THT Daily: Both sides now
by Dave StudemanJune 23, 2009
Major League News for June 23
Player News
Yesterday’s Results
Today’s Games
Standings
Top Minor League Performances
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Player News
Player Headlines are courtesy of RotoworldAkinori Iwamura, who tore his ACL in late May, is hoping to return to the Rays in six-to-eight weeks.
Iwamura underwent surgery on the ligament Monday, and Rays orthopedist Dr. Koco Eaton was able to make the repairs in an arthroscopic procedure rather than reconstructive surgery, as was originally planned. It's still a tough injury to bounce back from, so we shouldn't get our hopes up.
Mets placed outfielder Carlos Beltran on the 15-day disabled list with a bruised right knee.
Another Met bites the dust. The club was hoping Beltran could play through the discomfort, but he underwent an MRI Monday morning that must have revealed something troubling. We'll update when we learn exactly what the team physicians found. Fernando Martinez and Jeremy Reed are expected to fill in.
According to ESPN.com, MLBPA executive director Donald Fehr has decided to step down.
Fehr has held the position since 1986, leading the MLB players union through the 1994 strike and, more recently, steroid investigations. Once the board approves the move and an official announcement is made, Fehr will be replaced by general counsel Michael Weiner.
Alex Gonzalez underwent successful surgery Monday to remove bone chips from his right elbow.
Gonzalez is expected to miss four-to-five weeks. Jerry Hairston and Paul Janish are expected to fill in for Gonzalez, who was batting .214/.256/.302 with two home runs and 20 RBI in 182 at-bats.
Ervin Santana threw 43 pitches in the bullpen before Sunday's game and reported no pain or discomfort in his right forearm.
Santana is on track to start Tuesday against the Rockies. "Everything is feeling good," he said after Sunday's throwing session. "Before, I was feeling a little bit of pain, and now I feel nothing." The 26-year-old right-hander is 1-3 this season with a 7.47 ERA and a 1.85 WHIP.
Grady Sizemore is hoping to be activated from the disabled list Tuesday.
Sizemore has been sidelined since May 30 with elbow inflammation. He threw from 105 feet on Friday and can hit freely, without pain or discomfort. "I just want to get back on the field," he said Sunday. "My elbow feels good. I haven't had any setbacks, but we're only going to find out how it really is by playing every day." The outfielder will return to a .223 batting average, nine home runs and 31 RBI.
Yesterday’s Results
For the full scoop regarding yesterday's games, read "And That Happened" at Shysterball.American League COL 11 LAA 1 (Recap and Boxscore) OAK 5 SF 1 (Recap and Boxscore) National League ATL 2 CHN 0 (Recap and Boxscore) NYN 6 STL 4 (Recap and Boxscore)Check out Fangraphs' scoreboard to see all the games in action.
Today’s Games
National League --------------- St. Louis Cardinals at New York Mets, 7:10 PM (R) Joel Pineiro (5-8) vs. (R) Livan Hernandez (5-1) Inter-League ------------ Chicago Cubs at Detroit Tigers, 7:05 PM (R) Carlos Zambrano (4-2) vs. (R) Edwin Jackson (6-4) Cleveland Indians at Pittsburgh Pirates, 7:05 PM (L) David Huff (2-2) vs. (R) Ian Snell (2-7) Boston Red Sox at Washington Nationals, 7:05 PM (R) Brad Penny (6-2) vs. (L) John Lannan (4-5) Cincinnati Reds at Toronto Blue Jays, 7:07 PM (R) Micah Owings (4-7) vs. (L) Brian Tallet (4-4) Philadelphia Phillies at Tampa Bay Rays, 7:08 PM (L) Jamie Moyer (4-6) vs. (L) David Price (1-1) New York Yankees at Atlanta Braves, 7:10 PM (R) Chien-Ming Wang (0-5) vs. (R) Tommy Hanson (2-0) Baltimore Orioles at Florida Marlins, 7:10 PM (R) Koji Uehara (2-4) vs. (L) Andrew Miller (2-3) Kansas City Royals at Houston Astros, 8:05 PM (R) Zack Greinke (8-3) vs. (R) Russ Ortiz (3-2) Minnesota Twins at Milwaukee Brewers, 8:05 PM (L) Francisco Liriano (2-8) vs. (R) Jeff Suppan (5-4) Los Angeles Dodgers at Chicago White Sox, 8:11 PM (R) Hiroki Kuroda (1-3) vs. (L) John Danks (5-5) Texas Rangers at Arizona Diamondbacks, 9:40 PM (L) Matt Harrison (4-4) vs. (R) Max Scherzer (4-4) San Francisco Giants at Oakland Athletics, 10:05 PM (R) Tim Lincecum (6-2) vs. (R) Vin Mazzaro (2-1) Colorado Rockies at LA Angels of Anaheim, 10:05 PM (R) Ubaldo Jimenez (6-6) vs. (R) Sean O`Sullivan (1-0) San Diego Padres at Seattle Mariners, 10:10 PM (R) Chad Gaudin (2-6) vs. (L) Garrett Olson (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 BOS 42 27 .609 0.0 41 1NYA 38 31 .551 4.0 38 0
TOR 38 33 .535 5.0 40 -2
TB 37 34 .521 6.0 43 -6
BAL 32 37 .464 10.0 30 2
American League Central DET 38 31 .551 0.0 38 0
MIN 35 36 .493 4.0 37 -2
CHA 33 36 .478 5.0 32 1
KC 29 39 .426 8.5 29 0
CLE 29 42 .408 10.0 34 -5
American League West TEX 37 31 .544 0.0 36 1
LAA 36 32 .529 1.0 34 2
SEA 35 34 .507 2.5 32 3
OAK 31 38 .449 6.5 31 0
National League East Pwins Diff PHI 36 31 .537 0.0 35 1
NYN 35 33 .515 1.5 34 1
FLA 35 36 .493 3.0 32 3
ATL 33 36 .478 4.0 33 0
WAS 20 47 .299 16.0 26 -6
National League Central STL 39 32 .549 0.0 39 0
MIL 37 32 .536 1.0 36 1
CHN 34 32 .515 2.5 34 0
CIN 34 34 .500 3.5 33 1
HOU 32 35 .478 5.0 30 2
PIT 31 38 .449 7.0 34 -3
National League West LAN 46 24 .657 0.0 44 2
SF 37 32 .536 8.5 35 2
COL 37 33 .529 9.0 38 -1
SD 30 38 .441 15.0 26 4
ARI 29 41 .414 17.0 31 -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 CHW AAA Brandon Allen..... 5 3 0 0 1 0 1 HOU AA Jason Castro...... 5 2 0 0 1 1 1 FLA AA Michael Stanton... 4 1 0 0 1 1 1 ARI AA Cyle Hankerd...... 3 2 0 1 0 1 0 NYY A+ Austin Romine..... 4 2 0 0 1 0 0 COL AA Michael McKenry... 3 1 0 0 1 1 1 CHC A+ Starlin Castro.... 5 3 0 1 0 0 0 3 R CHC A+ Brandon Guyer..... 4 3 1 0 0 0 0 3 R CIN AAA Daniel Dorn....... 4 1 1 0 0 1 1 LAA AA Hank Conger....... 2 2 0 0 0 2 0 WAN AAA Justin Maxwell.... 3 2 0 0 0 1 0 SD AA Lance Zawadzki.... 5 1 0 0 1 0 1 4 RBI ORG LVL PLAYER IP H R ER SO BB HR Notes CHC AA Jay Jackson....... 5 1 0 0 5 0 0 PIT AAA Tom Gorzelanny.... 5 2 1 1 7 2 0 CIN AAA Homer Bailey...... 7 6 1 1 8 2 1 TB AA J. Hellickson..... 4 4 0 0 6 0 0 MIL A+ Zach Braddock..... 2 0 0 0 4 0 0 NYY AAA Mark Melancon..... 2 2 1 1 4 0 0 ATL AA Scott Diamond..... 6 7 2 2 5 3 0 KC AA Daniel Cortes..... 6 5 3 3 4 2 1 11 GB ARI AA Daniel Schlereth.. 2 1 0 0 3 1 0 NYM A+ Bradley Holt...... 2 1 1 1 4 3 0 TOR A+ Tim Collins....... 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 NYY A+ Humberto Sanchez.. 1 1 0 0 1 0 0
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