THT Daily: Quentin Hits His 6th
by Matthew CarruthAugust 26, 2008
Major League News for August 26
Player News
Yesterday’s Results
Today’s Games
Standings
Top Minor League Performances
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Player News
Player Headlines are courtesy of RotoworldTwins designated third baseman Mike Lamb for assignment.
The Twins could have let Adam Everett go or sent down Randy Ruiz to make room for Eddie Guardado, but they instead have chosed to drop another one of their offseason busts. Lamb could follow Livan Hernandez and Craig Monroe out the door, but he is almost certain to clear waivers -- he's still owed $3.8 million through the end of 2009 -- and if he accepts his minor league assignment, he could always be brought back in September. Lamb was actually producing in very limited opportunities of late. He was 9-for-27 with five extra-base hits and six RBI since the break. Overall, he was hitting .233/.276/.322 in 236 at-bats.
Mets placed RHP John Maine on the 15-day disabled list, retroactive to Aug. 24, with a bone spur in his right shoulder.
Surgery would take care of Maine's problem, but it'd also end his season. He might be done even if he tries to rehab and put surgery off to the winter. Maybe he could try coming back as a reliever next month, but the shoulder is going to be a problem until he has the procedure.
Yesterday’s Results
American League CHA 4 BAL 3 (Recap and Boxscore) CLE 4 DET 3 (Recap and Boxscore) TEX 9 KC 4 (Recap and Boxscore) OAK 2 LAA 1 (Recap and Boxscore) SEA 4 MIN 2 (Recap and Boxscore) National League NYN 9 HOU 1 (Recap and Boxscore) PHI 5 LAN 0 (Recap and Boxscore) CHN 12 PIT 3 (Recap and Boxscore) SD 4 ARI 2 (Recap and Boxscore) COL 4 SF 2 (Recap and Boxscore)
Today’s Games
National League --------------- New York Mets at Philadelphia Phillies, 7:05 PM (R) Pedro Martinez (4-3) vs. (L) Jamie Moyer (11-7) Chicago Cubs at Pittsburgh Pirates, 7:05 PM (R) Carlos Zambrano (13-5) vs. (R) Ian Snell (5-10) Los Angeles Dodgers at Washington Nationals, 7:10 PM (R) Derek Lowe (10-10) vs. (R) Collin Balester (2-6) Florida Marlins at Atlanta Braves, 7:10 PM (L) Scott Olsen (6-8) vs. (R) Jair Jurrjens (11-9) Cincinnati Reds at Houston Astros, 8:05 PM (R) Bronson Arroyo (11-10) vs. (L) Wandy Rodriguez (7-6) Milwaukee Brewers at St. Louis Cardinals, 8:15 PM (R) Ben Sheets (11-7) vs. (R) Todd Wellemeyer (11-4) Arizona Diamondbacks at San Diego Padres, 10:05 PM (R) Brandon Webb (19-4) vs. (R) Chad Reineke (1-1) Colorado Rockies at San Francisco Giants, 10:15 PM (L) Jorge De La Rosa (6-7) vs. (R) Matt Palmer (0-1) American League --------------- Cleveland Indians at Detroit Tigers, 7:05 PM (L) Cliff Lee (18-2) vs. (R) Chris Lambert (0-0) Chicago White Sox at Baltimore Orioles, 7:05 PM (R) Gavin Floyd (13-6) vs. (L) Brian Burres (7-7) Boston Red Sox at New York Yankees, 7:05 PM (R) Tim Wakefield (7-8) vs. (L) Andy Pettitte (13-9) Toronto Blue Jays at Tampa Bay Rays, 7:10 PM (R) Roy Halladay (15-9) vs. (R) James Shields (11-7) Texas Rangers at Kansas City Royals, 8:10 PM (R) Kevin Millwood (7-7) vs. (R) Zack Greinke (9-9) Oakland Athletics at LA Angels of Anaheim, 10:05 PM (L) Greg Smith (6-12) vs. (R) John Lackey (10-2) Minnesota Twins at Seattle Mariners, 10:10 PM (R) Scott Baker (7-3) vs. (L) Ryan Rowland-Smith (2-2)
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 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 62 69 .473 18.0 65 -3
American League Central CHA 75 56 .573 0.0 77 -2
MIN 74 57 .565 1.0 72 2
DET 64 67 .489 11.0 66 -2
CLE 63 67 .485 11.5 68 -5
KC 56 75 .427 19.0 52 4
American League West LAA 79 51 .608 0.0 70 9
TEX 64 68 .485 16.0 61 3
OAK 60 71 .458 19.5 63 -3
SEA 49 82 .374 30.5 54 -5
National League East Pwins Diff NYN 73 59 .553 0.0 73 0
PHI 72 59 .550 0.5 75 -3
FLA 67 64 .511 5.5 63 4
ATL 57 74 .435 15.5 63 -6
WAS 46 85 .351 26.5 48 -2
National League Central CHN 81 50 .618 0.0 84 -3
MIL 76 55 .580 5.0 72 4
STL 73 59 .553 8.5 73 0
HOU 66 65 .504 15.0 61 5
CIN 57 74 .435 24.0 55 2
PIT 57 74 .435 24.0 55 2
National League West ARI 68 63 .519 0.0 70 -2
LAN 65 66 .496 3.0 67 -2
COL 62 71 .466 7.0 61 1
SF 58 73 .443 10.0 55 3
SD 49 82 .374 19.0 53 -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 SD AA Kyle Blanks....... 6 5 2 0 1 1 0 9 RBI ! CHC A Jovan Rosa........ 4 3 3 0 0 1 1 OAK A+ Corey Brown....... 3 2 0 0 2 1 1 DET A+ Garth Iorg........ 5 2 1 0 1 0 2 3 R SEA A- J. De Jesus....... 3 2 1 0 1 0 1 4 RBI STL A- Shane Peterson.... 5 3 2 0 0 0 2 LAA AAA Brandon Wood...... 4 3 0 0 1 0 1 OAK AAA Matt Murton....... 4 2 1 1 0 0 2 KC AAA Chris Lubanski.... 3 3 1 0 0 1 0 3 LD TB AAA Elliot Johnson.... 5 2 2 0 0 0 0 PIT AAA Brian Bixler...... 4 2 0 0 1 0 1 3 R PIT AAA Neil Walker....... 4 2 0 0 1 1 0 4 RBI ORG LVL PLAYER IP H R ER SO BB HR Notes SD A Cory Luebke....... 8 4 0 0 8 0 0 BOS AA Clay Buchholz..... 7 5 4 3 8 0 0 NYY AAA Ian Kennedy....... 6 4 2 2 9 2 1 KC AA Blake Wood........ 6 2 0 0 6 2 0 MIN AAA Anthony Swarzak... 8 7 1 1 6 2 0 DET A+ Duane Below....... 5 4 0 0 5 0 0 MIN A+ Deolis Guerra..... 6 3 1 1 6 3 0 LAA A Trevor Reckling... 6 3 2 2 6 1 1 ATL AA Todd Redmond...... 5 4 0 0 6 3 0 SD AAA Joshua Geer....... 7 9 5 5 8 2 1 STL AA Luke Gregerson.... 2 0 0 0 4 0 0 TEX AAA Tommy Hunter...... 7 4 0 0 5 4 0
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