THT Daily: Blanking the Nats
by Matthew CarruthAugust 10, 2008
Major League News for August 10
Player News
Yesterday’s Results
Today’s Games
Standings
Top Minor League Performances
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Player News
Player Headlines are courtesy of RotoworldOrlando Hudson could miss the rest of the year with a dislocated left wrist suffered Saturday against the Braves.
It'd be a major blow to Arizona's hopes. "(It's) not great, dislocation, fracture of a bone in his wrist, and we're not 100 percent sure whether he has to have surgery," manager Bob Melvin said. "Probably a pretty good chance, but we will know in the morning. If he has the surgery, he's out for the rest of the year, and if he doesn't, there's still a chance he could be out for the rest of the year." The Diamondbacks figure to make Augie Ojeda their primary second baseman, with Chris Burke backing him up. They could also attempt to trade for someone who has cleared waivers. Brian Roberts and Mark Ellis probably wouldn't, but lesser options like Tadahito Iguchi, Ronnie Belliard and Mark Loretta could be available.
Carlos Lee was diagnosed with a broken left pinkie finger after being hit by a pitch on Saturday.
He's expected to undergo surgery and miss 6-8 weeks. Unless the Astros somehow manage to come back in the NL Central without him, it seems unlikely that he'll play again in September. The Astros will probably make Darin Erstad their primary left fielder, with Michael Bourn playing regularly in center. Their entire offense takes quite a hit with the news, with Lance Berkman and Miguel Tejada likely to lose value. Hunter Pence may fare better since he'll get to move up in the order.
Ben Sheets tossed a five-hitter for his third career shutout Saturday against the Nationals.
Sheets walked none and struck out six in his fourth complete game of the year. He's up to 11 victories, leaving him just one shy of his career high, and he's moved back into the top 10 in the NL with a 2.95 ERA.
Jose Conteras suffered a ruptured Achilles' tendon during Saturday's game and will miss the rest of the season.
We were worried about that. Contreras could miss the start of next season with what is typically a 9-12 month injury. The White Sox figure to begin looking for a veteran starter to replace Contreras. Clayton Richard was a bust, and neither Jack Egbert nor Lance Broadway have pitched very well in Triple-A.
A "close friend" of Manny Ramirez's told the New York Post that the free agent to be "wants to play for the Yankees so he can get at the Red Sox."
It'd make for a fun story, but we doubt the Red Sox would have a big problem with the Yankees giving a big three- or four-year deal to a one-dimensional slugger going into his age-37 season. If Brian Cashman is still calling the shots, there's a good chance the Bombers will pass anyway.
Yesterday’s Results
American League BAL 9 TEX 0 (Recap and Boxscore) CLE 4 TOR 2 (Recap and Boxscore) BOS 6 CHA 2 (Recap and Boxscore) DET 10 OAK 2 (Recap and Boxscore) MIN 7 KC 3 (Recap and Boxscore) LAA 11 NYA 4 (Recap and Boxscore) TB 8 SEA 7 (Recap and Boxscore) National League NYN 8 FLA 6 (Recap and Boxscore) PHI 4 PIT 2 (Recap and Boxscore) STL 12 CHN 3 (Recap and Boxscore) HOU 3 CIN 1 (Recap and Boxscore) MIL 6 WAS 0 (Recap and Boxscore) ATL 11 ARI 4 (Recap and Boxscore) SD 8 COL 3 (Recap and Boxscore) SF 3 LAN 2 (Recap and Boxscore)
Today’s Games
National League --------------- Florida Marlins at New York Mets, 1:10 PM (R) Josh Johnson (2-0) vs. (R) Mike Pelfrey (10-7) Houston Astros at Cincinnati Reds, 1:15 PM (L) Wandy Rodriguez (6-4) vs. (R) Aaron Harang (3-11) Pittsburgh Pirates at Philadelphia Phillies, 1:35 PM (R) Jason Davis (1-1) vs. (L) Jamie Moyer (10-7) Washington Nationals at Milwaukee Brewers, 2:05 PM (L) John Lannan (6-11) vs. (L) Manny Parra (9-5) San Diego Padres at Colorado Rockies, 3:05 PM (R) Chris Young (4-4) vs. (R) Livan Hernandez (0-0) Los Angeles Dodgers at San Francisco Giants, 4:05 PM (R) Chad Billingsley (11-9) vs. (R) Matt Cain (7-9) Atlanta Braves at Arizona Diamondbacks, 4:10 PM (L) Mike Hampton (1-0) vs. (R) Brandon Webb (16-4) St. Louis Cardinals at Chicago Cubs, 8:05 PM (R) Chris Carpenter (0-0) vs. (R) Ryan Dempster (12-5) American League --------------- Oakland Athletics at Detroit Tigers, 1:05 PM (L) Greg Smith (5-10) vs. (L) Nate Robertson (6-8) Cleveland Indians at Toronto Blue Jays, 1:07 PM (L) Cliff Lee (15-2) vs. (R) Scott Richmond (0-1) Texas Rangers at Baltimore Orioles, 1:35 PM (L) Matt Harrison (3-2) vs. (L) Chris Waters (1-0) Boston Red Sox at Chicago White Sox, 2:05 PM (R) Clay Buchholz (2-7) vs. (R) Gavin Floyd (11-6) Minnesota Twins at Kansas City Royals, 2:10 PM (R) Scott Baker (7-3) vs. (R) Gil Meche (10-9) New York Yankees at LA Angels of Anaheim, 3:35 PM (L) Andy Pettitte (12-9) vs. (L) Joe Saunders (14-5) Tampa Bay Rays at Seattle Mariners, 4:10 PM (R) Edwin Jackson (8-7) vs. (R) R.A. Dickey (3-6)
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 TB 70 46 .603 0.0 64 6BOS 67 50 .573 3.5 70 -3
NYA 63 54 .538 7.5 63 0
TOR 59 58 .504 11.5 62 -3
BAL 56 59 .487 13.5 58 -2
American League Central MIN 65 51 .560 0.0 62 3
CHA 64 51 .557 0.5 64 0
DET 57 59 .491 8.0 60 -3
KC 53 64 .453 12.5 50 3
CLE 51 64 .443 13.5 58 -7
American League West LAA 73 43 .629 0.0 64 9
TEX 60 58 .508 14.0 55 5
OAK 54 62 .466 19.0 59 -5
SEA 45 72 .385 28.5 51 -6
National League East Pwins Diff PHI 63 53 .543 0.0 65 -2
NYN 62 54 .534 1.0 62 0
FLA 61 56 .521 2.5 56 5
ATL 55 62 .470 8.5 62 -7
WAS 44 73 .376 19.5 45 -1
National League Central CHN 70 47 .598 0.0 72 -2
MIL 66 51 .564 4.0 62 4
STL 65 54 .546 6.0 63 2
HOU 57 59 .491 12.5 53 4
PIT 53 63 .457 16.5 51 2
CIN 52 66 .441 18.5 50 2
National League West ARI 59 58 .504 0.0 60 -1
LAN 58 58 .500 0.5 61 -3
COL 53 66 .445 7.0 53 0
SF 49 66 .426 9.0 47 2
SD 45 72 .385 14.0 47 -2
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 CHC AAA Micah Hoffpauir... 5 4 0 0 4 0 0 4 R SF AAA Travis Ishikawa... 6 5 2 0 2 0 0 5 RBI ! FLA AA C. Coghlan........ 3 3 0 1 1 1 0 STL A+ Tyler Henley...... 4 3 1 0 1 1 0 ATL A+ Tyler Flowers..... 4 3 2 0 1 0 0 MIL AA Lorenzo Cain...... 3 3 0 0 1 1 0 2 SB PIT AA Shelby Ford....... 5 3 0 1 1 0 1 CHC AAA Felix Pie......... 6 4 0 0 1 0 0 3 LD LAA AA Mark Trumbo....... 4 2 1 0 1 0 1 BOS AA Lars Anderson..... 3 2 2 0 0 1 1 4 RBI KC A Mike Moustakas.... 5 3 2 0 0 0 1 PHI A Dominic Brown..... 4 3 0 0 1 1 1 3 R ORG LVL PLAYER IP H R ER SO BB HR Notes CLE AAA Aaron Laffey...... 8 4 0 0 9 1 0 14 GB SF A M. Bumgarner...... 8 6 0 0 8 0 0 COL A Bruce Billings.... 6 6 1 1 11 2 0 CLE AA Scott Lewis....... 8 4 1 0 5 0 0 SD AA Steve Garrison.... 7 2 1 1 5 1 0 SEA A Michael Pineda.... 6 2 0 0 5 0 0 BAL AA C. Tillman........ 6 5 3 3 10 2 1 TEX A+ Omar Poveda....... 6 2 1 0 6 2 0 FLA AAA E. De La Cruz..... 7 6 2 1 6 1 0 ATL A+ Ryne Reynoso ..... 5 2 3 2 6 2 0 NYM AAA Jonathon Niese.... 6 5 2 2 5 1 0 NYY A Lance Pendleton... 5 6 2 2 8 1 1
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Matthew Carruth is an editor for The Hardball Times. He welcomes any and all sorts of communication at his email.