THT Daily: Here come the ChiSox
by Dave StudemanJuly 04, 2009
Major League News for July 4
Player News
Yesterday’s Results
Today’s Games
Standings
Top Minor League Performances
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Player News
Player Headlines are courtesy of RotoworldAlfonso Soriano could be bumped from the leadoff spot Saturday.
"We'll probably make some adjustments in our lineup [Saturday],'' manager Lou Piniella said when asked about Soriano's continuing struggles. ''We'll leave it at that. ... Soriano will start hitting. I have confidence in the young man and feel he'll hit. I have all the confidence in the world in him. We need to get him jump-started somehow.'' Look for rookie Sam Fuld at the top of the order on July 4 as the Cubs play out a series with the Brewers.
Angels activated RHP Ervin Santana from the 15-day disabled list.
Santana has been sidelined since June 11 with right elbow tendinitis. He gets the start Friday against the Orioles. Santana still hasn't shown that he has the stuff that made him great in 2008, so it's wise to lower your expectations for Santana the rest of the season, but he'll still be a serviceable fantasy player.
Carlos Quentin (foot) is scheduled to begin a minor league rehab assignment with Triple-A Charlotte on Saturday.
Quentin has been sidelined since late May and is hoping to return just before the All-Star break. He'll play three innings with Charlotte on Saturday, five on Sunday and DH for a full nine on Monday. The outfielder was batting just .229/.325/.458 before he was injured.
According to ESPN.com's Jayson Stark, three teams interested in Ben Sheets have indicated Sheets won't be able to pitch in 2009.
Sheets had flexor tendon surgery in February, same as Jason Jennings, who needed well over a year to contribute again. Don't plan on Sheets giving your fantasy team a second-half push.
Reds activated 3B Edwin Encarnacion from the 60-day disabled list.
Encarnacion, who had been out with a wrist fracture, had been hitting in his rehab games, and should slot in immediately as the everyday third baseman for the Reds. If healthy, he could provide massive value in the second half.
Raul Ibanez (groin) could return to the Phillies' lineup Monday if he's able to play for Double-A Reading Friday night.
Ibanez's rehab assignment has been delayed twice, but he's been able to fully participate in pregame workouts and should be close. He only needs between 10 and 12 minor league at-bats.
Dodgers activated outfielder Manny Ramirez from the restricted list.
Ramirez will return to the Dodgers' starting lineup Friday in San Diego. He spent the last 50 games serving a PED-related suspension without publicly addressing the issue. Strap in; the media circus begins tonight.
Derrek Lee homered twice to drive in a career-high seven runs and lead the Cubs to a 9-5 win over the Brewers on Thursday.
Lee, easily the Cubs' best player over the last two months, had a grand slam and a three-run homer to supply most of his team's offense. He now has 14 homers and 48 RBI, which is 16 more than any other Cub.
Yesterday’s Results
For the full scoop regarding yesterday's games, read "And That Happened" at Shysterball.American League SEA 7 BOS 6 (Recap and Boxscore) NYA 4 TOR 2 (Recap and Boxscore) CLE 15 OAK 3 (Recap and Boxscore) CHA 5 KC 0 (Recap and Boxscore) DET 11 MIN 9 (Recap and Boxscore) BAL 6 LAA 4 (Recap and Boxscore) TEX 3 TB 1 (Recap and Boxscore) National League PIT 7 FLA 4 (Recap and Boxscore) PHI 7 NYN 2 (Recap and Boxscore) ATL 9 WAS 8 (Recap and Boxscore) CHN 2 MIL 1 (Recap and Boxscore) STL 7 CIN 4 (Recap and Boxscore) COL 5 ARI 0 (Recap and Boxscore) LAN 6 SD 3 (Recap and Boxscore) SF 13 HOU 0 (Recap and Boxscore)Check out Fangraphs' scoreboard to see all the games in action.
Today’s Games
National League --------------- Atlanta Braves at Washington Nationals, 1:05 PM (R) Tommy Hanson (4-0) vs. (L) John Lannan (5-5) Milwaukee Brewers at Chicago Cubs, 1:05 PM (R) Braden Looper (6-4) vs. (R) Rich Harden (5-4) St. Louis Cardinals at Cincinnati Reds, 1:10 PM (R) Brad Thompson (2-4) vs. (R) Micah Owings (5-8) New York Mets at Philadelphia Phillies, 4:05 PM (R) Fernando Nieve (3-1) vs. (L) Jamie Moyer (6-6) Houston Astros at San Francisco Giants, 4:05 PM (R) Russ Ortiz (3-3) vs. (R) Tim Lincecum (8-2) Los Angeles Dodgers at San Diego Padres, 4:10 PM (L) Randy Wolf (3-3) vs. (R) Josh Geer (1-3) Pittsburgh Pirates at Florida Marlins, 6:10 PM (L) Zach Duke (8-6) vs. (L) Andrew Miller (2-4) Arizona Diamondbacks at Colorado Rockies, 8:10 PM (R) Yusmeiro Petit (0-3) vs. (R) Aaron Cook (8-3) American League --------------- Seattle Mariners at Boston Red Sox, 1:05 PM (L) Garrett Olson (3-2) vs. (R) Brad Penny (6-3) Toronto Blue Jays at New York Yankees, 1:05 PM (R) Roy Halladay (10-2) vs. (R) Chien-Ming Wang (1-6) Chicago White Sox at Kansas City Royals, 1:10 PM (R) Gavin Floyd (6-5) vs. (R) Luke Hochevar (3-3) Detroit Tigers at Minnesota Twins, 4:10 PM (R) Edwin Jackson (6-4) vs. (L) Francisco Liriano (4-8) Oakland Athletics at Cleveland Indians, 7:05 PM (R) Vin Mazzaro (2-3) vs. (R) Carl Pavano (6-7) Tampa Bay Rays at Texas Rangers, 8:05 PM (L) David Price (2-2) vs. (L) Derek Holland (1-5) Baltimore Orioles at LA Angels of Anaheim, 9:05 PM (R) Jason Berken (1-5) vs. (R) Sean O`Sullivan (2-0)
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 BOS 48 31 .608 0.0 47 1NYA 46 33 .582 2.0 45 1
TB 44 37 .543 5.0 49 -5
TOR 42 39 .519 7.0 44 -2
BAL 36 44 .450 12.5 35 1
American League Central DET 44 35 .557 0.0 42 2
CHA 42 38 .525 2.5 41 1
MIN 41 40 .506 4.0 43 -2
KC 33 46 .418 11.0 32 1
CLE 32 49 .395 13.0 38 -6
American League West LAA 43 35 .551 0.0 41 2
TEX 43 35 .551 0.0 41 2
SEA 41 38 .519 2.5 38 3
OAK 33 45 .423 10.0 34 -1
National League East Pwins Diff PHI 40 37 .519 0.0 40 0
FLA 41 40 .506 1.0 38 3
ATL 39 40 .494 2.0 39 0
NYN 39 40 .494 2.0 38 1
WAS 22 55 .286 18.0 29 -7
National League Central STL 44 38 .537 0.0 43 1
MIL 42 38 .525 1.0 40 2
CHN 39 38 .506 2.5 39 0
CIN 39 39 .500 3.0 37 2
HOU 38 40 .487 4.0 36 2
PIT 37 43 .463 6.0 41 -4
National League West LAN 51 29 .638 0.0 49 2
SF 43 36 .544 7.5 44 -1
COL 42 37 .532 8.5 43 -1
SD 34 45 .430 16.5 29 5
ARI 31 49 .388 20.0 35 -4
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 BOS A+ Luis Exposito..... 4 4 2 0 1 2 0 MIL AAA Alcides Escobar... 4 3 3 0 0 1 0 OAK A+ Greg Desme........ 3 2 0 0 1 1 1 3 SB SD A Blake Tekotte..... 4 2 1 0 1 1 2 LA A D. Strange-Gordo.. 6 4 0 0 1 0 0 TB AAA Reid Brignac...... 4 2 0 0 2 0 0 MIN A Aaron Hicks....... 4 2 1 1 0 0 0 SD AA Eric Sogard....... 2 2 0 1 0 2 0 LAA A Alexia Amarista... 3 1 1 0 0 2 0 PIT AA Jose Tabata....... 5 3 1 0 0 1 1 OAK AA Josh Donaldson.... 3 1 1 0 0 3 2 FLA AAA Gaby Sanchez...... 4 3 1 0 0 1 1 ORG LVL PLAYER IP H R ER SO BB HR Notes TEX A Joseph Wieland.... 5 2 3 1 9 0 0 TB A Matthew Moore..... 8 5 0 0 9 2 0 ATL A J.J. Hoover....... 7 4 1 1 8 1 0 BAL AAA C. Tillman........ 8 4 0 0 7 1 0 MIL AAA Manny Parra....... 7 2 0 0 7 2 0 PIT AAA Tom Gorzelanny.... 8 5 1 0 5 0 0 BOS A+ Bryan Price....... 6 3 0 0 6 0 0 LA A Nathan Eovaldi.... 5 5 0 0 7 0 0 9 GB LAA A+ Alexander Torres.. 6 5 3 2 9 4 0 11 GB WAN AAA Garrett Mock...... 6 4 0 0 5 1 0 PHI AA Michael Stutes.... 6 7 3 3 5 0 0 OAK A+ Ben Hornbeck...... 5 2 2 1 6 3 0
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