THT Daily: He’s back
by Dave StudemanMay 13, 2009
Major League News for May 13
Player News
Yesterday’s Results
Today’s Games
Standings
Top Minor League Performances
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Player News
Player Headlines are courtesy of RotoworldErvin Santana is scheduled to start Thursday against the Red Sox.
Santana has been out all season with a sprained elbow ligament. He's probably already been scooped up in most leagues, but it wouldn't hurt to take a look. The Angels are also getting John Lackey back from the disabled list this weekend. That's quite the early season boost.
According to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Ryan Ludwick is "probably" headed for the disabled list after suffering a hamstring injury Tuesday night.
"Barry (head athletic trainer Barry Weinberg) says there's a real sore spot there," admitted manager Tony La Russa, "so I wouldn't anticipate the news being too good." The Cardinals may have to get creative if Ludwick does indeed hit the DL. They could move Skip Schumaker back to the outfield and call up Brendan Ryan to cover second base. Or perhaps they'll trust Joe Mather, who's struggling at Triple-A, to step it up.
Red Sox placed first baseman Kevin Youkilis on the 15-day disabled list, retroactive to May 5, with an oblique injury.
Jeff Bailey will handle stating duties at first base while Youk is out. He's eligible to return in a little over a week and may do just that. It was silly to have him active and riding the pine when he clearly wasn't going to be ready for several more days.
Zach Duke held the Cardinals to four hits and one earned run over eight solid innings Tuesday as the Bucs snapped an eight-game skid.
Duke handled the Cardinals' lineup with relative ease, fanning five batters and issuing just one walk in the 7-1 victory. He improved to 4-3 on the season and dipped his ERA down to 2.52. Mixed leaguers with serious earned run problems may want to think about giving him a shot.
Chien-Ming Wang tossed six shutout innings in his first rehab start Tuesday at Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre.
Yankees GM Brian Cashman was in attendance and now must make the decision whether to recall Wang or have him throw another rehab game. He said Monday that he didn't anticipate Wang being "ready after one outing."
Royals GM Dayton Moore reported Tuesday that Joakim Soria has no structural damage in his right shoulder.
Soria was forced to the disabled list Monday after spending a few days on the bench with shoulder soreness. "We're sure there's nothing structurally wrong. Basically, what he has is tendonitis of the rotator cuff," Moore said. Soria should be able to return in about two weeks.
Diamondbacks activated SS Stephen Drew from the 15-day disabled list.
Drew had been on the disabled list since April 25 with a hamstring injury and returned a day later than expected. He was hitting .205/.280/.386 in 44 at-bats before he was sidelined.
Blue Jays GM J.P. Ricciardi said Tuesday that B.J. Ryan won't immediately re-inherit the closer's role once he returns from the disabled list.
The Blue Jays, who are off to an incredible start and sit atop the American League standings, will continue to use Scott Downs in the ninth inning. "I think B.J. understands that at this point," Ricciardi said. "One thing about B.J. that you respect is the fact that he wants to win. I think right now with Downs doing such a good job and the club being comfortable in that role I don't think it's a role right now that's open. Ultimately I think B.J. will get back to being a closer at some point but I think right now Downs has got the role. Tough to argue with the club playing so well." Ryan is expected to return by week's end and will operate in a setup role. He had an 11.12 ERA in six games before he was sidelined.
Yesterday’s Results
For the full scoop regarding yesterday's games, read "And That Happened" at Shysterball.American League BAL 7 TB 5 (Recap and Boxscore) TOR 5 NYA 1 (Recap and Boxscore) CHA 7 CLE 4 (Recap and Boxscore) MIN 6 DET 2 (Recap and Boxscore) BOS 4 LAA 3 (Recap and Boxscore) OAK 12 KC 3 (Recap and Boxscore) TEX 7 SEA 1 (Recap and Boxscore) National League NYN 4 ATL 3 (Recap and Boxscore) PHI 5 LAN 3 (Recap and Boxscore) CHN 6 SD 2 (Recap and Boxscore) MIL 6 FLA 3 (Recap and Boxscore) PIT 7 STL 1 (Recap and Boxscore) CIN 3 ARI 1 (Recap and Boxscore) COL 12 HOU 1 (Recap and Boxscore) SF 9 WAS 7 (Recap and Boxscore)Check out Fangraphs' scoreboard to see all the games in action.
Today’s Games
National League --------------- Atlanta Braves at New York Mets, 1:10 PM (L) Jo-Jo Reyes (0-2) vs. (L) Jonathon Niese (0-0) Washington Nationals at San Francisco Giants, 3:45 PM (R) Shairon Martis (4-0) vs. (L) Barry Zito (1-2) St. Louis Cardinals at Pittsburgh Pirates, 7:05 PM (R) Joel Pineiro (4-2) vs. (R) Ross Ohlendorf (3-3) Los Angeles Dodgers at Philadelphia Phillies, 7:05 PM (L) Randy Wolf (1-1) vs. (L) Jamie Moyer (3-2) Florida Marlins at Milwaukee Brewers, 8:05 PM (R) Ricky Nolasco (2-3) vs. (R) Braden Looper (2-2) San Diego Padres at Chicago Cubs, 8:05 PM (R) Chris Young (2-1) vs. (L) Ted Lilly (4-2) Houston Astros at Colorado Rockies, 8:40 PM (L) Mike Hampton (1-3) vs. (R) Jason Marquis (4-2) Cincinnati Reds at Arizona Diamondbacks, 9:40 PM (R) Johnny Cueto (3-1) vs. (R) Bryan Augenstein (0-0) American League --------------- Chicago White Sox at Cleveland Indians, 12:05 PM (L) Mark Buehrle (5-0) vs. (L) Cliff Lee (1-5) Tampa Bay Rays at Baltimore Orioles, 7:05 PM (R) Jeff Niemann (2-3) vs. (R) Brad Bergesen (1-0) New York Yankees at Toronto Blue Jays, 7:07 PM (L) Andy Pettitte (2-1) vs. (R) Scott Richmond (4-1) Seattle Mariners at Texas Rangers, 8:05 PM (L) Jarrod Washburn (3-2) vs. (R) Brandon McCarthy (3-1) Detroit Tigers at Minnesota Twins, 8:10 PM (L) Dontrelle Willis (0-0) vs. (L) Glen Perkins (1-2) Boston Red Sox at LA Angels of Anaheim, 10:05 PM (R) Tim Wakefield (4-1) vs. (R) Matt Palmer (3-0) Kansas City Royals at Oakland Athletics, 10:05 PM (R) Brian Bannister (3-0) vs. (L) Josh Outman (0-0)
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 TOR 23 12 .657 0.0 22 1BOS 21 12 .636 1.0 19 2
NYA 15 17 .469 6.5 14 1
TB 15 19 .441 7.5 18 -3
BAL 14 19 .424 8.0 14 0
American League Central DET 17 14 .548 0.0 17 0
KC 18 15 .545 0.0 18 0
MIN 16 17 .485 2.0 15 1
CHA 15 17 .469 2.5 14 1
CLE 12 22 .353 6.5 15 -3
American League West TEX 18 14 .563 0.0 18 0
LAA 16 15 .516 1.5 15 1
SEA 16 17 .485 2.5 14 2
OAK 12 18 .400 5.0 15 -3
National League East Pwins Diff NYN 18 14 .563 0.0 18 0
PHI 16 14 .533 1.0 16 0
FLA 17 16 .515 1.5 16 1
ATL 16 17 .485 2.5 17 -1
WAS 10 21 .323 7.5 13 -3
National League Central STL 20 13 .606 0.0 19 1
CIN 19 14 .576 1.0 17 2
MIL 19 14 .576 1.0 19 0
CHN 18 14 .563 1.5 16 2
HOU 14 18 .438 5.5 14 0
PIT 13 19 .406 6.5 16 -3
National League West LAN 22 12 .647 0.0 22 0
SF 18 14 .563 3.0 15 3
COL 13 18 .419 7.5 17 -4
SD 13 20 .394 8.5 12 1
ARI 13 21 .382 9.0 14 -1
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 CHC AAA Jake Fox.......... 4 3 0 0 2 2 0 5 RBI ! BAL AAA Nolan Reimold..... 5 3 2 0 1 0 2 COL AAA Carlos Gonzalez... 5 4 1 0 1 1 1 6 RBI ! COL AAA Eric Young........ 4 3 2 0 0 3 0 3 R CHW AA Dayan Viciedo..... 5 4 2 0 0 0 0 SEA AAA Jeff Clement...... 5 3 1 0 1 0 1 HOU AAA Brian Bogusevic... 3 2 1 0 1 1 0 FLA A Kyle Skipworth.... 5 2 1 0 1 0 3 PHI A Anthony Gose...... 3 2 0 0 1 0 0 2 SB CLE AAA Michael Brantley.. 3 1 0 0 1 2 0 3 LD OAK AAA Aaron Cunningham.. 4 2 1 0 1 0 1 WAN A Derek Norris...... 4 2 0 0 1 1 1 ORG LVL PLAYER IP H R ER SO BB HR Notes ATL A+ Edgar Osuna....... 6 1 1 1 8 1 0 OAK AAA Vincent Mazzaro... 8 1 0 0 5 0 0 TOR AAA Bradley Mills..... 6 5 2 2 9 1 0 BAL AAA C. Tillman........ 6 5 0 0 10 2 0 BOS AA Junichi Tazawa.... 6 3 1 0 7 1 0 NYM AAA Dillon Gee........ 7 3 1 1 7 2 0 NYY A Brett Marshall.... 6 1 0 0 7 3 0 NYM A+ Bradley Holt...... 5 5 2 1 9 0 1 TB AAA David Price....... 5 4 2 2 5 0 1 CHC A+ Dan McDaniel...... 5 5 3 3 6 3 0 CLE AAA David Huff........ 6 9 4 4 6 2 0 NYY A+ Jeremy Bleich..... 6 5 5 5 4 2 0
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