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THT Daily: Showdowns

by Matthew Carruth
August 27, 2007

Major league news for Aug. 27
Links
Player News
Yesterday’s Results
Today’s Games
Standings
Top Minor League Performances
Stats

You can always find the most recent THT Daily at http://www.hardballtimes.com/main/content/thtdaily/

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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.

THT Links represents the best efforts of our editors in scouring the various tubes of the interweb for both relevant and irrelevant news items. If you have happened upon a story that we have overlooked or wish to give feedback of any sort, please notify us at .

Player News
Player news items are provided by Rotoworld
The 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
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 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
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 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    -4    sparkline graph
NYA     72  58 .554    7.5   79    -7    sparkline graph
TOR     65  65 .500   14.5   69    -4    sparkline graph
BAL     58  71 .450   21.0   61    -3    sparkline graph
TB      51  79 .392   28.5   49     2    sparkline graph
American League Central     
CLE     72  57 .558    0.0   70     2    sparkline graph
DET     70  60 .538    2.5   70     0    sparkline graph
MIN     67  63 .515    5.5   68    -1    sparkline graph
KC      57  72 .442   15.0   60    -3    sparkline graph
CHA     56  74 .431   16.5   50     6    sparkline graph
American League West        
LAA     76  54 .585    0.0   72     4    sparkline graph
SEA     73  55 .570    2.0   66     7    sparkline graph
OAK     65  67 .492   12.0   67    -2    sparkline graph
TEX     58  72 .446   18.0   61    -3    sparkline graph


National League East        Pwins  Diff
NYN     73  56 .566    0.0   71     2    sparkline graph
PHI     67  62 .519    6.0   68    -1    sparkline graph
ATL     67  64 .511    7.0   70    -3    sparkline graph
WAS     58  73 .443   16.0   55     3    sparkline graph
FLA     57  74 .435   17.0   60    -3    sparkline graph
National League Central     
CHN     66  63 .512    0.0   70    -4    sparkline graph
MIL     65  65 .500    1.5   63     2    sparkline graph
STL     63  64 .496    2.0   57     6    sparkline graph
CIN     60  70 .462    6.5   60     0    sparkline graph
HOU     58  73 .443    9.0   57     1    sparkline graph
PIT     57  72 .442    9.0   58    -1    sparkline graph
National League West        
ARI     74  57 .565    0.0   62    12    sparkline graph
SD      70  59 .543    3.0   71    -1    sparkline graph
COL     67  63 .515    6.5   69    -2    sparkline graph
LAN     67  63 .515    6.5   67     0    sparkline graph
SF      59  72 .450   15.0   65    -6    sparkline graph


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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