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THT Daily: Congrats Barry

by Matthew Carruth
May 24, 2008

Major League News for May 24

Player News
Yesterday’s Results
Today’s Games
Standings
Top Minor League Performances

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Player News
Player Headlines are courtesy of Rotoworld
Ryan Doumit (thumb) expects to be activated from the disabled list Thursday, the first day he's eligible.
"I really feel like I'll be ready to go then, based on how I feel and the way the doctor tells me the thumb is healing," Doumit said Friday. The Pirates originally reported Doumit would miss at least a month, so he's either being way too optimistic or this is excellent news.

Clint Barmes was diagnosed with a sprained right knee after Jose Reyes slid into him in the 10th inning on Friday.
A DL stint is a real possibility here. Omar Quintanilla would likely replace him as the Rockies' starting shortstop, though Juan Castro could be called up to split time.

Doug Davis, in his first major league start since having a cancerous thyroid gland removed, pitched seven innings of one-run ball and earned the win Friday.
The win was Davis' second. He let up only five hits and struck out four, while lowering his ERA to 2.70. He'll need to show that he can pitch this well consistently before we can recommend him to NL-only leaguers, but it is a fantastic story.

The Los Angeles Daily News says all indications are that Clayton Kershaw will be called up to start Sunday's game.
That would leave Brad Penny's start alone on Saturday, but result in both Hiroki Kuroda and Chad Billingsley getting pushed back one day. Kershaw is probably worth trying in all formats while he's up, but it's unlikely he'll be consistent at all, and while he will have a great strikeout rate, he's not going to pitch enough innings to really rack up huge K numbers.

Barry Zito earned his first win of the year Friday, allowing only one run and three hits over six-plus innings.
Zito is now 1-8. Nice. He has, however, pitched well in consecutive starts. He managed to strike out five, but threw only 59 of his 109 pitches for strikes, resulting in four walks. Zito takes a 5.65 ERA and a heightened ego into next week's start against the Diamondbacks.

Fausto Carmona left his start Friday because of what the Indians are calling a strained left hip.
Carmona, who was charged with six runs in three-plus innings, was injured while covering first base on a single. He's probably day-to-day, but if he lands on the DL, the Indians would turn to Jeremy Sowers until Jake Westbrook returns.

Chad Tracy (knee) will rejoin the Diamondbacks Monday.
"I'm very anxious to get there," Tracy said Friday. "That's my team, and that's where I want to be. It's tough to get up for games here." Tracy played in 10 games in the D-Backs' minor league system, hitting .225 through 40 at-bats. It's likely third string catcher Robby Hammock will be sent down to make room.

Brewers placed RHP Eric Gagne on the 15-day disabled list, retroactive to May 21, with right rotator cuff tendinitis.
Salomon Torres is the likely choice to close while Gagne takes at least two weeks off. Guillermo Mota and Brian Shouse will work the eighth, at least until David Riske is activated.

John Smoltz will begin a rehabilitation assignment with Double-A Mississippi on Saturday.
As long as he's feeling OK, Smoltz probably won't make more than a couple of appearances in the minors before rejoining the Braves. He'll be the favorite for saves in the pen once activated.



Yesterday’s Results
American League
NYA    13  SEA     2    (Recap and Boxscore)
TB      2  BAL     0    (Recap and Boxscore)
TOR     7  KC      1    (Recap and Boxscore)
LAA     3  CHA     1    (Recap and Boxscore)
TEX    13  CLE     9    (Recap and Boxscore)
MIN     9  DET     4    (Recap and Boxscore)
OAK     8  BOS     3    (Recap and Boxscore)

National League
ARI    11  ATL     1    (Recap and Boxscore)
SF      8  FLA     2    (Recap and Boxscore)
WAS     5  MIL     1    (Recap and Boxscore)
HOU     4  PHI     3    (Recap and Boxscore)
CHN    12  PIT     3    (Recap and Boxscore)
COL     6  NYN     5    (Recap and Boxscore)
STL     2  LAN     1    (Recap and Boxscore)
CIN     3  SD      2    (Recap and Boxscore)


Today’s Games
National League
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 Arizona Diamondbacks at Atlanta Braves, 3:55 PM
  (L) Randy Johnson (4-1) vs. (R) Jorge Campillo (1-0)
 New York Mets at Colorado Rockies, 3:55 PM
  (R) Claudio Vargas (0-2) vs. (L) Jeff Francis (1-4)
 Philadelphia Phillies at Houston Astros, 7:05 PM
  (R) Brett Myers (2-5) vs. (R) Brian Moehler (1-1)
 Chicago Cubs at Pittsburgh Pirates, 7:05 PM
  (R) Jason Marquis (2-3) vs. (L) Phil Dumatrait (1-2)
 Milwaukee Brewers at Washington Nationals, 7:10 PM
  (R) Seth McClung (1-1) vs. (L) John Lannan (4-4)
 San Francisco Giants at Florida Marlins, 7:10 PM
  (R) Matt Cain (2-3) vs. (R) Burke Badenhop (1-3)
 Cincinnati Reds at San Diego Padres, 10:05 PM
  (R) Bronson Arroyo (2-4) vs. (L) Wilfredo Ledezma (0-1)
 St. Louis Cardinals at Los Angeles Dodgers, 10:10 PM
  (R) Kyle Lohse (3-2) vs. (R) Brad Penny (5-4)
 
 American League
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 Seattle Mariners at New York Yankees, 1:05 PM
  (R) Carlos Silva (3-3) vs. (R) Mike Mussina (6-4)
 Kansas City Royals at Toronto Blue Jays, 1:07 PM
  (R) Luke Hochevar (3-3) vs. (R) Jesse Litsch (5-1)
 LA Angels of Anaheim at Chicago White Sox, 3:55 PM
  (R) Jered Weaver (3-5) vs. (L) John Danks (3-3)
 Baltimore Orioles at Tampa Bay Rays, 6:10 PM
  (R) Steve Trachsel (2-4) vs. (R) Edwin Jackson (2-3)
 Texas Rangers at Cleveland Indians, 7:05 PM
  (R) Scott Feldman (1-1) vs. (L) Cliff Lee (6-1)
 Minnesota Twins at Detroit Tigers, 7:05 PM
  (R) Boof Bonser (2-5) vs. (L) Nate Robertson (1-5)
 Boston Red Sox at Oakland Athletics, 9:05 PM
  (R) Josh Beckett (5-3) vs. (R) Justin Duchscherer (3-3)


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     31  20 .608    0.0   29     2    sparkline graph
TB      28  20 .583    1.5   26     2    sparkline graph
BAL     24  23 .511    5.0   23     1    sparkline graph
TOR     25  25 .500    5.5   25     0    sparkline graph
NYA     23  25 .479    6.5   23     0    sparkline graph
American League Central     
CHA     26  21 .553    0.0   28    -2    sparkline graph
MIN     24  24 .500    2.5   23     1    sparkline graph
CLE     22  26 .458    4.5   25    -3    sparkline graph
KC      21  27 .438    5.5   20     1    sparkline graph
DET     20  28 .417    6.5   21    -1    sparkline graph
American League West        
LAA     29  21 .580    0.0   26     3    sparkline graph
OAK     26  23 .531    2.5   29    -3    sparkline graph
TEX     25  25 .500    4.0   24     1    sparkline graph
SEA     18  31 .367   10.5   19    -1    sparkline graph


National League East        Pwins  Diff
FLA     27  20 .574    0.0   24     3    sparkline graph
ATL     26  22 .542    1.5   29    -3    sparkline graph
PHI     27  23 .540    1.5   28    -1    sparkline graph
NYN     22  24 .478    4.5   23    -1    sparkline graph
WAS     21  28 .429    7.0   20     1    sparkline graph
National League Central     
CHN     29  19 .604    0.0   32    -3    sparkline graph
STL     29  21 .580    1.0   28     1    sparkline graph
HOU     28  22 .560    2.0   26     2    sparkline graph
MIL     22  26 .458    7.0   21     1    sparkline graph
PIT     22  26 .458    7.0   21     1    sparkline graph
CIN     22  27 .449    7.5   21     1    sparkline graph
National League West        
ARI     29  19 .604    0.0   30    -1    sparkline graph
LAN     25  22 .532    3.5   26    -1    sparkline graph
SF      20  29 .408    9.5   19     1    sparkline graph
COL     19  29 .396   10.0   20    -1    sparkline graph
SD      18  32 .360   12.0   17     1    sparkline graph


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
TEX AA  C. Davis.......... 5  4  2  0  2  0  1  3 R
ARI AAA Josh Whitesell.... 5  3  1  0  2  0  0  7 RBI !
CHW AAA Josh Fields....... 3  2  0  0  2  2  0  4 RBI
TEX AA  M. Ramirez........ 4  3  1  0  1  1  1  
OAK AA  Jesus Guzman...... 5  4  2  0  0  0  0  3 R
KC  A   Mike Moustakas.... 5  3  2  1  0  0  0  
OAK AAA Carlos Gonzalez... 4  3  2  0  0  1  0  
NYY AAA Eric Duncan....... 4  3  1  0  1  0  0  
ATL AA  Kala Kaaihue...... 4  2  0  0  2  0  2  
FLA AA  Gaby Sanchez...... 2  2  0  0  1  2  0  
ATL A   F. Freeman........ 5  3  1  0  1  0  0  
NYY A   Brandon Laird..... 4  2  0  0  2  0  2  4 RBI

ORG LVL PLAYER            IP  H  R ER SO BB HR  Notes
CIN AA  Daryl Thompson.... 6  4  2  2  7  0  0  
KC  A+  Blake Wood........ 6  3  0  0  6  2  0  
BAL AA  David Hernandez... 7  2  2  2  5  3  0  
LAA A   Jordan Walden..... 7  6  1  1  5  1  0  14 GB
WAN A+  Jhonny Nunez...... 6  5  2  2  6  2  0  
ATL A   Jeffrey Locke..... 6  5  2  2  7  1  1  
COL A+  Aneury Rodriguez.. 6  5  2  2  5  1  0  
LA  AAA Jonathan Meloan... 6  3  2  1  5  2  0  
FLA AAA Dallas Trahern.... 6  3  1  1  4  2  0  13 GB
MIN A   David Bromberg.... 6  6  3  3  5  0  1  
NYY AAA Kei Igawa......... 6  5  4  3  6  2  1  
HOU AAA Chad Reineke...... 6  8  5  4  5  0  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.

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