THT Daily: Losses

by Dave Studeman
May 19, 2009

Major League News for May 19

Player News
Yesterday’s Results
Today’s Games
Standings
Top Minor League Performances

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Player News

Player Headlines are courtesy of Rotoworld
Vladimir Guerrero (torn pectoral) may be back with the Angels as early as next Monday, manager Mike Sciosia said.
Guerrero is slated for a short minor league rehab stint beginning either Thursday or Friday. Oddly, Sciosia said that there has been no timetable given for Guerrero to begin throwing, which means he will return in a designated-hitter role, at least initially. Stay tuned.

Carlos Delgado will undergo hip surgery Tuesday to repair a torn labrum and bone spur.
The Mets didn't announce how long he'll be sidelined for, but if Alex Rodriguez's similar hip surgery is any indication, he'll be lost for about two months, if not longer. Manager Jerry Manuel has already begun experimenting with his replacement at first base with the likes of Fernando Tatis, Jeremy Reed and Daniel Murphy.

Rickie Weeks is expected to undergo season-ending surgery for a torn tendon sheath in his left wrist.
Weeks had a similar injury in his right wrist in 2006. It's a huge loss for the Brewers, even though they now have the potential to upgrade their infield defense. Craig Counsell figures to start at second against righties, with Casey McGehee possibly playing there against lefties. The Brewers, though, will likely eventually look outside of the organization for help. Mark Grudzielanek and Ray Durham, who started over Weeks down the stretch last year, are still free agents, and Ronnie Belliard is one of the second basemen likely available in trade.

Yesterday’s Results

For the full scoop regarding yesterday's games, read "And That Happened" at Shysterball.

American League
NYA     7  MIN     6    (Recap and Boxscore)
TB     13  OAK     4    (Recap and Boxscore)
TOR     3  CHA     2    (Recap and Boxscore)
LAA    10  SEA     6    (Recap and Boxscore)

National League
COL     5  ATL     1    (Recap and Boxscore)
PIT    12  WAS     7    (Recap and Boxscore)
MIL     8  STL     4    (Recap and Boxscore)
LAN     3  NYN     2    (Recap and Boxscore)

Check out Fangraphs' scoreboard to see all the games in action.

Today’s Games

National League
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 Pittsburgh Pirates at Washington Nationals, 7:05 PM
  (R) Jeff Karstens (1-2) vs. (R) Shairon Martis (5-0)
 Arizona Diamondbacks at Florida Marlins, 7:10 PM
  (R) Jon Garland (3-2) vs. (R) Josh Johnson (3-0)
 Philadelphia Phillies at Cincinnati Reds, 7:10 PM
  (L) Cole Hamels (1-2) vs. (R) Johnny Cueto (4-1)
 Colorado Rockies at Atlanta Braves, 7:10 PM
  (R) Jason Hammel (0-2) vs. (R) Jair Jurrjens (3-2)
 Milwaukee Brewers at Houston Astros, 8:05 PM
  (R) Dave Bush (2-0) vs. (L) Mike Hampton (2-3)
 Chicago Cubs at St. Louis Cardinals, 8:15 PM
  (L) Ted Lilly (5-2) vs. (R) Joel Pineiro (4-3)
 San Francisco Giants at San Diego Padres, 10:05 PM
  (L) Barry Zito (1-3) vs. (R) Chris Young (2-2)
 New York Mets at Los Angeles Dodgers, 10:10 PM
  (R) John Maine (3-2) vs. (R) Chad Billingsley (5-1)
 
 American League
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 Texas Rangers at Detroit Tigers, 7:05 PM
  (R) Brandon McCarthy (3-1) vs. (L) Dontrelle Willis (0-0)
 Baltimore Orioles at New York Yankees, 7:05 PM
  (R) Brad Bergesen (1-1) vs. (L) CC Sabathia (3-3)
 Oakland Athletics at Tampa Bay Rays, 7:08 PM
  (L) Josh Outman (1-0) vs. (R) James Shields (3-4)
 Toronto Blue Jays at Boston Red Sox, 7:10 PM
  (L) Brian Tallet (2-1) vs. (R) Tim Wakefield (4-2)
 Cleveland Indians at Kansas City Royals, 8:10 PM
  (L) Cliff Lee (2-5) vs. (R) Brian Bannister (3-1)
 Minnesota Twins at Chicago White Sox, 8:11 PM
  (R) Scott Baker (1-4) vs. (L) Mark Buehrle (5-1)
 LA Angels of Anaheim at Seattle Mariners, 10:10 PM
  (R) Matt Palmer (4-0) vs. (R) Felix Hernandez (4-2)

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
TOR     27  14 .659    0.0   26     1    
BOS     22  16 .579    3.5   21     1    
NYA     21  17 .553    4.5   18     3    
TB      20  20 .500    6.5   22    -2    
BAL     16  22 .421    9.5   16     0    
American League Central     
DET     20  16 .556    0.0   21    -1    
KC      20  18 .526    1.0   21    -1    
MIN     18  21 .462    3.5   18     0    
CHA     15  22 .405    5.5   15     0    
CLE     14  25 .359    7.5   18    -4    
American League West        
TEX     23  14 .622    0.0   21     2    
LAA     19  18 .514    4.0   18     1    
SEA     18  21 .462    6.0   16     2    
OAK     13  22 .371    9.0   15    -2    


National League East        Pwins  Diff
PHI     20  16 .556    0.0   19     1    
NYN     21  17 .553    0.0   21     0    
ATL     18  19 .486    2.5   17     1    
FLA     18  20 .474    3.0   17     1    
WAS     11  26 .297    9.5   15    -4    
National League Central     
MIL     24  14 .632    0.0   23     1    
CHN     21  15 .583    2.0   19     2    
STL     21  17 .553    3.0   20     1    
CIN     20  17 .541    3.5   19     1    
HOU     17  19 .472    6.0   17     0    
PIT     17  21 .447    7.0   20    -3    
National League West        
LAN     27  13 .675    0.0   27     0    
SF      19  18 .514    6.5   17     2    
SD      16  22 .421   10.0   14     2    
COL     15  22 .405   10.5   19    -4    
ARI     14  23 .378   11.5   15    -1

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
TOR AAA J. Arencibia...... 3  3  1  0  2  2  0  4 RBI
PIT A+  Pedro Alvarez..... 5  3  1  0  1  1  0  3 R
CHC A   Josh Vitters...... 5  3  1  0  1  0  1  
NYM AAA F. Martinez....... 4  2  1  0  1  1  0  3 R
KC  AAA Kila Kaaihue...... 5  4  2  0  0  0  0  
BAL A+  Brandon Waring.... 5  2  2  0  0  1  0  
TB  AA  Desmond Jennings.. 2  1  1  0  0  1  0  3 SB
HOU AAA Justin Towles..... 5  3  0  0  1  0  0  3 R
MIL A   Brett Lawrie...... 4  2  0  0  1  1  0  3 R
NYY A   Abraham Almonte... 4  2  0  0  1  1  0  
PIT A+  Matthew Hague..... 6  2  2  0  0  0  2  
CHC AAA Jake Fox.......... 4  2  0  0  1  1  1  4 RBI

ORG LVL PLAYER            IP  H  R ER SO BB HR  Notes
SD  A   Matthew Latos..... 7  3  0  0  8  0  0  
HOU A   Jordan Lyles...... 7  3  0  0  8  2  0  
CHW A+  Daniel Hudson..... 8  5  4  2  8  0  1  
DET A   Casey Crosby...... 6  1  1  1  7  1  1  
ATL A+  Edgar Osuna....... 7  3  1  1  4  0  0  12 GB
TEX A   Joseph Wieland.... 5  4  2  2  5  0  0  
TB  AAA Wade Davis........ 7  2  0  0  3  1  0  
ATL AAA Charlie Morton.... 8  8  3  3  7  3  0  
ATL A   Brett DeVall...... 5  3  1  0  6  2  0  
COL A   C. Friedrich...... 6  5  3  2  7  3  0  
CIN AAA Homer Bailey...... 6  6  2  2  6  2  0  11 GB
FLA AA  Sean West......... 6  3  1  1  6  2  1

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