THT Daily: Here Come the Yanks
by Matthew CarruthJune 11, 2007
Major League News for June 10
Today’s LinksPlayer News
Yesterday’s Results
Today’s Games
Standings
Game of the Day
Top Minor League Performances
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THT Links
-More Howard than You Can Handle - The Batter's Box compiles the best three teams possible out of players with: Howard as a first name, Howard as a middle name and finally Howard as a last name.
The Braves Draft - Talking Chop reviews a change in the Braves drafting policy to now include more college relief pitchers.
Making it Count - Dan Fox lists the percentage of balls made contact with when the batter swings at a pitch in the strike zone.
Player News
Player Headlines are courtesy of RotoworldAlex Rodriguez homered twice to drive in five runs as the Yankees blew out the Pirates 13-6 on Sunday. A-Rod also walked twice in his other three plate appearances, scoring four runs in the process. The two homers allowed A-Rod to break a tie with Prince Fielder for the major league lead, giving him a total of 24 on the season. Rodriguez also extended his major league leading lead in RBI to 63. He's on pace for 64 homers and 167 RBI.
The Nationals are pursuing a trade for outfielder Elijah Dukes, sources told FOXSports.com's Ken Rosenthal. Offering what? It seems like the Rays are ready to deal the troubled 22-year-old, but there are other teams interested and most of them would have more young talent to offer up. The Nationals can't afford to surrender their best pitching prospect, Collin Balester, for Dukes and they don't have the quality young first or second baseman the Rays might desire. One player Tampa Bay could be interested in is Rule 5 catcher Jesus Flores. They'd likely want more than him alone, though.
Chipper Jones (hands) took batting practive Sunday and is hoping to come off the disabled list for Tuesday's game. "I’ll probably come in early tomorrow before we leave to go to Minnesota, take some more batting practice from both sides, see how it feels," Jones said. "Depending on that I guess we’ll make a decision on Tuesday. If it feels good enough to go, I want to get back in there. If I’m still feeling pain, I’ll probably wait another couple days." If not Tuesday, Jones could return for the weekend series beginning Friday.
Magglio Ordonez was scratched from Sunday's lineup because of minor stiffness in his left knee. "They just wanted to give me the day off," Ordonez said. He'll be back in the lineup for Tuesday's game. Marcus Thames is starting in right field today.
Yesterday’s Results
American League COL 3 BAL 2 (Recap and Boxscore) NYA 9 PIT 3 (Recap and Boxscore) HOU 3 CHA 2 (Recap and Boxscore) DET 8 NYN 7 (Recap and Boxscore) PHI 4 KC 0 (Recap and Boxscore) WAS 3 MIN 1 (Recap and Boxscore) TEX 4 MIL 3 (Recap and Boxscore) TB 7 FLA 2 (Recap and Boxscore) CLE 8 CIN 6 (Recap and Boxscore) LAA 9 STL 3 (Recap and Boxscore) BOS 4 ARI 3 (Recap and Boxscore) TOR 1 LAN 0 (Recap and Boxscore) SEA 6 SD 5 (Recap and Boxscore) OAK 6 SF 0 (Recap and Boxscore) National League ATL 9 CHN 5 (Recap and Boxscore)
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Today’s Games
National League --------------- Houston Astros at Chicago Cubs, 8:05 PM (R) Woody Williams (2-8) vs. (R) Carlos Zambrano (6-5) New York Mets at Los Angeles Dodgers, 10:10 PM (R) Orlando Hernandez (3-1) vs. (L) Randy Wolf (7-4) American League --------------- Seattle Mariners at Cleveland Indians, 7:05 PM (R) Cha Seung Baek (3-2) vs. (R) Paul Byrd (6-2) Inter-League ------------ Chicago White Sox at Philadelphia Phillies, 7:05 PM (R) Javier Vazquez (3-4) vs. (R) Adam Eaton (6-4) Toronto Blue Jays at San Francisco Giants, 10:15 PM (R) Josh Towers (2-3) vs. (R) Matt Morris (6-3)
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 40 21 .656 0.0 39 1NYA 29 31 .483 10.5 34 -5
TOR 29 32 .475 11.0 30 -1
BAL 29 33 .468 11.5 32 -3
TB 27 33 .450 12.5 24 3
American League Central CLE 37 23 .617 0.0 34 3
DET 35 26 .574 2.5 36 -1
MIN 29 31 .483 8.0 30 -1
CHA 26 32 .448 10.0 23 3
KC 23 40 .365 15.5 23 0
American League West LAA 40 23 .635 0.0 38 2
SEA 32 26 .552 5.5 30 2
OAK 33 28 .541 6.0 35 -2
TEX 23 39 .371 16.5 26 -3
National League East Pwins Diff NYN 36 24 .600 0.0 36 0
ATL 34 29 .540 3.5 32 2
PHI 32 30 .516 5.0 31 1
FLA 31 32 .492 6.5 32 -1
WAS 26 36 .419 11.0 24 2
National League Central MIL 33 29 .532 0.0 31 2
CHN 27 33 .450 5.0 33 -6
STL 26 33 .441 5.5 23 3
HOU 26 35 .426 6.5 27 -1
PIT 26 36 .419 7.0 26 0
CIN 24 39 .381 9.5 28 -4
National League West SD 36 25 .590 0.0 38 -2
ARI 36 27 .571 1.0 32 4
LAN 35 27 .565 1.5 33 2
COL 30 32 .484 6.5 27 3
SF 28 33 .459 8.0 33 -5
Game of the Day
Chicks love a pitching duel, and the Indians and Reds gave them something to drool over yesterday (besides Grady Sizemore in a tight uniform) by playing a 1-0, 12-inning game. C.C. Sabathia and Aaron Harang exchanged goose eggs for seven innings, when Harang handed over the game to his bullpen. Sabathia lasted nine innings, and the Indian bullpen finally gave up a run in the 12th on a run-scoring single by Alex Gonzalez.CLEVELAND (0) VS CINCINNATI (1) - FINAL IN 12 INNINGS
CLEVELAND ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
G Sizemore cf 5 0 2 0 0 2 0 .285
C Blake 3b-1b 5 0 1 0 0 0 3 .276
V Martinez c 5 0 1 0 0 1 2 .319
R Garko 1b 4 0 0 0 1 2 3 .314
T Mastny p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
A Fultz p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
M Miller p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
T Nixon rf 3 0 0 0 2 1 2 .259
J Michaels pr-lf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .279
J Peralta ss 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 .288
D Dellucci lf 3 0 0 0 0 3 1 .241
F Gutierrez lf-rf 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .182
J Barfield 2b 4 0 1 0 0 1 0 .250
C Sabathia p 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 .667
a-T Hafner ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .263
R Betancourt p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
M Rouse 3b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .116
Totals 39 0 7 0 3 11 13
a-flied out to center for C Sabathia in the 10th.
BATTING: 2B - C Blake (17, A Harang). S - J Peralta. Runners left in scoring
position, 2 out - V Martinez 1, T Nixon 1, R Garko 2. GIDP - C Blake. Team LOB
- 7.
BASERUNNING: CS - J Barfield (2, 2nd base by J Coutlangus).
FIELDING: DP: 1 (J Peralta-J Barfield-R Garko).
CINCINNATI ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
N Hopper rf 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .294
b-K Griffey Jr ph-rf 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 .284
B Phillips 2b 5 0 0 0 0 1 3 .280
A Dunn lf 5 0 1 0 0 1 1 .250
J Conine 1b 4 0 1 0 0 1 1 .292
M McBeth p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
c-C Moeller ph 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 .222
E Encarnacion 3b 4 0 0 0 1 2 2 .274
J Hamilton cf 4 0 0 0 1 1 2 .257
A Gonzalez ss 5 0 2 1 0 1 2 .265
D Ross c 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 .186
A Harang p 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .133
M Stanton p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
D Weathers p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
a-J Castro ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .181
G Majewski p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
J Coutlangus p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
S Hatteberg 1b 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .277
Totals 38 1 6 1 3 8 13
a-singled to right for D Weathers in the 9th; b-flied out to right for N
Hopper in the 11th; c-doubled to left for M Mcbeth in the 12th.
BATTING: 2B - A Dunn (11, C Sabathia); C Moeller (1, A Fultz). S - D Ross , N
Hopper. RBI - A Gonzalez (27). 2-out RBI - A Gonzalez. Runners left in scoring
position, 2 out - A Dunn 1, B Phillips 1, E Encarnacion 1. GIDP - A Gonzalez.
Team LOB - 7.
FIELDING: Outfield assists - J Hamilton (J Michaels at Home). PB - D Ross.
DP: 2 (A Gonzalez-B Phillips-J Conine, J Hamilton-D Ross).
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CLEVELAND - 000 000 000 000 -- 0
CINCINNATI - 000 000 000 001 -- 1
Two outs when winning run scored.
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CLEVELAND ip h r er bb so hr era
C Sabathia 9 3 0 0 1 6 0 3.09
R Betancourt 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 1.32
T Mastny 1/3 1 0 0 1 0 0 5.26
A Fultz (L, 3-1) 1 1/3 1 1 1 1 0 0 2.04
M Miller 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 ###
CINCINNATI ip h r er bb so hr era
A Harang 7 3 0 0 2 10 0 3.93
M Stanton 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 4.38
D Weathers 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.73
G Majewski 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 11.81
J Coutlangus 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.64
M McBeth (W, 1-0) 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 2.70
G Majewski pitched to 1 batter in the 10th.
M Miller pitched to 1 batter in the 12th.
WP - A Harang. IBB - S Hatteberg (by T Mastny), E Encarnacion (by A Fultz).
Pitches-strikes: C Sabathia 112-79; R Betancourt 12-10; T Mastny 9-4; A Fultz
14-6; M Miller 1-1; A Harang 116-74; M Stanton 24-16; D Weathers 10-7; G
Majewski 7-4; J Coutlangus 8-5; M McBeth 22-9. Ground balls-fly balls: C
Sabathia 14-7; R Betancourt 0-1; T Mastny 1-0; A Fultz 1-3; M Miller 0-0; A
Harang 6-5; M Stanton 1-1; D Weathers 1-2; G Majewski 0-0; J Coutlangus 1-1; M
McBeth 3-2. Batters faced: C Sabathia 30; R Betancourt 3; T Mastny 3; A Fultz
6; M Miller 1; A Harang 25; M Stanton 6; D Weathers 3; G Majewski 1; J
Coutlangus 2; M McBeth 6.
UMPIRES: HP--Marvin Hudson. 1B--Troy Fullwood. 2B--Jerry Layne. 3B--Bill
Miller.
T--3:28. Att--30,842.
Weather: 77 degrees, sunny. Wind: 9 mph, out to right.The following graph tracks the game's Win Probability, courtesy of Fan Graphs. You can also view live WPA graphs at Fangraphs during any ballgame all season long.
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, with a focus on each team’s top prospects.ORG LVL PLAYER AB H 2B 3B HR BB SO Notes CLE AAA Andy Marte........ 3 3 2 0 1 0 0 SEA AAA Adam Jones........ 5 4 0 1 0 0 1 4 RBI BOS AAA Jacoby Ellsbury... 4 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 SB COL AAA Ian Stewart....... 4 2 0 0 1 0 0 OAK AA Jeffrey Baisley... 5 4 0 0 2 0 1 3 R KC AAA Billy Butler...... 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 3 R CIN A+ Jay Bruce......... 5 1 1 0 0 0 3 LAA AAA Brandon Wood...... 4 2 0 0 0 0 1 LAA AAA Terry Evans....... 4 3 0 0 1 0 0 4 RBI TEX AAA Tim Hulett........ 2 1 0 0 1 2 0 2 SB SD A+ Craig Cooper...... 5 4 2 0 0 0 0 OAK AA Gregorio Petit.... 4 2 0 0 1 0 1 ORG LVL PLAYER IP H R ER SO BB HR Notes TB A+ Jacob McGee....... 6 5 3 0 11 2 0 OAK A Trevor Cahill..... 5 8 5 4 8 2 0 CHC AA Donald Veal....... 5 1 2 2 8 2 1 MIL A+ William Inman..... 5 1 2 2 7 3 0 NYY AA Ian Kennedy....... 6 3 0 0 8 2 0 PHI A+ Joshua Outman..... 6 5 0 0 9 2 0 PIT A+ Todd Redmond...... 7 5 2 2 6 2 0 STL AA Mitchell Boggs.... 7 5 1 0 6 3 0 PHI AA Matthew Maloney... 5 5 3 3 6 1 0 STL A Tyler Herron...... 6 3 0 0 3 0 0 NYM AA Kevin Mulvey...... 7 6 1 1 3 0 0 LAA A+ Robert Mosebach... 5 7 4 4 6 1 0 12 GB
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