THT Daily: Meltdown
by Matthew CarruthAugust 29, 2007
Major League News for August 29
LinksPlayer News
Yesterday’s Results
Today’s Games
Standings
Top Minor League Performances
Stats
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Links
Blue Jay Bats - Dave Till over at Batter's Box compares the Blue Jays hitters to their past performances trying to find something out about the dismal Toronto offense.
Data Dump - Aaron Gleeman throws down a huge amount of notes on the Twins, ranging from the VORP of Torii Hunter to Kevin Slowey's IL league Pitcher of the Year Award.
Criminally Incompetent - Derek Zumsteg takes a brief sojourn away from the Mariners doing their best to choke away a position they probably never deserved in the first place to place some of the blame on the management that has underused Adam Jones this season.
A Just Move - Nate Silver discusses his thoughts on why former Astros GM Tim Purpura did deserve his release.
The Long and Winding Road - How many times has Joey Devine been called up and sent down this season? It's a lot and here's a funny distraction to help you remember the number.
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Player News
Player news items are provided by RotoworldThe Yankees have decided to pull Mike Mussina from the rotation and go with Ian Kennedy against Tampa Bay on Saturday.
Mussina would probably bounce back given enough time, but the Yankees need to win now, and even if Mussina does rebound, he wouldn't be a great option come playoff time. Trying Kennedy is a good idea. The Yankees already know what they have in Jeff Karstens if Kennedy doesn't work out.
Manny Ramirez was removed from Tuesday's game with muscle spasms in his lower back.
Ramirez homered and singled before leaving the game in the seventh. He could be ready to hit on Wednesday, but that doesn't necessarily mean he'll be in the lineup for the game against the Yankees. Bobby Kielty replaced him tonight and could start in his place tomorrow.
Yesterday’s Results
American League TB 15 BAL 8 (Recap and Boxscore) NYA 5 BOS 3 (Recap and Boxscore) CLE 6 MIN 5 (Recap and Boxscore) KC 6 DET 3 (Recap and Boxscore) TOR 5 OAK 4 (Recap and Boxscore) LAA 10 SEA 6 (Recap and Boxscore) TEX 4 CHA 3 (Recap and Boxscore) National League FLA 4 ATL 3 (Recap and Boxscore) PHI 4 NYN 2 (Recap and Boxscore) CHN 5 MIL 3 (Recap and Boxscore) STL 7 HOU 0 (Recap and Boxscore) PIT 3 CIN 2 (Recap and Boxscore) PIT 6 CIN 4 (Recap and Boxscore) LAN 4 WAS 3 (Recap and Boxscore) SD 6 ARI 4 (Recap and Boxscore) SF 3 COL 1 (Recap and Boxscore)
Today’s Games
National League --------------- Washington Nationals at Los Angeles Dodgers, 3:10 PM (R) Shawn Hill (3-3) vs. (R) Brad Penny (14-4) Colorado Rockies at San Francisco Giants, 3:35 PM (L) Jeff Francis (13-6) vs. (L) Noah Lowry (14-7) Atlanta Braves at Florida Marlins, 7:05 PM (R) Buddy Carlyle (7-5) vs. (L) Dontrelle Willis (8-13) Cincinnati Reds at Pittsburgh Pirates, 7:05 PM (R) Aaron Harang (13-3) vs. (R) Ian Snell (8-10) New York Mets at Philadelphia Phillies, 7:05 PM (L) Oliver Perez (12-8) vs. (L) Jamie Moyer (11-10) Milwaukee Brewers at Chicago Cubs, 8:05 PM (R) Ben Sheets (10-4) vs. (R) Carlos Zambrano (14-10) St. Louis Cardinals at Houston Astros, 8:05 PM (R) Kip Wells (6-14) vs. (R) Roy Oswalt (13-6) Arizona Diamondbacks at San Diego Padres, 10:05 PM (R) Micah Owings (6-7) vs. (R) Greg Maddux (10-9) American League --------------- Toronto Blue Jays at Oakland Athletics, 3:35 PM (R) Roy Halladay (14-6) vs. (L) Lenny DiNardo (8-7) LA Angels of Anaheim at Seattle Mariners, 4:35 PM (R) Jered Weaver (9-6) vs. (R) Felix Hernandez (10-6) Minnesota Twins at Cleveland Indians, 7:05 PM (L) Johan Santana (14-9) vs. (L) CC Sabathia (14-7) Tampa Bay Devil Rays at Baltimore Orioles, 7:05 PM (R) James Shields (10-8) vs. (R) Steve Trachsel (6-8) Boston Red Sox at New York Yankees, 7:05 PM (R) Josh Beckett (16-5) vs. (R) Roger Clemens (5-5) Detroit Tigers at Kansas City Royals, 8:10 PM (L) Andrew Miller (5-4) vs. (R) Zack Greinke (5-5) Chicago White Sox at Texas Rangers, 8:35 PM (R) Jon Garland (8-10) vs. (R) Kameron Loe (6-10)
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 80 52 .606 0.0 84 -4NYA 73 59 .553 7.0 79 -6
TOR 67 65 .508 13.0 70 -3
BAL 58 72 .446 21.0 60 -2
TB 52 80 .394 28.0 51 1
American League Central CLE 74 57 .565 0.0 72 2
DET 71 61 .538 3.5 72 -1
MIN 67 65 .508 7.5 68 -1
KC 58 72 .446 15.5 61 -3
CHA 57 75 .432 17.5 51 6
American League West LAA 78 54 .591 0.0 74 4
SEA 73 57 .562 4.0 66 7
OAK 65 69 .485 14.0 67 -2
TEX 59 72 .450 18.5 62 -3
National League East Pwins Diff NYN 73 58 .557 0.0 71 2
PHI 69 62 .527 4.0 70 -1
ATL 68 65 .511 6.0 72 -4
FLA 58 75 .436 16.0 60 -2
WAS 58 75 .436 16.0 55 3
National League Central CHN 67 63 .515 0.0 70 -3
STL 64 64 .500 2.0 58 6
MIL 65 66 .496 2.5 63 2
CIN 60 72 .455 8.0 60 0
PIT 59 72 .450 8.5 59 0
HOU 58 74 .439 10.0 57 1
National League West ARI 74 59 .556 0.0 63 11
SD 72 59 .550 1.0 73 -1
LAN 69 63 .523 4.5 69 0
COL 67 65 .508 6.5 70 -3
SF 61 72 .459 13.0 66 -5
Wildcard Standings American League SEA 73 57 .562 0.0 NYA 73 59 .553 1.0 DET 71 61 .538 3.0 MIN 67 65 .508 7.0 TOR 67 65 .508 7.0 National League SD 72 59 .550 0.0 PHI 69 62 .527 3.0 LAN 69 63 .523 3.5 ATL 68 65 .511 5.0 COL 67 65 .508 5.5
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 A Travis Snider..... 5 3 1 0 1 0 0 ARI AAA Carlos Quentin.... 4 2 1 0 0 0 1 SD A+ Craig Cooper...... 6 4 0 1 2 0 0 7 RBI ! OAK A J. Mitchell....... 4 2 1 0 0 1 2 3 R SEA A- Gregory Halman.... 5 4 1 0 2 0 0 4 RBI CLE AA Trevor Crowe...... 5 2 2 0 0 0 1 OAK AA Anthony Recker.... 4 2 0 0 2 1 2 STL AA Colby Rasmus...... 3 1 0 0 1 1 0 SF AAA Nate Schierholtz.. 4 3 0 1 1 0 0 TB AA Chris Nowak....... 3 3 2 0 0 1 0 CIN A Drew Stubbs....... 4 2 0 0 1 1 1 SF A+ Travis Denker..... 5 2 1 0 1 0 0 6 RBI ! ORG LVL PLAYER IP H R ER SO BB HR Notes COL A Aneury Rodriguez.. 7 5 2 1 11 2 1 12 GB CIN AAA Matthew Maloney... 5 4 4 4 10 3 1 NYM AAA Mike Pelfrey...... 3 0 0 0 3 1 0 CLE AA Scott Lewis....... 5 8 3 3 6 1 0 9 GB MIL A Jeremy Jeffress... 5 1 0 0 8 4 0 OAK AAA Dan Meyer......... 7 3 1 1 6 0 1 HOU AAA Juan Gutierrez.... 6 7 3 2 6 3 0 LA AAA Jonathan Meloan... 2 0 0 0 3 0 0 DET A Ramon Garcia...... 3 1 0 0 2 0 0 SF A+ Sergio Romo....... 2 0 0 0 5 0 0 SD AA William Inman..... 6 7 3 3 6 2 1 11 OF BOS A- Felix Doubront.... 5 7 3 3 4 0 0
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