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THT Daily: Tradesby Matthew CarruthJuly 27, 2008 Major League News for July 27Player 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 RotoworldEric Chavez called the labrum in his throwing shoulder "shredded" on Saturday after a poor throwing session. Chavez may be done as a third baseman in this league. "My career is definitely at a crossroads," he said. Chavez might be hinting at a possible move to first base, as he said he's refocused his attention on becoming a productive offensive player once again. "The way I feel about my arm, I know the end result already," he said. Albert Pujols went 5-for-8 and hit a two-run homer off Aaron Heilman in the top of the 14th to lead the Cards past the Mets 10-8 on Saturday night. The game included 37 hits and more than 500 pitches. The Mets had four homers, but it was the Cardinals' lone blast that decided it in the end. Pujols' outburst actually came on the heels of a three-game stretch in which he went 0-for-11. The homer was his first since July 4. His previous five-hit game came on July 20, 2004, when he had three homers and a double. Manager Tony La Russa announced before Saturday's game that Chris Carpenter will start against the Braves on Wednesday. It will be Carpenter's first start in almost 16 months. He has been out since Opening Day 2007 after experiencing elbow discomfort and eventually undergoing Tommy John surgery. Carp has made two solid rehab appearances, but if anything goes wrong, the Cardinals will easily be ridiculed for rushing him back. He will take Mitchell Boggs' spot in the starting rotation. GM Theo Epstein told FOX broadcaster Tim McCarver before Saturday's game that the Red Sox will make an effort to deal Manny Ramirez if he waives his no-trade clause. Does Manny really want out of Boston, where he's on a very good team with fans that adore him and management that has been willing to go out of its way to accomodate him? Or is he just being a drama queen? The Red Sox are leaving it to him to make the next move. If Manny truly wants a trade, then the Red Sox could try to get something done and maybe pick up Adam Dunn as a replacement. The Mets are the one team that would make real sense as a destination. Even if the Angels wanted him, the Red Sox probably wouldn't want to send him to a team they could well end up facing in October. Indians acquired RHP Anthony Reyes from the Cardinals for RHP Luis Perdomo. It's nice to see Reyes finally get out of St. Louis. His conflict with pitching coach Dave Duncan over what kind of pitcher he was never figured to come to a positive resolution. Over the next year or so, we'll get a chance to find out whether Reyes was right all along in looking at himself as a power pitcher or if he should have trusted Duncan and began using a sinker as his primary pitch. The Indians may stick him in Triple-A for now, but he should get a chance to join their rotation soon. He'll be a better sleeper in AL-only leagues next year than he will be for the final two months of 2008. Yesterday’s ResultsAmerican League LAA 11 BAL 6 (Recap and Boxscore) NYA 10 BOS 3 (Recap and Boxscore) TOR 8 SEA 3 (Recap and Boxscore) MIN 11 CLE 4 (Recap and Boxscore) CHA 7 DET 6 (Recap and Boxscore) TB 5 KC 3 (Recap and Boxscore) TEX 9 OAK 4 (Recap and Boxscore) National League STL 10 NYN 8 (Recap and Boxscore) PHI 10 ATL 9 (Recap and Boxscore) FLA 3 CHN 2 (Recap and Boxscore) COL 5 CIN 1 (Recap and Boxscore) MIL 6 HOU 4 (Recap and Boxscore) SD 9 PIT 6 (Recap and Boxscore) LAN 6 WAS 0 (Recap and Boxscore) ARI 5 SF 3 (Recap and Boxscore) Today’s GamesNational League --------------- St. Louis Cardinals at New York Mets, 1:10 PM (R) Kyle Lohse (12-2) vs. (L) Johan Santana (8-7) Colorado Rockies at Cincinnati Reds, 1:15 PM (R) Ubaldo Jimenez (6-9) vs. (R) Josh Fogg (2-2) San Diego Padres at Pittsburgh Pirates, 1:35 PM (R) Jake Peavy (7-6) vs. (L) Paul Maholm (7-6) Atlanta Braves at Philadelphia Phillies, 1:35 PM (R) Jorge Campillo (5-4) vs. (R) Joe Blanton (0-0) Houston Astros at Milwaukee Brewers, 2:05 PM (L) Randy Wolf (6-10) vs. (R) Jeff Suppan (5-6) Florida Marlins at Chicago Cubs, 2:20 PM (R) Rick VandenHurk (1-1) vs. (R) Jason Marquis (6-6) Arizona Diamondbacks at San Francisco Giants, 4:05 PM (L) Randy Johnson (7-7) vs. (L) Barry Zito (5-12) Washington Nationals at Los Angeles Dodgers, 4:10 PM (R) Jason Bergmann (1-7) vs. (L) Clayton Kershaw (0-3) American League --------------- Minnesota Twins at Cleveland Indians, 1:05 PM (R) Nick Blackburn (7-6) vs. (L) Jeremy Sowers (1-5) Chicago White Sox at Detroit Tigers, 1:05 PM (R) Javier Vazquez (7-8) vs. (R) Zach Miner (4-3) Seattle Mariners at Toronto Blue Jays, 1:07 PM (L) Jarrod Washburn (4-9) vs. (R) Shaun Marcum (5-4) LA Angels of Anaheim at Baltimore Orioles, 1:35 PM (R) Ervin Santana (11-4) vs. (L) Garrett Olson (6-5) Tampa Bay Rays at Kansas City Royals, 2:10 PM (R) Andy Sonnanstine (10-5) vs. (R) Kyle Davies (3-2) Texas Rangers at Oakland Athletics, 4:05 PM (R) Eric Hurley (1-1) vs. (L) Dana Eveland (7-7) New York Yankees at Boston Red Sox, 8:05 PM (R) Sidney Ponson (6-1) vs. (L) Jon Lester (8-3) 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 TB 61 42 .592 0.0 56 5 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 LA AAA Chin Lung Hu...... 5 4 1 2 0 0 0 4 R TOR AA Travis Snider..... 3 2 1 0 1 2 1 OAK A+ J. Mitchell....... 5 4 1 0 1 0 0 3 R HOU AAA J.R. House........ 4 2 0 0 2 0 0 TEX AA Elvis Andrus...... 3 3 0 0 1 0 0 2 SB STL A Brett Wallace..... 5 3 1 0 1 0 1 3 R CHC A- Kyler Burke....... 3 2 2 0 0 1 0 TEX AAA Nelson Cruz....... 5 3 0 0 1 0 0 4 RBI WAN AAA Emilio Bonifacio.. 3 2 1 0 0 2 0 4 R TB AAA John Jaso......... 4 3 2 0 0 0 1 ATL AAA Scott Thorman..... 3 2 2 0 0 1 1 TEX A+ Ian Gac........... 5 2 1 0 1 0 2 ORG LVL PLAYER IP H R ER SO BB HR Notes MIN A Shooter Hunt...... 5 3 1 1 9 2 0 ATL AA Deunte Heath...... 7 6 1 1 7 1 0 NYY A+ Z. McAllister..... 7 3 0 0 4 0 0 ATL A Cole Rohrbough.... 6 6 3 3 9 3 0 ARI AA Brooks Brown...... 7 5 4 4 6 2 0 STL A- Lance Lynn........ 4 3 1 1 7 1 0 CLE AAA David Huff........ 5 1 0 0 4 1 0 SF A Craig Clark....... 6 5 3 3 4 0 0 CLE A+ Jeanmar Gomez..... 6 5 2 2 5 2 0 KC A Daniel Duffy...... 5 2 0 0 4 3 0 FLA A+ Sean West......... 7 5 4 1 4 3 0 12 GB TEX AA Beau Jones........ 3 1 0 0 3 0 0 Access all of THT’s stats here…
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BOS 60 45 .571 2.0 62 -2 
NYA 58 45 .563 3.0 58 0 
TOR 53 51 .510 8.5 56 -3 
BAL 48 55 .466 13.0 50 -2 
American League Central
CHA 59 43 .578 0.0 60 -1 
MIN 56 47 .544 3.5 54 2 
DET 52 51 .505 7.5 55 -3 
CLE 45 57 .441 14.0 51 -6 
KC 46 59 .438 14.5 44 2 
American League West
LAA 64 39 .621 0.0 56 8 
TEX 54 50 .519 10.5 49 5 
OAK 52 51 .505 12.0 57 -5 
SEA 38 65 .369 26.0 43 -5 
National League East Pwins Diff
NYN 56 48 .538 0.0 56 0 
FLA 55 49 .529 1.0 49 6 
PHI 55 49 .529 1.0 59 -4 
ATL 49 54 .476 6.5 55 -6 
WAS 38 66 .365 18.0 40 -2 
National League Central
CHN 60 44 .577 0.0 63 -3 
MIL 60 44 .577 0.0 56 4 
STL 58 48 .547 3.0 55 3 
CIN 50 55 .476 10.5 47 3 
PIT 48 56 .462 12.0 46 2 
HOU 47 56 .456 12.5 45 2 
National League West
ARI 52 51 .505 0.0 53 -1 
LAN 51 52 .495 1.0 53 -2 
COL 47 58 .448 6.0 47 0 
SF 43 60 .417 9.0 43 0 
SD 40 65 .381 13.0 41 -1 