November 22, 2009
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THT Daily: Rehabbingby Matthew CarruthJuly 16, 2009 Major League News for July 16Player News Yesterday’s Results Today’s Games Standings Top Minor League Performances You can always find the most recent THT Daily at http://www.hardballtimes.com/main/content/thtdaily/ Player NewsPlayer Headlines are courtesy of RotoworldJed Lowrie is expected to return to the Red Sox on Saturday. Lowrie has been sidelined since April following wrist surgery. "Every day I play I feel like I'm getting better," he said Tuesday. "I know the major league game is different no matter how you approach it. No matter how ready I am down here, I'm going to have to shake out some rust, but I feel like I'm ready." Nick Green may be headed back to the minors, unless the Red Sox can figure out a way to dump Julio Lugo. Perhaps a release is in order. Carlos Quentin (foot) went 0-for-1 with two walks in a rehab appearance with Single-A Kannapolis on Tuesday night. Quentin played six innings in left field, representing a major stride in his recovery from plantar fasciitis. He has already racked up several rehab games with Triple-A Charlotte, and is about a week from returning to the bigs. His bat should provide a nice mid-season boost for the White Sox. Phillies signed RHP Pedro Martinez to a one-year, $1 million contract. The transaction was made official with a press conference Wednesday morning. Martinez is expected to immediately slide into the Phillies' starting rotation after two minor league warmup outings and is probably worth a look in NL-only leagues. He looked solid during six short innings at the World Baseball Classic and the Phils made sure he was healthy before agreeing to write a couple of large checks. It should be a fun experiment, if anything. Yesterday’s ResultsFor the full scoop regarding yesterday's games, read "And That Happened" at Shysterball.American League BAL 4 TOR 2 (Recap and Boxscore) BOS 6 KC 0 (Recap and Boxscore) OAK 7 TB 3 (Recap and Boxscore) DET 10 CLE 1 (Recap and Boxscore) MIN 13 CHA 7 (Recap and Boxscore) LAA 5 NYA 4 (Recap and Boxscore) SEA 5 TEX 3 (Recap and Boxscore) National League NYN 9 CIN 7 (Recap and Boxscore) PHI 5 PIT 2 (Recap and Boxscore) CHN 7 STL 3 (Recap and Boxscore) STL 4 CHN 2 (Recap and Boxscore) HOU 5 WAS 0 (Recap and Boxscore) LAN 7 MIL 4 (Recap and Boxscore) FLA 8 ARI 1 (Recap and Boxscore) COL 8 ATL 7 (Recap and Boxscore) SD 10 SF 4 (Recap and Boxscore)Check out Fangraphs' scoreboard to see all the games in action. Today’s GamesNational League --------------- Chicago Cubs at Washington Nationals, 7:05 PM (R) Rich Harden (5-6) vs. (L) John Lannan (6-6) Milwaukee Brewers at Cincinnati Reds, 7:10 PM (R) Braden Looper (7-4) vs. (R) Homer Bailey (1-0) Philadelphia Phillies at Florida Marlins, 7:10 PM (L) Jamie Moyer (8-6) vs. (R) Chris Volstad (6-8) New York Mets at Atlanta Braves, 7:10 PM (L) Oliver Perez (2-2) vs. (R) Derek Lowe (8-7) Colorado Rockies at San Diego Padres, 10:05 PM (R) Aaron Cook (8-3) vs. (R) Chad Gaudin (4-7) Houston Astros at Los Angeles Dodgers, 10:10 PM (L) Wandy Rodriguez (8-6) vs. (L) Randy Wolf (4-3) American League --------------- Seattle Mariners at Cleveland Indians, 7:05 PM (L) Garrett Olson (3-2) vs. (L) Cliff Lee (4-9) LA Angels of Anaheim at Oakland Athletics, 10:05 PM (R) Ervin Santana (1-5) vs. (L) Dallas Braden (7-7) 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 BOS 54 34 .614 0.0 52 2 Top Minor League GamesThe 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 TB AA Desmond Jennings.. 2 2 1 0 1 3 0 LAA A Alexia Amarista... 4 3 2 1 0 0 0 3 R PIT A+ L. Milledge....... 4 2 0 0 2 0 0 CHC A+ Starlin Castro.... 4 4 1 0 0 0 0 TEX A+ Engel Beltre...... 5 4 0 1 0 0 0 MIN A+ Ben Revere........ 5 3 0 1 0 1 0 BOS A+ Luis Exposito..... 4 3 0 0 1 0 1 COL A+ Hector Gomez...... 4 3 1 0 0 0 0 HOU A+ Jack Shuck........ 5 2 1 1 0 0 1 FLA A Isaac Galloway.... 7 3 1 0 0 0 0 ARI A Marc Krauss....... 4 2 1 0 0 1 0 ARI A Reynaldo Navarro.. 5 3 0 0 0 0 1 2 SB ORG LVL PLAYER IP H R ER SO BB HR Notes LA A Ethan Martin...... 4 1 0 0 7 0 0 BAL A+ Richard Zagone.... 7 3 1 1 6 0 1 CLE A+ Alexander Perez... 7 5 1 1 5 0 0 12 GB NYM A Jeurys Familia.... 6 1 1 1 4 1 0 SF A Eric Surkamp...... 6 7 2 2 8 2 0 BOS A+ Bryan Price....... 6 3 3 3 7 3 1 LA A Nathan Eovaldi.... 5 4 1 1 5 2 0 TEX A Wilmer Font....... 6 2 0 0 4 3 0 ATL AA Edgar Osuna....... 5 3 0 0 3 1 0 TOR A+ Tim Collins....... 2 1 0 0 4 0 0 LA A+ C. Withrow........ 5 5 4 3 6 3 0 CHC AA Andrew Cashner.... 4 4 2 2 5 2 0
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NYA 51 37 .580 3.0 50 1 
TB 48 41 .539 6.5 52 -4 
TOR 44 46 .489 11.0 48 -4 
BAL 40 48 .455 14.0 38 2 
American League Central
DET 48 39 .552 0.0 47 1 
CHA 45 43 .511 3.5 44 1 
MIN 45 44 .506 4.0 47 -2 
KC 37 51 .420 11.5 36 1 
CLE 35 54 .393 14.0 40 -5 
American League West
LAA 49 37 .570 0.0 46 3 
TEX 48 39 .552 1.5 47 1 
SEA 46 42 .523 4.0 42 4 
OAK 37 49 .430 12.0 39 -2 
National League East Pwins Diff
PHI 48 38 .558 0.0 48 0 
FLA 46 44 .511 4.0 44 2 
ATL 43 45 .489 6.0 43 0 
NYN 42 45 .483 6.5 40 2 
WAS 26 61 .299 22.5 33 -7 
National League Central
STL 49 42 .538 0.0 49 0 
MIL 45 43 .511 2.5 43 2 
CHN 43 43 .500 3.5 43 0 
HOU 44 44 .500 3.5 41 3 
CIN 42 45 .483 5.0 38 4 
PIT 38 50 .432 9.5 43 -5 
National League West
LAN 56 32 .636 0.0 55 1 
SF 49 39 .557 7.0 49 0 
COL 47 41 .534 9.0 48 -1 
ARI 38 51 .427 18.5 41 -3 
SD 36 52 .409 20.0 33 3 