THT Daily: Yankees
by Matthew CarruthMay 10, 2007
Major League News for May 10
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Player news items are provided by RotoworldJason Marquis threw his second career shutout and won a fifth straight start Wednesday versus the Pirates.
Four of those wins have come against the teams that rank 28th (Pittsburgh) and 29th (St. Louis) in the majors in runs. Still, there's no denying that Marquis has been a whole lot better than we expected. He's getting a lot more grounders than he did last year, though he actually recorded 15 flyball outs tonight. There's no way he can last as one of the league's best pitchers, but maybe he'll be a solid NL-only starter all year long.
Michael Young left Wednesday's game in the fifth inning with left hamstring tightness.
Just as he had warmed up at the plate. Matt Kata and Jerry Hairston Jr. will fill in if Young needs to miss some time. Calling up Joaquin Arias isn't an option, as he remains on the DL.
Even after homering Wednesday, Dave Roberts said he expects to have surgery in the coming days to remove bone chips from his left elbow.
Roberts is scheduled to be examined Thursday by Angels team orthopedist Dr. Lewis Yocum in Los Angeles. Surgery would likely cost him 3-5 weeks, so if it's really giving him problems, he might as well get it taken care of now. The slumping Todd Linden would get at-bats in his place, but the Giants might call up Nate Schierholtz to try in right field, with Randy Winn seeing time in center. A trade for outfield help is also a possibility.
Yesterday’s Results
American League BAL 1 TB 0 (Recap and Boxscore) NYA 6 TEX 2 (Recap and Boxscore) BOS 9 TOR 3 (Recap and Boxscore) SEA 9 DET 2 (Recap and Boxscore) KC 3 OAK 2 (Recap and Boxscore) CHA 6 MIN 3 (Recap and Boxscore) LAA 3 CLE 2 (Recap and Boxscore) National League ATL 3 SD 2 (Recap and Boxscore) LAN 5 FLA 3 (Recap and Boxscore) CHN 1 PIT 0 (Recap and Boxscore) HOU 3 CIN 2 (Recap and Boxscore) MIL 3 WAS 1 (Recap and Boxscore) STL 9 COL 2 (Recap and Boxscore) PHI 9 ARI 3 (Recap and Boxscore) NYN 5 SF 3 (Recap and Boxscore)
Today’s Games
National League --------------- Los Angeles Dodgers at Florida Marlins, 12:05 PM (R) Derek Lowe (3-3) vs. (R) Sergio Mitre (0-2) Houston Astros at Cincinnati Reds, 12:35 PM (R) Matt Albers (1-1) vs. (R) Aaron Harang (4-1) San Diego Padres at Atlanta Braves, 1:05 PM (L) David Wells (1-1) vs. (R) Tim Hudson (3-1) Pittsburgh Pirates at Chicago Cubs, 2:20 PM (L) Paul Maholm (1-4) vs. (R) Carlos Zambrano (3-2) San Francisco Giants at Colorado Rockies, 8:35 PM (L) Noah Lowry (4-2) vs. (R) Aaron Cook (1-1) American League --------------- Texas Rangers at New York Yankees, 1:05 PM (R) Brandon McCarthy (2-4) vs. (R) Chien-Ming Wang (1-2) Seattle Mariners at Detroit Tigers, 1:05 PM (R) Jeff Weaver (0-5) vs. (R) Justin Verlander (2-1) Chicago White Sox at Minnesota Twins, 1:10 PM (R) Jose Contreras (2-3) vs. (R) Carlos Silva (2-2) Oakland Athletics at Kansas City Royals, 2:10 PM (L) Joe Kennedy (0-2) vs. (R) Luke Hudson (0-0) Cleveland Indians at LA Angels of Anaheim, 3:35 PM (L) Jeremy Sowers (0-2) vs. (R) Kelvim Escobar (3-1) Tampa Bay Devil Rays at Baltimore Orioles, 7:05 PM (L) Casey Fossum (2-2) vs. (R) Daniel Cabrera (2-3) Boston Red Sox at Toronto Blue Jays, 7:07 PM (R) Tim Wakefield (3-3) vs. (R) Roy Halladay (4-1)
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 BOS 22 10 .688 0.0 22 0NYA 16 16 .500 6.0 19 -3
BAL 16 18 .471 7.0 16 0
TB 14 19 .424 8.5 12 2
TOR 13 20 .394 9.5 15 -2
American League Central CLE 20 11 .645 0.0 18 2
DET 20 12 .625 0.5 18 2
MIN 17 16 .515 4.0 18 -1
CHA 15 15 .500 4.5 14 1
KC 11 23 .324 10.5 12 -1
American League West LAA 18 16 .529 0.0 18 0
SEA 15 14 .517 0.5 13 2
OAK 16 16 .500 1.0 18 -2
TEX 13 20 .394 4.5 13 0
National League East Pwins Diff ATL 21 12 .636 0.0 18 3
NYN 21 12 .636 0.0 22 -1
FLA 15 18 .455 6.0 16 -1
PHI 15 19 .441 6.5 17 -2
WAS 9 25 .265 12.5 9 0
National League Central MIL 24 10 .706 0.0 21 3
CHN 16 15 .516 6.5 19 -3
HOU 16 17 .485 7.5 17 -1
PIT 14 18 .438 9.0 11 3
STL 14 18 .438 9.0 11 3
CIN 14 20 .412 10.0 18 -4
National League West LAN 20 14 .588 0.0 20 0
SD 18 16 .529 2.0 19 -1
ARI 19 17 .528 2.0 17 2
SF 17 16 .515 2.5 17 0
COL 14 20 .412 6.0 13 1
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 LAA AAA Brandon Wood...... 6 2 1 0 1 0 3 ARI A+ Justin Upton...... 5 3 0 1 0 0 0 CIN AAA Joey Votto........ 5 2 2 0 0 0 2 OAK AAA Daric Barton...... 5 2 2 0 0 0 1 ARI AA Mark Reynolds..... 3 3 2 0 0 1 0 ARI AA Carlos Gonzalez... 3 1 1 0 0 0 2 BOS A+ Christian Lara.... 4 3 2 0 0 2 0 PIT AA Andrew McCutchen.. 3 1 0 0 1 1 0 STL A+ Mark Hamilton..... 5 2 0 0 2 0 0 5 RBI ! ATL AA Brandon Jones..... 3 2 0 0 1 1 0 NYM AAA Carlos Gomez...... 5 3 0 0 1 0 2 SD A+ Kyle Blanks....... 4 2 1 0 1 0 1 4 RBI ORG LVL PLAYER IP H R ER SO BB HR Notes TEX A+ Edinson Volquez... 7 4 2 2 5 1 0 PHI A+ Carlos Carrasco... 8 4 1 1 8 2 1 MIL A+ William Inman..... 7 4 0 0 6 1 0 CHW AA Gio Gonzalez...... 5 6 0 0 7 1 0 BAL AAA Garrett Olson..... 7 6 3 3 9 0 1 TB AAA A. Sonnanstine.... 8 5 2 2 5 0 1 DET AA E. De La Cruz..... 7 2 1 1 8 2 1 HOU AAA Juan Gutierrez.... 8 4 2 2 4 3 0 14 GB TOR AA David Purcey...... 7 7 2 2 9 1 0 LAA A+ Stephen Marek..... 6 5 4 4 7 0 1 ARI A Anthony Barnette.. 8 6 1 0 4 0 0 STL A Tyler Herron...... 4 2 1 1 5 0 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.