THT Daily: New York Tabloids
by Matthew CarruthMay 22, 2007
Major League News for May 21
Today’s LinksPlayer News
Yesterday’s Results
Today’s Games
Standings
Top Minor League Performances
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Player News
Player Headlines are courtesy of RotoworldAccording to the New York Post, the Angels "have an interest in acquiring" Jason Giambi. It seems like odd timing given the headlines Giambi made earlier this week regarding steroids, and the newspaper suggests that the Angels' interest started "before the recent controversy surfaced." Within the story, Chone Figgins and Jose Molina are suggested as possibly being targeted by the Yankees, but any return for Giambi would depend largely on how much of his contract they were willing to eat.
According to the New York Post, Roger Clemens is on track to join the Yankees' rotation next Monday against the Blue Jays. Clemens is scheduled to start Wednesday at Double-A, which is expected to be his final minor league rehab appearance barring a setback.
Yesterday’s Results
American League NYA 6 BOS 2 (Recap and Boxscore) Wang: 6.1 IP, 2 R; Cano: 2B, 3B CHA 8 OAK 5 (Recap and Boxscore) Swisher: 3-5, 5 RBI; Erstad, Konerko: 3-5 CLE 5 SEA 2 (Recap and Boxscore) Sabathia: 5 IP, 1 R TEX 14 MIN 4 (Recap and Boxscore) Laird: HR, 5 RBI; Sosa: 2 2B; Cruz: 2B, HR National League CIN 8 WAS 7 (Recap and Boxscore) Hatteberg: 2 2B, HR; Zimmerman: 3-5, 2B, HR ARI 6 COL 5 (Recap and Boxscore) Quentin: 2 HR, 5 RBI; Matsui: 2 2B MIL 9 LAN 5 (Recap and Boxscore) Weeks: 4-5; Fielder: 2 HR SF 4 HOU 0 (Recap and Boxscore) Lowry: 7 IP, 0 R; Klesko: 2B, HR
Today’s Games
National League --------------- Philadelphia Phillies at Florida Marlins, 7:05 PM (L) Cole Hamels (6-1) vs. (L) Scott Olsen (3-3) Washington Nationals at Cincinnati Reds, 7:10 PM (L) Matt Chico (3-4) vs. (R) Kirk Saarloos (0-3) New York Mets at Atlanta Braves, 7:35 PM (R) Jorge Sosa (3-0) vs. (R) Kyle Davies (1-2) Pittsburgh Pirates at St. Louis Cardinals, 8:10 PM (L) Zach Duke (1-4) vs. (R) Adam Wainwright (3-3) Colorado Rockies at Arizona Diamondbacks, 9:40 PM (R) Josh Fogg (1-5) vs. (R) Livan Hernandez (4-2) Chicago Cubs at San Diego Padres, 10:05 PM (L) Rich Hill (4-3) vs. (R) Jake Peavy (5-1) Milwaukee Brewers at Los Angeles Dodgers, 10:10 PM (R) Ben Sheets (4-2) vs. (L) Randy Wolf (5-3) Houston Astros at San Francisco Giants, 10:15 PM (R) Roy Oswalt (6-2) vs. (R) Tim Lincecum (1-0) American League --------------- Toronto Blue Jays at Baltimore Orioles, 7:05 PM (R) AJ Burnett (4-3) vs. (R) Daniel Cabrera (3-4) LA Angels of Anaheim at Detroit Tigers, 7:05 PM (R) John Lackey (6-3) vs. (L) Mike Maroth (3-0) Boston Red Sox at New York Yankees, 7:05 PM (R) Julian Tavarez (2-4) vs. (R) Mike Mussina (2-2) Seattle Mariners at Tampa Bay Devil Rays, 7:10 PM (L) Jarrod Washburn (3-4) vs. (L) Scott Kazmir (2-2) Minnesota Twins at Texas Rangers, 8:05 PM (L) Johan Santana (4-4) vs. (R) Kameron Loe (1-3) Cleveland Indians at Kansas City Royals, 8:10 PM (R) Fausto Carmona (5-1) vs. (L) Odalis Perez (2-4) Oakland Athletics at Chicago White Sox, 8:11 PM (R) Colby Lewis (0-0) vs. (L) John Danks (2-4)
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 30 14 .682 0.0 29 1NYA 20 23 .465 9.5 24 -4
BAL 20 24 .455 10.0 21 -1
TOR 19 24 .442 10.5 21 -2
TB 18 25 .419 11.5 16 2
American League Central CLE 27 15 .643 0.0 24 3
DET 27 16 .628 0.5 25 2
CHA 22 19 .537 4.5 19 3
MIN 20 24 .455 8.0 22 -2
KC 17 28 .378 11.5 18 -1
American League West LAA 27 18 .600 0.0 27 0
OAK 22 22 .500 4.5 26 -4
SEA 19 21 .475 5.5 17 2
TEX 18 27 .400 9.0 21 -3
National League East Pwins Diff NYN 28 15 .651 0.0 27 1
ATL 26 18 .591 2.5 24 2
PHI 22 22 .500 6.5 23 -1
FLA 21 23 .477 7.5 21 0
WAS 16 29 .356 13.0 15 1
National League Central MIL 28 17 .622 0.0 25 3
HOU 21 23 .477 6.5 21 0
CHN 20 22 .476 6.5 24 -4
PIT 19 24 .442 8.0 18 1
CIN 18 27 .400 10.0 22 -4
STL 16 25 .390 10.0 14 2
National League West LAN 25 20 .556 0.0 24 1
SD 24 20 .545 0.5 26 -2
ARI 25 21 .543 0.5 22 3
SF 22 22 .500 2.5 23 -1
COL 18 27 .400 7.0 17 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, with a focus on each team’s top prospects.ORG LVL PLAYER AB H 2B 3B HR BB SO Notes SEA AAA Adam Jones........ 5 3 1 0 1 0 1 3 R LAA AAA Howie Kendrick.... 3 1 0 0 1 1 0 4 RBI COL AAA Ian Stewart....... 4 3 1 1 0 0 0 TB A+ Sergio Pedroza.... 5 4 0 0 3 0 0 6 RBI ! CLE A+ Stephen Head...... 4 2 1 0 1 2 0 3 R CIN AAA Joey Votto........ 3 2 0 0 1 1 0 4 RBI SEA AAA W. Balentien...... 3 2 1 0 0 2 0 BOS AAA Brandon Moss...... 4 3 2 0 0 1 1 3 R CLE A+ Michael Aubrey.... 5 2 1 0 1 1 1 3 R SEA AAA Bryan LaHair...... 3 2 2 0 0 1 0 PIT A+ Brad Corley....... 5 2 1 0 1 0 0 6 RBI ! CHW AAA Josh Fields....... 4 1 1 0 0 1 0 ORG LVL PLAYER IP H R ER SO BB HR Notes TOR AA Kyle Yates........ 8 3 0 0 6 0 0 TEX A Kasey Kiker....... 5 1 0 0 9 2 0 OAK A Andrew Bailey..... 6 3 1 1 11 2 1 TB AAA Mitch Talbot...... 6 4 1 1 5 3 0 MIN A Jeffrey Manship... 7 3 2 1 6 2 1 MIN A+ Zachary Ward...... 7 8 3 3 5 0 0 14 GB PHI A Kyle Drabek....... 7 2 0 0 5 4 0 COL A Aneury Rodriguez.. 5 7 5 5 8 0 1 CLE AA Scott Lewis....... 5 7 4 4 7 2 1 TB A J. Hellickson..... 5 5 2 2 4 2 0 4 infield flies ATL A Thomas Hanson..... 6 5 2 2 5 2 0 CHW AAA Lance Broadway.... 5 5 5 5 5 3 0
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