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THT Daily: Still aroundby Dave StudemanOctober 03, 2009 Major League News for October 3Player News Yesterday’s Results Today’s Games Standings You can always find the most recent THT Daily at http://www.hardballtimes.com/main/content/thtdaily/ Player NewsPlayer Headlines are courtesy of RotoworldDelmon Young was 2-for-4 with a grand slam and five RBI in a win over the Royals on Friday night, closing to within one game of the first-place Tigers in the American League Central. Young has three straight multi-hit games to his credit. He set the tone for night with a first-inning grand slam off starter Lenny DiNardo. Luckily the Twins built a 10-0 advantage before the Royals started their comeback. With the Tigers loss to the White Sox, the Twins are now two games back with two to play. They get Cy Young candidate Zack Greinke on Saturday. B.J. Upton hit for the cycle in a win over the Yankees on Friday night. Upton is the first ever Rays player to ever hit for the cycle. He tripled in the first, doubled in the third, homered in the fourth and singled to complete the cycle in the fifth. It was the second fastest cycle ever. Mike Lansing accomplished the feat through four innings in 2000. Upton finished the night 5-for-5 with six RBI and three runs scored. The five hits tied a career-high. Hampered by injury and ineffectiveness, 2009 has been a major disappointment, but nights like this show why he's such a tremendous talent. According to MLB.com's Corey Brock, Padres general manager Kevin Towers will not return for the 2010 season. As Brock notes on his Twitter account, Towers was the longest tenured GM in Major League Baseball. Fair or not, he's taking the fall for consecutive dismal seasons in San Diego. You can't fire ownership. Hiroki Kuroda was diagnosed with a herniated disc Friday and won't be available for the first round of the playoffs. It's good news for Vicente Padilla and Jon Garland, who are now candidates for postseason starts, but obviously comes as a decent-sized blow to the Dodgers' championship hopes. Kuroda is 5-2 with a 2.78 ERA since the All-Star break and fared well this season in his only game against the Cardinals, who currently project as L.A.'s first-round opponent. The Orioles have picked up manager Dave Trembley's option, according to a team press release. The Orioles are creeping up on 100 losses, but you can't do much worse than Trembley when you're a rebuilding club. He's well-liked by many in the game and hasn't lost the clubhouse. However, Trembley will have to perform among raised expectations in 2010 if he wants to be asked back. Jeremy Bonderman was suspended for three games for his actions during Thursday's game. Bonderman was retaliating for Twins pitcher Jose Mijares (who received a fine, no suspension) throwing a ball behind Adam Everett's back. Bonderman hit Delmon Young, who was so incense he had to be restrained from getting in Mijares' grill for perpetuating the situation. Twins manager Ron Gardenhire said that the Tigers had "done the right thing" in retaliating. It still doesn't get Bonderman off the hook. Bonderman is appealing, which will push his suspension to the start of 2010. Twins hitting coach Lloyd McClendon was also suspended a game as he was acting manager because Gardenhire was ejected during the Mijares/Everett flap. Yesterday’s ResultsFor the full scoop regarding yesterday's games, read "And That Happened" at Shysterball.American League BAL 13 TOR 7 (Recap and Boxscore) BOS 6 CLE 2 (Recap and Boxscore) TB 13 NYA 4 (Recap and Boxscore) CHA 8 DET 0 (Recap and Boxscore) MIN 10 KC 7 (Recap and Boxscore) LAA 5 OAK 2 (Recap and Boxscore) TEX 7 SEA 4 (Recap and Boxscore) National League WAS 6 ATL 3 (Recap and Boxscore) NYN 7 HOU 1 (Recap and Boxscore) FLA 7 PHI 2 (Recap and Boxscore) ARI 12 CHN 3 (Recap and Boxscore) PIT 3 CIN 1 (Recap and Boxscore) MIL 12 STL 6 (Recap and Boxscore) COL 4 LAN 3 (Recap and Boxscore) SF 7 SD 2 (Recap and Boxscore)Check out Fangraphs' scoreboard to see all the games in action. Today’s GamesYankees (102-58) @ Rays (83-77), 2nd Game 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 NYA 102 58 .638 0.0 95 7
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BOS 93 67 .581 9.0 92 1 
TB 83 77 .519 19.0 85 -2 
TOR 75 85 .469 27.0 83 -8 
BAL 62 98 .388 40.0 67 -5 
American League Central
DET 85 75 .531 0.0 80 5 
MIN 84 76 .525 1.0 84 0 
CHA 78 82 .488 7.0 79 -1 
CLE 65 95 .406 20.0 72 -7 
KC 65 95 .406 20.0 65 0 
American League West
LAA 95 65 .594 0.0 91 4 
TEX 87 73 .544 8.0 85 2 
SEA 83 77 .519 12.0 74 9 
OAK 75 85 .469 20.0 80 -5 
National League East Pwins Diff
PHI 92 68 .575 0.0 91 1 
ATL 86 74 .538 6.0 90 -4 
FLA 86 74 .538 6.0 81 5 
NYN 68 92 .425 24.0 70 -2 
WAS 57 103 .356 35.0 64 -7 
National League Central
STL 91 69 .569 0.0 90 1 
CHN 82 77 .516 8.5 83 -1 
MIL 78 82 .488 13.0 76 2 
CIN 76 84 .475 15.0 74 2 
HOU 74 86 .463 17.0 67 7 
PIT 62 97 .390 28.5 67 -5 
National League West
LAN 93 67 .581 0.0 97 -4 
COL 92 68 .575 1.0 90 2 
SF 87 73 .544 6.0 85 2 
SD 74 86 .463 19.0 66 8 
ARI 69 91 .431 24.0 74 -5 
Wildcard Standings
American League
BOS 93 67 .581 0.0
TEX 87 73 .544 6.0
MIN 84 76 .525 9.0
TB 83 77 .519 10.0
SEA 83 77 .519 10.0
National League
COL 92 68 .575 0.0
SF 87 73 .544 5.0
ATL 86 74 .538 6.0
FLA 86 74 .538 6.0
CHN 82 77 .516 9.5