THT Daily: Mets Pen
by Matthew CarruthAugust 21, 2008
Major League News for August 21
Player News
Yesterday’s Results
Today’s Games
Standings
Top Minor League Performances
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Player News
Player Headlines are courtesy of RotoworldThe New York Daily News reports that the initial estimate for Billy Wagner's return is three weeks from now.
The team hasn't set a timetable yet, but Wagner's arm has actually been getting worse. The plan for now is to take anti-inflammatory medicine and rest, but he'll still "sprinkle in" the occasional game of catch. Once he's pain free, he'll begin a throwing program to build up strength before returning.
Red Sox optioned RHP Clay Buchholz to Double-A Portland.
The Red Sox likely would have skipped his next start anyway, and with the minor league season ending in a week and a half, the team wants him to have a couple of chances to gain some confidence. He'll be back in September, but might not rejoin Boston's rotation.
Hanley Ramirez is day-to-day after leaving Wednesday's game with a right thumb contusion.
Ramirez's thumb appeared to be hit by a ball when stealing second base in the third, and after having team trainers look at his hand, he decided to stay in the game. In the bottom of the fourth, though, he was replaced in the field by Alfredo Amezaga.
Mets signed RHP Al Reyes to a Minor League contract.
Reyes will make a couple minor league appearances to get back in shape before being promoted to help the big league club. He had a 4.37 ERA with a 19/10 K/BB ratio in Tampa Bay this year, but he has a 3.82 career ERA and saved 26 games for the Rays last season. He could be in the mix at closer before long.
Yesterday’s Results
American League BAL 11 BOS 6 (Recap and Boxscore) LAA 5 TB 4 (Recap and Boxscore) NYA 5 TOR 1 (Recap and Boxscore) CHA 15 SEA 3 (Recap and Boxscore) CLE 8 KC 5 (Recap and Boxscore) MIN 3 OAK 1 (Recap and Boxscore) TEX 9 DET 1 (Recap and Boxscore) National League NYN 6 ATL 3 (Recap and Boxscore) PHI 4 WAS 0 (Recap and Boxscore) CIN 2 CHN 1 (Recap and Boxscore) MIL 5 HOU 2 (Recap and Boxscore) STL 11 PIT 2 (Recap and Boxscore) ARI 8 SD 6 (Recap and Boxscore) COL 4 LAN 3 (Recap and Boxscore) SF 6 FLA 5 (Recap and Boxscore)
Today’s Games
National League --------------- Cincinnati Reds at Chicago Cubs, 2:20 PM (R) Josh Fogg (2-5) vs. (R) Carlos Zambrano (12-5) Colorado Rockies at Los Angeles Dodgers, 3:10 PM (L) Jorge De La Rosa (6-6) vs. (R) Derek Lowe (9-10) Florida Marlins at San Francisco Giants, 3:45 PM (R) Josh Johnson (3-0) vs. (R) Matt Palmer (0-1) Washington Nationals at Philadelphia Phillies, 7:05 PM (R) Tim Redding (8-8) vs. (L) Jamie Moyer (11-7) Atlanta Braves at New York Mets, 7:10 PM (L) Mike Hampton (2-1) vs. (R) Pedro Martinez (4-3) San Diego Padres at Arizona Diamondbacks, 9:40 PM (R) Chad Reineke (1-0) vs. (R) Brandon Webb (18-4) American League --------------- Kansas City Royals at Cleveland Indians, 12:05 PM (R) Zack Greinke (9-8) vs. (L) Cliff Lee (17-2) New York Yankees at Toronto Blue Jays, 7:07 PM (R) Sidney Ponson (7-3) vs. (R) Roy Halladay (14-9) Minnesota Twins at LA Angels of Anaheim, 10:05 PM (R) Scott Baker (7-3) vs. (R) John Lackey (10-2) Oakland Athletics at Seattle Mariners, 10:10 PM (L) Greg Smith (5-12) vs. (L) Ryan Rowland-Smith (2-1)
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 TB 77 49 .611 0.0 71 6BOS 73 54 .575 4.5 75 -2
NYA 67 59 .532 10.0 68 -1
TOR 65 61 .516 12.0 68 -3
BAL 61 65 .484 16.0 64 -3
American League Central CHA 73 53 .579 0.0 75 -2
MIN 72 54 .571 1.0 69 3
DET 62 65 .488 11.5 64 -2
CLE 58 67 .464 14.5 64 -6
KC 55 71 .437 18.0 51 4
American League West LAA 77 48 .616 0.0 69 8
TEX 63 65 .492 15.5 59 4
OAK 57 69 .452 20.5 61 -4
SEA 46 80 .365 31.5 51 -5
National League East Pwins Diff NYN 70 57 .551 0.0 70 0
PHI 68 58 .540 1.5 70 -2
FLA 65 62 .512 5.0 61 4
ATL 56 71 .441 14.0 63 -7
WAS 44 83 .346 26.0 46 -2
National League Central CHN 77 49 .611 0.0 80 -3
MIL 73 55 .570 5.0 69 4
STL 71 58 .550 7.5 70 1
HOU 64 63 .504 13.5 59 5
PIT 57 70 .449 20.5 54 3
CIN 56 71 .441 21.5 53 3
National League West ARI 66 60 .524 0.0 67 -1
LAN 64 62 .508 2.0 66 -2
COL 59 69 .461 8.0 58 1
SF 54 72 .429 12.0 51 3
SD 48 78 .381 18.0 51 -3
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 SD AA Kyle Blanks....... 7 5 1 0 2 0 2 6 RBI ! LA AAA Blake Dewitt...... 5 3 1 0 2 0 1 4 RBI NYY A Austin Romine..... 4 3 0 0 2 1 0 SF AAA Travis Denker..... 3 2 1 0 1 2 0 STL AA Jose Martinez..... 4 3 3 0 0 0 1 TEX AA Julio Borbon...... 6 2 1 0 0 1 1 3 SB CHC A- Kyler Burke....... 4 2 1 0 1 1 1 TB AAA John Jaso......... 1 1 0 0 1 3 0 OAK AA Javier Herrera.... 5 2 1 0 1 0 1 BOS AA Aaron Bates....... 5 3 2 0 0 0 0 NYM AA F. Martinez....... 4 3 1 0 0 1 0 OAK A+ Matthew Spencer... 5 3 0 0 1 0 0 ORG LVL PLAYER IP H R ER SO BB HR Notes OAK AA James Simmons..... 7 3 1 1 10 2 0 TB AAA Jeff Niemann...... 9 4 0 0 6 0 0 BAL AA C. Tillman........ 6 3 0 0 8 2 0 NYY AAA Ian Kennedy....... 5 7 4 4 9 1 0 CHW A+ Anthony Carter.... 6 3 0 0 5 1 0 MIN AAA Anthony Swarzak... 6 5 2 1 6 1 0 TOR A+ Kenny Rodriguez... 6 2 1 1 6 3 0 SD A Cory Luebke....... 6 4 1 1 4 1 0 NYY A+ Christian Garcia.. 6 3 1 1 5 1 1 NYM AA Dylan Owen........ 6 6 1 1 5 2 0 SF A+ Jesse English..... 5 6 4 4 8 2 1 PIT AAA Jimmy Barthmaier.. 5 7 2 2 5 0 1
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