THT Daily: Dodgers Lose Another
by Matthew CarruthAugust 15, 2007
Major League News for August 15
Today’s LinksPlayer News
Yesterday’s Results
Today’s Games
Standings
Top Minor League Performances
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THT Links
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
Player Headlines are courtesy of RotoworldDodgers 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)
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Today’s Games
National League --------------- 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 --------------- 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 -1NYA 67 52 .563 5.0 73 -6
TOR 60 58 .508 11.5 63 -3
BAL 55 63 .466 16.5 60 -5
TB 45 74 .378 27.0 44 1
American League Central DET 66 53 .555 0.0 66 0
CLE 65 54 .546 1.0 63 2
MIN 59 60 .496 7.0 61 -2
CHA 54 64 .458 11.5 49 5
KC 52 66 .441 13.5 55 -3
American League West LAA 69 48 .590 0.0 66 3
SEA 66 51 .564 3.0 60 6
OAK 58 62 .483 12.5 62 -4
TEX 52 66 .441 17.5 53 -1
National League East Pwins Diff NYN 66 52 .559 0.0 64 2
PHI 63 55 .534 3.0 64 -1
ATL 63 56 .529 3.5 64 -1
FLA 56 63 .471 10.5 55 1
WAS 54 65 .454 12.5 50 4
National League Central MIL 62 57 .521 0.0 59 3
CHN 60 58 .508 1.5 63 -3
STL 56 60 .483 4.5 50 6
HOU 54 65 .454 8.0 54 0
CIN 51 67 .432 10.5 53 -2
PIT 49 68 .419 12.0 50 -1
National League West ARI 67 53 .558 0.0 57 10
SD 64 54 .542 2.0 66 -2
COL 61 57 .517 5.0 63 -2
LAN 60 59 .504 6.5 60 0
SF 50 69 .420 16.5 57 -7
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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