THT Daily: He’s back
by Dave StudemanMay 09, 2009
Major League News for May 9
Player 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 News
Player Headlines are courtesy of RotoworldAramis Ramirez is projected to miss at least 4-to-6 weeks with the separated shoulder he suffered Friday night.
It actually could have been worse news given how the injury looked. Ironically the Cubs trade for Ryan Freel, which seemed like a bit of an afterthought earlier in the evening, now looms large given Freel's ability to play third base. Aaron Miles and Mike Fontenot will also see some time there.
Yesterday’s Results
For the full scoop regarding yesterday's games, read "And That Happened" at Shysterball.American League NYA 4 BAL 0 (Recap and Boxscore) BOS 7 TB 3 (Recap and Boxscore) TEX 6 CHA 0 (Recap and Boxscore) DET 1 CLE 0 (Recap and Boxscore) MIN 11 SEA 0 (Recap and Boxscore) LAA 4 KC 1 (Recap and Boxscore) OAK 5 TOR 3 (Recap and Boxscore) National League NYN 7 PIT 3 (Recap and Boxscore) PHI 10 ATL 6 (Recap and Boxscore) CIN 6 STL 4 (Recap and Boxscore) HOU 2 SD 0 (Recap and Boxscore) MIL 3 CHN 2 (Recap and Boxscore) WAS 5 ARI 4 (Recap and Boxscore) FLA 8 COL 3 (Recap and Boxscore) SF 3 LAN 1 (Recap and Boxscore)Check out Fangraphs' scoreboard to see all the games in action.
Today’s Games
National League --------------- Pittsburgh Pirates at New York Mets, 1:10 PM (L) Paul Maholm (3-0) vs. (R) John Maine (2-2) San Francisco Giants at Los Angeles Dodgers, 3:40 PM (L) Jonathan Sanchez (1-2) vs. (L) Eric Stults (3-1) Atlanta Braves at Philadelphia Phillies, 3:40 PM (R) Javier Vazquez (2-3) vs. (R) Joe Blanton (1-2) San Diego Padres at Houston Astros, 7:05 PM (R) Kevin Correia (0-2) vs. (R) Brian Moehler (0-2) Chicago Cubs at Milwaukee Brewers, 7:05 PM (R) Ryan Dempster (2-1) vs. (R) Yovani Gallardo (3-1) St. Louis Cardinals at Cincinnati Reds, 7:10 PM (R) Kyle Lohse (3-1) vs. (R) Aaron Harang (2-3) Washington Nationals at Arizona Diamondbacks, 8:10 PM (L) John Lannan (1-3) vs. (L) Doug Davis (2-4) Florida Marlins at Colorado Rockies, 8:10 PM (R) Josh Johnson (2-0) vs. (L) Jorge De La Rosa (0-2) American League --------------- Tampa Bay Rays at Boston Red Sox, 3:40 PM (L) Scott Kazmir (3-3) vs. (L) Jon Lester (2-2) Toronto Blue Jays at Oakland Athletics, 4:05 PM (L) Brian Tallet (1-1) vs. (R) Sean Gallagher (1-0) Detroit Tigers at Cleveland Indians, 7:05 PM (R) Edwin Jackson (1-2) vs. (R) Fausto Carmona (1-3) New York Yankees at Baltimore Orioles, 7:05 PM (R) Phil Hughes (1-1) vs. (R) Adam Eaton (1-3) Texas Rangers at Chicago White Sox, 7:05 PM (R) Kevin Millwood (3-2) vs. (L) John Danks (2-2) Seattle Mariners at Minnesota Twins, 7:10 PM (R) Felix Hernandez (4-1) vs. (L) Francisco Liriano (1-4) Kansas City Royals at LA Angels of Anaheim, 9:05 PM (R) Zack Greinke (6-0) vs. (L) Joe Saunders (4-1)
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 19 11 .633 0.0 18 1TOR 20 12 .625 0.0 20 0
NYA 14 15 .483 4.5 13 1
TB 14 17 .452 5.5 16 -2
BAL 12 18 .400 7.0 12 0
American League Central KC 18 12 .600 0.0 18 0
DET 15 13 .536 2.0 15 0
MIN 14 16 .467 4.0 13 1
CHA 13 15 .464 4.0 13 0
CLE 11 19 .367 7.0 13 -2
American League West TEX 16 13 .552 0.0 15 1
LAA 14 14 .500 1.5 14 0
SEA 15 15 .500 1.5 13 2
OAK 11 16 .407 4.0 13 -2
National League East Pwins Diff PHI 15 12 .556 0.0 15 0
NYN 15 13 .536 0.5 15 0
FLA 16 14 .533 0.5 14 2
ATL 13 16 .448 3.0 14 -1
WAS 9 18 .333 6.0 11 -2
National League Central STL 19 11 .633 0.0 18 1
MIL 17 13 .567 2.0 17 0
CHN 16 13 .552 2.5 15 1
CIN 16 13 .552 2.5 13 3
HOU 12 17 .414 6.5 13 -1
PIT 12 17 .414 6.5 15 -3
National League West LAN 21 10 .677 0.0 21 0
SF 15 13 .536 4.5 13 2
SD 13 17 .433 7.5 12 1
ARI 12 18 .400 8.5 12 0
COL 11 17 .393 8.5 14 -3
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 TEX A+ M. Moreland....... 4 4 3 0 0 0 0 3 R OAK AAA Eric Patterson.... 5 3 1 1 1 0 0 5 RBI ! TOR AA Bradley Emaus..... 4 3 1 0 1 1 1 4 R SEA A+ Alex Liddi........ 5 3 1 0 1 0 0 DET AAA Wilkin Ramirez.... 3 2 0 0 1 1 0 2 SB SF A+ Roger Kieschnick.. 4 2 2 0 0 1 2 DET AA Ryan Strieby...... 4 2 1 0 1 0 0 CIN AA Todd Frazier...... 4 2 1 0 1 0 0 TB AA Desmond Jennings.. 6 5 1 0 0 0 0 3 R CIN AAA Drew Stubbs....... 3 2 1 0 0 2 0 TEX AAA M. Ramirez........ 4 2 2 0 0 1 1 DET AA Alexander Avila... 3 3 1 0 0 1 0 ORG LVL PLAYER IP H R ER SO BB HR Notes BAL A+ Brian Matusz...... 7 6 2 1 13 1 0 KC A+ Daniel Duffy...... 6 3 0 0 9 0 0 BOS AAA Clay Buchholz..... 7 1 0 0 8 1 0 ATL A Ezekiel Spruill... 8 3 0 0 7 2 0 LA AA Scott Elbert...... 6 5 2 0 9 1 0 NYY AA W. De La Rosa..... 6 5 0 0 9 1 0 SEA A Brett Lorin....... 7 4 0 0 6 0 0 ARI A Trevor Harden..... 7 4 1 1 7 2 0 BOS A Casey Kelly....... 6 5 2 2 7 1 0 ATL AAA Charlie Morton.... 8 6 1 1 5 1 0 COL AA Jhoulys Chacin.... 6 5 3 2 5 2 0 SD A Simon Castro...... 5 5 1 1 5 2 0
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