THT Daily: Falling Through
by Matthew CarruthJuly 28, 2007
Major League News for July 28
Player News
Yesterday’s Results
Today’s Games
Standings
Top Minor League Performances
Stats
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Player News
Player news items are provided by RotoworldAccording to the Boston Globe, Curt Schilling (shoulder) will likely return to the Red Sox rotation on August 5 against Seattle.
It's possible he could also be back August 6 against the Angels if Boston elects to give him more rest. Josh Beckett is currently scheduled to start Aug. 5. "There's room to change that depending on how many pitches Beckett throws [in his next start], how hard he works," manager Terry Francona said. "We can do what we want."
Barry Bonds hit career homer No. 754 in his first at-bat Friday and then walked in his remaining four plate appearances in the Giants' 12-10 win over the Marlins.
All of the walks were unintentional, though Renyel Pinto, in particular, seemed to want absolutely nothing to do with him in the sixth. Of course, that meant more chances for everyone else, and for once, the rest of the lineup stepped up, with Pedro Feliz, Bengie Molina and Ray Durham all hitting homers. Bonds may have more of an opportunity to tie the record Saturday against Dontrelle Willis and company.
According to FOXSports.com's Ken Rosenthal, the Red Sox had a three-way deal in place for Jermaine Dye that fell through because of an unspecified issue with a player from the third club.
The third club is unknown. Dye apparently was willing to go to the Red Sox, who were promising to play him five times per week. Something still might happen here. We're guessing Wily Mo Pena and more would go to the unspecified third team.
The Diamondbacks confirmed that Randy Johnson will have surgery to repair a herniated disc in his back next Friday and will miss the rest of the season.
Johnson says he'll come back in 2008. After all, he's getting paid, which seems to be the most important thing to him these days. It's pretty disturbing that he didn't continue to rehab given that the Diamondbacks are still in the race. They're a whole lot more likely to be sellers now.
Indians optioned LHP Cliff Lee to Triple-A Buffalo.
It's the right move. The Indians certainly aren't giving up on Lee, who is in the first year of a three-year, $14 million extension, but he clearly has some work to do to get back to where he should be. While Jeremy Sowers is a possibility, Aaron Laffey should be the choice to replace him in Cleveland's rotation.
Yesterday’s Results
American League BAL 4 NYA 2 (Recap and Boxscore) BOS 7 TB 1 (Recap and Boxscore) CHA 4 TOR 3 (Recap and Boxscore) CLE 10 MIN 4 (Recap and Boxscore) KC 6 TEX 1 (Recap and Boxscore) LAA 11 DET 6 (Recap and Boxscore) SEA 7 OAK 1 (Recap and Boxscore) National League WAS 6 NYN 2 (Recap and Boxscore) PHI 8 PIT 1 (Recap and Boxscore) CIN 5 CHN 4 (Recap and Boxscore) SD 9 HOU 4 (Recap and Boxscore) MIL 12 STL 2 (Recap and Boxscore) ARI 8 ATL 7 (Recap and Boxscore) SF 12 FLA 10 (Recap and Boxscore)
Today’s Games
National League --------------- Washington Nationals at New York Mets, 12:10 PM (R) Tim Redding (1-2) vs. (R) Orlando Hernandez (6-4) Milwaukee Brewers at St. Louis Cardinals, 1:10 PM (L) Manny Parra (0-0) vs. (R) Brad Thompson (6-4) Atlanta Braves at Arizona Diamondbacks, 3:55 PM (R) John Smoltz (10-5) vs. (L) Doug Davis (7-10) San Diego Padres at Houston Astros, 3:55 PM (R) Greg Maddux (7-7) vs. (R) Roy Oswalt (9-6) Pittsburgh Pirates at Philadelphia Phillies, 7:05 PM (L) Shane Youman (2-2) vs. (R) J.D. Durbin (2-2) Chicago Cubs at Cincinnati Reds, 7:10 PM (L) Sean Marshall (4-4) vs. (R) Aaron Harang (10-2) Washington Nationals at New York Mets, 7:10 PM (R) Joel Hanrahan (0-0) vs. (R) Mike Pelfrey (0-7) Los Angeles Dodgers at Colorado Rockies, 8:05 PM (R) Brett Tomko (2-7) vs. (L) Jeff Francis (10-5) Milwaukee Brewers at St. Louis Cardinals, 8:10 PM (L) Chris Capuano (5-6) vs. (R) Anthony Reyes (0-10) Florida Marlins at San Francisco Giants, 9:05 PM (L) Dontrelle Willis (7-10) vs. (R) Matt Cain (3-12) American League --------------- Detroit Tigers at LA Angels of Anaheim, 3:55 PM (L) Andrew Miller (5-3) vs. (L) Joe Saunders (4-0) Oakland Athletics at Seattle Mariners, 4:05 PM (R) Chad Gaudin (8-5) vs. (L) Horacio Ramirez (5-3) Minnesota Twins at Cleveland Indians, 7:05 PM (L) Johan Santana (11-8) vs. (R) Jake Westbrook (1-6) Toronto Blue Jays at Chicago White Sox, 7:05 PM (R) Roy Halladay (11-4) vs. (L) Mark Buehrle (7-6) New York Yankees at Baltimore Orioles, 7:05 PM (R) Roger Clemens (3-4) vs. (L) Brian Burres (4-4) Texas Rangers at Kansas City Royals, 7:10 PM (R) Kevin Millwood (7-8) vs. (L) Odalis Perez (5-9) Boston Red Sox at Tampa Bay Devil Rays, 7:10 PM (L) Jon Lester (1-0) vs. (R) James Shields (8-6)
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 BOS 63 40 .612 0.0 64 -1NYA 55 48 .534 8.0 62 -7
TOR 51 51 .500 11.5 54 -3
BAL 48 54 .471 14.5 52 -4
TB 38 64 .373 24.5 36 2
American League Central DET 60 42 .588 0.0 60 0
CLE 60 43 .583 0.5 57 3
MIN 51 51 .500 9.0 53 -2
CHA 47 56 .456 13.5 43 4
KC 45 57 .441 15.0 48 -3
American League West LAA 59 42 .584 0.0 55 4
SEA 55 46 .545 4.0 51 4
OAK 49 54 .476 11.0 52 -3
TEX 46 57 .447 14.0 47 -1
National League East Pwins Diff NYN 57 45 .559 0.0 54 3
PHI 53 49 .520 4.0 54 -1
ATL 54 50 .519 4.0 54 0
FLA 48 56 .462 10.0 49 -1
WAS 44 58 .431 13.0 40 4
National League Central MIL 57 46 .553 0.0 56 1
CHN 53 48 .525 3.0 56 -3
STL 46 53 .465 9.0 41 5
HOU 45 58 .437 12.0 46 -1
CIN 45 59 .433 12.5 48 -3
PIT 42 59 .416 14.0 41 1
National League West LAN 57 46 .553 0.0 56 1
ARI 57 48 .543 1.0 51 6
SD 55 47 .539 1.5 56 -1
COL 51 51 .500 5.5 51 0
SF 44 57 .436 12.0 50 -6
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 LA AAA Andy LaRoche...... 3 1 0 0 1 1 0 STL AA Colby Rasmus...... 6 3 1 1 0 0 1 SEA A- Gregory Halman.... 5 3 2 0 1 0 0 MIL AA Hernan Iribarren.. 4 3 2 0 0 1 0 COL A+ Justin Nelson..... 5 3 0 0 2 0 1 PIT AA Steven Pearce..... 4 2 1 0 1 0 0 OAK A- Matthew Sulentic.. 4 2 1 0 0 0 1 3 LD FLA A+ Gaby Sanchez...... 4 3 1 0 0 0 0 CLE A Matthew McBride... 3 2 1 0 0 2 0 3 R SD AA Matt Antonelli.... 4 2 2 0 0 0 1 SEA A+ Jeffrey Frazier... 5 4 0 0 1 0 0 4 RBI NYY A M. Hilligoss...... 4 3 1 0 0 0 0 2 SB ORG LVL PLAYER IP H R ER SO BB HR Notes SEA AA Andrew Baldwin.... 8 5 1 1 8 1 0 FLA A+ Brett Sinkbeil.... 8 5 2 2 5 1 0 15 GB ARI AA Brooks Brown...... 7 2 0 0 9 4 0 TEX A Kasey Kiker....... 6 5 2 1 7 0 1 BOS AA Michael Bowden.... 6 6 2 2 7 1 1 LAA A+ Robert Mosebach... 9 9 1 1 7 3 0 BAL A+ Brandon Erbe...... 6 8 3 3 7 1 1 MIL A Jeremy Jeffress... 4 2 5 5 10 3 1 BOS A- Jose Capellan..... 6 5 3 3 6 1 1 MIN A Alex Burnett...... 6 5 1 1 3 0 0 NYY A- Z. McAllister..... 5 5 0 0 6 2 0 NYY AAA Jeff Karstens..... 6 2 0 0 4 4 0
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Matthew Carruth is an editor for The Hardball Times. He welcomes any and all sorts of communication at his email.