THT Daily: Offday
by Matthew CarruthSeptember 14, 2007
Major League News for Sept. 14
Today’s LinksPlayer News
Yesterday’s Results
Today’s Games
Standings
Game of the Day
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THT Links
The Final Two Weeks - The Good Phight examines the remaining schedules among the NL wildcard contenders.
Terry Ryan Steps Down - Aaron Gleeman gives his take on Twins GM Terry Ryan's resignation.
What the Future Holds? - R.J. Anderson notices a lot of similarities between the Devil Rays of now and the Athletics of a decade ago. Are the Rays poised for a similar run of success?
Once Again, Same as the Last Time - Dave Cameron examines the 2007 outcomes of "big-name" starting pitcher free agent acquisitions signed this past offseason. Is this how you GMs want to go about rebuilding your rotations?
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Player News
Player Headlines are courtesy of RotoworldTerry Ryan will step down as the Twins' general manager and be replaced by assistant Bill Smith. A shock. Ryan has had an absolutely terrible year, but he still qualifies as one of baseball's top 10 or so GMs based on what he's done in the past. His team has won the AL Central four times in the last seven years. It doesn't sound as if the 52-year-old Ryan is looking for a new challenge. He is expected to stay within the organization as a senior adviser.
Yesterday’s Results
American League BAL 3 LAA 0 (Recap and Boxscore) TOR 2 NYA 1 (Recap and Boxscore) OAK 6 TEX 5 (Recap and Boxscore) SEA 8 TB 7 (Recap and Boxscore) National League PHI 12 COL 4 (Recap and Boxscore) CIN 5 STL 4 (Recap and Boxscore) CHN 6 HOU 2 (Recap and Boxscore) LAN 6 SD 3 (Recap and Boxscore)You can download a compact version of yesterday's boxscores from Heater Magazine.
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Today’s Games
National League --------------- Atlanta Braves at Washington Nationals, 7:05 PM (L) Chuck James (10-10) vs. (L) Matt Chico (5-8) Philadelphia Phillies at New York Mets, 7:10 PM (L) Jamie Moyer (13-11) vs. (L) Tom Glavine (13-6) Cincinnati Reds at Milwaukee Brewers, 8:05 PM (R) Tom Shearn (2-0) vs. (R) Ben Sheets (12-4) Pittsburgh Pirates at Houston Astros, 8:05 PM (R) Ian Snell (9-12) vs. (R) Roy Oswalt (14-7) Chicago Cubs at St. Louis Cardinals, 8:10 PM (R) Carlos Zambrano (15-12) vs. (R) Adam Wainwright (13-10) Florida Marlins at Colorado Rockies, 9:05 PM (L) Dontrelle Willis (8-15) vs. (R) Josh Fogg (9-9) San Francisco Giants at San Diego Padres, 10:05 PM (L) Barry Zito (9-12) vs. (R) Chris Young (9-7) Arizona Diamondbacks at Los Angeles Dodgers, 10:40 PM (L) Doug Davis (13-11) vs. (R) Brad Penny (15-4) American League --------------- Kansas City Royals at Cleveland Indians, 7:05 PM (R) Brian Bannister (12-8) vs. (L) CC Sabathia (17-7) New York Yankees at Boston Red Sox, 7:05 PM (L) Andy Pettitte (13-8) vs. (R) Daisuke Matsuzaka (14-12) Baltimore Orioles at Toronto Blue Jays, 7:07 PM (L) Brian Burres (5-5) vs. (R) Jesse Litsch (5-8) Detroit Tigers at Minnesota Twins, 8:10 PM (L) Nate Robertson (7-11) vs. (R) Matt Garza (3-5) LA Angels of Anaheim at Chicago White Sox, 8:11 PM (R) Bartolo Colon (6-6) vs. (R) Jose Contreras (8-16) Texas Rangers at Oakland Athletics, 10:05 PM (L) Kason Gabbard (6-1) vs. (L) Dan Meyer (0-1) Tampa Bay Devil Rays at Seattle Mariners, 10:05 PM (R) James Shields (12-8) vs. (R) Felix Hernandez (12-7)
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 89 58 .605 0.0 93 -4NYA 83 63 .568 5.5 88 -5
TOR 73 73 .500 15.5 77 -4
BAL 62 83 .428 26.0 64 -2
TB 61 86 .415 28.0 60 1
American League Central CLE 85 61 .582 0.0 82 3
DET 80 67 .544 5.5 80 0
MIN 72 74 .493 13.0 74 -2
KC 63 82 .434 21.5 69 -6
CHA 62 84 .425 23.0 57 5
American League West LAA 86 60 .589 0.0 83 3
SEA 77 68 .531 8.5 71 6
OAK 72 76 .486 15.0 74 -2
TEX 69 77 .473 17.0 70 -1
National League East Pwins Diff NYN 83 62 .572 0.0 80 3
PHI 77 69 .527 6.5 77 0
ATL 74 72 .507 9.5 79 -5
WAS 65 81 .445 18.5 61 4
FLA 63 83 .432 20.5 65 -2
National League Central CHN 75 71 .514 0.0 78 -3
MIL 74 71 .510 0.5 72 2
STL 69 75 .479 5.0 64 5
CIN 67 79 .459 8.0 68 -1
PIT 65 81 .445 10.0 66 -1
HOU 63 83 .432 12.0 62 1
National League West ARI 83 64 .565 0.0 71 12
SD 78 67 .538 4.0 79 -1
LAN 77 69 .527 5.5 77 0
COL 76 70 .521 6.5 79 -3
SF 66 80 .452 16.5 71 -5
Wildcard Standings American League NYA 83 63 .568 0.0 DET 80 67 .544 3.5 SEA 77 68 .531 5.5 TOR 73 73 .500 10.0 MIN 72 74 .493 11.0 National League SD 78 67 .538 0.0 PHI 77 69 .527 1.5 LAN 77 69 .527 1.5 COL 76 70 .521 2.5 MIL 74 71 .510 4.0
Game of the Day
Trying to pull out of a death spiral, the Mariners mounted a big comeback yesterday to beat the Devil Rays, 8-7. Trailing 7-1 in the bottom of the seventh (win probability of 2%), the Mariners strung together singles and doubles in the bottom of the seventh and eighth to score seven runs and take the game. Two doubles were contributed by Yuniesky Betancourt in the comeback. It was only the Mariners' fourth win in their last 19 games.TAMPA BAY (7) VS SEATTLE (8) - FINAL
TAMPA BAY ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
B Harris 2b 5 2 1 1 0 1 2 .283
G Norton dh 3 1 1 3 2 0 0 .222
C Pena 1b 3 1 1 1 2 1 0 .279
B Upton cf 3 0 2 2 1 0 3 .312
D Young rf 4 0 0 0 0 2 5 .293
J Gomes lf 4 0 0 0 0 2 0 .241
R Casanova c 4 1 1 0 0 1 0 .250
J Guzman 3b 4 1 2 0 0 1 0 .313
J Velandia ss 4 1 2 0 0 1 1 .500
Totals 34 7 10 7 5 9 11
BATTING: 2B - C Pena (29, J Weaver); J Velandia (1, S White); J Guzman (1, S
White). HR - G Norton (4, 6th inning off S White 1 on, 2 Out). RBI - B Upton 2
(80), B Harris (57), G Norton 3 (20), C Pena (111). 2-out RBI - B Upton, G
Norton 2. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - D Young 1. GIDP - D Young,
B Upton. Team LOB - 5.
BASERUNNING: SB - B Upton (17, 2nd base off J Weaver/K Johjima). CS - J Gomes
(2, 2nd base by S White/K Johjima), B Upton (8, 2nd base by R Rowland-Smith).
FIELDING: PB - R Casanova. DP: 2 (J Velandia-B Harris-C Pena, B Harris-C
Pena).
SEATTLE ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
I Suzuki cf 4 0 3 2 1 1 0 .351
A Beltre 3b 5 0 1 1 0 0 3 .281
R Ibanez lf 4 1 1 0 1 2 3 .283
J Burke c 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .316
J Guillen rf 3 1 1 0 1 2 0 .290
B Broussard 1b 4 0 1 0 0 1 2 .286
J Vidro dh 3 1 0 0 1 0 1 .317
K Johjima c 4 1 2 1 0 2 1 .287
J Lopez pr-2b 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .259
W Bloomquist 2b 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 .280
a-J Reed ph 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 .300
A Jones lf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .279
Y Betancourt ss 4 1 2 3 0 0 1 .291
Totals 34 8 12 7 5 8 11
a-singled to right for W Bloomquist in the 8th.
BATTING: 2B - K Johjima (28, J Hammel); Y Betancourt 2 (37, G Balfour, D
Wheeler). RBI - I Suzuki 2 (62), Y Betancourt 3 (63), K Johjima (59), A Beltre
(92). 2-out RBI - I Suzuki, K Johjima, Y Betancourt 2, A Beltre. Runners left
in scoring position, 2 out - B Broussard 1, R Ibanez 2. GIDP - A Beltre, J
Vidro. Team LOB - 7.
FIELDING: E - W Bloomquist (5, ground ball). DP: 2 (A Beltre-K Johjima-B
Broussard, W Bloomquist-Y Betancourt-B Broussard).
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TAMPA BAY - 140 002 000 -- 7
SEATTLE - 000 010 25x -- 8
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TAMPA BAY ip h r er bb so hr era
J Hammel 6 5 1 1 0 6 0 6.13
G Balfour 1/3 2 2 2 2 1 0 5.89
S Dohmann (H, 4) 2/3 0 2 2 2 0 0 3.81
D Wheeler (L, 0-4; B, 2) 1 5 3 3 1 1 0 6.63
SEATTLE ip h r er bb so hr era
J Weaver 1 1/3 6 5 5 2 1 0 6.34
S White 4 1/3 3 2 2 3 2 1 6.32
R Rowland-Smith (W, 1-0) 2 1/3 1 0 0 0 5 0 4.05
J Putz (S, 38) 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.38
S Dohmann pitched to 2 batters in the 8th.
IBB - I Suzuki (by D Wheeler). Pitches-strikes: J Hammel 97-62; G Balfour
20-10; S Dohmann 15-6; D Wheeler 32-17; J Weaver 45-25; S White 55-29; R
Rowland-Smith 30-21; J Putz 12-6. Ground balls-fly balls: J Hammel 5-7; G
Balfour 0-0; S Dohmann 2-0; D Wheeler 2-0; J Weaver 2-1; S White 9-1; R
Rowland-Smith 1-0; J Putz 1-1. Batters faced: J Hammel 23; G Balfour 5; S
Dohmann 3; D Wheeler 8; J Weaver 12; S White 17; R Rowland-Smith 7; J Putz 3.
UMPIRES: HP--Tom Hallion. 1B--Bruce Dreckman. 2B--Chris Guccione. 3B--Phil
Cuzzi.
T--3:04. Att--23,991.
Weather: 68 degrees, clear. Wind: 0 mph, n/a.The following graph tracks the game's Win Probability, courtesy of Fan Graphs. You can also view live WPA graphs at Fangraphs during any ballgame all season long.
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