THT Daily: More Trades?
by Matthew CarruthAugust 27, 2008
Major League News for August 27
Player News
Yesterday’s Results
Today’s Games
Standings
Top Minor League Performances
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Player News
Player Headlines are courtesy of RotoworldBoston's official website reports that the Red Sox have acquired Mark Kotsay from the Braves in exchange for minor league outfielder Luis Sumoza.
Kotsay should provide insurance for the Red Sox over the last month of the season, and will likely start until J.D. Drew returns. Sumoza has shown promise as an outfield prospect, and the 20-year-old was hitting .301 with 11 homers at Class A Lowell. Kotsay is expected to join the team prior to Wednesday's game with the Yankees.
Jeremy Accardo will miss the rest of the year with his arm problem, the Jays announced on Tuesday.
The Jays have called Accardo's injury a strained right forearm since he went down in early May, but it's anyone's guess what's really going on in there. He finishes the season with a 6.57 ERA in 12 1/3 innings. If healthy, he could be a valued part of the Toronto pen next year.
Rockies placed LHP Brian Fuentes on the bereavement list.
Fuentes will miss 3-7 days with an undisclosed problem. Manny Corpas and Taylor Buchholz will be the primary candidates for saves while he's gone. Corpas is the better bet to get the first opportunity.
ESPN.com reports that the Red Sox are close to a deal with the Braves for Mark Kotsay.
It sounds like a trade might have been agreed to. However, Boston is in Kotsay's limited no-trade clause and still needs to get him to accept a deal. Kotsay would probably get playing time over Coco Crisp while J.D. Drew is out if he accepts the deal. He'd stand to receive fewer at-bats when everyone is healthy. The Phillies are also believed to be interested in him. If the Braves move him, they'd likely play Brandon Jones in left field, with Gregor Blanco in center for now. They could call up Jordan Schafer next month to start.
Blue Jays activated third baseman Scott Rolen from the 15-day disabled list.
Rolen takes the spot vacated by Kevin Mench, who was sent down on Monday. He'll probably play as much as his shoulder lets him, but odds are that he'll still get a couple of days off per week and he probably won't be particularly productive when he's in the lineup. It's doubtful that he'll be an asset in mixed leagues. Jose Bautista and Marco Scutaro will lose at-bats.
MLB is expected to introduce instant replay to baseball beginning with Thursday's games.
Video will be used only to determine whether fly balls went over the fence or if potential home runs were fair or foul. It will be up to the crew chief to determine whether replay is needed on any particular play. The way it will work is that umpires will leave the field, technicians at MLB Advanced Media in New York will show umpires the video and the crew chief will make the final call. So, the entire process is in the hands of the people who don't like to have their decisions questioned and who have seemingly infinite job security no matter their level of competence. This should be exciting.
Yesterday’s Results
American League CHA 8 BAL 3 (Recap and Boxscore) BOS 7 NYA 3 (Recap and Boxscore) TOR 6 TB 2 (Recap and Boxscore) CLE 10 DET 4 (Recap and Boxscore) TEX 2 KC 1 (Recap and Boxscore) LAA 5 OAK 1 (Recap and Boxscore) SEA 3 MIN 2 (Recap and Boxscore) National League ATL 10 FLA 9 (Recap and Boxscore) PHI 8 NYN 7 (Recap and Boxscore) WAS 2 LAN 1 (Recap and Boxscore) CIN 2 HOU 1 (Recap and Boxscore) CHN 14 PIT 9 (Recap and Boxscore) MIL 12 STL 0 (Recap and Boxscore) SD 9 ARI 2 (Recap and Boxscore) COL 7 SF 2 (Recap and Boxscore)
Today’s Games
National League --------------- Chicago Cubs at Pittsburgh Pirates, 12:35 PM (R) Jason Marquis (8-7) vs. (L) Zach Duke (4-12) Arizona Diamondbacks at San Diego Padres, 3:35 PM (L) Randy Johnson (10-9) vs. (R) Cha Seung Baek (4-8) New York Mets at Philadelphia Phillies, 7:05 PM (L) Johan Santana (12-7) vs. (R) Kyle Kendrick (11-7) Los Angeles Dodgers at Washington Nationals, 7:10 PM (R) Greg Maddux (6-10) vs. (R) Tim Redding (8-8) Florida Marlins at Atlanta Braves, 7:10 PM (R) Josh Johnson (3-0) vs. (L) Mike Hampton (2-1) Cincinnati Reds at Houston Astros, 8:05 PM (R) Josh Fogg (2-6) vs. (R) Roy Oswalt (11-9) Milwaukee Brewers at St. Louis Cardinals, 8:15 PM (L) Manny Parra (10-6) vs. (R) Adam Wainwright (7-3) Colorado Rockies at San Francisco Giants, 10:15 PM (R) Livan Hernandez (1-2) vs. (R) Tim Lincecum (14-3) American League --------------- Minnesota Twins at Seattle Mariners, 4:40 PM (L) Glen Perkins (11-3) vs. (L) Ryan Feierabend (0-1) Chicago White Sox at Baltimore Orioles, 7:05 PM (L) John Danks (10-6) vs. (R) Radhames Liz (4-3) Boston Red Sox at New York Yankees, 7:05 PM (R) Paul Byrd (8-11) vs. (R) Sidney Ponson (7-4) Cleveland Indians at Detroit Tigers, 7:05 PM (R) Fausto Carmona (6-5) vs. (R) Justin Verlander (10-13) Toronto Blue Jays at Tampa Bay Rays, 7:10 PM (L) David Purcey (2-4) vs. (R) Matt Garza (10-7) Texas Rangers at Kansas City Royals, 8:10 PM (L) Matt Harrison (5-3) vs. (R) Brian Bannister (7-13) Oakland Athletics at LA Angels of Anaheim, 10:05 PM (L) Gio Gonzalez (1-2) vs. (L) Joe Saunders (14-6)
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 79 51 .608 0.0 73 6BOS 76 55 .580 3.5 77 -1
NYA 70 61 .534 9.5 70 0
TOR 68 63 .519 11.5 73 -5
BAL 62 70 .470 18.0 65 -3
American League Central CHA 76 56 .576 0.0 78 -2
MIN 74 58 .561 2.0 72 2
CLE 64 67 .489 11.5 69 -5
DET 64 68 .485 12.0 66 -2
KC 56 76 .424 20.0 53 3
American League West LAA 80 51 .611 0.0 71 9
TEX 65 68 .489 16.0 61 4
OAK 60 72 .455 20.5 63 -3
SEA 50 82 .379 30.5 54 -4
National League East Pwins Diff PHI 73 59 .553 0.0 76 -3
NYN 73 60 .549 0.5 74 -1
FLA 67 65 .508 6.0 63 4
ATL 58 74 .439 15.0 64 -6
WAS 47 85 .356 26.0 48 -1
National League Central CHN 82 50 .621 0.0 84 -2
MIL 77 55 .583 5.0 74 3
STL 73 60 .549 9.5 72 1
HOU 66 66 .500 16.0 61 5
CIN 58 74 .439 24.0 55 3
PIT 57 75 .432 25.0 55 2
National League West ARI 68 64 .515 0.0 70 -2
LAN 65 67 .492 3.0 67 -2
COL 63 71 .470 6.0 62 1
SF 58 74 .439 10.0 55 3
SD 50 82 .379 18.0 54 -4
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 BAL AA Nolan Reimold..... 5 2 0 0 2 0 0 BOS A+ Yamaico Navarro... 5 3 1 0 1 0 0 WAN A- Jacob Smolinski... 5 4 2 0 0 0 0 STL A- Shane Peterson.... 3 2 2 0 0 2 0 BAL A+ Brandon Snyder.... 5 3 2 0 0 0 0 TOR A Kevin Ahrens...... 3 2 1 0 1 0 0 NYY AAA Shelley Duncan.... 3 1 0 0 1 2 0 3 R TB AAA Dan Johnson....... 2 1 0 0 1 2 0 BOS AA Argenis Diaz...... 4 3 0 0 1 0 1 3 R BOS AA Zachary Daeges.... 4 3 1 0 0 0 0 TEX A M. Moreland....... 4 2 2 0 0 0 2 WAN A- Derek Norris...... 2 1 1 0 0 3 1 ORG LVL PLAYER IP H R ER SO BB HR Notes LAA A Jose Perez........ 8 5 0 0 10 1 0 BAL A+ Brandon Erbe...... 7 2 0 0 9 1 0 FLA A+ Sean West......... 7 3 0 0 8 0 0 TB AAA Wade Davis........ 6 1 0 0 8 2 0 BAL AA C. Tillman........ 6 4 0 0 8 2 0 ATL A+ Cole Rohrbough.... 7 2 0 0 4 0 0 STL A+ Tyler Herron...... 7 2 0 0 6 2 0 NYY A+ Christian Garcia.. 7 7 1 1 10 2 1 HOU AAA Samuel Gervacio... 3 3 0 0 8 0 0 TOR AAA Ricky Romero...... 7 3 0 0 6 3 0 COL AA Brandon Hynick.... 7 3 0 0 4 1 0 SD A Jeremy Hefner..... 6 0 0 0 5 3 0
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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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