THT Daily: 2 in Chicago
by Matthew CarruthAugust 25, 2007
Major League News for August 25
Player News
Yesterday’s Results
Today’s Games
Standings
Top Minor League Performances
Stats
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Player News
Player news items are provided by RotoworldBraves designated RHP Bob Wickman for assignment.
Wickman gets the heave ho after apparently expressing his displeasure about being brought into a tie game on Thursday. Wickman gave up a walkoff homer in the 12th inning, leaving him with a 3.92 ERA in 43 2/3 innings this season. He was 20-for-26 in save opportunities. Braves manager Bobby Cox confirmed that he'd use a closer-by-committee to replace Wickman. He indicated that Rafael Soriano was the leading candidate to pitch the ninth tonight, but he also said that "anybody out there would be a possibility." Soriano is the best option for a pickup in mixed leagues.
Prince Fielder's suspension reduced from three games to two, and he will serve them Friday and Saturday against the Giants.
Fielder was suspended for accidentally bumping Wally Bell in an Aug. 12 incident. Joe Dillon will likely fill in at first base the next two days.
Yesterday’s Results
American League MIN 7 BAL 4 (Recap and Boxscore) TB 12 OAK 2 (Recap and Boxscore) BOS 11 CHA 3 (Recap and Boxscore) BOS 10 CHA 1 (Recap and Boxscore) DET 9 NYA 6 (Recap and Boxscore) KC 2 CLE 1 (Recap and Boxscore) LAA 3 TOR 0 (Recap and Boxscore) SEA 4 TEX 2 (Recap and Boxscore) National League NYN 5 LAN 2 (Recap and Boxscore) SD 14 PHI 3 (Recap and Boxscore) CIN 5 FLA 3 (Recap and Boxscore) PIT 8 HOU 3 (Recap and Boxscore) ATL 7 STL 2 (Recap and Boxscore) CHN 6 ARI 2 (Recap and Boxscore) COL 6 WAS 5 (Recap and Boxscore) SF 11 MIL 6 (Recap and Boxscore)
Today’s Games
National League --------------- Los Angeles Dodgers at New York Mets, 3:55 PM (L) Eric Stults (1-1) vs. (R) Orlando Hernandez (8-4) Pittsburgh Pirates at Houston Astros, 7:05 PM (R) Matt Morris (7-8) vs. (L) Troy Patton (0-0) San Diego Padres at Philadelphia Phillies, 7:05 PM (R) Clay Hensley (2-3) vs. (R) Kyle Lohse (7-12) Florida Marlins at Cincinnati Reds, 7:10 PM (R) Sergio Mitre (5-6) vs. (R) Matt Belisle (6-8) Atlanta Braves at St. Louis Cardinals, 7:15 PM (R) Tim Hudson (15-5) vs. (R) Joel Pineiro (3-1) Washington Nationals at Colorado Rockies, 8:05 PM (R) Tim Redding (3-3) vs. (R) Ubaldo Jimenez (2-2) Milwaukee Brewers at San Francisco Giants, 9:05 PM (R) Yovani Gallardo (5-3) vs. (R) Kevin Correia (1-6) Chicago Cubs at Arizona Diamondbacks, 9:40 PM (L) Ted Lilly (13-6) vs. (L) Doug Davis (10-11) American League --------------- Boston Red Sox at Chicago White Sox, 3:55 PM (R) Tim Wakefield (15-10) vs. (L) Mark Buehrle (9-8) Minnesota Twins at Baltimore Orioles, 7:05 PM (R) Matt Garza (2-4) vs. (R) Radhames Liz (0-0) New York Yankees at Detroit Tigers, 7:05 PM (R) Chien-Ming Wang (14-6) vs. (R) Jeremy Bonderman (10-6) Oakland Athletics at Tampa Bay Devil Rays, 7:10 PM (R) Joe Blanton (11-8) vs. (L) Scott Kazmir (9-8) Cleveland Indians at Kansas City Royals, 7:10 PM (L) Aaron Laffey (1-1) vs. (R) Kyle Davies (1-2) Seattle Mariners at Texas Rangers, 8:35 PM (L) Horacio Ramirez (8-4) vs. (R) Jamey Wright (3-5) Toronto Blue Jays at LA Angels of Anaheim, 9:05 PM (R) Shaun Marcum (10-5) vs. (L) Joe Saunders (7-1)
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 78 51 .605 0.0 81 -3NYA 71 57 .555 6.5 78 -7
TOR 64 64 .500 13.5 67 -3
BAL 58 69 .457 19.0 61 -3
TB 49 79 .383 28.5 47 2
American League Central CLE 70 57 .551 0.0 69 1
DET 69 59 .539 1.5 69 0
MIN 65 63 .508 5.5 65 0
KC 57 70 .449 13.0 60 -3
CHA 56 72 .438 14.5 51 5
American League West LAA 75 53 .586 0.0 72 3
SEA 73 53 .579 1.0 66 7
OAK 65 65 .500 11.0 67 -2
TEX 56 72 .438 19.0 60 -4
National League East Pwins Diff NYN 72 55 .567 0.0 70 2
PHI 66 61 .520 6.0 66 0
ATL 67 62 .519 6.0 69 -2
WAS 58 71 .450 15.0 55 3
FLA 57 72 .442 16.0 60 -3
National League Central CHN 66 61 .520 0.0 69 -3
MIL 65 63 .508 1.5 63 2
STL 61 64 .488 4.0 55 6
CIN 58 70 .453 8.5 58 0
HOU 57 72 .442 10.0 56 1
PIT 56 71 .441 10.0 57 -1
National League West ARI 72 57 .558 0.0 61 11
SD 69 58 .543 2.0 71 -2
LAN 66 62 .516 5.5 66 0
COL 65 63 .508 6.5 67 -2
SF 57 72 .442 15.0 63 -6
Wildcard Standings American League SEA 73 53 .579 0.0 NYA 71 57 .555 3.0 DET 69 59 .539 5.0 MIN 65 63 .508 9.0 TOR 64 64 .500 10.0 National League SD 69 58 .543 0.0 PHI 66 61 .520 3.0 ATL 67 62 .519 3.0 LAN 66 62 .516 3.5 MIL 65 63 .508 4.5
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 OAK A J. Mitchell....... 4 2 0 0 2 0 0 TB AA Reid Brignac...... 4 2 1 1 0 1 2 CLE AAA Andy Marte........ 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 TOR AAA Adam Lind......... 3 3 0 0 1 0 0 LAA AA Sean Rodriguez.... 4 2 1 0 1 0 0 COL A+ Eric Young........ 5 2 1 0 1 0 1 4 RBI CHC A+ Ryan Harvey....... 5 2 1 0 1 0 3 BOS AA Chad Spann........ 5 3 2 0 0 0 1 BOS AAA Jacoby Ellsbury... 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 MIL A+ Lorenzo Cain...... 4 3 1 0 0 1 0 3 R CIN AAA Jay Bruce......... 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 KC AAA Ryan Shealy....... 2 1 0 0 1 1 0 ORG LVL PLAYER IP H R ER SO BB HR Notes CIN AA Johnny Cueto...... 6 5 4 2 11 1 0 KC AAA Luke Hochevar..... 5 4 3 3 6 3 1 SEA AA Andrew Baldwin.... 9 5 2 2 5 0 0 NYY AA Tyler Clippard.... 5 3 3 3 5 1 0 FLA AA C. Volstad........ 7 3 1 1 5 1 1 KC AAA Tyler Lumsden..... 6 2 0 0 5 1 0 ARI AA Brooks Brown...... 7 4 0 0 5 1 0 BOS A- Jose Capellan..... 6 7 4 4 7 0 0 11 GB DET AA Dallas Trahern.... 7 6 5 4 4 2 0 17 GB TB AAA Mitch Talbot...... 6 5 2 2 3 1 0 LA AAA Miguel Pinango.... 7 1 1 1 2 3 0 COL A Joshua Sullivan... 5 2 2 2 3 0 1
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