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THT Daily: Rays Clinchby Matthew CarruthSeptember 27, 2008 Major League News for September 27Player News Yesterday’s Results Today’s Games Standings You can always find the most recent THT Daily at http://www.hardballtimes.com/main/content/thtdaily/ Player NewsPlayer Headlines are courtesy of RotoworldAccording to the Toronto Star, the Blue Jays are preparing to offer A.J. Burnett a four-year contract extension that would tack two years and $30 million onto his current deal. Burnett is in the third year of a five-year, $55 million contract, but he is eligible to opt out 10 days after the World Series. Much of the baseball world was expecting him to do just that. When asked if the offer will convince him to stay in Toronto, Burnett replied "We'll see... I'd have to talk to my agent about that." The new deal would lock him up until 2012. The Jays have about one month to get a contract finalized. Mike Lowell isn't expected to play again this weekend after experiencing discomfort in his sore hip Friday. "He's sore," manager Terry Francona said. "That was certainly discouraging tonight. From our side of it, and I spoke to him in the rain delay a little bit, he's certainly not ready to pull the plug or quit trying to play. So, we're kind of on board with him trying. The plan was to play him at third base Sunday. I don't think that's going to happen. We'll work our way the next two days here. And then Monday, Tuesday, we'll see how it goes. It was certainly discouraging tonight. Again, because of how tough he is and what he means to us and him still wanting to play, we don't want to pull the plug either. We'll just monitor the best we can, see what happens." Consider him more doubtful than questionable for the ALDS. The Mets will start Johan Santana on three days' rest Saturday after losing Friday and falling a game back of the Brewers. They might have made the switch even had they won. The plan is for Oliver Perez to follow on three days' rest on Sunday, but that could be scrapped if the Mets lose tomorrow and find themselves eliminated from contention. Santana will be pitching on short rest despite having thrown a career-high 125 pitches last time out. Jeff Suppan allowed just a single run in five innings Friday in the Brewers' 5-1 defeat of the Cubs. Milwaukee took a one-game edge over the Mets in the wild card. Suppan is essentially auditioning for a spot in the postseason rotation, if the Brewers can pull it out. He might have earned a look tonight. The veteran scattered eight hits while striking out five and lowered his ERA back under 5.00. He'll finish the regular season with a 10-10 record and 4.96 ERA in 33 games. The Brewers have penciled in Ben Sheets as their scheduled starter for Saturday's game. How he feels in pregame warmups may determine whether he goes. It's possible that Dave Bush will warm up right alongside him and then get the start if Sheets' elbow acts up on him. Carl Crawford, who was activated from the DL today, has been cleared to take batting practice and will do so for the first time on Saturday. If he's still feeling fine after batting practice, then the Rays likely would carry him on their postseason roster. Still, just penciling him in as the everyday left fielder and No. 2 hitter could prove to be a mistake. Of the 12 Rays players with at least 200 at-bats this year, Crawford ranks 11th in OPS, and he hasn't faced live pitching in seven weeks. Yesterday’s ResultsAmerican League TOR 3 BAL 0 (Recap and Boxscore) NYA 19 BOS 8 (Recap and Boxscore) CLE 11 CHA 8 (Recap and Boxscore) DET 6 TB 4 (Recap and Boxscore) KC 8 MIN 1 (Recap and Boxscore) TEX 12 LAA 1 (Recap and Boxscore) SEA 10 OAK 8 (Recap and Boxscore) National League FLA 6 NYN 1 (Recap and Boxscore) PHI 8 WAS 4 (Recap and Boxscore) HOU 5 ATL 4 (Recap and Boxscore) MIL 5 CHN 1 (Recap and Boxscore) STL 7 CIN 6 (Recap and Boxscore) ARI 6 COL 4 (Recap and Boxscore) PIT 6 SD 3 (Recap and Boxscore) SF 6 LAN 5 (Recap and Boxscore) Today’s GamesNational League --------------- Florida Marlins at New York Mets, 1:10 PM (R) Ricky Nolasco (15-7) vs. (L) Johan Santana (15-7) Chicago Cubs at Milwaukee Brewers, 3:55 PM (L) Ted Lilly (16-9) vs. (R) Ben Sheets (13-8) Washington Nationals at Philadelphia Phillies, 3:55 PM (L) John Lannan (9-14) vs. (L) Jamie Moyer (15-7) Atlanta Braves at Houston Astros, 7:05 PM (R) James Parr (1-0) vs. (R) Brandon Backe (9-13) Cincinnati Reds at St. Louis Cardinals, 7:15 PM (R) Aaron Harang (7-16) vs. (R) Todd Wellemeyer (12-9) Colorado Rockies at Arizona Diamondbacks, 8:10 PM (L) Glendon Rusch (5-5) vs. (R) Brandon Webb (22-7) Los Angeles Dodgers at San Francisco Giants, 9:05 PM (R) Greg Maddux (7-13) vs. (R) Matt Cain (8-13) Pittsburgh Pirates at San Diego Padres, 10:05 PM (R) Jimmy Barthmaier (0-1) vs. (R) Chris Young (6-6) American League --------------- New York Yankees at Boston Red Sox, 3:55 PM (R) Sidney Ponson (8-5) vs. (R) Daisuke Matsuzaka (18-2) Kansas City Royals at Minnesota Twins, 3:55 PM (R) Gil Meche (13-11) vs. (L) Glen Perkins (12-4) Oakland Athletics at Seattle Mariners, 4:10 PM (L) Greg Smith (7-15) vs. (L) Ryan Rowland-Smith (4-3) Toronto Blue Jays at Baltimore Orioles, 7:05 PM (L) John Parrish (1-0) vs. (R) Brian Bass (3-4) Tampa Bay Rays at Detroit Tigers, 7:05 PM (R) Matt Garza (11-9) vs. (L) Dontrelle Willis (0-2) Cleveland Indians at Chicago White Sox, 7:05 PM (L) Zach Jackson (1-3) vs. (R) Javier Vazquez (12-15) Texas Rangers at LA Angels of Anaheim, 9:05 PM (R) Scott Feldman (5-8) vs. (R) Ervin Santana (16-6) StandingsThe 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 96 64 .600 0.0 91 5 Access all of THT’s stats here…
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BOS 94 66 .588 2.0 95 -1 
NYA 88 72 .550 8.0 86 2 
TOR 85 75 .531 11.0 91 -6 
BAL 67 92 .421 28.5 72 -5 
American League Central
MIN 87 73 .544 0.0 88 -1 
CHA 86 73 .541 0.5 87 -1 
CLE 80 80 .500 7.0 84 -4 
KC 74 86 .463 13.0 71 3 
DET 73 86 .459 13.5 77 -4 
American League West
LAA 99 61 .619 0.0 87 12 
TEX 78 82 .488 21.0 75 3 
OAK 75 84 .472 23.5 75 0 
SEA 59 101 .369 40.0 65 -6 
National League East Pwins Diff
PHI 90 70 .563 0.0 92 -2 
NYN 88 72 .550 2.0 88 0 
FLA 83 76 .522 6.5 80 3 
ATL 71 89 .444 19.0 77 -6 
WAS 59 100 .371 30.5 61 -2 
National League Central
CHN 96 63 .604 0.0 97 -1 
MIL 89 71 .556 7.5 87 2 
HOU 85 74 .535 11.0 77 8 
STL 84 76 .525 12.5 84 0 
CIN 74 86 .463 22.5 71 3 
PIT 66 94 .413 30.5 65 1 
National League West
LAN 83 77 .519 0.0 86 -3 
ARI 80 80 .500 3.0 81 -1 
COL 74 86 .463 9.0 73 1 
SF 71 89 .444 12.0 67 4 
SD 62 98 .388 21.0 67 -5 