THT Daily: Break up the Mariners
by Dave StudemanApril 15, 2009
Major League News for April 15
Player News
Yesterday’s Results
Today’s Games
Standings
Top Minor League Performances
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Player News
Player Headlines are courtesy of RotoworldEvan Longoria is slated to miss the Rays' next two games to attend to a family matter.
Willy Aybar will likely start at third base both days before Longoria rejoins the club on Friday.
The Red Sox say Daisuke Matsuzaka was removed from his start Tuesday because of "arm fatigue."
This can probably be attributed to Matsuzaka's participation in the World Baseball Classic. He was off in his first start of the regular season as well, but he was considerably worse tonight. If he goes on the DL, then Clay Buchholz could replace him in the rotation.
Chris Carpenter left Tuesday's game due to a left rib-cage strain.
The Cardinals said he'd be reevaluated Wednesday. If Carpenter needs to go on the disabled list, it's possible that P.J. Walters would be called up to start in his place.
Xavier Nady left Tuesday's game in the seventh inning with a "sharp pain" in his right elbow.
He's scheduled to undergo an MRI on Wednesday. Nady underwent Tommy John surgery back in 2002, and he's hoping the current pain is simply scar-tissue related. Nick Swisher figures to pick up regular playing time if the injury is more serious than the day-to-day variety.
According to MASN Sports, the Orioles are set to place Melvin Mora (hamstring) on the disabled list Wednesday.
Reliever Matt Albers will be called up to take his roster spot, giving the O's 13 pitchers. Ty Wigginton will start at third base for at least the next two weeks.
Tom Glavine has been diagnosed with rotator-cuff inflammation and told to rest for two weeks before he resumes throwing.
The news could be a whole lot worse, but this will still push him back at least one month and maybe closer to six weeks. Rather than go to Jorge Campillo or promote top prospect Tommy Hanson, the Braves have decided to call up Jo-Jo Reyes to start in Glavine's place on Saturday. Reyes did have an encouraging spring, but he's going to be too risky to play in NL-only leagues initially.
Blue Jays placed RHP Jesse Litsch on the 15-day disabled list with right forearm tightness.
The Jays sure didn't waste any time in putting Litsch on the DL, which can't be a good sign. Brad Mills, who was next in line for a rotation spot at the end of the spring, appears to be the likeliest candidate to replace him in the rotation.
Nationals optioned outfielder Lastings Milledge to Triple-A Syracuse.
That's one way to clear up the logjam. Milledge clearly upset the Nats by showing up late a couple of times already, and it might be that a trip back to Triple-A is the best thing for him, even if the only thing left for him to learn in the minors is humility. The Nats will go with Elijah Dukes as their everyday center fielder for now. Austin Kearns will get most of the starts in right, and Josh Willingham could be worth using in NL-only leagues again.
Yesterday’s Results
For the full scoop regarding yesterday's games, read "And That Happened" at Shysterball.American League NYA 7 TB 2 (Recap and Boxscore) KC 9 CLE 3 (Recap and Boxscore) MIN 3 TOR 2 (Recap and Boxscore) OAK 6 BOS 5 (Recap and Boxscore) SEA 3 LAA 2 (Recap and Boxscore) BAL 7 TEX 5 (Recap and Boxscore) National League FLA 5 ATL 1 (Recap and Boxscore) CIN 6 MIL 1 (Recap and Boxscore) ARI 7 STL 6 (Recap and Boxscore)
Today’s Games
National League --------------- Colorado Rockies at Chicago Cubs, 2:20 PM (R) Jason Marquis (1-0) vs. (R) Rich Harden (0-0) St. Louis Cardinals at Arizona Diamondbacks, 3:40 PM (R) Joel Pineiro (1-0) vs. (R) Jon Garland (1-0) Houston Astros at Pittsburgh Pirates, 7:05 PM (L) Mike Hampton (0-1) vs. (R) Ross Ohlendorf (0-1) Philadelphia Phillies at Washington Nationals, 7:05 PM (R) Joe Blanton (0-0) vs. (R) Shairon Martis (0-0) San Diego Padres at New York Mets, 7:10 PM (R) Kevin Correia (0-0) vs. (L) Oliver Perez (0-1) Florida Marlins at Atlanta Braves, 7:10 PM (L) Andrew Miller (0-0) vs. (R) Derek Lowe (1-0) Cincinnati Reds at Milwaukee Brewers, 8:05 PM (R) Micah Owings (0-0) vs. (R) Braden Looper (0-0) San Francisco Giants at Los Angeles Dodgers, 10:10 PM (R) Matt Cain (1-0) vs. (L) Clayton Kershaw (0-0) American League --------------- Chicago White Sox at Detroit Tigers, 1:05 PM (R) Jose Contreras (0-1) vs. (R) Armando Galarraga (1-0) Cleveland Indians at Kansas City Royals, 2:10 PM (L) Aaron Laffey (0-0) vs. (R) Sidney Ponson (0-1) Boston Red Sox at Oakland Athletics, 3:35 PM (R) Tim Wakefield (0-1) vs. (L) Brett Anderson (0-1) New York Yankees at Tampa Bay Rays, 4:08 PM (L) Andy Pettitte (1-0) vs. (R) Andy Sonnanstine (0-1) Baltimore Orioles at Texas Rangers, 8:05 PM (L) Mark Hendrickson (1-0) vs. (R) Kris Benson (0-1) Toronto Blue Jays at Minnesota Twins, 8:10 PM (R) Scott Richmond (0-0) vs. (R) Scott Baker (0-0) LA Angels of Anaheim at Seattle Mariners, 10:10 PM (R) Jered Weaver (1-0) vs. (L) Jarrod Washburn (1-0)
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 BAL 6 2 .750 0.0 4 2TOR 6 3 .667 0.5 6 0
NYA 4 4 .500 2.0 4 0
TB 4 4 .500 2.0 5 -1
BOS 2 6 .250 4.0 3 -1
American League Central KC 5 3 .625 0.0 4 1
CHA 4 3 .571 0.5 4 0
DET 4 4 .500 1.0 4 0
MIN 4 5 .444 1.5 3 1
CLE 1 7 .125 4.0 2 -1
American League West SEA 6 2 .750 0.0 5 1
OAK 4 4 .500 2.0 4 0
LAA 3 4 .429 2.5 4 -1
TEX 3 5 .375 3.0 4 -1
National League East Pwins Diff FLA 6 1 .857 0.0 5 1
ATL 5 2 .714 1.0 4 1
PHI 4 3 .571 2.0 3 1
NYN 3 4 .429 3.0 4 -1
WAS 0 7 .000 6.0 2 -2
National League Central CHN 5 2 .714 0.0 5 0
STL 6 3 .667 0.0 6 0
CIN 4 3 .571 1.0 3 1
PIT 4 3 .571 1.0 5 -1
MIL 2 6 .250 3.5 2 0
HOU 1 6 .143 4.0 1 0
National League West SD 6 2 .750 0.0 5 1
LAN 5 3 .625 1.0 6 -1
COL 3 4 .429 2.5 4 -1
ARI 3 5 .375 3.0 3 0
SF 2 5 .286 3.5 2 0
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 ATL AA Gorkys Hernandez.. 6 4 1 0 0 0 2 2 SB PHI A Zachary Collier... 2 2 1 1 0 1 0 3 R TEX A+ M. Moreland....... 4 3 1 0 1 0 1 CIN AA Juan Francisco.... 4 2 0 0 1 1 2 SEA AAA Mike Carp......... 4 2 1 0 1 0 1 PIT AAA Andrew McCutchen.. 6 3 1 1 0 0 0 3 R WAN A Derek Norris...... 4 3 0 0 1 1 1 3 R SD A James Darnell..... 3 2 1 1 0 1 1 SF A+ Buster Posey...... 4 3 1 0 0 1 0 ARI A+ Collin Cowgill.... 4 2 0 0 1 0 1 BOS AA Josh Reddick...... 3 1 0 0 1 1 1 TB AA Desmond Jennings.. 5 3 1 0 0 0 0 ORG LVL PLAYER IP H R ER SO BB HR Notes CLE A+ K. De La Cruz..... 6 4 0 0 9 0 0 ATL AAA Thomas Hanson..... 6 3 1 1 7 2 0 MIL AA Jeremy Jeffress... 4 2 2 1 8 2 0 TB AA J. Hellickson..... 6 3 0 0 6 2 0 LAA A+ Trevor Reckling... 6 4 2 1 6 0 1 NYM AAA Eddie Kunz........ 3 1 0 0 5 0 0 COL AA Jhoulys Chacin.... 5 3 2 2 5 0 1 CHW A Gregory Infante... 6 3 0 0 2 1 0 15 GB SEA A+ Michael Pineda.... 6 5 5 5 3 2 0 14 GB BAL A+ Brian Matusz...... 5 4 3 3 6 3 1 NYY A Brett Marshall.... 6 2 1 0 1 2 0 KC AA Daniel Cortes..... 4 5 4 1 5 1 1 7 GB
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