THT Daily: Separation
by Matthew CarruthAugust 30, 2008
Major League News for August 30
Player News
Yesterday’s Results
Today’s Games
Standings
Top Minor League Performances
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Player News
Player Headlines are courtesy of RotoworldThe Red Sox are planning to call up Michael Bowden prior to Saturday's game, the Providence Journal reports.
Surprising news. The Red Sox are still planning on bringing up David Pauley to start, so Bowden will be available out of the pen. Perhaps the team intends to give him a chance to crack the postseason roster as a reliever.
According to pitching coach Dave Duncan, the Cardinals have approached Chris Carpenter (shoulder) about returning this season as a reliever.
With just one month to go, and Carp struggling to raise his pitch count, it makes some sense. He'll toss a bullpen session and could face hitters on Sunday. If all of that goes well, the Cardinals will have a more serious discussion about his role for the rest of the season. Duncan claims "nothing has been determined" at this time.
Diamondbacks activated outfielder Justin Upton from the 15-day disabled list.
Upton, who missed seven weeks with a strained oblique, doesn't figure to resume playing regularly unless he gets hot. Still, the Diamondbacks will find starts for him against lefties and some righties. Chad Tracy and Tony Clark stand to lose at-bats to him, though the Diamondbacks have the option of trying Tracy ay third and Mark Reynolds at second. It's an alignment that could work when Randy Johnson and Yusmiero Petit are on the mound.
The Red Sox are expected to place Josh Beckett on the disabled list with a strained right elbow on Friday.
Manager Terry Francona said that he visited with Dr. James Andrews on Friday, and that all of his tests came back clean. It's been 12 days since he's appeared in a game, so this doesn't necessarily indicate an extended absence, but is likely being done for roster flexibility during the weekend's series with the potential wild-card foes from Chicago. The team will call up catcher David Ross to take his roster spot.
Indians activated C Victor Martinez from the 15-day disabled list.
He's in the Indians' lineup at first base on Friday, with Kelly Shoppach behind the plate. Martinez struggled before going on the disabled list: he was hitting just .278 without a home run and an OPS under 700. He's gone 8-for-26 with a homer during his minor league rehab stint, so it's worth double checking to make sure he's on a roster in all leagues.
Angels placed second baseman Howie Kendrick on the 15-day disabled list with a strained left hamstring.
So much for this one not being very serious. Of course, even if it wasn't a two-week injury, the Angels may have had to go this route anyway with Erick Aybar and Chone Figgins also hurting (though Figgins is back tonight). Sean Rodriguez will play second base until Maicer Izturis returns, giving him a little value in AL-only leagues.
Yesterday’s Results
American League BOS 8 CHA 0 (Recap and Boxscore) NYA 2 TOR 1 (Recap and Boxscore) TB 14 BAL 3 (Recap and Boxscore) SEA 3 CLE 2 (Recap and Boxscore) DET 6 KC 3 (Recap and Boxscore) LAA 3 TEX 1 (Recap and Boxscore) MIN 12 OAK 2 (Recap and Boxscore) National League NYN 5 FLA 4 (Recap and Boxscore) WAS 7 ATL 3 (Recap and Boxscore) CHN 3 PHI 2 (Recap and Boxscore) CIN 11 SF 7 (Recap and Boxscore) HOU 3 STL 2 (Recap and Boxscore) MIL 3 PIT 1 (Recap and Boxscore) ARI 9 LAN 3 (Recap and Boxscore) COL 9 SD 4 (Recap and Boxscore)
Today’s Games
National League --------------- Philadelphia Phillies at Chicago Cubs, 3:55 PM (R) Brett Myers (7-10) vs. (L) Ted Lilly (13-7) Milwaukee Brewers at Pittsburgh Pirates, 7:05 PM (R) Jeff Suppan (9-7) vs. (L) Paul Maholm (8-7) St. Louis Cardinals at Houston Astros, 7:05 PM (R) Braden Looper (12-10) vs. (R) Brian Moehler (9-5) San Francisco Giants at Cincinnati Reds, 7:10 PM (R) Kevin Correia (3-7) vs. (R) Ramon Ramirez (0-0) New York Mets at Florida Marlins, 7:10 PM (R) Mike Pelfrey (13-8) vs. (R) Ricky Nolasco (13-7) Atlanta Braves at Washington Nationals, 7:10 PM (L) Jo-Jo Reyes (3-10) vs. (R) Jason Bergmann (2-10) Los Angeles Dodgers at Arizona Diamondbacks, 8:10 PM (R) Chad Billingsley (12-10) vs. (R) Dan Haren (14-6) Colorado Rockies at San Diego Padres, 10:05 PM (R) Ubaldo Jimenez (9-11) vs. (R) Joshua Geer (0-0) American League --------------- Toronto Blue Jays at New York Yankees, 1:05 PM (L) John Parrish (1-0) vs. (R) Darrell Rasner (5-9) Baltimore Orioles at Tampa Bay Rays, 3:55 PM (R) Daniel Cabrera (8-8) vs. (R) Andy Sonnanstine (13-6) Seattle Mariners at Cleveland Indians, 3:55 PM (L) Jarrod Washburn (5-14) vs. (R) Anthony Reyes (2-1) Chicago White Sox at Boston Red Sox, 7:05 PM (L) Mark Buehrle (11-10) vs. (R) David Pauley (0-0) Kansas City Royals at Detroit Tigers, 7:05 PM (R) Brandon Duckworth (1-0) vs. (L) Kenny Rogers (9-11) Minnesota Twins at Oakland Athletics, 9:05 PM (L) Francisco Liriano (4-3) vs. (L) Dallas Braden (4-3) Texas Rangers at LA Angels of Anaheim, 9:05 PM (R) Scott Feldman (5-5) vs. (R) Jered Weaver (10-10)
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 82 51 .617 0.0 76 6BOS 78 56 .582 4.5 80 -2
NYA 72 62 .537 10.5 71 1
TOR 68 66 .507 14.5 74 -6
BAL 63 71 .470 19.5 66 -3
American League Central CHA 76 58 .567 0.0 77 -1
MIN 76 59 .563 0.5 75 1
CLE 65 68 .489 10.5 70 -5
DET 65 69 .485 11.0 67 -2
KC 56 78 .418 20.0 53 3
American League West LAA 82 52 .612 0.0 73 9
TEX 66 70 .485 17.0 62 4
OAK 62 73 .459 20.5 64 -2
SEA 51 83 .381 31.0 55 -4
National League East Pwins Diff NYN 75 60 .556 0.0 75 0
PHI 73 62 .541 2.0 77 -4
FLA 68 67 .504 7.0 64 4
ATL 59 76 .437 16.0 65 -6
WAS 50 85 .370 25.0 51 -1
National League Central CHN 85 50 .630 0.0 87 -2
MIL 78 56 .582 6.5 75 3
STL 74 61 .548 11.0 73 1
HOU 69 66 .511 16.0 63 6
CIN 59 76 .437 26.0 57 2
PIT 57 77 .425 27.5 55 2
National League West ARI 69 65 .515 0.0 71 -2
LAN 65 70 .481 4.5 67 -2
COL 64 72 .471 6.0 63 1
SF 59 75 .440 10.0 55 4
SD 51 83 .381 18.0 55 -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 BOS A David Mailman..... 6 3 2 0 1 0 1 3 R ARI AAA Josh Whitesell.... 4 2 1 0 1 1 1 PIT AAA Andrew McCutchen.. 5 3 1 1 0 0 0 CHW AA Brandon Allen..... 4 2 0 0 2 0 0 7 RBI ! OAK A+ J. Mitchell....... 6 3 1 0 1 0 1 BOS A+ Jason Place....... 5 2 0 0 2 0 1 6 RBI ! ATL A+ Ernesto Mejia..... 5 3 1 0 1 0 1 4 R OAK AAA Aaron Cunningham.. 5 4 0 0 1 0 1 4 RBI LA AA Andrew Lambo...... 4 4 0 0 1 0 0 LAA A+ Hank Conger....... 4 2 1 0 1 0 0 NYY A Justin Snyder..... 4 3 1 0 0 2 0 3 LD SEA AAA Luis Valbuena..... 4 2 2 0 0 0 1 ORG LVL PLAYER IP H R ER SO BB HR Notes COL A+ Aneury Rodriguez.. 8 3 1 1 8 0 0 PHI AAA Carlos Carrasco... 7 3 0 0 9 3 0 CLE AAA Scott Lewis....... 6 2 0 0 6 0 0 STL AAA Blake Hawksworth.. 6 3 0 0 6 0 0 SEA A Juan Ramirez...... 7 4 2 1 7 1 0 MIN A David Bromberg.... 7 5 3 3 8 2 0 BAL A Zachary Britton... 6 4 1 1 7 1 0 TEX A- Wilfredo Boscan... 7 4 1 1 4 0 0 KC A+ Edward Cegarra.... 5 3 0 0 7 2 0 COL AA Chaz Roe.......... 8 5 3 3 4 1 0 18 GB CHW AA Aaron Poreda...... 6 5 2 1 5 1 0 WAN A+ Ross Detwiler..... 6 4 1 1 6 3 0 13 GB
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