THT Daily: Juice
by Matthew CarruthSeptember 08, 2007
Major League News for September 8
Player News
Yesterday’s Results
Today’s Games
Standings
Top Minor League Performances
Stats
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Player News
Player news items are provided by RotoworldOrlando Hudson will get a couple of days off to deal with a sore thumb before a decision is made on whether he can return to the lineup.
Hudson is optimistic that he can play through the torn ligament, but the Diamondbacks fear that he might require season-ending surgery. Most likely, he'll return to the lineup next week and see if he can deal with it. There shouldn't be anything he can do to make the problem worse, and even if he undergoes surgery to October or November, he should still be ready for spring training.
Nomar Garciaparra, who came off the DL on Tuesday after missing three weeks with a strained calf, is starting at third base on Friday night.
This is a whole lot sooner than expected. Playing Garciaparra at less that 100 percent might make sense if he still ranked among the league's better hitters. However, he has a 688 OPS this year and he's a liability on defense even when healthy. We just don't see why the Dodgers feel the need to go this route, especially when they're 4-0 with Andy LaRoche in the lineup since he was recalled.
Troy Glaus received multiple shipments of steroids in 2003 and 2004 through an allegedly illegal internet distribution network, according to information obtained by SI.
A source in Florida with knowledge of the client list of Signature Pharmacy, an Orlando-based compound pharmacy, alleges that between September 2003 and May 2004, multiple shipments of nandrolone and testosterone were sent to Glaus at a Corona, Calif., address that traces to the player. Both nandrolone and testosterone were on MLB's banned list at the time, though there was no designated punishment for using either. Glaus was dealing with major shoulder problems while with the Angels in 2003 and 2004 and may have only been cheating then in an attempt to rehab. Still, there's no reason to give him the benefit of the doubt.
Pirates fired GM Dave Littlefield.
That Littlefield lasted more than six years in his role despite such an awful track record is just another black mark against the organization. Littlefield did make some fine trades -- Jason Bay and Oliver Perez for Brian Giles will go down as his crowning achievement -- but the Pirates were terrible in both free agency and the draft under his command. Also, their roster management has been as poor as anyone's. The Pirates desperately need to start over, and that probably means letting Jim Tracy go, too. Director of player development Brian Graham will take over as the interim GM, but he shouldn't have a chance at the permanent job.
Yesterday’s Results
American League BOS 4 BAL 0 (Recap and Boxscore) TOR 7 TB 2 (Recap and Boxscore) CHA 11 MIN 10 (Recap and Boxscore) DET 6 SEA 1 (Recap and Boxscore) NYA 3 KC 2 (Recap and Boxscore) LAA 3 CLE 2 (Recap and Boxscore) TEX 5 OAK 3 (Recap and Boxscore) National League ATL 7 WAS 1 (Recap and Boxscore) NYN 11 HOU 3 (Recap and Boxscore) FLA 6 PHI 3 (Recap and Boxscore) CIN 11 MIL 4 (Recap and Boxscore) PIT 6 CHN 1 (Recap and Boxscore) ARI 4 STL 2 (Recap and Boxscore) COL 10 SD 4 (Recap and Boxscore) SF 5 LAN 4 (Recap and Boxscore)
Today’s Games
National League --------------- Houston Astros at New York Mets, 1:10 PM (R) Woody Williams (8-13) vs. (L) Tom Glavine (12-6) Florida Marlins at Philadelphia Phillies, 3:55 PM (R) Rick Vanden Hurk (4-5) vs. (R) Adam Eaton (9-8) Los Angeles Dodgers at San Francisco Giants, 3:55 PM (L) David Wells (6-8) vs. (L) Barry Zito (9-11) Washington Nationals at Atlanta Braves, 7:05 PM (L) Matt Chico (5-7) vs. (L) Chuck James (9-10) Chicago Cubs at Pittsburgh Pirates, 7:05 PM (R) Carlos Zambrano (14-12) vs. (R) Ian Snell (9-11) Milwaukee Brewers at Cincinnati Reds, 7:10 PM (R) Jeff Suppan (9-11) vs. (R) Aaron Harang (14-4) San Diego Padres at Colorado Rockies, 8:05 PM (R) Greg Maddux (11-9) vs. (L) Jeff Francis (15-6) St. Louis Cardinals at Arizona Diamondbacks, 9:40 PM (R) Braden Looper (12-10) vs. (R) Micah Owings (6-8) American League --------------- Minnesota Twins at Chicago White Sox, 3:55 PM (R) Matt Garza (3-5) vs. (R) Jose Contreras (8-16) Boston Red Sox at Baltimore Orioles, 7:05 PM (R) Daisuke Matsuzaka (14-11) vs. (R) Jon Leicester (0-1) Seattle Mariners at Detroit Tigers, 7:05 PM (R) Jeff Weaver (6-11) vs. (L) Nate Robertson (7-11) New York Yankees at Kansas City Royals, 7:10 PM (L) Andy Pettitte (12-8) vs. (R) Brian Bannister (12-7) Toronto Blue Jays at Tampa Bay Devil Rays, 7:10 PM (R) AJ Burnett (8-7) vs. (R) Jason Hammel (2-4) Oakland Athletics at Texas Rangers, 8:05 PM (R) Chad Gaudin (10-10) vs. (L) Kason Gabbard (6-1) Cleveland Indians at LA Angels of Anaheim, 9:05 PM (L) CC Sabathia (16-7) vs. (R) Ervin Santana (6-12)
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 86 56 .606 0.0 90 -4NYA 79 62 .560 6.5 84 -5
TOR 72 68 .514 13.0 75 -3
BAL 60 80 .429 25.0 62 -2
TB 58 83 .411 27.5 57 1
American League Central CLE 81 60 .574 0.0 78 3
DET 76 65 .539 5.0 77 -1
MIN 69 72 .489 12.0 71 -2
KC 62 78 .443 18.5 67 -5
CHA 60 81 .426 21.0 55 5
American League West LAA 84 57 .596 0.0 80 4
SEA 74 65 .532 9.0 68 6
OAK 69 73 .486 15.5 71 -2
TEX 66 74 .471 17.5 67 -1
National League East Pwins Diff NYN 79 61 .564 0.0 77 2
PHI 73 67 .521 6.0 74 -1
ATL 72 69 .511 7.5 76 -4
WAS 63 78 .447 16.5 60 3
FLA 61 80 .433 18.5 63 -2
National League Central CHN 71 69 .507 0.0 73 -2
MIL 71 69 .507 0.0 70 1
STL 69 69 .500 1.0 63 6
CIN 64 77 .454 7.5 65 -1
HOU 62 79 .440 9.5 60 2
PIT 62 79 .440 9.5 63 -1
National League West ARI 79 63 .556 0.0 68 11
SD 76 64 .543 2.0 77 -1
LAN 74 67 .525 4.5 74 0
COL 73 67 .521 5.0 75 -2
SF 64 77 .454 14.5 69 -5
Wildcard Standings American League NYA 79 62 .560 0.0 DET 76 65 .539 3.0 SEA 74 65 .532 4.0 TOR 72 68 .514 6.5 MIN 69 72 .489 10.0 National League SD 76 64 .543 0.0 LAN 74 67 .525 2.5 PHI 73 67 .521 3.0 COL 73 67 .521 3.0 ATL 72 69 .511 4.5
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 FLA A- Thomas Hickman.... 3 1 0 0 0 1 1 BOS A- Felix Doubront.... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 DET A- Ronald Bourquin... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 NYY A- Z. McAllister..... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 BAL A- Zachary Britton... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 PIT A- Michael Felix..... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 HOU A- Jared Pitts....... 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 WAN A- Michael Burgess... 5 2 0 0 0 0 1 DET A- Michael Sullivan.. 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 STL A- Thomas Pham....... 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 TOR A- Shawn Scobee...... 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 NYY A- Jose Gil.......... 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 ORG LVL PLAYER IP H R ER SO BB HR Notes BOS A- Felix Doubront.... 5 4 3 2 6 2 1 BAL A- Zachary Britton... 5 6 2 2 1 0 0 12 GB PIT A- Michael Felix..... 2 1 0 0 1 1 0 5 GB DET A- Sean Finefrock.... 1 4 5 1 0 1 0 4 GB PIT A- Adam Simon........ 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 OF HOU A- Carlos Ladeuth.... 6 4 2 1 3 0 0 FLA A- Steven Cishek..... 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 GB BAL A- Scott Mueller..... 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 NYY A- Jacinto Gonell.... 1 3 3 3 0 1 0 2 GB FLA A- Rafael Galbizo.... 5 4 3 2 5 2 2 PIT A- Nicolas Suero..... 3 6 3 3 1 0 0 9 GB NYY A- Kyle Hollander.... 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 GB
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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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