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THT Daily: Clarificationby Matthew CarruthJune 13, 2008 Major League News for June 13Player 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 NewsPlayer Headlines are courtesy of RotoworldJ.J. Putz will not immediately be placed on the disabled list after being diagnosed with a hyperextended right elbow. The Mariners said the hyperextension caused "triceps tendon inflammation" and an "irritated ulnar nerve," but that there was no structural damage. Putz will be reexamined on Monday, so he's out for the weekend at least. Brandon Morrow will close in his place. Victor Martinez will undergo surgery to remove bone chips from his right elbow and could miss 6-8 weeks. If Martinez wasn't a catcher, then there's a good chance he'd make it back in three or four weeks. However, the Indians can't have him throwing at 75 percent after he returns and there probably isn't enough benefit to having him return as a designated hitter, not when Travis Hafner should be healthy by then. The loss of Martinez for up to two months only increases the chances that the Indians will be sellers at the deadline. Teams are already likely salivating at the prospect of adding C.C. Sabathia. Jake Peavy pitched three-hit ball over six innings in his return from the DL and combined with three relievers on a shutout of the Dodgers. There wasn't much to be afraid of in the Dodger lineup with Matt Kemp serving a suspension and Jeff Kent getting the day off. Peavy was able to cruise right from the start and threw just 72 pitches, 52 of them strikes. He struck out four and walked none in his fifth victory of the season. According to the Dallas Morning News, Milton Bradley attempted to confront Royals television announcer Ryan Lefebvre in the press box following Wednesday's game due to what he believed were unfair comments made on the air. As the Rangers' designated hitter, Bradley was able to watch the broadcast when he wasn't batting and took offense to a comparison Lefebrve made between him and Josh Hamilton. Manager Ron Washington and general manager Jon Daniels stopped Bradley before he got to Lefebvre, at which point Bradley returned to the clubhouse in tears. "All I want to do is play baseball and make a better life for my kid than I had, that's it," Bradley said. "I love all you guys. I'm strong, but I'm not that strong." Yesterday’s ResultsAmerican League BOS 9 BAL 2 (Recap and Boxscore) CLE 12 MIN 2 (Recap and Boxscore) DET 2 CHA 1 (Recap and Boxscore) KC 6 TEX 5 (Recap and Boxscore) NYA 4 OAK 1 (Recap and Boxscore) National League PHI 3 FLA 0 (Recap and Boxscore) ARI 5 NYN 4 (Recap and Boxscore) CHN 3 ATL 2 (Recap and Boxscore) CIN 6 STL 2 (Recap and Boxscore) MIL 9 HOU 6 (Recap and Boxscore) PIT 7 WAS 5 (Recap and Boxscore) SF 10 COL 7 (Recap and Boxscore) SD 9 LAN 0 (Recap and Boxscore) Today’s GamesNational League --------------- Philadelphia Phillies at St. Louis Cardinals, 8:15 PM (R) Kyle Kendrick (5-2) vs. (R) Todd Wellemeyer (7-1) Inter-League ------------ Los Angeles Dodgers at Detroit Tigers, 7:05 PM (R) Derek Lowe (4-5) vs. (R) Armando Galarraga (5-2) Pittsburgh Pirates at Baltimore Orioles, 7:05 PM (L) Phil Dumatrait (3-3) vs. (L) Brian Burres (4-5) San Diego Padres at Cleveland Indians, 7:05 PM (R) Josh Banks (2-0) vs. (L) Jeremy Sowers (0-1) Chicago Cubs at Toronto Blue Jays, 7:07 PM (R) Sean Gallagher (3-2) vs. (R) A.J. Burnett (5-6) Boston Red Sox at Cincinnati Reds, 7:10 PM (R) Justin Masterson (3-0) vs. (R) Aaron Harang (2-9) Texas Rangers at New York Mets, 7:10 PM (R) Scott Feldman (1-2) vs. (L) Oliver Perez (4-4) Florida Marlins at Tampa Bay Rays, 7:10 PM (R) Ryan Tucker (1-0) vs. (R) Andy Sonnanstine (6-3) Minnesota Twins at Milwaukee Brewers, 8:05 PM (R) Kevin Slowey (2-6) vs. (R) Dave Bush (2-6) New York Yankees at Houston Astros, 8:05 PM (R) Joba Chamberlain (1-2) vs. (R) Shawn Chacon (2-2) Colorado Rockies at Chicago White Sox, 8:11 PM (L) Jeff Francis (2-6) vs. (R) Gavin Floyd (7-3) Kansas City Royals at Arizona Diamondbacks, 9:40 PM (R) Zack Greinke (5-4) vs. (L) Doug Davis (2-3) Atlanta Braves at LA Angels of Anaheim, 10:05 PM (L) Jo-Jo Reyes (2-4) vs. (R) Jon Garland (6-3) Washington Nationals at Seattle Mariners, 10:10 PM (R) Shawn Hill (0-3) vs. (R) R.A. Dickey (1-1) Oakland Athletics at San Francisco Giants, 10:15 PM (L) Greg Smith (3-5) vs. (L) Barry Zito (2-9) StandingsThe 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 42 27 .609 0.0 41 1 Top Minor League GamesThe 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 TEX AAA C. Davis.......... 4 3 1 0 1 1 0 3 LD CLE AA Wesley Hodges..... 3 2 1 0 1 2 0 4 R KC AAA Billy Butler...... 4 2 1 0 1 1 0 STL AA Jonathan Jay...... 5 3 0 0 1 0 1 2 SB OAK AA Jesus Guzman...... 5 4 2 0 0 0 0 4 RBI CLE AA Bronson Sardinha.. 5 3 1 0 1 0 1 3 R FLA A Michael Stanton... 3 2 1 0 1 1 1 COL AAA Joseph Koshansky.. 4 2 1 0 1 0 0 PIT AAA Brian Bixler...... 4 3 0 1 0 1 0 SF AA Travis Ishikawa... 4 2 1 0 1 0 0 MIN AA Erik Lis.......... 4 3 2 0 0 0 0 LA A+ Carlos Santana.... 7 2 2 0 0 1 0 ORG LVL PLAYER IP H R ER SO BB HR Notes CHW A+ John Ely.......... 7 1 0 0 8 0 0 ATL AA Todd Redmond...... 7 4 1 0 8 0 0 ATL A Jose Ortegano..... 7 8 3 3 10 1 0 BAL A Zachary Britton... 7 3 0 0 7 2 0 14 GB CLE AA Scott Lewis....... 7 5 2 2 5 0 0 LA A+ Timothy Sexton.... 7 7 0 0 4 0 0 14 GB TB A Alexander Cobb.... 6 4 1 1 6 1 1 COL AA Chaz Roe.......... 8 8 3 3 5 2 0 15 GB STL AAA P.J. Walters...... 6 6 2 2 7 3 0 BAL AA C. Tillman........ 6 4 2 2 8 3 1 TEX A+ Zachary Phillips.. 6 6 3 3 7 2 1 WAN A Colton Willems.... 6 6 2 1 3 0 0 13 GB Access all of THT’s stats here…
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TB 38 28 .576 2.5 36 2 
NYA 34 33 .507 7.0 33 1 
TOR 34 34 .500 7.5 37 -3 
BAL 32 33 .492 8.0 31 1 
American League Central
CHA 37 29 .561 0.0 40 -3 
MIN 32 35 .478 5.5 29 3 
CLE 31 36 .463 6.5 36 -5 
DET 29 37 .439 8.0 31 -2 
KC 26 41 .388 11.5 26 0 
American League West
LAA 41 26 .612 0.0 34 7 
OAK 35 31 .530 5.5 38 -3 
TEX 34 34 .500 7.5 33 1 
SEA 24 42 .364 16.5 26 -2 
National League East Pwins Diff
PHI 40 28 .588 0.0 41 -1 
FLA 36 30 .545 3.0 33 3 
ATL 32 35 .478 7.5 37 -5 
NYN 31 34 .477 7.5 32 -1 
WAS 26 42 .382 14.0 25 1 
National League Central
CHN 43 24 .642 0.0 43 0 
STL 40 28 .588 3.5 38 2 
MIL 35 31 .530 7.5 33 2 
HOU 33 34 .493 10.0 32 1 
PIT 33 34 .493 10.0 32 1 
CIN 32 36 .471 11.5 31 1 
National League West
ARI 36 31 .537 0.0 38 -2 
LAN 31 35 .470 4.5 34 -3 
SF 30 37 .448 6.0 30 0 
SD 30 38 .441 6.5 28 2 
COL 26 40 .394 9.5 26 0 