November 22, 2009
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THT Daily: Giants sweep Rockiesby Dave StudemanAugust 31, 2009 Major League News for August 31Player 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 RotoworldChad Qualls will have an MRI for a dislocated kneecap sustained on the final play of Sunday's game. You could see the dislocation," said Arizona manager A.J. Hinch. "The trainer popped the kneecap back in place, but now we'll just have to wait and see how much damage there was." The Diamondbacks just traded their fallback for Qualls, Jon Rauch, to the Twins, so it's uncertain who will save games if Qualls lands on the DL. Juan Gutierrez would seem to be the best bet. Zack Greinke allowed just one hit in a complete game shutout over the Mariners on Sunday. The lone hit came in the second inning off the bat of Kenji Johjima. Greinke also walked just one batter while striking out five. The best hitter in the Mariners' lineup today was Franklin Gutierrez and his 776 OPS, so it's probably not even Greinke's most impressive outing of the season. His owners will surely love it though, as Greinke is now 13-8 with a 2.32 ERA. Jake Peavy will have his sore elbow examined Monday after leaving his Saturday rehab start with what the White Sox called a "recurrence of tightness." Peavy lasted just 3 1/3 innings in Saturday's outing, so he's clearly not close to joining the White Sox's rotation even if no further elbow problems are found. Red Sox purchased the contract of RHP Paul Byrd from Triple-A Pawtucket. Byrd signed a minor league deal with the Red Sox on Aug. 5, having taken the first half of the year off. Byrd will oppose the Blue Jays, fitting as Byrd pitched five of his last nine starts last year against Toronto. His last start in Triple-A resulted in one earned run over seven innings. Against weaker hitting teams like Toronto, he's a fine play. Jake Peavy was pulled from his rehab start Saturday with a "recurrence of tightness" in his right elbow. Peavy lasted just 3 1/3 innings and 64 pitches, giving up two runs. He had hoped to go at least six frames and wanted to eclipse, or come close to eclipsing, the 100-pitch mark. He'll probably require at least a week of rest and one or two more rehab outings. Cliff Lee was shelled for six earned runs over five innings Saturday evening in a loss to the Braves. Trouble in paradise. Lee entered the night 5-0 with a 0.68 ERA as a member of the Phillies, but was tagged for 10 hits -- including three home runs -- in the contest. Even the best aces have bad starts, but he looked totally ineffective against the Braves' lineup. Hopefully he'll right the ship next week against the Astros. Lee is still one of our favorite fantasy pitchers down the stretch. An MRI on Alfonso Soriano's left knee Saturday revealed only treatable inflammation, and no structural damage of any kind. Soriano will be given an anti-inflammation injection on Sunday and could return to the Cubs' lineup as soon as Tuesday. Of course, he'll have to prove his health with a few drills before that happens. "I'm not going to put him out there [if] he can't move the way he should," said Cubs manager Lou Piniella. "Let's get him well and then we'll get him back out there." Mariners placed first baseman Russell Branyan on the 15-day disabled list with a herniated disc. Branyan's MRI on Saturday revealed inflammation and a herniated disc in his back. He's had similar issues for much of his career, but the hope is he'll be ready to return once his 15 days are up. Jack Hannahan will draw most of the starts at first base while Russell "The Muscle" is out. Diamondbacks recalled outfielder Chris Young from Triple-A Reno. Young was optioned to Reno on August 10 after batting just .194 with 95 strikeouts in 103 games for the D'Backs. He righted the wrong on the Triple-A level, hitting .370 in 13 games. Ideally, Arizona will play an outfield of Young, Justin Upton and Gerardo Parra the rest of the way. Yesterday’s ResultsFor the full scoop regarding yesterday's games, read "And That Happened" at Shysterball.American League BAL 5 CLE 2 (Recap and Boxscore) BOS 7 TOR 0 (Recap and Boxscore) NYA 8 CHA 3 (Recap and Boxscore) DET 4 TB 3 (Recap and Boxscore) MIN 5 TEX 3 (Recap and Boxscore) LAA 9 OAK 1 (Recap and Boxscore) KC 3 SEA 0 (Recap and Boxscore) National League FLA 6 SD 4 (Recap and Boxscore) PHI 3 ATL 2 (Recap and Boxscore) NYN 4 CHN 1 (Recap and Boxscore) LAN 3 CIN 2 (Recap and Boxscore) MIL 4 PIT 1 (Recap and Boxscore) STL 2 WAS 1 (Recap and Boxscore) ARI 4 HOU 3 (Recap and Boxscore) SF 9 COL 5 (Recap and Boxscore)Check out Fangraphs' scoreboard to see all the games in action. Today’s GamesRays (70-59) @ Tigers (69-60), 1:05pm 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 NYA 82 48 .631 0.0 77 5 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 COL A Delta Cleary...... 6 3 2 0 0 1 1 2 SB TOR AAA J. Arencibia...... 4 3 0 0 2 0 0 3 R CIN A+ Neftali Soto...... 4 3 3 0 0 0 0 3 LD ATL AA Brandon Hicks..... 4 3 1 0 0 1 1 2 SB NYM AA Isaac Davis....... 4 3 1 0 1 0 0 DET AA Casper Wells...... 3 1 0 0 1 3 1 CHC A+ Brandon Guyer..... 4 2 1 0 1 0 1 WAN A Derek Norris...... 4 2 2 0 0 1 0 4 RBI BOS A- Derrik Gibson..... 4 3 1 0 0 0 0 2 SB CIN AAA Todd Frazier...... 5 4 1 0 0 0 0 SD AA Lance Zawadzki.... 4 3 1 0 0 1 0 3 R LAA AA Hank Conger....... 3 1 0 0 1 2 0 ORG LVL PLAYER IP H R ER SO BB HR Notes TB AAA J. Hellickson..... 8 1 0 0 12 2 0 ATL A J.J. Hoover....... 7 5 2 2 11 0 0 TOR AAA David Purcey...... 9 3 0 0 5 0 0 CHC AAA Mitch Atkins...... 6 5 0 0 8 1 0 BAL AA Brandon Erbe...... 6 5 2 2 8 2 0 NYY A+ Hector Noesi...... 5 3 0 0 5 0 0 SF A Eric Surkamp...... 6 4 1 1 8 4 0 SD A Simon Castro...... 6 3 1 1 5 1 0 STL AA Lance Lynn........ 6 6 2 2 7 2 0 PIT A Brett Lorin....... 6 6 1 1 8 1 1 KC A+ Daniel Duffy...... 6 2 1 1 8 3 1 NYY AAA Jason Hirsh....... 5 2 0 0 5 2 0
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BOS 76 54 .585 6.0 75 1 
TB 70 59 .543 11.5 72 -2 
TOR 58 70 .453 23.0 65 -7 
BAL 54 77 .412 28.5 58 -4 
American League Central
DET 69 60 .535 0.0 66 3 
MIN 65 65 .500 4.5 66 -1 
CHA 64 67 .489 6.0 65 -1 
CLE 58 72 .446 11.5 62 -4 
KC 50 80 .385 19.5 51 -1 
American League West
LAA 77 52 .597 0.0 72 5 
TEX 72 57 .558 5.0 71 1 
SEA 68 63 .519 10.0 60 8 
OAK 57 73 .438 20.5 60 -3 
National League East Pwins Diff
PHI 75 53 .586 0.0 74 1 
ATL 68 62 .523 8.0 72 -4 
FLA 68 62 .523 8.0 64 4 
NYN 59 72 .450 17.5 59 0 
WAS 46 85 .351 30.5 54 -8 
National League Central
STL 77 55 .583 0.0 74 3 
CHN 65 63 .508 10.0 66 -1 
MIL 64 66 .492 12.0 63 1 
HOU 62 68 .477 14.0 56 6 
CIN 56 73 .434 19.5 54 2 
PIT 53 75 .414 22.0 57 -4 
National League West
LAN 78 53 .595 0.0 80 -2 
COL 72 59 .550 6.0 73 -1 
SF 72 59 .550 6.0 69 3 
ARI 59 72 .450 19.0 63 -4 
SD 56 76 .424 22.5 51 5 
Wildcard Standings
American League
BOS 76 54 .585 0.0
TEX 72 57 .558 3.5
TB 70 59 .543 5.5
SEA 68 63 .519 8.5
MIN 65 65 .500 11.0
National League
COL 72 59 .550 0.0
SF 72 59 .550 0.0
ATL 68 62 .523 3.5
FLA 68 62 .523 3.5
CHN 65 63 .508 5.5