THT Daily: And no errors

by Dave Studeman
June 02, 2009

Major League News for June 2

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
Grady Sizemore may need surgery to fix his inflamed elbow.
Sizemore was placed on the 15-day disabled list Sunday because of the injury. While an MRI revealed no structural damage to his elbow, arthroscopic surgery remains an option, according to athletic trainer Lonnie Soloff. If Sizemore's elbow doesn't return to normal after his stint on the DL, surgery will be performed, which would likely mean another six weeks on the shelf.

Yesterday’s Results

For the full scoop regarding yesterday's games, read "And That Happened" at Shysterball.

American League
CHA     6  OAK     2    (Recap and Boxscore)
NYA     5  CLE     2    (Recap and Boxscore)
BAL     1  SEA     0    (Recap and Boxscore)

National League
FLA     7  MIL     4    (Recap and Boxscore)
HOU     4  COL     1    (Recap and Boxscore)
PIT     8  NYN     5    (Recap and Boxscore)
CIN     5  STL     3    (Recap and Boxscore)
ARI     3  LAN     2    (Recap and Boxscore)
PHI     5  SD      3    (Recap and Boxscore)

Check out Fangraphs' scoreboard to see all the games in action.

Today’s Games

National League
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 San Francisco Giants at Washington Nationals, 7:05 PM
  (R) Tim Lincecum (4-1) vs. (R) Craig Stammen (0-1)
 New York Mets at Pittsburgh Pirates, 7:05 PM
  (L) Johan Santana (7-2) vs. (L) Zach Duke (5-4)
 Milwaukee Brewers at Florida Marlins, 7:10 PM
  (L) Manny Parra (3-6) vs. (R) Anibal Sanchez (1-4)
 Chicago Cubs at Atlanta Braves, 7:10 PM
  (R) Randy Wells (0-2) vs. (R) Kenshin Kawakami (3-6)
 Colorado Rockies at Houston Astros, 8:05 PM
  (R) Ubaldo Jimenez (3-6) vs. (R) Felipe Paulino (1-4)
 Cincinnati Reds at St. Louis Cardinals, 8:15 PM
  (R) Bronson Arroyo (7-3) vs. (R) Brad Thompson (0-1)
 Philadelphia Phillies at San Diego Padres, 10:05 PM
  (L) Antonio Bastardo (0-0) vs. (R) Jake Peavy (5-5)
 Arizona Diamondbacks at Los Angeles Dodgers, 10:10 PM
  (R) Dan Haren (4-4) vs. (L) Randy Wolf (3-1)
 
 American League
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 Boston Red Sox at Detroit Tigers, 7:05 PM
  (R) Daisuke Matsuzaka (0-3) vs. (R) Rick Porcello (6-3)
 Texas Rangers at New York Yankees, 7:05 PM
  (R) Vicente Padilla (3-2) vs. (R) A.J. Burnett (3-2)
 LA Angels of Anaheim at Toronto Blue Jays, 7:07 PM
  (L) Joe Saunders (6-3) vs. (R) Roy Halladay (8-1)
 Kansas City Royals at Tampa Bay Rays, 7:08 PM
  (R) Kyle Davies (2-4) vs. (R) Andy Sonnanstine (3-5)
 Cleveland Indians at Minnesota Twins, 8:10 PM
  (L) David Huff (0-1) vs. (R) Kevin Slowey (7-1)
 Oakland Athletics at Chicago White Sox, 8:11 PM
  (L) Dana Eveland (1-2) vs. (R) Bartolo Colon (3-4)
 Baltimore Orioles at Seattle Mariners, 10:10 PM
  (R) David Hernandez (1-0) vs. (L) Erik Bedard (3-2)

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
NYA     30  21 .588    0.0   28     2    
BOS     29  22 .569    1.0   29     0    
TOR     29  24 .547    2.0   29     0    
TB      25  28 .472    6.0   30    -5    
BAL     24  28 .462    6.5   23     1    
American League Central     
DET     28  21 .571    0.0   29    -1    
CHA     25  25 .500    3.5   24     1    
MIN     25  27 .481    4.5   27    -2    
KC      23  27 .460    5.5   23     0    
CLE     22  31 .415    8.0   25    -3    
American League West        
TEX     30  20 .600    0.0   29     1    
LAA     25  24 .510    4.5   23     2    
SEA     24  28 .462    7.0   22     2    
OAK     19  30 .388   10.5   20    -1    


National League East        Pwins  Diff
PHI     29  20 .592    0.0   27     2    
NYN     28  22 .560    1.5   27     1    
ATL     25  25 .500    4.5   25     0    
FLA     24  28 .462    6.5   23     1    
WAS     13  36 .265   16.0   19    -6    
National League Central     
MIL     30  21 .588    0.0   28     2    
STL     29  22 .569    1.0   29     0    
CIN     27  23 .540    2.5   26     1    
CHN     25  24 .510    4.0   25     0    
PIT     23  28 .451    7.0   26    -3    
HOU     21  28 .429    8.0   22    -1    
National League West        
LAN     35  18 .660    0.0   35     0    
SF      25  24 .510    8.0   24     1    
SD      25  26 .490    9.0   22     3    
ARI     23  29 .442   11.5   22     1    
COL     20  30 .400   13.5   23    -3