THT Daily: Trades
by Matthew CarruthJuly 27, 2007
Major League News for July 27
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Yesterday’s Results
Today’s Games
Standings
Top Minor League Performances
Stats
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Lofton --> Cleveland - By all reports, Kenny Lofton is heading to Cleveland in exchange for minor leaguer Max Ramirez.
Teixeira Trade Watch - Mark Teixeira seems as good as gone, it's just a matter of time. Sources say that the Braves have offered catcher Jarrod Saltalamacchia, Double-A lefthander Matt Harrison and Single-A shortstop Elvis Andrus, which would be more than enough of a haul for Tex. Reports say that Rangers GM Jon Daniels is just waiting to see if anyone will top that offer. I am not sure where I'd come down on this trade. Daniels has an extremely poor record in trades and Braves GM John Schuerholz has a tremendous one, especially when it comes to trading prospects.
Don't Worry, Be Happy - And now in descending order of playoff probability, we get four pseudo state-of-the-team posts. Leading off, the Brewers, who dropped a series to the Reds and have seen their division lead shrink to two games over the Cubs.
Cross Your Fingers - The Phillies have dealt with injuries to team leaders well before; call it the Ewing Theory if you're a Bill Simmons fan, or call it what David Cohen does, the Paradoxical Effect. Either way, Phillies fans are hoping whatever it is continues with Chase Utley headed to the shelf.
Crash Landing - The Mariners peaked at 15 games above .500 and just one game out of the wild card and two out of the division lead. Since then, they've lost seven in a row, five by a single run. Lucky for them, neither the Angels or Indians have made a move, though the Yankees certainly have, tightening up the wild card chase. Unlucky for them, the team's front office has the reaction time of an aircraft carrier and refuses to make obvious changes to a flawed but fixable team.
Not Likely - Finally we come to the Twins, who sit behind a number of teams on both fronts for a playoff spot and continue to employ only half a lineup. This is the season that the lack of front office activity during the offseason killed their playoff chances.
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Player News
Player news items are provided by RotoworldBrad Penny said the injury that caused him to leave his start Thursday was merely an abdominal cramp.
It certainly seemed like more than that after he came up lame running to first base. "I could've stayed in," Penny said. "I'm like, 'I'm fine.' They're like, 'No."' And the fans were like, scared, and the Rockies were like, excited. If Penny is finished talking like a teenage girl, he should be able to make his next start.
Miguel Tejada (wrist) went 2-for-2 with a homer and a walk Thursday in his second and final rehab game,
playing for Single-A Frederick tonight. He'll be activated Friday prior to the completion of the June 28 suspended game. He's expected to enter the contest right away and then start the regularly scheduled game against the Yankees.
Curt Schilling (shoulder) allowed two hits in five scoreless innings and struck out eight Thursday for Triple-A Pawtucket.
The Red Sox said before the game that Schilling would make a third rehab start on Tuesday. Schilling, however, is pitching like he's ready to rejoin the rotation. He's allowed four hits, walked none and struck out 14 in eight scoreless innings for Pawtucket. He threw 66 pitches, 44 of them strikes.
Instead of waiting until next Tuesday to pitch, Roy Oswalt (chest) will start Saturday against the Braves.
Oswalt will be working on seven days' rest, rather than 10. "The bullpen went good yesterday, so why not?" he said. "I hate missing that many days. Missing that many days gets you out of rhythm." Chris Sampson gets pushed back to Tuesday to make room in the rotation.
Josh Johnson was still dealing with elbow stiffness after his rehab start Wednesday, and the Marlins are sending him to see Dr. James Andrews.
If he needs surgery again, it would likely be Tommy John this time, putting him out for at least the first half of 2008. Johnson has made just four starts this year because of elbow problems.
Chase Utley suffered a broken hand when he was hit by a John Lannan pitch on Thursday and is expected to miss four to six weeks.
It's a huge blow to the Phillies' playoff chances. Utley was able to stay in after getting plunked in the fifth inning today, but X-rays after the game discovered the break. The Phillies traded Friday for White Sox second baseman Tadahito Iguchi. Greg Dobbs could also see time there against right-handers. Aaron Rowand could replace Utley in the No. 3 spot in the order, with Pat Burrell moving up to fifth behind Ryan Howard.
Yesterday’s Results
American League BAL 10 TB 7 (Recap and Boxscore) CHA 4 DET 3 (Recap and Boxscore) BOS 14 CLE 9 (Recap and Boxscore) KC 7 NYA 0 (Recap and Boxscore) OAK 6 SEA 2 (Recap and Boxscore) National League PIT 8 NYN 4 (Recap and Boxscore) WAS 7 PHI 6 (Recap and Boxscore) CIN 6 MIL 5 (Recap and Boxscore) HOU 7 SD 1 (Recap and Boxscore) STL 11 CHN 1 (Recap and Boxscore) ARI 7 FLA 4 (Recap and Boxscore) LAN 5 COL 4 (Recap and Boxscore) SF 4 ATL 2 (Recap and Boxscore)
Today’s Games
National League --------------- Pittsburgh Pirates at Philadelphia Phillies, 7:05 PM (R) John VanBenschoten (0-4) vs. (L) Jamie Moyer (8-8) Chicago Cubs at Cincinnati Reds, 7:10 PM (L) Rich Hill (6-6) vs. (R) Bronson Arroyo (4-11) Washington Nationals at New York Mets, 7:10 PM (L) Mike Bacsik (3-6) vs. (R) Jorge Sosa (7-5) San Diego Padres at Houston Astros, 8:05 PM (R) Jake Peavy (9-5) vs. (R) Woody Williams (5-11) Milwaukee Brewers at St. Louis Cardinals, 8:10 PM (R) Claudio Vargas (8-2) vs. (L) Mike Maroth (0-3) Los Angeles Dodgers at Colorado Rockies, 9:05 PM (R) Brett Tomko (2-7) vs. (R) Josh Fogg (5-6) Atlanta Braves at Arizona Diamondbacks, 9:40 PM (L) Jo-Jo Reyes (0-1) vs. (R) Yusmeiro Petit (2-2) Florida Marlins at San Francisco Giants, 10:15 PM (R) Rick Vanden Hurk (3-2) vs. (L) Barry Zito (7-10) American League --------------- Minnesota Twins at Cleveland Indians, 7:05 PM (R) Boof Bonser (5-6) vs. (R) Paul Byrd (8-4) New York Yankees at Baltimore Orioles, 7:05 PM - Continuation from 6/28 (L) Mike Myers (1-0) vs. (R) Chris Ray (5-6) Boston Red Sox at Tampa Bay Devil Rays, 7:10 PM (R) Tim Wakefield (11-9) vs. (R) Jason Hammel (1-0) New York Yankees at Baltimore Orioles, 8:05 PM (L) Andy Pettitte (6-6) vs. (R) Jeremy Guthrie (6-3) Texas Rangers at Kansas City Royals, 8:10 PM (R) Jamey Wright (3-2) vs. (R) Brian Bannister (6-6) Toronto Blue Jays at Chicago White Sox, 8:11 PM (R) Josh Towers (5-6) vs. (R) Jon Garland (7-7) Oakland Athletics at Seattle Mariners, 10:05 PM (L) Dallas Braden (1-5) vs. (R) Felix Hernandez (6-6) Detroit Tigers at LA Angels of Anaheim, 10:05 PM (L) Nate Robertson (6-7) vs. (R) Jered Weaver (6-5)
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 62 40 .608 0.0 63 -1NYA 54 47 .535 7.5 62 -8
TOR 51 50 .505 10.5 54 -3
BAL 47 53 .470 14.0 51 -4
TB 38 63 .376 23.5 36 2
American League Central DET 60 41 .594 0.0 60 0
CLE 59 43 .578 1.5 56 3
MIN 51 50 .505 9.0 53 -2
CHA 46 56 .451 14.5 43 3
KC 44 57 .436 16.0 47 -3
American League West LAA 58 42 .580 0.0 54 4
SEA 54 46 .540 4.0 50 4
OAK 49 53 .480 10.0 53 -4
TEX 46 56 .451 13.0 47 -1
National League East Pwins Diff NYN 57 44 .564 0.0 54 3
ATL 54 49 .524 4.0 53 1
PHI 52 49 .515 5.0 53 -1
FLA 48 55 .466 10.0 49 -1
WAS 43 58 .426 14.0 39 4
National League Central MIL 56 46 .549 0.0 54 2
CHN 53 47 .530 2.0 55 -2
STL 46 52 .469 8.0 42 4
HOU 45 57 .441 11.0 46 -1
CIN 44 59 .427 12.5 47 -3
PIT 42 58 .420 13.0 42 0
National League West LAN 57 46 .553 0.0 56 1
ARI 56 48 .538 1.5 50 6
SD 54 47 .535 2.0 55 -1
COL 51 51 .500 5.5 51 0
SF 43 57 .430 12.5 49 -6
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 COL AAA Ian Stewart....... 4 3 0 0 2 1 0 5 RBI ! ARI AA Justin Upton...... 3 1 0 0 1 3 0 3 R ARI AA Carlos Gonzalez... 5 4 1 0 0 0 0 3 LD LA AAA Andy LaRoche...... 3 1 1 0 0 2 1 CIN AAA Joey Votto........ 5 3 0 0 2 0 1 4 RBI CIN AAA Jay Bruce......... 5 2 1 0 0 0 0 ARI AAA Carlos Quentin.... 3 1 1 0 0 1 1 HOU A Jordan Parraz..... 6 4 1 1 1 0 0 3 R SD A+ Craig Cooper...... 5 3 3 0 0 0 0 4 RBI LAA AAA Terry Evans....... 4 2 1 0 0 0 1 3 SB COL AAA Seth Smith........ 3 1 0 0 1 2 0 2 SB TEX AAA Jason Botts....... 3 2 1 0 0 2 1 ORG LVL PLAYER IP H R ER SO BB HR Notes CHW AA Gio Gonzalez...... 7 2 1 1 11 2 0 DET AA Jair Jurrjens..... 7 4 1 1 10 0 1 KC AAA Luke Hochevar..... 6 8 2 2 4 2 0 CIN AA Johnny Cueto...... 6 2 0 0 7 1 0 TEX AAA Eric Hurley....... 5 2 2 2 6 2 1 BAL AAA Garrett Olson..... 7 6 1 1 8 2 0 WAN AAA Collin Balester... 6 4 2 2 5 2 0 HOU AAA Juan Gutierrez.... 7 2 2 2 4 4 0 LAA A+ Jose Arredondo.... 1 0 0 0 4 0 0 BAL A+ Jason Berken...... 7 7 2 1 5 2 0 14 GB BOS A- Joseph Guerra..... 6 6 2 2 7 0 2 PHI AAA Fabio Castro...... 4 2 1 1 5 4 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.