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THT Daily: Dodgers Lose Another

by Matthew Carruth
August 15, 2007

Major League News for August 15
Today’s Links
Player News
Yesterday’s Results
Today’s Games
Standings
Top Minor League Performances

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Small Sample Size - Will Leitch responds to the conclusion of a study that MLB umpires are racist, favoring calls to players of their own race.

X-Factor (subscription required) - Kosuke Fukudome is having surgery to remove bone chips from his elbow. He may miss the rest of this season in Japan but will be ready in time for the start of MLB play next season.

Time for a Checkup - John Sickels gives his opinion on the progress and performance so far of Tim Lincecum, a man who never should have fallen as far as he did in the draft.

300 - Can Erik Bedard reach that magical plateau of 300 strikeouts this season? He's going to be close either way but David Pinto thinks its an exceedingly small probability that Bedard actually passes the threshold.

Jose, Why? - Jose Offerman, former MLB all-star currently playing in the Atlantic independent league for the Long Island Ducks, took a bat with him out to the mound to face pitcher Matt Beech who had hit him in the thigh with a pitch.

Do Something, Anything - Dodger fans, watching thier playoff hopes melt away rapidly, would love for GM Ned Colletti to do something to try and improve the team or at least shake it up.

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Player News
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Dodgers placed third baseman Nomar Garciaparra on the 15-day disabled list with a strained left calf. Nomar had hit .289/.338/.430 since moving over to third base, which is better than Shea Hillenbrand figures to do, and Hillenbrand is likely to even worse defensively than Nomar was. The Dodgers have to hope Andy LaRoche gets healthy soon so that he can take over at third base. In the meantime, Hillenbrand could have a little fantasy value.

The Yankees pulled left-hander Kei Igawa back off waivers after no deal could be struck with the Padres prior to Tuesday's deadline. The Yankees weren't ready to give up on Igawa for nothing, and while the Padres may have been willing to part with a reliever to get him, there was no way they were going to sneak any quality arms through waivers. Maybe the two sides will take again this winter.

Yesterday’s Results
American League
BOS     2  TB      1    (Recap and Boxscore)
BAL    12  NYA     0    (Recap and Boxscore)
TOR     4  LAA     1    (Recap and Boxscore)
DET     6  CLE     2    (Recap and Boxscore)
OAK     4  CHA     3    (Recap and Boxscore)
MIN    11  SEA     3    (Recap and Boxscore)
TEX     5  KC      3    (Recap and Boxscore)

National League
ATL     5  SF      4    (Recap and Boxscore)
FLA    14  ARI     5    (Recap and Boxscore)
PHI     3  WAS     2    (Recap and Boxscore)
CIN     6  CHN     5    (Recap and Boxscore)
STL    12  MIL     4    (Recap and Boxscore)
NYN     5  PIT     4    (Recap and Boxscore)
HOU     7  LAN     4    (Recap and Boxscore)
SD      8  COL     0    (Recap and Boxscore)
First Inning's Major and Minor League Daily Reports:

Today’s Games
National League
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 Arizona Diamondbacks at Florida Marlins, 7:05 PM
  (L) Doug Davis (9-10) vs. (R) Sergio Mitre (5-5)
 New York Mets at Pittsburgh Pirates, 7:05 PM
  (R) John Maine (12-7) vs. (R) Matt Morris (7-7)
 Philadelphia Phillies at Washington Nationals, 7:05 PM
  (R) Kyle Kendrick (5-2) vs. (R) Tim Redding (1-3)
 San Francisco Giants at Atlanta Braves, 7:35 PM
  (R) Russ Ortiz (2-2) vs. (R) Tim Hudson (13-5)
 Cincinnati Reds at Chicago Cubs, 8:05 PM
  (L) Phil Dumatrait (0-1) vs. (L) Ted Lilly (13-5)
 St. Louis Cardinals at Milwaukee Brewers, 8:05 PM
  (R) Joel Pineiro (1-1) vs. (R) Yovani Gallardo (4-2)
 Colorado Rockies at San Diego Padres, 10:05 PM
  (R) Ubaldo Jimenez (1-2) vs. (R) Chris Young (9-4)
 Houston Astros at Los Angeles Dodgers, 10:10 PM
  (R) Jason Jennings (2-7) vs. (R) Brad Penny (13-3)
 
 American League
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 Tampa Bay Devil Rays at Boston Red Sox, 1:05 PM
  (R) Andrew Sonnanstine (1-8) vs. (R) Daisuke Matsuzaka (13-8)
 Baltimore Orioles at New York Yankees, 1:05 PM
  (L) Erik Bedard (12-4) vs. (R) Phil Hughes (2-1)
 Minnesota Twins at Seattle Mariners, 4:35 PM
  (R) Scott Baker (6-5) vs. (L) Jarrod Washburn (8-9)
 Detroit Tigers at Cleveland Indians, 7:05 PM
  (R) Jair Jurrjens (0-0) vs. (R) Fausto Carmona (13-7)
 LA Angels of Anaheim at Toronto Blue Jays, 7:07 PM
  (R) Dustin Moseley (4-1) vs. (R) Shaun Marcum (9-4)
 Kansas City Royals at Texas Rangers, 8:35 PM
  (R) Gil Meche (7-10) vs. (R) Vicente Padilla (3-8)
 Chicago White Sox at Oakland Athletics, 10:05 PM
  (L) Mark Buehrle (9-7) vs. (R) Joe Blanton (9-8)

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     72  47 .605    0.0   73    -1    sparkline graph
NYA     67  52 .563    5.0   73    -6    sparkline graph
TOR     60  58 .508   11.5   63    -3    sparkline graph
BAL     55  63 .466   16.5   60    -5    sparkline graph
TB      45  74 .378   27.0   44     1    sparkline graph
American League Central     
DET     66  53 .555    0.0   66     0    sparkline graph
CLE     65  54 .546    1.0   63     2    sparkline graph
MIN     59  60 .496    7.0   61    -2    sparkline graph
CHA     54  64 .458   11.5   49     5    sparkline graph
KC      52  66 .441   13.5   55    -3    sparkline graph
American League West        
LAA     69  48 .590    0.0   66     3    sparkline graph
SEA     66  51 .564    3.0   60     6    sparkline graph
OAK     58  62 .483   12.5   62    -4    sparkline graph
TEX     52  66 .441   17.5   53    -1    sparkline graph


National League East        Pwins  Diff
NYN     66  52 .559    0.0   64     2    sparkline graph
PHI     63  55 .534    3.0   64    -1    sparkline graph
ATL     63  56 .529    3.5   64    -1    sparkline graph
FLA     56  63 .471   10.5   55     1    sparkline graph
WAS     54  65 .454   12.5   50     4    sparkline graph
National League Central     
MIL     62  57 .521    0.0   59     3    sparkline graph
CHN     60  58 .508    1.5   63    -3    sparkline graph
STL     56  60 .483    4.5   50     6    sparkline graph
HOU     54  65 .454    8.0   54     0    sparkline graph
CIN     51  67 .432   10.5   53    -2    sparkline graph
PIT     49  68 .419   12.0   50    -1    sparkline graph
National League West        
ARI     67  53 .558    0.0   57    10    sparkline graph
SD      64  54 .542    2.0   66    -2    sparkline graph
COL     61  57 .517    5.0   63    -2    sparkline graph
LAN     60  59 .504    6.5   60     0    sparkline graph
SF      50  69 .420   16.5   57    -7    sparkline graph


Wildcard Standings
American League             
SEA     66  51 .564    0.0
NYA     67  52 .563    0.0
CLE     65  54 .546    2.0
TOR     60  58 .508    6.5
MIN     59  60 .496    8.0
National League             
SD      64  54 .542    0.0
PHI     63  55 .534    1.0
ATL     63  56 .529    1.5
COL     61  57 .517    3.0
CHN     60  58 .508    4.0

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, with a focus on each team’s top prospects.
ORG LVL PLAYER            AB  H 2B 3B HR BB SO  Notes
TOR A   Travis Snider..... 4  3  1  0  2  0  0  3 R
CIN AAA Jay Bruce......... 4  2  0  0  1  0  1  
DET AA  Cameron Maybin.... 3  2  1  0  0  2  0  
TB  A   Nevin Ashley...... 5  4  0  0  2  0  1  3 R
FLA A+  Gaby Sanchez...... 5  3  1  0  1  0  1  
LAA AAA Brandon Wood...... 6  2  0  0  0  0  2  
ARI A+  Cyle Hankerd...... 4  2  0  0  2  0  1  
PIT A+  Brad Corley....... 5  2  1  0  1  1  2  
MIN A+  Erik Lis.......... 4  2  0  0  2  0  2  5 RBI !
CIN A   Drew Stubbs....... 5  4  1  0  0  0  0  
ARI AA  Aaron Cunningham.. 4  2  0  1  1  0  0  
TEX A+  M. Ramirez........ 5  3  2  0  0  0  1  

ORG LVL PLAYER            IP  H  R ER SO BB HR  Notes
TEX AAA Edinson Volquez... 7  4  1  1 11  1  0  
BAL AA  Radhames Liz...... 8  2  2  2 14  1  1  
FLA A+  Aaron Thompson.... 7  3  0  0  7  2  0  
CHW AAA Heath Phillips.... 6  7  1  0  5  1  0  
STL AAA Mike Parisi....... 7  6  0  0  4  0  0  
HOU AAA Troy Patton....... 6  7  4  4  4  2  0  
PHI AAA J.A. Happ......... 6  5  3  3 10  4  1  
NYY AA  Tyler Clippard.... 3  1  2  2  5  1  0  
NYY A   Grant Duff........ 5  2  0  0  5  1  0  
WAN A+  Shairon Martis.... 7  8  2  2  5  1  0  
SF  A   Adam Cowart....... 6  4  0  0  2  1  0  
TOR AA  Ricky Romero...... 5  8  5  4  5  1  1  13 OF

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