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THT Daily: Deadline Dayby THT StaffJuly 31, 2008 Player News Yesterday’s Results Today’s Games Standings Game of the Day Yesterday’s Home Runs Top Minor League Performances You can always find the most recent THT Daily at http://www.hardballtimes.com/main/content/thtdaily/ and an archive at http://www.hardballtimes.com/main/thtdaily_index/ Player NewsPlayer Headlines are courtesy of RotoworldKelly Shoppach homered twice and doubled three times Wednesday against the Tigers to become just the eighth player ever to collect five extra-base hits in a game. The game went 13 innings, but Shoppach had all five in the first nine. He was then intentionally walked in the 10th. He later struck out with the bases loaded in the 12th. Shoppach is just the second American Leaguer to pull off the feat. Lou Boudreau in 1946 was the other. Shawn Green was the last to do it when he had four homers and a double on May 23, 2002. Jayson Stark of ESPN.com quotes "an official" from one of the three teams involved in the rumored Manny Ramirez swap as saying that the odds of a deal are "50-50." Stark reports that Marlins outfield prospect Mike Stanton is not in the trade "although Boston asked for him" and notes that despite previous indications John Grabow would actually be headed to Florida rather than Boston. Meanwhile, asked about a potential deal Thursday morning, Marlins owner Jeffrey Loria denied reports that a trade is already in place and said: "There's no news, nothing to talk about." Two doctors found major ligament damage in Tim Hudson's elbow, making Tommy John surgery likely. "Both concur that surgery is likely," Braves spokesman Brad Hainje said. "But he's going to take a short rehabilitation period before he makes a final decision." It will be difficult for Hudson to return in 2009 even if he undergoes surgery right away, so it doesn't matter much if he takes a few weeks to decide. Astros acquired RHP LaTroy Hawkins and cash from the Yankees for infielder Matt Cusick. Good news and bad news for Hawkins. On the one hand, the chance to return to the NL should help his numbers and his chances of landing a significant major league deal this winter. On the other, the other teams that were after him, the Twins and Tigers, were legitimate contenders, while joining the Astros only guarantees that he'll have October off. He'll help set up for Jose Valverde. Cusick, a 2007 10th-round pick, was hitting .285/.356/.462 as a 22-year-old in low-A ball. He's unlikely to ever see the majors. Ken Rosenthal of FOXSports.com reports that Ken Griffey Jr. is deciding whether or not to accept a trade to the White Sox. Griffey has the right to block any trade, but he figures to be a free agent this winter anyway and moving to a first-place team would seemingly be plenty enticing. With Jermaine Dye and Carlos Quentin in the outfield corners and Jim Thome at designated hitter the White Sox don't have anywhere to play Griffey unless they move him back to center field or switch an outfielder to first base, which would mean reduced playing time for Nick Swisher or Paul Konerko. Khalil Greene isn't expected to play Thursday after hurting his left hand while hitting a storage chest during Wednesday's game. Brilliant. The Padres will know Thursday whether Greene fractured the hand. Luis Rodriguez will fill in at shortstop while Greene is out. If Greene did suffer a fracture, one has to wonder if his Padres career is over. The team was already getting pretty frustrated with his poor play. Yesterday’s ResultsGame recaps provided by Craig Calcaterra of Shysterball.Cubs 7, Brewers 2: Bottom of the fifth, one out, Jason Kendall on first, pitcher Manny Parra at the plate. Kendell is gunned down by Henry Blanco as he's trying to steal second, and he was out by a country mile. Next pitch, Parra triples to deep left center, but with two outs it will take a hit to score him, thus tying the game up. It doesn't happen, though, as Ray Durham grounds out meekly. Why is Ned Yost stealing there? Parra had already doubled once in this game, so you know he came to the park with his hittin' pants last night. For his part, Kendall is a sub-50% base stealer over the course of his career. I'm not a true believer in the big Mo, but I have to wonder if the shape of the game doesn't change there in the fifth if Parra had knocked in Kendall with that triple instead of simply tuckering himself out for nothin', which is what he did. But Kendall wasn't just a menace on the basepaths. Reader Chris H. -- who is quickly becoming my Cubs-Brewers correspondent -- has this to say about Jason's defense: The outfielders don't have to worry because their sub-par play was overshadowed by the utter incompetence that is Jason Kendall. The Cubs have pretty much run with impunity on him, and while Bob Brenly keeps mentioning that Jason's caught-stealing rate was 43% coming into this game, history tells us that Jason can't throw out yesterday's newspaper.Patience, Chris. MLB Genetics is working on the problem, but it's not anticipated that each team will have access to its own Molina until at least 2011. White Sox 8, Twins 3: Because it would be a terrible thing to be in first place, the Twins brass decides to stick with Livan Hernandez when there's an ace waiting to be sprung in Francisco Liriano. The results are predictable: 4 IP, 9 H, 5 ER. Free Francisco Liriano! Tigers 14, Indians 12: Remember when these two teams -- and not the Twins and White Sox -- were supposed to battle for the AL Central? 'Twas not to be. Instead, two of the league's worst bullpens face off with predictably ugly results. Yankees 13, Orioles 3: Abreu after the game: "I don't really like too much the DH. It's one of the ways to get a day off. I had a good day, but I don't like the DH." Well, it certainly likes him (3-4, 2 HR, 3 RBI). Royals 4, A's 3: Kansas City sweeps the A's. Not to take anything away from the Royals here, but that pretty much has to be the low point of the season for Oakland, right? From the game notes: "[Frank] Thomas, out since May 29 with right quadriceps tendinitis, faced reliever Keith Foulke in a simulated game Wednesday and afterward declared himself ready." I understand how pitchers simulate a game -- you basically throw off a mound and pretend certain things happen as a result of those pitches. But how does a DH like Thomas simulate a game? You're either hitting or you're not, right? How can anything he did in that "simulation" be anything other than BP or something that, for all practical purposes, is a real game? Angels 9, Red Sox 2: Mark Teixeira goes 0-4 with a couple of strikeouts in his first action with the Angels. Ya gotta cut the new kid some slack, though. He's still learning his class schedule and who his teachers are and everything. Luckily the older kid who's been around for a long time took up the slack (4-5, 2B, HR, 4 RBI). Marlins 7, Mets 5 -- Phillies 8, Nationals 5: a game and a half separates the three NL East contenders. I've got a feeling this one is gonna come down to the last weekend. None of these teams are so good or so bad to separate themselves in the next two months. Even the addition of Manny Ramirez won't make the Marlins prohibitive favorites the rest of the way. The beauty of this, as Neyer pointed out the other day, is that because the Cubs and Brewers are playing so well, there's a real chance that the East will be winner take all, loser go home, with no wild card to save them. Rockies 7, Pirates 4: Wow, Aaron Cook has 14 wins? I had no idea. Cardinals 7, Braves 2: Chris Carpenter returns to action for the first time since April 2007, and pitches four effective innings, which can only be a good sign for the Cardinals' playoff hopes. For the Braves, Casey Kotchman is the new guy too, and he goes 0-5. Rays 3, Blue Jays 2: The All-Star break certainly came at a good time for Tampa Bay. Entering it on a seven game skid, they have emerged 8-5 after the break. Rangers 4, Mariners 3: I've always been a little so-so on Michael Young. I think he got more love than he probably deserved because he replaced A-Rod, and I've always had a sneaking suspicion that there was some Great White Hope dynamic going on with him. Don't get me wrong -- I like him, and think he's a really good player -- but I just couldn't get as enthused about him as some people seemed to be a couple of years ago. Maybe I should reconsider, because he's a pretty tough dude: he had his broken finger on ice in the clubhouse, sees it's a close game, puts on his uniform because he may get a chance to pinch hit, goes in, and delivers the go-ahead run. I broke my finger once. I walked with a fake limp for a week for some reason and claimed the inability to do anything except watch X-Files DVDs all day. Reds 9, Astros 5: Dunn and Griffey combine for three homers and five RBI, giving us a glimpse of just how awesome the attack of the 2003 Reds could have been. Diamondbacks 7, Padres 3: -- Dodgers 4, Giants 0: I guess if we ignore the records up to this point and just pay attention to the Dbacks-Dodgers horse race, the NL West can be enjoyed. You can download a compact version of yesterday's boxscores from Heater Magazine.
Today’s GamesNational League --------------- Chicago Cubs at Milwaukee Brewers, 2:05 PM (R) Rich Harden (0-1) vs. (R) Dave Bush (5-8) Philadelphia Phillies at Washington Nationals, 7:10 PM (R) Kyle Kendrick (8-5) vs. (L) John Lannan (6-10) Colorado Rockies at Florida Marlins, 7:10 PM (L) Jorge De La Rosa (5-5) vs. (R) Anibal Sanchez (0-0) St. Louis Cardinals at Atlanta Braves, 7:10 PM (R) Joel Pineiro (3-4) vs. (L) Mike Hampton (0-0) Arizona Diamondbacks at Los Angeles Dodgers, 10:10 PM (R) Brandon Webb (14-4) vs. (R) Derek Lowe (8-8) American League --------------- Detroit Tigers at Cleveland Indians, 12:05 PM (R) Justin Verlander (8-10) vs. (R) Fausto Carmona (4-3) LA Angels of Anaheim at New York Yankees, 7:05 PM (R) Jon Garland (9-6) vs. (L) Andy Pettitte (12-7) Seattle Mariners at Texas Rangers, 8:05 PM (R) R.A. Dickey (2-6) vs. (L) Matt Harrison (2-1) Chicago White Sox at Minnesota Twins, 8:10 PM (L) John Danks (8-4) vs. (R) Scott Baker (7-3) 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 TB 63 44 .589 0.0 58 5 Game of the DayTigers 14, Indians 12 - FINAL
DETROIT ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
C Granderson cf 7 3 5 2 1 1 0 .307
P Polanco 2b 6 2 2 3 0 0 2 .309
M Thames lf 6 1 1 1 0 4 7 .256
M Joyce lf 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 .287
M Ordonez rf 8 1 2 1 0 0 6 .320
M Cabrera 1b 5 1 3 4 0 1 1 .296
R Santiago pr-3b 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .352
G Sheffield dh 7 0 4 1 0 0 1 .229
E Renteria ss 7 1 1 0 0 1 4 .258
B Inge c 5 3 1 1 2 2 3 .227
R Raburn 3b 4 1 1 0 0 1 1 .240
va-C Guillen ph-3b-1b 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 .285
Totals 59 14 22 13 5 10 25 ###
CLEVELAND ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
G Sizemore cf 7 1 2 3 1 3 4 .279
F Gutierrez rf 3 0 0 0 1 1 1 .214
ha-D Dellucci ph-lf 3 0 1 0 0 1 3 .227
hb-J Carroll ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 .276
B Francisco dh 7 2 4 2 0 0 2 .277
J Peralta ss 6 0 1 0 1 2 2 .269
S Choo lf-rf 4 2 0 0 3 3 2 .252
K Shoppach c 6 4 5 3 1 1 3 .271
A Marte 3b 6 2 2 1 1 1 3 .186
R Garko 1b 3 0 0 0 2 0 2 .241
A Gonzalez pr-1b 1 0 0 0 1 1 3 .333
A Cabrera 2b 7 1 4 1 0 1 3 .199
Totals 54 12 19 10 11 15 29 ###
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DETROIT - 001 141 041 000 2 -- 14 22 2
CLEVELAND - 143 003 001 000 0 -- 12 19 4
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ha-singled to center for F Gutierrez in the 8th; va-walked for R Raburn in the
9th; hb-struck out swinging for D Dellucci in the 13th.
BATTING: 2B - E Renteria (10, C Lee); M Thames (10, E Mujica); M Cabrera (25, E
Mujica); K Shoppach 3 (17, A Lopez, N Robertson 2); A Marte (4, N Robertson); A
Cabrera (9, N Robertson). HR - B Francisco 2 (10, 1st inning off N Robertson 0
on, 2 Out, 6th inning off A Lopez 0 on, 1 Out), G Sizemore (26, 2nd inning off
N Robertson 2 on, 2 Out), M Cabrera (19, 4th inning off C Lee 0 on, 2 Out), B
Inge (9, 5th inning off C Lee 0 on, 0 Out), K Shoppach 2 (11, 6th inning off T
Jones 1 on, 2 Out, 9th inning off F Rodney 0 on, 1 Out). SF - P Polanco , M
Cabrera. RBI - C Granderson 2 (37), M Cabrera 4 (79), B Inge (31), P Polanco 3
(38), G Sheffield (29), M Thames (44), M Ordonez (62), B Francisco 2 (39), G
Sizemore 3 (59), A Marte (6), A Cabrera (17), K Shoppach 3 (31). 2-out RBI - C
Granderson, M Cabrera 3, G Sheffield, M Thames, M Ordonez, B Francisco, G
Sizemore 3, A Cabrera, K Shoppach 2. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out -
M Thames 2, G Sheffield 1, M Ordonez 3, B Inge 1, J Carroll 1, D Dellucci 2, A
Gonzalez 2, G Sizemore 2. GIDP - E Renteria, F Gutierrez, J Peralta, A Marte.
Team LOB - DETROIT 14, CLEVELAND 14. BASERUNNING: SB - P Polanco (4, 2nd base
off R Betancourt/K Shoppach). FIELDING: E - M Thames (2, catch); C Granderson
(3, catch); J Peralta (10, ground ball); R Perez (1, ground ball); S Choo (2,
throw); A Gonzalez (1, throw). Outfield assists - C Granderson (A Cabrera at
2nd base), S Choo 2 (G Sheffield at 2nd base, C Granderson at 2nd base). PB - B
Inge, K Shoppach. DP: (R Raburn-P Polanco-M Cabrera, P Polanco-E Renteria-M
Cabrera, E Renteria-P Polanco-C Guillen, J Rincon-J Peralta-A Gonzalez).
DETROIT ip h r er bb so hr era
N Robertson 3 9 8 8 2 2 2 6.06
A Lopez 2 2/3 3 2 2 2 3 1 3.11
T Jones 1 1/3 1 1 1 0 1 1 5.05
F Dolsi 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 4.32
F Rodney (B, 3) 1 2 1 1 2 2 1 5.60
B Seay 2 2 0 0 2 5 0 2.57
C Fossum (W, 2-0) 2 1 0 0 3 2 0 5.12
CLEVELAND ip h r er bb so hr era
C Lee 5 10 6 6 0 5 2 2.58
J Lewis (H, 4) 1/3 0 1 0 1 0 0 4.61
R Perez (H, 14) 1 2/3 0 0 0 0 2 0 3.31
E Mujica 2/3 4 4 4 1 0 0 5.40
M Kobayashi 1 1/3 1 1 1 2 1 0 3.70
R Betancourt 2 3 0 0 1 2 0 5.79
J Rincon (L, 2-3) 2 4 2 1 0 0 0 6.38
IBB - G Sizemore (by F Rodney), K Shoppach (by B Seay). HBP - P Polanco (by R
Perez). Pitches-strikes: N Robertson 67-43; A Lopez 50-31; T Jones 25-16; F
Dolsi 11-7; F Rodney 33-16; B Seay 45-27; C Fossum 40-20; C Lee 88-62; J Lewis
18-10; R Perez 25-17; E Mujica 28-17; M Kobayashi 27-15; R Betancourt 32-23; J
Rincon 37-25. Ground balls-fly balls: N Robertson 6-1; A Lopez 3-2; T Jones
2-1; F Dolsi 2-1; F Rodney 1-0; B Seay 0-0; C Fossum 3-1; C Lee 4-5; J Lewis
1-0; R Perez 3-0; E Mujica 1-1; M Kobayashi 2-1; R Betancourt 2-2; J Rincon
6-0. Batters faced: N Robertson 19; A Lopez 13; T Jones 5; F Dolsi 3; F Rodney
7; B Seay 9; C Fossum 9; C Lee 24; J Lewis 3; R Perez 7; E Mujica 7; M
Kobayashi 7; R Betancourt 10; J Rincon 9. IRS - R Perez, T Jones. UMPIRES:
HP--Chuck Meriwether. 1B--Wally Bell. 2B--Laz Diaz. 3B--Chris Guccione.
T--5:33. Att--26,596. Weather: 83 degrees, partly cloudy. Wind: 11 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.  Yesterday’s Home RunsThe following stats are provided by Hit Tracker, which logs the projected “true” distance of each home run (if it were to land uninterrupted at field level) and its "standard" distance, which is corrected for weather conditions. Each homer is also categorized into one of three types: Just Enough (JE) for homers that cleared the fence by ten feet or less, Plenty (PL) for those that were sure home runs but not “blasts,” and No Doubt (ND) for true “blasts”—homers that cleared the fence by at least 20 feet and landed at least 50 feet beyond the fence.Hitter Team Pitcher Team True Stnd. # Type Bobby Abreu NYY Dennis Sarfate BAL 335 330 13 JE Bobby Abreu NYY Fernando Cabrera BAL 386 380 12 PL Garret Anderson LAA Josh Beckett BOS 355 355 11 PL Brandon Boggs TEX Miguel Batista SEA 402 391 5 PL Miguel Cabrera DET Cliff Lee CLE 407 401 19 PL Juan Castro BAL David Robertson NYY 405 400 1 PL Coco Crisp BOS Joe Saunders LAA 389 387 6 JE Adam Dunn CIN Wandy Rodriguez HOU 457 455 32 ND Adam Dunn CIN Wandy Rodriguez HOU 402 401 31 JE Damion Easley NYM Josh Johnson FLA 398 395 4 ND Edwin Encarnacion CIN Chad Paronto HOU 352 350 20 JE Prince Fielder MIL Neal Cotts CHC 392 383 21 JE/L Jesus Flores WAS Jamie Moyer PHI 369 352 7 PL/L Ben Francisco CLE Nate Robertson DET 415 403 10 PL Ben Francisco CLE Acquilino Lopez DET 425 419 9 ND Jody Gerut SD Dan Haren ARI 421 416 6 ND Ken Griffey CIN Wandy Rodriguez HOU 461 459 15 ND Josh Hamilton TEX Miguel Batista SEA 402 387 24 PL Willie Harris WAS Jamie Moyer PHI 387 369 8 JE/L Torii Hunter LAA Justin Masterson BOS 377 375 17 JE/L Chris Iannetta COL Zach Duke PIT 418 411 12 PL Brandon Inge DET Cliff Lee CLE 398 392 9 PL Joe Mather STL Blaine Boyer ATL 400 390 4 PL Lyle Overbay TOR Edwin Jackson TB 413 412 7 PL Carlos Pena TB Scott Richmond TOR 404 405 18 PL Hunter Pence HOU Edinson Volquez CIN 398 397 14 ND Carlos Quentin CWS Livan Hernandez MIN 391 386 27 JE Alexei Ramirez CWS Boof Bonser MIN 361 356 9 PL Mark Reynolds ARI Bryan Corey SD 407 397 22 PL/L Alex Rodriguez NYY Fernando Cabrera BAL 424 418 23 PL Kelly Shoppach CLE Todd Jones DET 406 400 11 PL Kelly Shoppach CLE Fernando Rodney DET 404 398 10 PL Grady Sizemore CLE Nate Robertson DET 394 375 26 PL Chris Snyder ARI Bryan Corey SD 370 368 9 JE Dan Uggla FLA Joe Smith NYM 413 410 26 PL Chase Utley PHI Tim Redding WAS 405 388 27 PL/L Shane Victorino PHI Steven Shell WAS 374 363 9 PL Ty Wigginton HOU Edinson Volquez CIN 402 400 9 ND 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, with a focus on each team’s top prospects.ORG LVL PLAYER AB H 2B 3B HR BB SO Notes CHC A Jovan Rosa........ 3 3 2 0 1 1 0 WAN AAA Luke Montz........ 4 2 0 0 2 1 0 MIL AAA Hernan Iribarren.. 4 4 1 1 0 0 0 3 LD SEA AAA W. Balentien...... 3 2 1 0 1 1 0 3 R TOR AA Travis Snider..... 4 3 1 0 1 0 0 NYM AA Daniel Murphy..... 5 3 1 0 1 0 1 WAN AA Bill Rhinehart.... 4 2 1 0 1 1 0 FLA A+ Scott Cousins..... 3 2 1 0 1 1 1 CIN A Neftali Soto...... 6 5 0 0 1 0 0 HOU AAA Justin Towles..... 4 2 0 1 1 0 1 TB AAA Reid Brignac...... 4 2 1 0 1 0 2 ATL AAA Diory Hernandez... 5 4 1 0 0 0 0 4 RBI ORG LVL PLAYER IP H R ER SO BB HR Notes CLE A Ryan Morris....... 6 0 0 0 8 1 0 CLE AA Scott Lewis....... 6 5 1 0 8 1 0 COL AAA Franklin Morales.. 7 5 2 1 8 2 0 SD AAA Joshua Geer....... 7 4 3 3 6 1 0 OAK AAA Dan Meyer......... 7 6 2 2 7 1 0 PIT AAA Tom Gorzelanny.... 5 3 1 1 5 0 0 9 GB NYM AAA Jonathon Niese.... 7 3 1 1 7 2 1 SD AA Stephen Faris..... 7 1 0 0 3 2 0 WAN AA J. Zimmermann..... 5 5 0 0 7 2 0 CIN AA Jordan Smith...... 6 8 3 3 5 0 0 14 GB SEA A Brett Lorin....... 4 4 2 2 7 2 0 ATL A Erik Cordier...... 5 6 2 2 6 1 0 9 GB Access THT’s stats here…
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BOS 61 48 .560 3.0 63 -2 
NYA 59 48 .551 4.0 59 0 
TOR 54 54 .500 9.5 58 -4 
BAL 51 56 .477 12.0 52 -1 
American League Central
CHA 60 46 .566 0.0 62 -2 
MIN 59 48 .551 1.5 56 3 
DET 55 52 .514 5.5 57 -2 
KC 50 59 .459 11.5 47 3 
CLE 46 60 .434 14.0 53 -7 
American League West
LAA 67 40 .626 0.0 59 8 
TEX 56 52 .519 11.5 51 5 
OAK 53 54 .495 14.0 58 -5 
SEA 40 67 .374 27.0 46 -6 
National League East Pwins Diff
PHI 58 49 .542 0.0 61 -3 
NYN 58 50 .537 0.5 59 -1 
FLA 57 51 .528 1.5 51 6 
ATL 49 58 .458 9.0 55 -6 
WAS 38 69 .355 20.0 40 -2 
National League Central
CHN 64 44 .593 0.0 66 -2 
MIL 60 48 .556 4.0 56 4 
STL 61 49 .555 4.0 58 3 
CIN 51 58 .468 13.5 48 3 
HOU 50 57 .467 13.5 48 2 
PIT 50 58 .463 14.0 48 2 
National League West
ARI 55 52 .514 0.0 56 -1 
LAN 54 53 .505 1.0 56 -2 
COL 49 60 .450 7.0 50 -1 
SF 44 63 .411 11.0 44 0 
SD 42 67 .385 14.0 43 -1 