lindstrom p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Totals 32 0 6 0 0 9 9
a-fouled out to catcher for J Miller in the 8th.
BATTING: 3B - A Amezaga (6, C Young). Runners left in scoring position, 2 out -
D Uggla 2, M Jacobs 1. Team LOB - 5.
BASERUNNING: SB - A Amezaga 2 (11, 2nd base off S Linebrink/M Barrett, 2nd
base off C Young/J Bard).
FIELDING: E - M Olivo (6, catch). DP: 1 (D Uggla-A Amezaga-M Jacobs).
SAN DIEGO ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
B Giles rf 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 .278
M Giles 2b 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 .251
A Gonzalez 1b 4 0 1 0 0 2 2 .268
M Cameron cf 4 1 1 0 0 0 2 .263
K Greene ss 3 0 1 0 1 1 0 .246
J Bard c 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 .264
H Bocachica pr-lf 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .254
K Kouzmanoff 3b 4 0 1 0 0 2 3 .222
J Cruz Jr lf 3 0 0 0 0 1 4 .251
S Linebrink p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
H Bell p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
C Young p 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 .074
M Barrett c 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .254
Totals 33 1 9 0 1 7 13
BATTING: 2B - M Giles (18, R Pinto); M Cameron (21, M Lindstrom). 3B - J Bard
(1, J Miller). Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - M Cameron 1, J Cruz Jr
1, C Young 1. GIDP - J Cruz Jr. Team LOB - 9.
FIELDING: DP: 1 (C Young-M Giles).
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FLORIDA - 000 000 000 -- 0
SAN DIEGO - 000 000 001 -- 1
No outs when winning run scored.
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FLORIDA ip h r er bb so hr era
J Johnson 5 4 0 0 0 3 0 7.47
R Pinto 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 3.92
J Miller 1 1 0 0 0 3 0 2.59
A Benitez 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 4.99
M Lindstrom (L, 1-3) 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 3.82
SAN DIEGO ip h r er bb so hr era
C Young 7 5 0 0 0 9 0 2.00
S Linebrink 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2.58
H Bell (W, 2-2) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.45
M Lindstrom pitched to 4 batters in the 9th.
IBB - K Greene (by M Lindstrom). Pitches-strikes: J Johnson 77-53; R Pinto
10-5; J Miller 16-12; A Benitez 13-10; M Lindstrom 13-6; C Young 104-72; S
Linebrink 11-8; H Bell 11-8. Ground balls-fly balls: J Johnson 8-4; R Pinto
0-3; J Miller 0-0; A Benitez 1-1; M Lindstrom 1-0; C Young 1-10; S Linebrink
1-2; H Bell 2-1. Batters faced: J Johnson 18; R Pinto 4; J Miller 4; A Benitez
4; M Lindstrom 4; C Young 25; S Linebrink 4; H Bell 3.
UMPIRES: HP--Bob Davidson. 1B--Sam Holbrook. 3B--Randy Marsh.
T--2:31. Att--27,941.
Weather: 71 degrees, clear. Wind: 9 mph, left to right.The following graph tracks the game's Win Probability, courtesy of Fan Graphs. You can also view live WPA graphs at Fangraphs during any ballgame all season long.
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, with a focus on each team’s top prospects.ORG LVL PLAYER AB H 2B 3B HR BB SO Notes LA AAA Andy LaRoche...... 4 3 1 0 1 0 0 CIN AA Jay Bruce......... 4 2 1 0 0 1 0 ARI AA Carlos Gonzalez... 4 2 1 0 0 1 2 CIN AAA Joey Votto........ 4 3 1 0 1 0 1 TEX AAA Jason Botts....... 3 2 1 0 1 1 0 3 R COL A+ Eric Young........ 4 2 0 1 1 1 0 3 R OAK A- Matthew Sulentic.. 5 3 1 0 0 0 0 SD A+ Matt Antonelli.... 4 2 0 1 1 1 0 5 RBI ! BOS AA J. Corsaletti..... 3 2 1 0 1 1 0 CLE AA Asdrubal Cabrera.. 4 2 2 0 0 1 1 COL AAA Seth Smith........ 4 3 1 0 1 0 0 ATL AA Brandon Jones..... 4 2 0 0 1 0 0 5 RBI ! ORG LVL PLAYER IP H R ER SO BB HR Notes OAK A Trevor Cahill..... 6 2 1 0 9 3 0 TEX A Kasey Kiker....... 6 3 0 0 7 0 0 TEX AA A. Galarraga...... 9 1 0 0 9 1 0 BOS A+ Justin Masterson.. 7 5 2 2 5 0 0 13 GB HOU AAA Chad Reineke...... 3 2 0 0 6 0 0 SD AA Cesar Ramos....... 7 5 1 1 5 1 1 COL A Aneury Rodriguez.. 8 4 1 1 8 2 1 ATL A+ Thomas Hanson..... 5 4 1 1 8 3 1 LA A Clayton Kershaw... 4 2 0 0 5 4 0 SF AA Brian Anderson.... 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 LAA A+ Stephen Marek..... 6 8 3 3 3 1 0 TEX AAA A.J. Murray....... 1 0 0 0 3 0 0
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