THT Daily: No place like home
by Dave StudemanMay 03, 2009
Major League News for May 3
Player News
Yesterday’s Results
Today’s Games
Standings
Top Minor League Performances
You can always find the most recent THT Daily at http://www.hardballtimes.com/main/content/thtdaily/
Player News
Player Headlines are courtesy of RotoworldMLB is investigating the accuracy of statements by Alex Rodriguez about his use of performance-enhancing drugs, people within baseball told the New York Times.
Investigators have contacted several of Rodriguez's associates to determine whether he used performance-enhancing drugs for a longer time than he has admitted, the people said. Selena Roberts is not cooperating with the investigation.
Jason Bay left Saturday's game with an ankle injury.
Bay is being called "day-to-day." He was 1-for-3 with a run scored and a stolen base before the incident, and was replaced by Jeff Bailey.
Mariners placed RHP Brandon Morrow on the 15-day disabled list, retroactive to April 24, with right biceps tendinitis.
Morrow is eligible to return May 9. David Aardsma has been getting the majority of save opportunities in his absence and should continue manning the ninth inning. He's worth grabbing all leagues.
X-rays on Erick Aybar's jaw came back negative Saturday evening.
Aybar was struck in the face on a Derek Jeter stolen base attempt. He had some teeth loosened, but could be available Sunday. "He'll be okay," Angels manager Mike Scioscia said. "That ball caught him right in the mouth."
Yesterday’s Results
For the full scoop regarding yesterday's games, read "And That Happened" at Shysterball.American League LAA 8 NYA 4 (Recap and Boxscore) BOS 10 TB 6 (Recap and Boxscore) TOR 5 BAL 4 (Recap and Boxscore) DET 9 CLE 7 (Recap and Boxscore) KC 10 MIN 7 (Recap and Boxscore) OAK 3 SEA 2 (Recap and Boxscore) TEX 9 CHA 6 (Recap and Boxscore) National League HOU 5 ATL 1 (Recap and Boxscore) PHI 6 NYN 5 (Recap and Boxscore) WAS 6 STL 1 (Recap and Boxscore) CHN 6 FLA 1 (Recap and Boxscore) ARI 4 MIL 1 (Recap and Boxscore) PIT 8 CIN 6 (Recap and Boxscore) LAN 2 SD 1 (Recap and Boxscore) COL 5 SF 1 (Recap and Boxscore)Check out Fangraphs' scoreboard to see all the games in action.
Today’s Games
National League --------------- Cincinnati Reds at Pittsburgh Pirates, 1:35 PM (R) Johnny Cueto (1-1) vs. (R) Jeff Karstens (1-0) St. Louis Cardinals at Washington Nationals, 1:35 PM (R) Kyle Lohse (3-0) vs. (L) John Lannan (0-3) New York Mets at Philadelphia Phillies, 1:35 PM (R) John Maine (1-2) vs. (R) Joe Blanton (0-2) Houston Astros at Atlanta Braves, 1:35 PM (L) Wandy Rodriguez (2-2) vs. (L) Jo-Jo Reyes (0-1) Arizona Diamondbacks at Milwaukee Brewers, 2:05 PM (R) Yusmeiro Petit (0-2) vs. (R) Dave Bush (1-0) Florida Marlins at Chicago Cubs, 2:20 PM (R) Ricky Nolasco (1-2) vs. (R) Carlos Zambrano (2-1) Colorado Rockies at San Francisco Giants, 4:05 PM (R) Jason Hammel (0-0) vs. (L) Barry Zito (0-2) San Diego Padres at Los Angeles Dodgers, 4:10 PM (R) Chad Gaudin (0-0) vs. (R) Chad Billingsley (4-0) American League --------------- LA Angels of Anaheim at New York Yankees, 1:05 PM (L) Joe Saunders (3-1) vs. (R) Phil Hughes (1-0) Cleveland Indians at Detroit Tigers, 1:05 PM (L) Cliff Lee (1-3) vs. (R) Justin Verlander (1-2) Baltimore Orioles at Toronto Blue Jays, 1:07 PM (R) Jeremy Guthrie (2-1) vs. (R) Scott Richmond (3-0) Boston Red Sox at Tampa Bay Rays, 1:38 PM (R) Brad Penny (2-0) vs. (R) James Shields (2-2) Kansas City Royals at Minnesota Twins, 2:10 PM (R) Gil Meche (1-2) vs. (R) Scott Baker (0-3) Oakland Athletics at Seattle Mariners, 4:10 PM (L) Josh Outman (0-0) vs. (R) Chris Jakubauskas (1-3) Chicago White Sox at Texas Rangers, 8:05 PM (L) John Danks (2-1) vs. (L) Matt Harrison (1-2)
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 TOR 17 9 .654 0.0 16 1BOS 15 9 .625 1.0 14 1
NYA 13 11 .542 3.0 11 2
TB 10 15 .400 6.5 13 -3
BAL 9 15 .375 7.0 9 0
American League Central KC 13 11 .542 0.0 14 -1
CHA 12 11 .522 0.5 11 1
DET 12 11 .522 0.5 12 0
MIN 12 12 .500 1.0 10 2
CLE 9 15 .375 4.0 11 -2
American League West SEA 14 10 .583 0.0 13 1
TEX 11 12 .478 2.5 11 0
LAA 10 13 .435 3.5 11 -1
OAK 9 12 .429 3.5 10 -1
National League East Pwins Diff FLA 14 10 .583 0.0 12 2
PHI 12 10 .545 1.0 11 1
ATL 11 12 .478 2.5 11 0
NYN 10 13 .435 3.5 12 -2
WAS 6 17 .261 7.5 9 -3
National League Central STL 17 8 .680 0.0 16 1
CHN 12 11 .522 4.0 12 0
CIN 12 11 .522 4.0 10 2
PIT 12 11 .522 4.0 14 -2
MIL 12 12 .500 4.5 12 0
HOU 10 14 .417 6.5 10 0
National League West LAN 17 8 .680 0.0 16 1
SF 11 11 .500 4.5 10 1
ARI 11 13 .458 5.5 10 1
SD 11 13 .458 5.5 10 1
COL 9 13 .409 6.5 11 -2
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 PHI A+ Dominic Brown..... 4 2 1 0 1 2 0 SEA AA Gregory Halman.... 5 3 1 0 1 1 2 LA A Austin Gallagher.. 4 3 1 0 0 3 0 LA A Kyle Russell...... 5 3 0 0 1 1 1 4 RBI NYM AAA F. Martinez....... 3 2 1 0 1 0 1 SD A James Darnell..... 2 1 1 0 0 3 0 WAN A Derek Norris...... 3 1 0 0 1 1 0 TOR A T. Pastornicky.... 4 2 1 0 0 1 1 3 R CHC A Ryan Flaherty..... 2 1 0 0 1 2 0 BOS A+ Luis Exposito..... 5 3 1 0 0 0 2 DET AA Ryan Strieby...... 5 3 1 0 0 1 1 3 R LA A A. Delmonico...... 6 4 0 0 0 1 0 3 R ORG LVL PLAYER IP H R ER SO BB HR Notes NYM A+ Jenrry Mejia...... 8 3 0 0 6 1 0 SD A Matthew Latos..... 6 2 0 0 6 1 0 CIN AAA Homer Bailey...... 7 5 0 0 5 1 0 12 GB HOU A Jordan Lyles...... 6 5 3 3 7 0 1 KC AAA Luke Hochevar..... 7 2 0 0 5 3 0 TB A Matthew Moore..... 5 3 1 1 7 1 1 SD AA William Inman..... 5 2 1 1 5 2 0 BOS A Bryan Price....... 5 5 2 2 5 1 0 BOS A+ Kyle Weiland...... 5 3 2 2 2 0 0 CIN A+ Zachary Stewart... 8 8 2 2 4 1 1 NYM AAA Dillon Gee........ 7 6 1 1 1 0 0 TEX A Wilmer Font....... 5 2 2 1 4 1 1
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