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THT Daily: Marquis pitcher

by Dave Studeman
July 07, 2009

Major League News for July 7

Player News
Yesterday’s Results
Today’s Games
Standings

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Player News

Player Headlines are courtesy of Rotoworld
Hanley Ramirez was held out of the starting lineup for a second straight day Monday due to a right hip flexor.
Marlins manager Fredi Gonzalez said Ramirez is likely to start Tuesday. He was named the NL's starting shortstop for the All-Star game over the weekend and is enjoying another fine season. In 298 at-bats, Hanley is hitting .346/.409/.574 with 14 dingers, 60 RBI and 12 stolen bases.

Jarrod Washburn spun a one-hit shutout as the Mariners beat the Orioles 5-0 on Monday night.
Washburn faced just one over the minimum in the gem, with Nick Markakis' fourth-inning single registering as the only damage. He threw 75 of his 110 pitches for strikes and fanned three. Washburn is having a fantastic season and now holds a 3.09 ERA and .230 opponents' batting average, though lousy run support has translated that fine work into a 5-6 record.

An MRI on Kevin Slowey's wrist revealed no structural damage.
That is good news for the Twins, as the official diagnosis remains a strained right wrist. He'll rest his wrist for a few days before beginning a rehab program.

Giants placed LHP Randy Johnson on the 15-day disabled list with a strained left shoulder.
This sounds like an injury that could keep the Big Unit shelved for more than 15 days, but manager Bruce Bochy believes it isn't that serious and that he could return at the 15-day mark. Jonathan Sanchez will return to the rotation to replace Johnson in the interim.

The Tigers will skip Rick Porcello's next turn in the rotation.
This means that Porcello will not start again until after the All-Star break. The Tigers are off on Thursday and the All-Star break is next week, so the thinking goes that this will help to limit the youngster's workload heading into the second half of the season. He has thrown 87 innins so far. "We always said all along we were going to pick our spots to protect him," manager Jim Leyland said. "It has nothing to do with yesterday's performance, I can tell you that. ... To be honest with you, I'm sure he doesn't like it, but it's what we're going to do to protect him."

A's placed LHP Dallas Braden on the bereavement leave list.
Braden will miss his regularly scheduled start on Tuesday. It's not currently known how long he will be out.

Royals acquired outfielder Ryan Freel and cash from the Cubs for a player to be named.
Freel was designated for assignment by Chicago last week. He batted .143/.226/.143 in 28 at-bats for the Cubs. Freel is expected to join the Royals on Tuesday for that night's game in Detroit.

David Eckstein is listed as day-to-day with a strained right hamstring.
Eckstein pulled up lame while trying to leg out on infield single. The Padres are already strapped for infielders and will probably need to make a move before they take the field Monday in Arizona.

According to the Philadelphia Inquirer, the Phillies have renewed interest in free agent right-hander Pedro Martinez.
The Phillies are reportedly exploring all avenues for starting pitching, including the trade market. But with so many teams still in the hunt, there aren't a whole lot of front-line starters being floated. Martinez, 37, is 214-99 with a 2.91 career earned run average, but went 5-6 with a 5.61 ERA last season with the Mets. He's thought to be seeking a $5 million salary.

Yesterday’s Results

For the full scoop regarding yesterday's games, read "And That Happened" at Shysterball.

American League
OAK     6  BOS     0    (Recap and Boxscore)
TOR     7  NYA     6    (Recap and Boxscore)
KC      4  DET     3    (Recap and Boxscore)
LAA     9  TEX     4    (Recap and Boxscore)
SEA     5  BAL     0    (Recap and Boxscore)

National League
PHI    22  CIN     1    (Recap and Boxscore)
CHN     4  ATL     2    (Recap and Boxscore)
HOU     4  PIT     1    (Recap and Boxscore)
ARI     6  SD      5    (Recap and Boxscore)
COL     1  WAS     0    (Recap and Boxscore)
SF      5  FLA     4    (Recap and Boxscore)

Check out Fangraphs' scoreboard to see all the games in action.

Today’s Games

National League
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 Cincinnati Reds at Philadelphia Phillies, 7:05 PM
  (R) Aaron Harang (5-8) vs. (L) J.A. Happ (5-0)
 Los Angeles Dodgers at New York Mets, 7:10 PM
  (L) Clayton Kershaw (5-5) vs. (R) Mike Pelfrey (6-3)
 Pittsburgh Pirates at Houston Astros, 8:05 PM
  (L) Paul Maholm (5-4) vs. (R) Brian Moehler (5-4)
 St. Louis Cardinals at Milwaukee Brewers, 8:05 PM
  (R) Adam Wainwright (8-5) vs. (R) Yovani Gallardo (8-5)
 Atlanta Braves at Chicago Cubs, 8:05 PM
  (R) Javier Vazquez (5-7) vs. (R) Ryan Dempster (5-5)
 Washington Nationals at Colorado Rockies, 8:40 PM
  (R) Jordan Zimmermann (3-3) vs. (R) Jason Hammel (5-4)
 San Diego Padres at Arizona Diamondbacks, 9:40 PM
  (R) Kevin Correia (5-6) vs. (L) Doug Davis (3-8)
 Florida Marlins at San Francisco Giants, 10:15 PM
  (R) Josh Johnson (7-1) vs. (L) Barry Zito (4-8)
 
 American League
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 Kansas City Royals at Detroit Tigers, 7:05 PM
  (L) Bruce Chen (0-2) vs. (R) Justin Verlander (8-4)
 Toronto Blue Jays at Tampa Bay Rays, 7:08 PM
  (L) Marc Rzepczynski (0-0) vs. (R) James Shields (6-6)
 Oakland Athletics at Boston Red Sox, 7:10 PM
  (L) Dana Eveland (1-2) vs. (R) Josh Beckett (9-3)
 New York Yankees at Minnesota Twins, 8:10 PM
  (L) CC Sabathia (7-5) vs. (R) Scott Baker (6-6)
 Cleveland Indians at Chicago White Sox, 8:11 PM
  (L) Jeremy Sowers (2-6) vs. (L) Mark Buehrle (8-2)
 Texas Rangers at LA Angels of Anaheim, 10:05 PM
  (R) Dustin Nippert (0-0) vs. (R) John Lackey (3-3)
 Baltimore Orioles at Seattle Mariners, 10:10 PM
  (R) Jeremy Guthrie (6-8) vs. (L) Erik Bedard (5-2)

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     49  33 .598    0.0   48     1    
NYA     48  34 .585    1.0   47     1    
TB      44  39 .530    5.5   49    -5    
TOR     43  41 .512    7.0   46    -3    
BAL     36  47 .434   13.5   35     1    
American League Central     
DET     44  38 .537    0.0   43     1    
MIN     43  40 .518    1.5   45    -2    
CHA     42  40 .512    2.0   41     1    
KC      36  46 .439    8.0   34     2    
CLE     33  50 .398   11.5   39    -6    
American League West        
LAA     46  35 .568    0.0   43     3    
TEX     45  36 .556    1.0   43     2    
SEA     43  39 .524    3.5   40     3    
OAK     35  46 .432   11.0   36    -1    


National League East        Pwins  Diff
PHI     43  37 .538    0.0   44    -1    
FLA     43  41 .512    2.0   40     3    
NYN     39  42 .481    4.5   38     1    
ATL     39  43 .476    5.0   40    -1    
WAS     24  56 .300   19.0   31    -7    
National League Central     
STL     45  39 .536    0.0   44     1    
MIL     43  39 .524    1.0   42     1    
CHN     41  39 .513    2.0   41     0    
CIN     40  41 .494    3.5   36     4    
HOU     40  41 .494    3.5   38     2    
PIT     37  46 .446    7.5   41    -4    
National League West        
LAN     52  30 .634    0.0   50     2    
SF      45  37 .549    7.0   45     0    
COL     43  39 .524    9.0   44    -1    
SD      35  47 .427   17.0   31     4    
ARI     34  49 .410   18.5   37    -3

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