THT Daily: ‘Nother Day, ‘Nother Injury
by Matthew CarruthAugust 25, 2008
Major League News for August 25
Player News
Yesterday’s Results
Today’s Games
Standings
Top Minor League Performances
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Player News
Player Headlines are courtesy of RotoworldJohnny Cueto came out of his start Sunday after three innings with soreness in his right triceps tendon.
Cueto allowed just an unearned run before departing, but he was up to 74 pitches, so he wasn't going to last seven innings like he did in his previous two starts. The Reds would be crazy to take any risks with him giving their position in the standings. There's some chance we won't see him again this season.
Jerry Manuel said the Mets might shut down John Maine for the rest of the season if he doesn't look strong during a throwing session next week.
Maine has a bone spur in his shoulder, but said after Saturday's start that he planned on pitching through the pain. Management should make the call by Wednesday.
Yesterday’s Results
American League NYA 8 BAL 7 (Recap and Boxscore) BOS 6 TOR 5 (Recap and Boxscore) CHA 6 TB 5 (Recap and Boxscore) KC 7 DET 3 (Recap and Boxscore) LAA 5 MIN 3 (Recap and Boxscore) SEA 8 OAK 4 (Recap and Boxscore) CLE 4 TEX 3 (Recap and Boxscore) National League HOU 6 NYN 4 (Recap and Boxscore) PHI 5 LAN 2 (Recap and Boxscore) CHN 6 WAS 1 (Recap and Boxscore) MIL 4 PIT 3 (Recap and Boxscore) STL 6 ATL 3 (Recap and Boxscore) FLA 5 ARI 2 (Recap and Boxscore) COL 4 CIN 3 (Recap and Boxscore) SF 7 SD 4 (Recap and Boxscore)
Today’s Games
National League --------------- Los Angeles Dodgers at Philadelphia Phillies, 7:05 PM (R) Chad Billingsley (12-9) vs. (R) Brett Myers (6-10) Chicago Cubs at Pittsburgh Pirates, 7:05 PM (L) Ted Lilly (12-7) vs. (R) Jeff Karstens (2-2) Houston Astros at New York Mets, 7:10 PM (R) Brian Moehler (9-4) vs. (R) Mike Pelfrey (12-8) Arizona Diamondbacks at San Diego Padres, 10:05 PM (R) Dan Haren (14-6) vs. (R) Jake Peavy (9-9) Colorado Rockies at San Francisco Giants, 10:15 PM (L) Jeff Francis (3-8) vs. (R) Matt Cain (8-9) American League --------------- Cleveland Indians at Detroit Tigers, 7:05 PM (L) Zach Jackson (0-0) vs. (R) Armando Galarraga (12-4) Chicago White Sox at Baltimore Orioles, 7:05 PM (L) Clayton Richard (1-2) vs. (L) Chris Waters (2-0) Texas Rangers at Kansas City Royals, 8:10 PM (R) Scott Feldman (4-5) vs. (R) Gil Meche (10-9) Oakland Athletics at LA Angels of Anaheim, 10:05 PM (L) Dallas Braden (3-3) vs. (R) Jered Weaver (10-9) Minnesota Twins at Seattle Mariners, 10:10 PM (L) Francisco Liriano (4-3) vs. (R) Miguel Batista (4-12)
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 TB 79 50 .612 0.0 73 6BOS 75 55 .577 4.5 76 -1
NYA 70 60 .538 9.5 70 0
TOR 67 63 .515 12.5 72 -5
BAL 61 68 .473 18.0 65 -4
American League Central CHA 74 55 .574 0.0 76 -2
MIN 74 56 .569 0.5 72 2
DET 64 66 .492 10.5 66 -2
CLE 62 67 .481 12.0 67 -5
KC 56 74 .431 18.5 52 4
American League West LAA 79 50 .612 0.0 70 9
TEX 63 68 .481 17.0 60 3
OAK 59 71 .454 20.5 63 -4
SEA 48 82 .369 31.5 53 -5
National League East Pwins Diff NYN 72 59 .550 0.0 72 0
PHI 71 59 .546 0.5 74 -3
FLA 67 64 .511 5.0 63 4
ATL 57 74 .435 15.0 63 -6
WAS 46 85 .351 26.0 48 -2
National League Central CHN 80 50 .615 0.0 82 -2
MIL 76 55 .580 4.5 72 4
STL 73 59 .553 8.0 73 0
HOU 66 64 .508 14.0 61 5
PIT 57 73 .438 23.0 55 2
CIN 57 74 .435 23.5 55 2
National League West ARI 68 62 .523 0.0 70 -2
LAN 65 65 .500 3.0 67 -2
COL 61 71 .462 8.0 60 1
SF 58 72 .446 10.0 54 4
SD 48 82 .369 20.0 52 -4
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 Danny Richar...... 4 3 2 0 1 0 0 3 R OAK A+ Chris Carter...... 5 3 3 0 0 0 0 STL AA Brett Wallace..... 4 2 0 0 2 0 0 BAL AA Matt Wieters...... 3 2 1 0 1 1 0 TB AAA Fernando Perez.... 4 4 1 0 0 1 0 FLA AA Gaby Sanchez...... 4 2 2 0 0 1 0 4 RBI CLE AA Wesley Hodges..... 4 2 1 0 1 0 1 OAK AAA Aaron Cunningham.. 4 3 0 0 1 0 0 FLA AAA Jai Miller........ 3 2 0 0 1 1 0 BOS AAA George Kottaras... 3 2 1 0 0 2 1 LA AAA Blake Dewitt...... 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 3 LD STL AA Daryl Jones....... 5 3 0 0 1 0 2 ORG LVL PLAYER IP H R ER SO BB HR Notes MIN A David Bromberg.... 7 5 1 1 13 2 0 MIN AA Jay Rainville..... 6 6 1 1 11 0 1 SEA A Juan Ramirez...... 7 5 2 2 9 0 1 CLE AAA Scott Lewis....... 8 6 2 2 8 0 1 PIT AAA Ross Ohlendorf.... 8 5 1 1 6 1 0 NYY AAA Alfredo Aceves.... 6 3 0 0 8 2 0 SF A Craig Clark....... 7 4 0 0 5 0 0 PHI AAA Carlos Carrasco... 6 5 2 0 8 2 0 MIN AAA Kevin Mulvey...... 6 7 5 5 7 0 0 TOR AA Bradley Mills..... 7 3 0 0 6 3 0 BAL A Zachary Britton... 6 7 4 4 8 2 0 STL AA Brad Furnish...... 6 3 0 0 6 2 0
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