THT Daily: Homerun Club
by Matthew CarruthAugust 05, 2007
Major League News for August 5
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 RotoworldAfter on-and-off negotiations all season, Carlos Zambrano said he's ready to sign a five-year extension to stay with the Cubs.
"I'm ready to sign," Zambrano said. "My hand is ready to sign that contract. Just bring it to me. I want to stay here and be a Cubbie for a long time." He added he'd be willing to do the deal before the end of the season. He's hoping for around $18 million per season.
Barry Bonds will sit out Sunday's series finale in San Diego, and will get his next chance to make history on Monday at home against Washington.
Clay Hensley, who served a minor league suspension for steroids, became the 445th pitcher to surrender a home run to Bonds Saturday night for No. 755. Hank held the HR record for the past thirty-three years, three months and 27 days.
Manager Jim Leyland said he hopes Kenny Rogers will start August 10, but he said at this point, "it's all speculation."
With his uncertain status, it's a gamble starting the Gambler in week 19. Rogers went 3-0 with a 1.04 ERA in his first three starts, but went just 0-2 with a 9.98 ERA in his past three trips to the hill before landing on the shelf.
Barry Bonds broke an extended slump with his 755th career home run Saturday, tying Hank Aaron for the MLB career mark.
Leading off the second, Bonds hit a no doubter to left field off Clay Hensley, standing in the batter's box to admire his historic long ball while the fans rose as one. He should get at least three more at-bats tonight to try to break the record, assuming the Giants don't pull him early as they have many times in recent games.
Alex Rodriguez hit a three-run homer in the bottom of the first inning Saturday to finally reach the 500-homer plateau for his career.
After struggling through an 0-for-19 skid since launching his 499th homer on July 25, A-Rod had shown signs of life the past couple of games, going 3-for-8. His blast, coming off new Royal starter Kyle Davies, makes Rodriguez the youngest player in major league history to achieve 500 home runs. With this milestone blast -- his 36th of the season -- out of the way, expect Rodriguez to return to the form that made him arguably the best fantasy player in the game over the first half of the season.
Braves placed SS Edgar Renteria on the 15-day disabled list with a sprained ankle.
Renteria left Thursday's game in the eighth inning, with Chipper Jones sliding over to shortstop, but the Braves will go with Yunel Escobar as his full-time replacement. Losing Renteria now is a huge blow to the Braves' playoff chances, as he was hitting .336 with an 879 OPS in 105 games.
Yesterday’s Results
American League NYA 16 KC 8 (Recap and Boxscore) TB 9 BAL 2 (Recap and Boxscore) TOR 9 TEX 5 (Recap and Boxscore) CHA 7 DET 5 (Recap and Boxscore) MIN 3 CLE 2 (Recap and Boxscore) OAK 2 LAA 1 (Recap and Boxscore) BOS 4 SEA 3 (Recap and Boxscore) National League ATL 6 COL 4 (Recap and Boxscore) FLA 6 HOU 5 (Recap and Boxscore) WAS 12 STL 1 (Recap and Boxscore) CHN 6 NYN 2 (Recap and Boxscore) MIL 6 PHI 5 (Recap and Boxscore) CIN 9 PIT 8 (Recap and Boxscore) ARI 8 LAN 7 (Recap and Boxscore) SD 3 SF 2 (Recap and Boxscore)
Today’s Games
National League --------------- Colorado Rockies at Atlanta Braves, 1:05 PM (R) Aaron Cook (8-6) vs. (L) Chuck James (9-8) Houston Astros at Florida Marlins, 1:05 PM (R) Matt Albers (2-4) vs. (L) Scott Olsen (8-9) Cincinnati Reds at Pittsburgh Pirates, 1:35 PM (R) Bronson Arroyo (4-12) vs. (L) Tom Gorzelanny (9-6) St. Louis Cardinals at Washington Nationals, 1:35 PM (R) Adam Wainwright (10-8) vs. (L) Matt Chico (5-6) Philadelphia Phillies at Milwaukee Brewers, 2:05 PM (R) Adam Eaton (9-7) vs. (R) Jeff Suppan (8-9) San Francisco Giants at San Diego Padres, 4:05 PM (L) Noah Lowry (12-7) vs. (R) Justin Germano (6-6) Arizona Diamondbacks at Los Angeles Dodgers, 4:10 PM (R) Brandon Webb (10-8) vs. (R) Brad Penny (13-2) New York Mets at Chicago Cubs, 8:05 PM (L) Tom Glavine (9-6) vs. (R) Jason Marquis (8-6) American League --------------- Chicago White Sox at Detroit Tigers, 1:05 PM (R) Gavin Floyd (0-1) vs. (R) Jordan Tata (1-0) Kansas City Royals at New York Yankees, 1:05 PM (R) Gil Meche (7-8) vs. (R) Mike Mussina (6-7) Texas Rangers at Toronto Blue Jays, 1:07 PM (R) Brandon McCarthy (5-7) vs. (R) Dustin McGowan (7-5) Baltimore Orioles at Tampa Bay Devil Rays, 1:40 PM (L) Erik Bedard (11-4) vs. (R) Andrew Sonnanstine (1-6) Cleveland Indians at Minnesota Twins, 2:10 PM (R) Fausto Carmona (13-5) vs. (R) Scott Baker (5-4) LA Angels of Anaheim at Oakland Athletics, 4:05 PM (R) John Lackey (13-6) vs. (R) Danny Haren (13-3) Boston Red Sox at Seattle Mariners, 4:05 PM (R) Josh Beckett (13-5) vs. (R) Miguel Batista (11-7)
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 67 43 .609 0.0 68 -1NYA 60 50 .545 7.0 68 -8
TOR 55 54 .505 11.5 58 -3
BAL 51 58 .468 15.5 55 -4
TB 42 67 .385 24.5 40 2
American League Central CLE 62 48 .564 0.0 60 2
DET 61 48 .560 0.5 62 -1
MIN 56 53 .514 5.5 56 0
CHA 51 59 .464 11.0 46 5
KC 48 61 .440 13.5 51 -3
American League West LAA 63 46 .578 0.0 61 2
SEA 60 48 .556 2.5 54 6
OAK 53 58 .477 11.0 56 -3
TEX 48 62 .436 15.5 49 -1
National League East Pwins Diff NYN 62 48 .564 0.0 60 2
ATL 58 53 .523 4.5 59 -1
PHI 57 53 .518 5.0 59 -2
FLA 51 60 .459 11.5 52 -1
WAS 50 60 .455 12.0 46 4
National League Central MIL 60 51 .541 0.0 58 2
CHN 58 51 .532 1.0 61 -3
STL 50 57 .467 8.0 44 6
HOU 48 62 .436 11.5 48 0
CIN 47 64 .423 13.0 50 -3
PIT 44 64 .407 14.5 44 0
National League West ARI 62 50 .554 0.0 53 9
SD 59 50 .541 1.5 60 -1
LAN 58 52 .527 3.0 58 0
COL 56 53 .514 4.5 56 0
SF 47 61 .435 13.0 53 -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 CIN AAA Jay Bruce......... 4 2 1 0 0 1 1 ARI AA Carlos Gonzalez... 4 3 1 0 0 0 1 BOS AA Chad Spann........ 5 4 1 0 2 1 0 7 RBI ! PIT AA Andrew McCutchen.. 5 3 0 0 1 0 1 OAK A- Matthew Sulentic.. 5 2 0 0 1 0 3 FLA A+ Gaby Sanchez...... 5 2 0 1 1 0 0 CLE AA Trevor Crowe...... 4 2 0 0 0 1 1 2 SB WAN A+ Justin Maxwell.... 4 2 0 0 1 1 1 2 SB TEX AA C. Davis.......... 3 2 1 0 1 1 0 OAK A J. Mitchell....... 5 2 0 0 0 1 1 DET A+ Cameron Maybin.... 4 1 0 0 1 0 0 CHC A+ Brian Dopirak..... 4 2 1 0 1 0 2 ORG LVL PLAYER IP H R ER SO BB HR Notes PIT AA Todd Redmond...... 6 5 2 2 7 1 0 COL A+ Brandon Hynick.... 7 7 1 1 7 0 0 TB A J. Hellickson..... 5 4 1 1 5 1 0 NYY AAA Joba Chamberlain.. 2 1 0 0 5 0 0 CHW AAA Lance Broadway.... 7 5 2 2 7 3 1 ATL A Jamie Richmond.... 8 6 1 1 5 0 1 CLE AA Scott Lewis....... 7 6 2 2 6 0 2 SEA AAA Ryan Feierabend... 9 8 2 2 2 0 0 MIN AA Anthony Swarzak... 5 4 1 1 5 1 1 TEX AAA Ezequiel Astacio.. 3 1 0 0 4 1 0 BAL A- Zachary Britton... 5 7 3 3 3 0 0 14 GB NYM AA Kevin Mulvey...... 7 7 4 2 2 0 1 12 GB
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Matthew Carruth is an editor for The Hardball Times. He welcomes any and all sorts of communication at his email.