THT Daily: Showdowns
by Matthew CarruthAugust 27, 2007
Major league news for Aug. 27
LinksPlayer News
Yesterday’s Results
Today’s Games
Standings
Top Minor League Performances
Stats
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Links
Replacement Level - Tom Tango took a quick look to see if he could find the dropoff in defense from a regular to a backup. Short answer, minuscule.
Second Half Surge - Actually more like a slow change than a surge, but the Cardinals are definitely a different team than they were the first 70 or so games of the year.
Big Money - Torii Hunter and his agent rejected a four-year, $56 million offer from the Twins. Ken Rosenthal speculates that Hunter could get closer to $18 million per anum.
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Player News
Player news items are provided by RotoworldThe Cubs are planning to activate Alfonso Soriano for Tuesday's game against the Brewers.
Soriano will return as the everyday leadoff hitter, with Ryan Theriot likely to resume batting second. Matt Murton stands to lose most of his playing time and might even be sent down to open up a spot on the roster for Soriano.
Yesterday’s Results
American League MIN 11 BAL 3 (Recap and Boxscore) TB 7 OAK 4 (Recap and Boxscore) BOS 11 CHA 1 (Recap and Boxscore) DET 5 NYA 4 (Recap and Boxscore) CLE 5 KC 3 (Recap and Boxscore) LAA 3 TOR 1 (Recap and Boxscore) TEX 5 SEA 3 (Recap and Boxscore) National League LAN 6 NYN 2 (Recap and Boxscore) PHI 14 SD 2 (Recap and Boxscore) CIN 9 FLA 3 (Recap and Boxscore) HOU 5 PIT 4 (Recap and Boxscore) STL 4 ATL 1 (Recap and Boxscore) ARI 5 CHN 4 (Recap and Boxscore) COL 10 WAS 5 (Recap and Boxscore) SF 5 MIL 4 (Recap and Boxscore)
Today’s Games
National League --------------- Atlanta Braves at Florida Marlins, 7:05 PM (R) Lance Cormier (0-4) vs. (L) Scott Olsen (9-11) New York Mets at Philadelphia Phillies, 7:05 PM (R) Brian Lawrence (1-1) vs. (R) J.D. Durbin (5-3) Arizona Diamondbacks at San Diego Padres, 10:05 PM (R) Livan Hernandez (9-8) vs. (R) Jake Peavy (14-5) Washington Nationals at Los Angeles Dodgers, 10:10 PM (L) Mike Bacsik (5-7) vs. (R) Derek Lowe (10-11) Colorado Rockies at San Francisco Giants, 10:15 PM (R) Josh Fogg (7-9) vs. (L) Barry Zito (9-11) American League --------------- Tampa Bay Devil Rays at Chicago White Sox, 2:05 PM (R) Edwin Jackson (4-12) vs. (R) Jose Contreras (6-16) Minnesota Twins at Cleveland Indians, 7:05 PM (R) Carlos Silva (10-12) vs. (R) Paul Byrd (12-5) New York Yankees at Detroit Tigers, 7:05 PM (R) Mike Mussina (8-9) vs. (R) Justin Verlander (13-5) LA Angels of Anaheim at Seattle Mariners, 10:05 PM (R) John Lackey (15-8) vs. (R) Miguel Batista (13-9) Toronto Blue Jays at Oakland Athletics, 10:05 PM (R) AJ Burnett (7-7) vs. (R) Esteban Loaiza (1-0)
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 80 51 .611 0.0 84 -4NYA 72 58 .554 7.5 79 -7
TOR 65 65 .500 14.5 69 -4
BAL 58 71 .450 21.0 61 -3
TB 51 79 .392 28.5 49 2
American League Central CLE 72 57 .558 0.0 70 2
DET 70 60 .538 2.5 70 0
MIN 67 63 .515 5.5 68 -1
KC 57 72 .442 15.0 60 -3
CHA 56 74 .431 16.5 50 6
American League West LAA 76 54 .585 0.0 72 4
SEA 73 55 .570 2.0 66 7
OAK 65 67 .492 12.0 67 -2
TEX 58 72 .446 18.0 61 -3
National League East Pwins Diff NYN 73 56 .566 0.0 71 2
PHI 67 62 .519 6.0 68 -1
ATL 67 64 .511 7.0 70 -3
WAS 58 73 .443 16.0 55 3
FLA 57 74 .435 17.0 60 -3
National League Central CHN 66 63 .512 0.0 70 -4
MIL 65 65 .500 1.5 63 2
STL 63 64 .496 2.0 57 6
CIN 60 70 .462 6.5 60 0
HOU 58 73 .443 9.0 57 1
PIT 57 72 .442 9.0 58 -1
National League West ARI 74 57 .565 0.0 62 12
SD 70 59 .543 3.0 71 -1
COL 67 63 .515 6.5 69 -2
LAN 67 63 .515 6.5 67 0
SF 59 72 .450 15.0 65 -6
Wildcard Standings American League SEA 73 55 .570 0.0 NYA 72 58 .554 2.0 DET 70 60 .538 4.0 MIN 67 63 .515 7.0 TOR 65 65 .500 9.0 National League SD 70 59 .543 0.0 PHI 67 62 .519 3.0 LAN 67 63 .515 3.5 COL 67 63 .515 3.5 ATL 67 64 .511 4.0
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 CIN AAA Jay Bruce......... 4 3 1 0 1 0 0 LAA AAA Brandon Wood...... 5 3 2 0 0 0 0 ARI AAA Carlos Gonzalez... 4 2 1 0 0 1 0 CLE AAA Andy Marte........ 2 1 0 0 1 1 0 TOR A Travis Snider..... 4 2 0 1 1 0 1 STL AA Colby Rasmus...... 6 3 0 0 1 0 0 LAA AAA Terry Evans....... 5 2 1 0 1 0 0 SF AAA Nate Schierholtz.. 3 3 0 0 1 1 0 SD A Cedric Hunter..... 3 1 0 0 1 1 2 TB A Nevin Ashley...... 3 2 0 1 1 0 0 TOR A+ Anthony Hatch..... 5 3 1 1 0 0 0 TEX AA C. Davis.......... 4 2 1 0 1 0 1 ORG LVL PLAYER IP H R ER SO BB HR Notes TB AA Jacob McGee....... 7 5 0 0 9 0 0 TEX AAA Edinson Volquez... 6 4 0 0 8 2 0 CHW AAA Lance Broadway.... 8 2 0 0 6 1 0 NYM AA Kevin Mulvey...... 6 4 2 2 10 1 0 STL A Tyler Herron...... 7 2 0 0 7 0 0 MIN AA Anthony Swarzak... 6 4 2 0 5 0 0 SEA A Anthony Butler.... 9 4 0 0 8 2 0 MIN AAA Kevin Slowey...... 5 6 1 1 6 2 0 CHC AAA Sean Gallagher.... 5 7 4 4 8 2 0 TB A J. Hellickson..... 5 5 2 2 6 1 0 WAN A+ Shairon Martis.... 7 5 1 1 5 0 0 12 OF SF AAA Jonathan Sanchez.. 6 5 3 3 7 4 0
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