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THT Daily: Stupid calf injuriesby Dave StudemanApril 29, 2009 Major League News for April 29Player News Yesterday’s Results Today’s Games Standings Top Minor League Performances You can always find the most recent THT Daily at http://www.hardballtimes.com/main/content/thtdaily/ Player NewsPlayer Headlines are courtesy of Rotoworld2006 fourth-round pick Evan Anundsen pitched a no-hitter and struck out 10 for Single-A Brevard County on Tuesday. A strong groundball rate and above average command hasn't gotten Anundsen much attention as a prospect. The no-hitter, though, will draw notice. The 20-year-old Anundsen is 2-2 with a 1.44 ERA for Brevard County. He's a high-80s guy and he doesn't have a strikeout breaking ball, so his margin for error seems pretty slim. However, his ability to generate grounders does give him a chance of making it. Mark Ellis will go on the disabled list because of the left calf strain he suffered in Tuesday's game. The A's will also place Nomar Garciaparra on the DL and call up Eric Patterson and a reliever. Patterson will probably get a chance to start at second base. He's a big downgrade from Ellis defensively, but he has been hot in Triple-A and he could spark the offense. Gil Meche left Tuesday's start against the Blue Jays with lower back tightness. Meche was pulled in the fourth inning after the Jays had scored four runs to take a 5-0 lead. It was his worst outing of the season as he had gone at least six innings in his previous four starts. He's set to be re-evaluated Wednesday, and the Royals are calling him day-to-day. Astros placed RHP Jose Valverde on the 15-day disabled list, retroactive to April 27, with a strained calf. He obviously wasn't progressing as well as the Astros had hoped. Manager Cecil Cooper originally expected Valverde to be fine after a few days off, so he's not likely to need more than the 15 days. He's eligible to return May 12. Jeff Fulchino was called up to take his roster spot, and LaTroy Hawkins will assume closer duties for the next two weeks. Cole Hamels left his start Tuesday in the fifth inning with an ankle injury sustained fielding a bunt. The goods news is that he had thrown 4 1/3 scoreless innings before departing. Hopefully, this is just another minor injury. He was starting tonight after leaving his outing last week with a bruised left shoulder. Reds placed third baseman Edwin Encarnacion on the 15-day disabled list with a crip fracture in his wrist. Jerry Hairston Jr. is playing third base tonight, but the Reds should use this excuse to give Adam Rosales a look at the position. Encarnacion hasn't hit at all this season and he's a liability on defense, so the injury will help the Reds for the short-term. They will need Encarnacion's bat for the long haul, though. Josh Hamilton (ribs) is not in the starting lineup again on Tuesday and appears to be headed for the disabled list. Hamilton says he's in "extreme pain" and needs to get the problem fully healed. If he does require a DL stint, Andruw Jones will likely get a chance to play every day while he remains sidelined. Alex Rodriguez (hip) is now hoping to return to action during the first week of May. Reports last week indicated that A-Rod could return to action on May 8 as opposed to his original target date of May 15, but now it appears that he has a strong chance to beat the May 8 estimate as well. Joel Hanrahan has been removed as the Nationals' closer. The team is expected to go to a closer-by-committee for now, led by Julian Tavarez and Kip Wells. However, odds are that Joe Beimel will take over the job when he returns from the DL next week. Mixed leaguers should consider adding Beimel, who has the best chance at holding onto the job once healthy. Yesterday’s ResultsFor the full scoop regarding yesterday's games, read "And That Happened" at Shysterball.American League LAA 7 BAL 5 (Recap and Boxscore) SEA 9 CHA 1 (Recap and Boxscore) CHA 2 SEA 1 (Recap and Boxscore) CLE 9 BOS 8 (Recap and Boxscore) NYA 11 DET 0 (Recap and Boxscore) TOR 8 KC 1 (Recap and Boxscore) MIN 4 TB 3 (Recap and Boxscore) TEX 5 OAK 4 (Recap and Boxscore) National League ATL 2 STL 1 (Recap and Boxscore) FLA 7 NYN 4 (Recap and Boxscore) PHI 7 WAS 1 (Recap and Boxscore) HOU 8 CIN 3 (Recap and Boxscore) MIL 6 PIT 5 (Recap and Boxscore) CHN 11 ARI 3 (Recap and Boxscore) SD 4 COL 3 (Recap and Boxscore) LAN 5 SF 3 (Recap and Boxscore)Check out Fangraphs' scoreboard to see all the games in action. Today’s GamesNational League --------------- Pittsburgh Pirates at Milwaukee Brewers, 1:05 PM (R) Ian Snell (1-2) vs. (R) Yovani Gallardo (2-1) Florida Marlins at New York Mets, 1:10 PM (R) Josh Johnson (2-0) vs. (L) Johan Santana (3-1) San Diego Padres at Colorado Rockies, 3:10 PM (R) Kevin Correia (0-1) vs. (R) Aaron Cook (0-1) Chicago Cubs at Arizona Diamondbacks, 3:40 PM (R) Ryan Dempster (1-0) vs. (L) Doug Davis (1-3) Washington Nationals at Philadelphia Phillies, 7:05 PM (L) Scott Olsen (0-3) vs. (R) Brett Myers (1-1) Houston Astros at Cincinnati Reds, 7:10 PM (R) Felipe Paulino (0-1) vs. (R) Edinson Volquez (2-2) St. Louis Cardinals at Atlanta Braves, 7:10 PM (R) Adam Wainwright (2-0) vs. (R) Javier Vazquez (2-1) Los Angeles Dodgers at San Francisco Giants, 10:15 PM (L) Eric Stults (2-0) vs. (R) Tim Lincecum (1-1) American League --------------- LA Angels of Anaheim at Baltimore Orioles, 12:35 PM (R) Shane Loux (0-2) vs. (R) Koji Uehara (2-1) Seattle Mariners at Chicago White Sox, 2:05 PM (L) Erik Bedard (2-1) vs. (R) Gavin Floyd (2-2) Boston Red Sox at Cleveland Indians, 7:05 PM (L) Jon Lester (1-2) vs. (R) Fausto Carmona (1-3) New York Yankees at Detroit Tigers, 7:05 PM (R) Joba Chamberlain (0-0) vs. (R) Rick Porcello (1-2) Oakland Athletics at Texas Rangers, 8:05 PM (L) Josh Outman (0-0) vs. (R) Vicente Padilla (1-1) Tampa Bay Rays at Minnesota Twins, 8:10 PM (L) Scott Kazmir (3-1) vs. (R) Nick Blackburn (1-1) Toronto Blue Jays at Kansas City Royals, 8:10 PM (L) Brian Tallet (1-0) vs. (R) Zack Greinke (4-0) 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 TOR 15 7 .682 0.0 15 0 Top Minor League GamesThe 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 SF A+ Conor Gillaspie... 5 4 2 0 0 1 1 3 R NYY A+ Jesus Montero..... 4 2 0 0 2 0 0 CIN AA Juan Francisco.... 4 3 0 1 1 0 0 SEA AA Gregory Halman.... 5 2 0 0 2 0 0 6 RBI ! DET AAA Wilkin Ramirez.... 5 4 2 0 0 0 0 4 LD TEX A+ M. Moreland....... 5 3 0 0 1 1 1 SD A+ Logan Forsythe.... 3 2 0 0 1 2 0 CHC AAA Jake Fox.......... 4 2 1 0 1 0 1 SF AAA Jesus Guzman...... 4 2 1 0 1 0 1 4 RBI MIN A+ Ben Revere........ 4 3 0 0 0 2 0 PHI A+ Dominic Brown..... 4 3 0 1 0 1 0 NYM A+ Isaac Davis....... 2 1 0 0 1 2 0 ORG LVL PLAYER IP H R ER SO BB HR Notes SEA A Brett Lorin....... 7 4 0 0 5 0 0 SD A Simon Castro...... 5 3 1 1 7 1 0 9 OF CLE AA Hector Rondon..... 7 6 1 1 9 1 1 LA A Ethan Martin...... 5 3 2 2 7 1 0 TOR AAA Brett Cecil....... 6 4 3 3 5 1 0 ATL A J.J. Hoover....... 4 2 1 1 7 0 1 ARI A Trevor Harden..... 7 3 0 0 3 1 0 BAL AA Troy Patton....... 6 6 2 2 5 1 0 BOS A Casey Kelly....... 5 9 3 2 7 1 0 12 OF LA A+ C. Withrow........ 5 6 3 3 7 3 0 HOU A Ross Seaton....... 7 4 0 0 3 2 0 TEX A Martin Perez...... 4 4 0 0 4 1 0 7 GB
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BOS 13 7 .650 1.0 13 0 
NYA 10 10 .500 4.0 9 1 
BAL 9 12 .429 5.5 8 1 
TB 8 13 .381 6.5 10 -2 
American League Central
DET 11 9 .550 0.0 11 0 
CHA 10 10 .500 1.0 10 0 
KC 10 10 .500 1.0 11 -1 
MIN 10 11 .476 1.5 8 2 
CLE 8 13 .381 3.5 10 -2 
American League West
SEA 13 8 .619 0.0 12 1 
TEX 10 10 .500 2.5 10 0 
LAA 8 11 .421 4.0 9 -1 
OAK 7 11 .389 4.5 8 -1 
National League East Pwins Diff
FLA 12 8 .600 0.0 10 2 
PHI 11 8 .579 0.5 10 1 
ATL 10 10 .500 2.0 10 0 
NYN 9 11 .450 3.0 10 -1 
WAS 4 15 .211 7.5 7 -3 
National League Central
STL 14 7 .667 0.0 13 1 
PIT 11 9 .550 2.5 13 -2 
CHN 10 9 .526 3.0 10 0 
CIN 10 10 .500 3.5 8 2 
MIL 10 10 .500 3.5 10 0 
HOU 9 12 .429 5.0 9 0 
National League West
LAN 14 7 .667 0.0 14 0 
SD 11 9 .550 2.5 9 2 
SF 9 10 .474 4.0 9 0 
ARI 8 12 .400 5.5 7 1 
COL 7 12 .368 6.0 9 -2 