THT Daily: Trouble in the Northeast
by Matthew CarruthAugust 09, 2008
Major League News for August 9
Player News
Yesterday’s Results
Today’s Games
Standings
Top Minor League Performances
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Player News
Player Headlines are courtesy of RotoworldBuster Olney of ESPN.com reports that Brian Giles will use his no-trade clause to block a potential deal to the Red Sox.
Boston claimed Giles off waivers and had 48 hours to work out a deal with San Diego, but he has the right to block a trade to eight teams and the Red Sox are one of them.
The Boston Globe is reporting that the commissioner's office is investigating the circumstances of Manny Ramirez's departure the Red Sox.
A source with direct knowledge of the inquiry told the Globe that Bud Selig directed MLB executive vice president Rob Manfred to contact all parties for an explanation of how things unfolded around last week's trading deadline. According to the source, Manfred has yet to report back to the commissioner. The reason behind the investigation, according to the report, is that some believe Ramirez was playing at less than full effort at the end of his tenure in Boston. Of course, all Manny did in July was hit a mere .347/.473/.587 in 22 games.
The New York Daily News reports that "it appears the Mets no longer have their hopes up that Ryan Church will return this season."
Church briefly return followed a concussion, but has been out since early July and refused to speak to reporters after taking batting practice Wednesday. "I'm not optimistic about that," manager Jerry Manuel said. "It's very foreign to all of us and we just aren't sure as to where it could go. And historically, it hasn't gone in our direction. We've been going through this, I don't know how long. Two months? Whatever. But, if it does turn out to be something favorable for us, it would be very, very welcome."
Yankees placed RHP Joba Chamberlain on the 15-day disabled list with rotator cuff tendinitis.
Chamberlain has been told to rest for a week, but the Yankees are smartly playing it safe by shutting him down for at least the next two. Ian Kennedy is expected to be called up from Triple-A to take Chamberlain's spot in the rotation, beginning with a start Friday, and is worth grabbing again in AL-only leagues.
Yesterday’s Results
American League BAL 9 TEX 1 (Recap and Boxscore) CLE 5 TOR 2 (Recap and Boxscore) CHA 5 BOS 3 (Recap and Boxscore) OAK 4 DET 2 (Recap and Boxscore) MIN 4 KC 1 (Recap and Boxscore) LAA 10 NYA 5 (Recap and Boxscore) TB 5 SEA 3 (Recap and Boxscore) National League NYN 3 FLA 0 (Recap and Boxscore) PIT 2 PHI 0 (Recap and Boxscore) CHN 3 STL 2 (Recap and Boxscore) HOU 9 CIN 5 (Recap and Boxscore) MIL 5 WAS 0 (Recap and Boxscore) ATL 11 ARI 6 (Recap and Boxscore) COL 6 SD 3 (Recap and Boxscore) LAN 6 SF 2 (Recap and Boxscore)
Today’s Games
National League --------------- St. Louis Cardinals at Chicago Cubs, 3:55 PM (R) Todd Wellemeyer (8-4) vs. (R) Carlos Zambrano (12-4) Pittsburgh Pirates at Philadelphia Phillies, 7:05 PM (R) Ian Snell (4-8) vs. (R) Brett Myers (4-9) Washington Nationals at Milwaukee Brewers, 7:05 PM (R) Tim Redding (8-6) vs. (R) Ben Sheets (10-5) Florida Marlins at New York Mets, 7:10 PM (L) Scott Olsen (6-6) vs. (R) Brian Stokes (0-0) Houston Astros at Cincinnati Reds, 7:10 PM (R) Brian Moehler (7-4) vs. (R) Bronson Arroyo (10-8) San Diego Padres at Colorado Rockies, 8:05 PM (R) Greg Maddux (5-8) vs. (R) Aaron Cook (14-7) Atlanta Braves at Arizona Diamondbacks, 8:10 PM (R) Jair Jurrjens (10-7) vs. (R) Dan Haren (12-5) Los Angeles Dodgers at San Francisco Giants, 9:05 PM (R) Hiroki Kuroda (6-8) vs. (R) Kevin Correia (2-6) American League --------------- Cleveland Indians at Toronto Blue Jays, 1:07 PM (R) Paul Byrd (6-10) vs. (R) Roy Halladay (13-8) New York Yankees at LA Angels of Anaheim, 3:55 PM (R) Dan Giese (1-3) vs. (R) John Lackey (9-2) Oakland Athletics at Detroit Tigers, 7:05 PM (L) Dan Meyer (0-0) vs. (R) Armando Galarraga (9-4) Texas Rangers at Baltimore Orioles, 7:05 PM (R) Vicente Padilla (12-5) vs. (R) Daniel Cabrera (7-7) Boston Red Sox at Chicago White Sox, 7:05 PM (R) Daisuke Matsuzaka (12-2) vs. (R) Jose Contreras (7-6) Minnesota Twins at Kansas City Royals, 7:10 PM (L) Francisco Liriano (1-3) vs. (R) Zack Greinke (9-7) Tampa Bay Rays at Seattle Mariners, 10:10 PM (R) Matt Garza (9-7) vs. (L) Ryan Rowland-Smith (2-1)
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 TB 69 46 .600 0.0 64 5BOS 66 50 .569 3.5 69 -3
NYA 63 53 .543 6.5 63 0
TOR 59 57 .509 10.5 62 -3
BAL 55 59 .482 13.5 56 -1
American League Central CHA 64 50 .561 0.0 64 0
MIN 64 51 .557 0.5 61 3
DET 56 59 .487 8.5 59 -3
KC 53 63 .457 12.0 50 3
CLE 50 64 .439 14.0 57 -7
American League West LAA 72 43 .626 0.0 63 9
TEX 60 57 .513 13.0 55 5
OAK 54 61 .470 18.0 59 -5
SEA 45 71 .388 27.5 50 -5
National League East Pwins Diff PHI 62 53 .539 0.0 65 -3
NYN 61 54 .530 1.0 62 -1
FLA 61 55 .526 1.5 56 5
ATL 54 62 .466 8.5 60 -6
WAS 44 72 .379 18.5 46 -2
National League Central CHN 70 46 .603 0.0 72 -2
MIL 65 51 .560 5.0 61 4
STL 64 54 .542 7.0 62 2
HOU 56 59 .487 13.5 53 3
PIT 53 62 .461 16.5 50 3
CIN 52 65 .444 18.5 50 2
National League West ARI 59 57 .509 0.0 60 -1
LAN 58 57 .504 0.5 61 -3
COL 53 65 .449 7.0 53 0
SF 48 66 .421 10.0 47 1
SD 44 72 .379 15.0 46 -2
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 SF A- Michael Ambort.... 5 4 0 0 3 0 0 6 RBI ! BAL AA Matt Wieters...... 3 3 0 0 2 1 0 6 RBI ! DET AA Wilkin Ramirez.... 5 3 0 0 2 0 0 6 RBI ! PHI A+ Michael Taylor.... 5 4 3 0 0 0 0 3 LD CHW A+ John Shelby....... 5 3 1 1 1 0 0 5 RBI ! OAK AAA Aaron Cunningham.. 3 2 1 0 1 2 0 MIL A Caleb Gindl....... 4 4 0 1 1 0 0 BOS AAA George Kottaras... 4 4 0 0 1 1 0 4 RBI ATL A+ Gorkys Hernandez.. 6 3 1 0 0 0 1 3 SB FLA A Matt Dominguez.... 4 3 1 0 1 0 0 OAK AAA Cliff Pennington.. 2 2 0 1 0 3 0 COL AA C. Nelson......... 2 1 1 0 0 3 0 ORG LVL PLAYER IP H R ER SO BB HR Notes CHW AA Aaron Poreda...... 7 5 2 2 10 0 0 TEX A Blake Beavan...... 6 3 0 0 9 1 0 PHI AAA Carlos Carrasco... 6 8 3 0 10 0 0 COL A+ Aneury Rodriguez.. 6 6 5 5 8 1 0 BAL AA David Hernandez... 6 4 1 1 8 2 0 TOR AAA Ricky Romero...... 7 5 2 2 10 3 1 TEX AA Neftali Feliz..... 4 3 2 2 8 2 0 COL AA Chaz Roe.......... 6 4 1 1 8 4 0 FLA A+ Jeff Allison...... 6 2 0 0 3 0 0 STL A- Scott Gorgen...... 5 4 4 4 6 1 0 KC AA Daniel Cortes..... 6 6 1 1 8 1 1 TB AAA Jeff Niemann...... 6 4 2 2 8 2 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.