THT Daily: Balance
by Matthew CarruthJuly 29, 2007
Major League News for July 29
Player News
Yesterday’s Results
Today’s Games
Standings
Top Minor League Performances
Stats
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Player News
Player news items are provided by RotoworldAaron Harang left Saturday's game after one inning with lower back soreness.
One-tenth as many inning as he lasted long time out. Harang gave up a two-run homer to Derrek Lee before being replaced by Mike Gosling.
Padres placed RHP Chris Young on the 15-day disabled list, retroactive to July 25, with a strained oblique.
The Padres are optimistic he'll miss just two starts. Tim Stauffer will take his place Sunday against the Astros.
Angels placed catcher Mike Napoli on the 15-day disabled list with a right hamstring injury.
The Angels believe they win games with their aggressive baserunning, but they've also had a couple of losses end on caught stealings this year and now they're losing their starting catcher on an injury sustained on a stolen base. Jeff Mathis will start in his place, with Ryan Budde serving as the backup. The Angels could attempt to pick up a veteran.
Yesterday’s Results
American League BAL 7 NYA 5 (Recap and Boxscore) BOS 12 TB 6 (Recap and Boxscore) CHA 2 TOR 0 (Recap and Boxscore) MIN 3 CLE 2 (Recap and Boxscore) KC 6 TEX 5 (Recap and Boxscore) LAA 10 DET 3 (Recap and Boxscore) SEA 4 OAK 3 (Recap and Boxscore) National League WAS 6 NYN 5 (Recap and Boxscore) NYN 3 WAS 1 (Recap and Boxscore) PHI 10 PIT 5 (Recap and Boxscore) CHN 8 CIN 1 (Recap and Boxscore) HOU 3 SD 1 (Recap and Boxscore) STL 5 MIL 2 (Recap and Boxscore) STL 7 MIL 6 (Recap and Boxscore) ARI 4 ATL 3 (Recap and Boxscore) COL 6 LAN 2 (Recap and Boxscore) SF 4 FLA 3 (Recap and Boxscore)
Today’s Games
National League --------------- Washington Nationals at New York Mets, 1:10 PM (L) Billy Traber (2-1) vs. (R) John Maine (11-5) Chicago Cubs at Cincinnati Reds, 1:15 PM (R) Carlos Zambrano (13-7) vs. (R) Matt Belisle (5-7) Pittsburgh Pirates at Philadelphia Phillies, 1:35 PM (R) Ian Snell (7-8) vs. (R) Kyle Kendrick (4-1) San Diego Padres at Houston Astros, 2:05 PM (R) Tim Stauffer (0-0) vs. (R) Jason Jennings (2-6) Milwaukee Brewers at St. Louis Cardinals, 2:15 PM (R) Yovani Gallardo (3-1) vs. (R) Kip Wells (4-13) Los Angeles Dodgers at Colorado Rockies, 3:05 PM (R) Chad Billingsley (7-0) vs. (R) Ubaldo Jimenez (0-0) Florida Marlins at San Francisco Giants, 4:05 PM (R) Sergio Mitre (4-5) vs. (R) Matt Morris (7-6) Atlanta Braves at Arizona Diamondbacks, 4:40 PM (R) Tim Hudson (10-5) vs. (R) Livan Hernandez (6-6) American League --------------- Minnesota Twins at Cleveland Indians, 1:05 PM (R) Matt Garza (1-2) vs. (L) CC Sabathia (13-5) New York Yankees at Baltimore Orioles, 1:35 PM (R) Chien-Ming Wang (11-5) vs. (R) Daniel Cabrera (7-10) Boston Red Sox at Tampa Bay Devil Rays, 1:40 PM (R) Daisuke Matsuzaka (12-7) vs. (L) Scott Kazmir (7-7) Toronto Blue Jays at Chicago White Sox, 2:05 PM (R) Shaun Marcum (6-4) vs. (R) Javier Vazquez (8-5) Texas Rangers at Kansas City Royals, 2:10 PM (R) Kameron Loe (5-8) vs. (R) Leo Nunez (0-0) Oakland Athletics at Seattle Mariners, 4:05 PM (L) Lenny DiNardo (5-6) vs. (L) Jarrod Washburn (8-7) Detroit Tigers at LA Angels of Anaheim, 8:09 PM (R) Jeremy Bonderman (10-2) vs. (R) Dustin Moseley (4-1)
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 64 40 .615 0.0 65 -1NYA 55 49 .529 9.0 63 -8
TOR 51 52 .495 12.5 54 -3
BAL 49 54 .476 14.5 53 -4
TB 38 65 .369 25.5 36 2
American League Central DET 60 43 .583 0.0 60 0
CLE 60 44 .577 0.5 57 3
MIN 52 51 .505 8.0 53 -1
CHA 48 56 .462 12.5 44 4
KC 46 57 .447 14.0 49 -3
American League West LAA 60 42 .588 0.0 56 4
SEA 56 46 .549 4.0 51 5
OAK 49 55 .471 12.0 53 -4
TEX 46 58 .442 15.0 48 -2
National League East Pwins Diff NYN 58 46 .558 0.0 55 3
PHI 54 49 .524 3.5 55 -1
ATL 54 51 .514 4.5 54 0
FLA 48 57 .457 10.5 49 -1
WAS 45 59 .433 13.0 41 4
National League Central MIL 57 48 .543 0.0 57 0
CHN 54 48 .529 1.5 57 -3
STL 48 53 .475 7.0 42 6
HOU 46 58 .442 10.5 46 0
CIN 45 60 .429 12.0 47 -2
PIT 42 60 .412 13.5 41 1
National League West LAN 57 47 .548 0.0 56 1
ARI 58 48 .547 0.0 51 7
SD 55 48 .534 1.5 56 -1
COL 52 51 .505 4.5 52 0
SF 45 57 .441 11.0 50 -5
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 ARI AA Justin Upton...... 2 2 1 0 1 2 0 3 R SEA AAA Adam Jones........ 4 3 2 0 0 1 1 3 LD LA AAA Andy LaRoche...... 4 2 0 0 1 0 0 CLE AAA Andy Marte........ 4 2 0 0 1 0 1 4 RBI ATL A+ Eric Campbell..... 7 3 0 0 2 0 1 WAN A+ Ian Desmond....... 5 4 1 0 1 0 0 3 R LA AA Blake Dewitt...... 4 2 2 0 0 0 0 TB A+ Sergio Pedroza.... 3 2 0 1 1 0 0 MIN AA David Winfree..... 3 2 1 0 1 0 0 WAN A+ Justin Maxwell.... 4 2 2 0 0 1 2 OAK AAA Jason Perry....... 5 3 0 1 1 1 1 DET AA Wilkin Ramirez.... 4 3 0 0 1 0 1 ORG LVL PLAYER IP H R ER SO BB HR Notes FLA A+ Aaron Thompson.... 7 2 1 0 6 0 0 13 GB TB AA Wade Davis........ 7 4 2 2 7 2 0 COL A+ Chaz Roe.......... 6 2 1 1 9 1 0 NYY AAA Ian Kennedy....... 6 2 0 0 6 2 0 HOU AA Felipe Paulino.... 7 2 1 1 7 5 0 CHC AA Donald Veal....... 5 3 0 0 6 3 0 COL AAA Jason Hirsh....... 6 4 0 0 3 3 0 TB A+ M. Wlodarczyk..... 6 2 0 0 3 1 0 11 GB SF AA Nick Pereira...... 6 5 0 0 5 2 0 NYY AA Kevin Whelan...... 2 0 0 0 4 0 0 MIN A Dan Leatherman.... 2 1 0 0 4 0 0 WAN A+ Shairon Martis.... 7 5 0 0 3 2 0
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Matthew Carruth is an editor for The Hardball Times. He welcomes any and all sorts of communication at his email.