THT Daily: Hargrove and Narron
by Matthew CarruthJuly 02, 2007
Major League News for July 2
LinksPlayer News
Yesterday’s Results
Today’s Games
Standings
Game of the Day
Top Minor League Performances
Stats
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Links
Post-Managerial Future - Ken Rosenthal offers up his take on the Mariners and Reds in the wake of the managerial changes.
Jose Capellan a Tiger - The Tigers acquired RP Jose Capellan from the Brewers for a minor league pitching prospect. Capellan had requested a trade earlier in the season.
Young Pitchers - An excellent article about young pitchers and the extreme amount of throwing they endure going through youth baseball.
Walkout, sort of - Buc's Dugout has a recap on the proposed, planned and somewhat pulled off walkout in protest of the team's ownership.
Daily Mark Buehrle Watch - Yay. I hadn't talked about Mark Buehrle in forever. Latest news is that with a deal all but in place, White Sox GM Kenny Williams is refusing to put in a no-trade clause, a move that may sink the deal and put Buehrle back onto the trade market.
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Player News
Player news items are provided by RotoworldReds fired manager Jerry Narron.
Former Pirates interim manager Pete Mackanin is expected to be named his interim replacement. It really was past time for Narron to go. The players and media seemed to like him, but his bullpen management was a real problem and he wasn't always good about putting his best lineup on the field. The move would seem to come too late to do much good for 2007, but the Reds still needed to move on.
Padres placed outfielder Milton Bradley on the 15-day disabled list, retroactive to June 21, with a strained oblique.
Bradley wasn't in condition to play after reporting Sunday. "He swung very good from the right side. Left-handed, he's a little tentative," GM Kevin Towers said. "We fully expected this." The plan is for Bradley to return right after the All-Star break. Jose Cruz Jr. will continue to play regularly in the meantime.
Mariners manager Mike Hargrove resigned Sunday and was replaced by bench coach John McLaren.
Bizarre. After all of this time on the hot seat, Hargrove finally had some job security after the Mariners' strong first half. The 57-year-old Hargrove said he was stepping aside because his "passion has begun to fade" and it would not be "fair to myself or the team" to continue. Hargrove will manage today's game and then be replaced by McLaren on Monday.
Blue Jays placed RHP A.J. Burnett on the 15-day disabled list, retroactive to June 29, with a right shoulder injury.
Could the Blue Jays handle injured pitchers any worse? Burnett threw 130 pitches, went on the DL with a sore shoulder after his next start, was rushed back after missing just two turns and is now right back out again. He might have to be written off for the rest of the year at some point. Jesse Litsch is likely to replace him in the rotation.
Tigers acquired RHP Jose Capellan from the Brewers for LHP Chris Cody.
Capellan had a 4.50 ERA in 12 innings since rejoining the Brewers on June 1. Milwaukee had been looking to move him ever since he requested a trade when he failed to make the team out of spring training. With unexceptional command of his big fastball and still no plus second pitch, Capellan no longer projects as a long-term closer. However, he should prove to be at least a minor upgrade for Detroit's pen.
Yesterday’s Results
American League LAA 4 BAL 3 (Recap and Boxscore) TEX 2 BOS 1 (Recap and Boxscore) OAK 11 NYA 5 (Recap and Boxscore) CLE 3 TB 2 (Recap and Boxscore) DET 1 MIN 0 (Recap and Boxscore) CHA 3 KC 1 (Recap and Boxscore) SEA 2 TOR 1 (Recap and Boxscore) National League FLA 6 ATL 5 (Recap and Boxscore) PHI 5 NYN 3 (Recap and Boxscore) CHN 5 MIL 1 (Recap and Boxscore) STL 11 CIN 7 (Recap and Boxscore) HOU 12 COL 0 (Recap and Boxscore) WAS 3 PIT 2 (Recap and Boxscore) LAN 5 SD 0 (Recap and Boxscore) SF 13 ARI 0 (Recap and Boxscore)
Today’s Games
National League --------------- Chicago Cubs at Washington Nationals, 7:05 PM (L) Ted Lilly (6-4) vs. (R) Jason Simontacchi (5-5) Milwaukee Brewers at Pittsburgh Pirates, 7:05 PM (R) Jeff Suppan (8-7) vs. (R) John VanBenschoten (0-2) Philadelphia Phillies at Houston Astros, 8:05 PM (L) Jamie Moyer (7-5) vs. (R) Woody Williams (3-10) Arizona Diamondbacks at St. Louis Cardinals, 8:10 PM (R) Brandon Webb (8-5) vs. (R) Braden Looper (6-6) New York Mets at Colorado Rockies, 9:05 PM (L) Tom Glavine (7-5) vs. (R) Jason Hirsh (3-7) Florida Marlins at San Diego Padres, 10:05 PM (R) Sergio Mitre (2-3) vs. (L) David Wells (3-5) Atlanta Braves at Los Angeles Dodgers, 10:10 PM (R) John Smoltz (9-4) vs. (R) Derek Lowe (8-7) American League --------------- Minnesota Twins at New York Yankees, 7:05 PM (R) Boof Bonser (5-4) vs. (R) Roger Clemens (1-3) Texas Rangers at Boston Red Sox, 7:05 PM (R) Brandon McCarthy (4-4) vs. (L) Kason Gabbard (1-0) Tampa Bay Devil Rays at Cleveland Indians, 7:05 PM (R) Andrew Sonnanstine (1-2) vs. (R) Fausto Carmona (8-4) Seattle Mariners at Kansas City Royals, 8:10 PM (R) Felix Hernandez (4-4) vs. (R) Gil Meche (5-6) Baltimore Orioles at Chicago White Sox, 8:11 PM (L) Erik Bedard (6-4) vs. (L) Mark Buehrle (5-4) Toronto Blue Jays at Oakland Athletics, 10:05 PM (R) Josh Towers (3-5) vs. (L) Lenny DiNardo (3-4)
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 49 31 .613 0.0 48 1TOR 39 42 .481 10.5 41 -2
NYA 37 41 .474 11.0 44 -7
BAL 35 45 .438 14.0 40 -5
TB 33 47 .413 16.0 31 2
American League Central CLE 49 32 .605 0.0 46 3
DET 47 33 .588 1.5 48 -1
MIN 42 38 .525 6.5 43 -1
CHA 35 43 .449 12.5 33 2
KC 34 48 .415 15.5 36 -2
American League West LAA 51 31 .622 0.0 48 3
SEA 45 33 .577 4.0 40 5
OAK 42 39 .519 8.5 45 -3
TEX 34 47 .420 16.5 37 -3
National League East Pwins Diff NYN 46 34 .575 0.0 45 1
ATL 43 39 .524 4.0 41 2
PHI 42 40 .512 5.0 40 2
FLA 38 44 .463 9.0 38 0
WAS 33 48 .407 13.5 29 4
National League Central MIL 47 34 .580 0.0 45 2
CHN 40 40 .500 6.5 43 -3
STL 36 42 .462 9.5 32 4
PIT 35 46 .432 12.0 34 1
HOU 35 47 .427 12.5 37 -2
CIN 31 51 .378 16.5 36 -5
National League West SD 46 34 .575 0.0 49 -3
LAN 46 36 .561 1.0 44 2
ARI 46 37 .554 1.5 40 6
COL 39 43 .476 8.0 38 1
SF 35 45 .438 11.0 41 -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...... 4 3 2 0 0 1 1 CLE AAA Andy Marte........ 4 2 1 0 1 1 0 ARI AA Carlos Gonzalez... 3 1 0 0 1 2 2 3 R SEA AAA Adam Jones........ 5 2 0 0 1 0 1 CLE AA Trevor Crowe...... 4 2 0 0 1 2 0 TEX AAA Jason Botts....... 2 2 0 0 2 1 0 ARI AA Justin Upton...... 3 1 1 0 0 0 1 COL AA Corey Wimberly.... 4 3 1 0 1 0 0 4 R CLE AAA Brad Snyder....... 3 2 0 0 1 1 1 COL AAA Joseph Koshansky.. 3 2 1 0 0 1 0 HOU AA Joshua Flores..... 4 2 0 0 1 1 0 2 SB WAN A+ Ian Desmond....... 6 3 2 0 0 0 1 ORG LVL PLAYER IP H R ER SO BB HR Notes TEX AAA Eric Hurley....... 6 3 0 0 9 1 0 CIN AA Johnny Cueto...... 7 3 0 0 13 1 0 OAK A Andrew Bailey..... 7 5 2 2 12 2 0 KC A+ Blake Johnson..... 8 3 0 0 5 0 0 NYY AA Ian Kennedy....... 5 0 0 0 9 3 0 TB AA Wade Davis........ 7 5 1 1 5 1 0 WAN A+ Shairon Martis.... 7 4 1 1 6 2 0 CHW AA Gio Gonzalez...... 7 6 3 2 4 1 1 CLE A+ Ryan Edell........ 6 3 1 1 4 2 0 TB AAA Mitch Talbot...... 6 5 5 5 7 4 1 LAA AA Nick Adenhart..... 5 5 3 3 1 2 0 HOU AA Troy Patton....... 7 10 4 4 6 3 1
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Matthew Carruth is an editor for The Hardball Times. He welcomes any and all sorts of communication at his email.