THT Daily: Standings
by Matthew CarruthMay 30, 2007
Major League News for May 30
LinksPlayer News
Yesterday’s Results
Today’s Games
Standings
Top Minor League Performances
Stats
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Cue Annual All-Star Hatred - That time of the year again folks. Yes, as we near June we can finally start gathering out hatred for which players are going to get snubbed at All-Star selection time and which declining veterans are going to voted in based on popularity. Can we all just agree that All-Star means nothing and move on? And I don't mean just ignoring the whole snubbed issue, I mean never mentioning a players lack or amount of All-Star appearences as an indication of quality again. It would be a step in the right direction.
HD is a Wonderful Thing - There is a new show on the MOJO channel (formerly InHD) called ironically, The Show, which follows the lives of six players on the Diamondbacks AAA team trying to make the big leagues. In a world where more people vote for the next American Idol than for President, actual documentary/reality shows deserve our viewership. And it's about baseball!
Moving On - So much for a rousing title defense. It seems unlikely, even to Viva El Birdos, that the Cardinals will be making any noise this season. So what to do now? I would start by seeing if there is anyway to get out from Scott Rolen's contract.
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Player News
Player news items are provided by RotoworldJustin Duchscherer (hip) has suffered a setback and will not be activated from the disabled list Wednesday.Instead, Duchscherer will be examined by a hip specialist after reportedly feeling pain during a one-inning appearance Monday at Single-A. "We have an idea what's wrong with it, but it's finding the best way to fix it," Duchscherer said. "It's frustrating. This is my job, and I can't do it."
According to the Los Angeles Times, Bartolo Colon (triceps) "appears headed to the disabled list."Colon said afterward that tightness in his triceps bothered him throughout Monday's start, in which he allowed nine runs. "You're always concerned with that," manager Mike Scioscia said. "If he doesn't make progress over the next couple of days, we'll consider different things. Extra rest could be the answer." If Colon is indeed placed on the DL, the Angels would likely either call up Joe Saunders from Triple-A or move Dustin Moseley into the rotation.
While he wasn't positive, John Smoltz thinks he'll be able to make his next start Sunday after suffering a mild shoulder strain Tuesday.Smoltz also aggravated his pinkie finger tonight. "Had they given me 10 minutes I would have been OK," Smoltz said. "But you don't get 10 minutes on the mound to work yourself back into shape. I really don't anticipate a problem." The Braves will know more after his next bullpen session.
Gary Sheffield stuck it to his hometown team when he launched two homers and drove in five runs Tuesday as Detroit laid a serious beating on the Rays 14-2.Sheffield's on a roll with three homers in the first two games of this series, and his 34th career multi-dinger game allowed him to break a tie with Dave Winfield and take over sole possession of 29th place all-time with 467 homers. He cranked a two-run jack to highlight a three-run first and then a three-run blast to key a five-run sixth. Sheffield also singled and, in 49 games, he's driven in 29 runs but, more impressively, has scored 44 runs.
Yesterday’s Results
American League BOS 4 CLE 2 (Recap and Boxscore) DET 14 TB 2 (Recap and Boxscore) TOR 3 NYA 2 (Recap and Boxscore) BAL 6 KC 2 (Recap and Boxscore) MIN 9 CHA 2 (Recap and Boxscore) LAA 4 SEA 1 (Recap and Boxscore) TEX 4 OAK 0 (Recap and Boxscore) National League NYN 5 SF 4 (Recap and Boxscore) ARI 11 PHI 5 (Recap and Boxscore) LAN 10 WAS 0 (Recap and Boxscore) FLA 9 CHN 4 (Recap and Boxscore) CIN 2 HOU 1 (Recap and Boxscore) MIL 5 ATL 4 (Recap and Boxscore) PIT 4 SD 1 (Recap and Boxscore) COL 8 STL 3 (Recap and Boxscore)
Today’s Games
National League --------------- Atlanta Braves at Milwaukee Brewers, 1:05 PM (R) Tim Hudson (5-3) vs. (R) Dave Bush (3-5) San Diego Padres at Pittsburgh Pirates, 7:05 PM (R) Chris Young (5-3) vs. (L) Paul Maholm (2-6) Arizona Diamondbacks at Philadelphia Phillies, 7:05 PM (L) Randy Johnson (2-2) vs. (L) Jamie Moyer (5-3) Los Angeles Dodgers at Washington Nationals, 7:05 PM (R) Derek Lowe (4-5) vs. (L) Mike Bacsik (1-0) San Francisco Giants at New York Mets, 7:10 PM (L) Barry Zito (4-5) vs. (L) Tom Glavine (5-2) Cincinnati Reds at Houston Astros, 8:05 PM (R) Aaron Harang (5-2) vs. (L) Wandy Rodriguez (2-4) Florida Marlins at Chicago Cubs, 8:05 PM (R) Sergio Mitre (2-2) vs. (L) Ted Lilly (4-2) St. Louis Cardinals at Colorado Rockies, 9:05 PM (R) Todd Wellemeyer (0-0) vs. (R) Jason Hirsh (2-4) American League --------------- Chicago White Sox at Minnesota Twins, 1:10 PM (R) Jon Garland (3-3) vs. (R) Scott Baker (1-0) Texas Rangers at Oakland Athletics, 3:35 PM (L) John Koronka (0-1) vs. (R) Danny Haren (5-2) Cleveland Indians at Boston Red Sox, 7:05 PM (R) Paul Byrd (5-1) vs. (R) Daisuke Matsuzaka (7-2) New York Yankees at Toronto Blue Jays, 7:07 PM (R) Tyler Clippard (1-1) vs. (R) Jesse Litsch (1-1) Detroit Tigers at Tampa Bay Devil Rays, 7:10 PM (L) Nate Robertson (4-4) vs. (R) James Shields (3-0) Baltimore Orioles at Kansas City Royals, 8:10 PM (L) Erik Bedard (3-3) vs. (R) Gil Meche (3-3) Seattle Mariners at LA Angels of Anaheim, 10:05 PM (R) Felix Hernandez (3-2) vs. (R) Jered Weaver (4-3)
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 36 15 .706 0.0 34 2BAL 25 27 .481 11.5 27 -2
TOR 24 27 .471 12.0 25 -1
TB 21 29 .420 14.5 18 3
NYA 21 29 .420 14.5 27 -6
American League Central CLE 31 19 .620 0.0 29 2
DET 30 21 .588 1.5 30 0
CHA 24 23 .511 5.5 20 4
MIN 26 25 .510 5.5 27 -1
KC 19 34 .358 13.5 19 0
American League West LAA 32 21 .604 0.0 30 2
SEA 25 23 .521 4.5 24 1
OAK 25 26 .490 6.0 28 -3
TEX 19 33 .365 12.5 23 -4
National League East Pwins Diff NYN 33 17 .660 0.0 32 1
ATL 29 23 .558 5.0 27 2
PHI 26 26 .500 8.0 27 -1
FLA 25 27 .481 9.0 25 0
WAS 21 31 .404 13.0 20 1
National League Central MIL 29 23 .558 0.0 27 2
PIT 23 28 .451 5.5 23 0
CHN 22 28 .440 6.0 27 -5
HOU 21 30 .412 7.5 21 0
STL 20 29 .408 7.5 18 2
CIN 20 33 .377 9.5 24 -4
National League West LAN 30 21 .588 0.0 29 1
ARI 31 23 .574 0.5 29 2
SD 29 22 .569 1.0 30 -1
COL 25 27 .481 5.5 22 3
SF 24 26 .480 5.5 26 -2
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 SEA AAA Adam Jones........ 4 2 0 0 2 0 1 STL AA Colby Rasmus...... 5 3 2 0 1 0 2 7 RBI ! ARI AA Carlos Gonzalez... 5 3 1 0 0 0 0 TB AA Evan Longoria..... 4 3 1 0 1 0 0 3 LD DET A+ Cameron Maybin.... 5 2 0 0 2 0 2 NYY AAA Eric Duncan....... 3 3 0 0 2 0 0 SD A+ Kyle Blanks....... 4 3 0 0 2 0 0 COL A Daniel Mayora..... 4 3 0 0 1 1 0 CIN AAA Joey Votto........ 3 1 1 0 0 1 2 CIN AA Drew Anderson..... 5 3 1 1 0 0 1 CLE AA Trevor Crowe...... 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 3 R ATL A+ Eric Campbell..... 5 2 0 0 1 0 0 ORG LVL PLAYER IP H R ER SO BB HR Notes KC AA Luke Hochevar..... 7 5 4 1 8 0 2 DET AA Andrew Miller..... 7 5 1 1 5 1 1 13 GB LA A Clayton Kershaw... 8 1 0 0 7 1 0 MIL AA Manny Parra....... 6 7 1 1 9 2 0 SF A Adam Cowart....... 8 4 2 1 4 0 0 15 GB CIN AAA Johnny Cueto...... 5 5 2 2 6 0 1 FLA A+ Ryan Tucker....... 6 4 3 1 4 3 0 12 GB COL A+ Chaz Roe.......... 7 5 3 3 6 2 1 12 GB TB AAA J.P. Howell....... 7 4 2 1 5 1 0 PHI AAA J.A. Happ......... 3 2 0 0 3 0 0 ARI AAA Yusmeiro Petit.... 6 6 0 0 4 2 0 CHW A+ Kyle McCulloch.... 6 6 3 2 4 3 0
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Matthew Carruth is an editor for The Hardball Times. He welcomes any and all sorts of communication at his email.