THT Daily: Tipping point
by Matthew CarruthJuly 15, 2007
Major League News for July 15
Player News
Yesterday’s Results
Today’s Games
Standings
Top Minor League Performances
Stats
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Player News
Player news items are provided by RotoworldPirates placed third baseman Jose Bautista on the 15-day disabled list with a left hand laceration.
Bautista was injured on a steal attempt Saturday. Jose Castillo will get most of the playing time at third base over the next couple of weeks, giving him some value in NL-only leagues.
Al Reyes (shoulder) is scheduled to pitch one inning Monday at Class A Vero Beach, have Tuesday off and be activated from the 15-day disabled list on Wednesday.
"I feel very good," Reyes said after throwing 27 pitches—mixing in his changeup and slider—to Rays hitters Jorge Cantu, Josh Wilson, Dioner Navarro and Dustan Mohr. "I'm ready to go Monday down at Vero Beach." Gary Glover will return to setup duties.
Jason Giambi (foot) is in Tampa Bay and is expected to begin working out at the Yankees' minor-league complex this week.
He has told people within the organization he might need two weeks to get ready. However, it's more than likely Giambi won't return until the middle of next month. He'll probably share time with Johnny Damon at DH when he is able to return.
Tom Glavine recorded his 298th career victory by limiting the Reds to one run and two hits over eight innings on Saturday.
We're guessing Mike Stanton cost Glavine at least a couple of wins when the two were teammates in 2003 and 2004. Well, tonight he repaid the debt. Matt Belisle matched Glavine for seven innings, but after Stanton took over to start the eighth, Lastings Milledge drove in Shawn Green to give the Mets a 2-1 lead that Billy Wagner preserved. Glavine will go for No. 299 against the Dodgers on Thursday.
Ben Sheets left his start Saturday with a sprained middle finger on his pitching hand. He could undergo an MRI on Monday if the injury is still bothering him.
The big concern here is that he might have damaged a ligament in the finger, much as Joel Zumaya did. That could potentially be a season-ender for the right-hander. If it turns out that he just tweaked it, then he could avoid the disabled list. With his status uncertain for now, Yovani Gallardo needs to be owned in every format.
Angels placed second baseman Howie Kendrick on the 15-day disabled list, retroactive to July 8, with a broken bone in his finger.\r\n
Kendrick is aiming to return before the end of the month, but it would be the very end of the month and that would still take some luck. Maicer Izturis will get most of the playing time at second base.
Yesterday’s Results
American League BAL 7 CHA 6 (Recap and Boxscore) BOS 9 TOR 4 (Recap and Boxscore) NYA 6 TB 4 (Recap and Boxscore) KC 6 CLE 5 (Recap and Boxscore) MIN 4 OAK 3 (Recap and Boxscore) LAA 9 TEX 5 (Recap and Boxscore) SEA 6 DET 4 (Recap and Boxscore) National League ATL 5 PIT 4 (Recap and Boxscore) FLA 5 WAS 2 (Recap and Boxscore) NYN 2 CIN 1 (Recap and Boxscore) PHI 10 STL 4 (Recap and Boxscore) CHN 9 HOU 3 (Recap and Boxscore) MIL 2 COL 1 (Recap and Boxscore) ARI 5 SD 4 (Recap and Boxscore) LAN 8 SF 7 (Recap and Boxscore)
Today’s Games
National League --------------- Pittsburgh Pirates at Atlanta Braves, 1:05 PM (L) Paul Maholm (5-11) vs. (R) Buddy Carlyle (3-2) Washington Nationals at Florida Marlins, 1:05 PM (R) Jason Simontacchi (6-6) vs. (L) Scott Olsen (6-7) Cincinnati Reds at New York Mets, 1:10 PM (R) Kyle Lohse (5-10) vs. (L) Oliver Perez (7-6) Colorado Rockies at Milwaukee Brewers, 2:05 PM (R) Aaron Cook (5-6) vs. (R) Jeff Suppan (8-8) Houston Astros at Chicago Cubs, 2:20 PM (L) Wandy Rodriguez (6-7) vs. (R) Jason Marquis (6-5) Los Angeles Dodgers at San Francisco Giants, 4:05 PM (R) Brett Tomko (1-7) vs. (L) Noah Lowry (9-6) San Diego Padres at Arizona Diamondbacks, 4:40 PM (R) Justin Germano (5-3) vs. (R) Brandon Webb (8-6) St. Louis Cardinals at Philadelphia Phillies, 6:05 PM (R) Adam Wainwright (7-7) vs. (R) Adam Eaton (8-5) American League --------------- Kansas City Royals at Cleveland Indians, 1:05 PM (L) Jorge De La Rosa (7-9) vs. (R) Fausto Carmona (10-4) Chicago White Sox at Baltimore Orioles, 1:35 PM (R) Jose Contreras (5-10) vs. (L) Garrett Olson (0-0) New York Yankees at Tampa Bay Devil Rays, 1:40 PM (R) Mike Mussina (4-6) vs. (R) Edwin Jackson (1-9) Toronto Blue Jays at Boston Red Sox, 2:05 PM (R) Jesse Litsch (1-3) vs. (R) Josh Beckett (12-2) Oakland Athletics at Minnesota Twins, 2:10 PM (R) Danny Haren (10-3) vs. (R) Boof Bonser (5-6) Texas Rangers at LA Angels of Anaheim, 3:35 PM (R) Brandon McCarthy (4-6) vs. (R) Jered Weaver (6-5) Detroit Tigers at Seattle Mariners, 4:05 PM (R) Justin Verlander (10-3) vs. (R) Jeff Weaver (2-6)
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 55 35 .611 0.0 55 0NYA 44 44 .500 10.0 52 -8
TOR 44 46 .489 11.0 46 -2
BAL 40 50 .444 15.0 44 -4
TB 35 55 .389 20.0 33 2
American League Central DET 53 36 .596 0.0 54 -1
CLE 53 37 .589 0.5 50 3
MIN 48 43 .527 6.0 50 -2
CHA 40 49 .449 13.0 38 2
KC 39 51 .433 14.5 42 -3
American League West LAA 55 35 .611 0.0 50 5
SEA 51 37 .580 3.0 46 5
OAK 44 47 .484 11.5 47 -3
TEX 38 52 .422 17.0 41 -3
National League East Pwins Diff NYN 50 40 .556 0.0 47 3
ATL 49 42 .538 1.5 47 2
PHI 46 44 .511 4.0 46 0
FLA 43 48 .473 7.5 42 1
WAS 37 53 .411 13.0 34 3
National League Central MIL 50 40 .556 0.0 49 1
CHN 46 43 .517 3.5 49 -3
STL 40 47 .460 8.5 36 4
PIT 40 50 .444 10.0 38 2
HOU 39 52 .429 11.5 40 -1
CIN 37 54 .407 13.5 42 -5
National League West LAN 51 40 .560 0.0 50 1
SD 49 40 .551 1.0 53 -4
ARI 49 43 .533 2.5 43 6
COL 45 45 .500 5.5 44 1
SF 38 50 .432 11.5 43 -5
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 LA AAA Andy LaRoche...... 3 3 2 0 1 0 0 ARI AAA Carlos Quentin.... 2 2 1 0 1 0 0 ARI AA Justin Upton...... 4 2 0 0 1 0 1 TB AAA Elliot Johnson.... 4 3 1 0 1 1 1 OAK AA Javier Herrera.... 6 2 1 0 1 0 1 5 RBI ! CHC AAA Felix Pie......... 5 2 0 0 1 2 2 OAK AAA Gregorio Petit.... 4 4 2 0 0 0 0 3 LD ARI AAA Carlos Quentin.... 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 HOU A Nicholas Moresi... 5 3 2 1 0 0 1 TB A+ Sergio Pedroza.... 4 3 1 0 1 1 0 BAL AA Jeff Fiorentino... 5 4 0 0 1 0 0 3 R OAK AA Cliff Pennington.. 5 4 1 0 0 1 0 3 R ORG LVL PLAYER IP H R ER SO BB HR Notes TEX AA Edinson Volquez... 7 4 1 1 10 0 1 NYM AA Kevin Mulvey...... 8 3 0 0 11 0 0 NYY AA Joba Chamberlain.. 7 3 0 0 9 1 0 CLE AA Scott Lewis....... 6 4 3 2 7 1 0 MIN AA Anthony Swarzak... 6 2 1 1 6 2 0 BOS AA Justin Masterson.. 6 3 0 0 7 1 0 12 GB LA A Clayton Kershaw... 5 6 5 5 8 1 1 TB AAA Jeff Niemann...... 5 6 5 4 8 3 1 MIN A+ Yohan Pino........ 4 4 2 2 5 0 0 COL A+ Brandon Hynick.... 7 4 1 0 3 0 0 PIT A+ Todd Redmond...... 6 4 2 2 5 3 0 BAL AA Radhames Liz...... 6 1 1 1 6 5 1
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Matthew Carruth is an editor for The Hardball Times. He welcomes any and all sorts of communication at his email.