THT Daily: Phillies move into first
by Dave StudemanMay 06, 2009
Major League News for May 6
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 RotoworldYankees placed catcher Jorge Posada on the 15-day disabled list with a right hamstring strain.
Francisco Cervelli has been called up to take his place on the 25-man roster, but Jose Molina figures to get the bulk of the starts for as long as Posada remains sidelined. Newsday reports that Posada is expected to miss 2-3 weeks.
Yesterday’s Results
For the full scoop regarding yesterday's games, read "And That Happened" at Shysterball.American League BOS 7 NYA 3 (Recap and Boxscore) TB 6 BAL 3 (Recap and Boxscore) TOR 10 CLE 6 (Recap and Boxscore) DET 9 MIN 0 (Recap and Boxscore) KC 8 CHA 7 (Recap and Boxscore) LAA 5 OAK 3 (Recap and Boxscore) TEX 7 SEA 2 (Recap and Boxscore) National League NYN 4 ATL 3 (Recap and Boxscore) CIN 7 FLA 0 (Recap and Boxscore) SF 6 CHN 2 (Recap and Boxscore) MIL 8 PIT 5 (Recap and Boxscore) PHI 10 STL 7 (Recap and Boxscore) LAN 3 ARI 1 (Recap and Boxscore) SD 2 COL 1 (Recap and Boxscore)Check out Fangraphs' scoreboard to see all the games in action.
Today’s Games
National League --------------- Milwaukee Brewers at Cincinnati Reds, 7:10 PM (L) Manny Parra (0-4) vs. (R) Bronson Arroyo (4-1) Philadelphia Phillies at New York Mets, 7:10 PM (R) Chan Ho Park (0-1) vs. (L) Johan Santana (3-1) Atlanta Braves at Florida Marlins, 7:10 PM (R) Derek Lowe (3-1) vs. (L) Graham Taylor (0-1) Chicago Cubs at Houston Astros, 8:05 PM (R) Rich Harden (2-1) vs. (L) Mike Hampton (1-2) Pittsburgh Pirates at St. Louis Cardinals, 8:15 PM (L) Zach Duke (3-2) vs. (R) Mitchell Boggs (1-0) San Francisco Giants at Colorado Rockies, 8:40 PM (L) Randy Johnson (2-2) vs. (R) Ubaldo Jimenez (1-4) Arizona Diamondbacks at San Diego Padres, 10:05 PM (R) Jon Garland (2-1) vs. (R) Jake Peavy (2-3) Washington Nationals at Los Angeles Dodgers, 10:10 PM (R) Daniel Cabrera (0-2) vs. (L) Clayton Kershaw (0-2) American League --------------- Minnesota Twins at Baltimore Orioles, 7:05 PM (R) Kevin Slowey (4-0) vs. (L) Mark Hendrickson (1-4) Tampa Bay Rays at New York Yankees, 7:05 PM (R) Andy Sonnanstine (1-3) vs. (R) A.J. Burnett (2-0) Cleveland Indians at Boston Red Sox, 7:10 PM (R) Carl Pavano (1-3) vs. (R) Justin Masterson (2-1) Seattle Mariners at Kansas City Royals, 8:10 PM (R) Carlos Silva (1-2) vs. (R) Sidney Ponson (0-4) Detroit Tigers at Chicago White Sox, 8:11 PM (R) Armando Galarraga (3-1) vs. (L) Mark Buehrle (4-0) Toronto Blue Jays at LA Angels of Anaheim, 10:05 PM (R) Roy Halladay (5-1) vs. (R) Anthony Ortega (0-1) Texas Rangers at Oakland Athletics, 10:05 PM (R) Scott Feldman (1-0) vs. (L) Dana Eveland (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 19 10 .655 0.0 18 1BOS 17 10 .630 1.0 16 1
NYA 13 13 .500 4.5 12 1
TB 12 16 .429 6.5 15 -3
BAL 10 17 .370 8.0 11 -1
American League Central KC 16 11 .593 0.0 16 0
DET 14 12 .538 1.5 14 0
MIN 13 14 .481 3.0 11 2
CHA 12 14 .462 3.5 12 0
CLE 10 17 .370 6.0 12 -2
American League West SEA 15 12 .556 0.0 14 1
TEX 14 12 .538 0.5 14 0
LAA 12 13 .480 2.0 12 0
OAK 9 15 .375 4.5 11 -2
National League East Pwins Diff PHI 14 10 .583 0.0 13 1
FLA 15 12 .556 0.5 13 2
NYN 12 13 .480 2.5 13 -1
ATL 11 15 .423 4.0 12 -1
WAS 7 17 .292 7.0 10 -3
National League Central STL 17 10 .630 0.0 16 1
MIL 15 12 .556 2.0 14 1
CHN 14 12 .538 2.5 13 1
CIN 14 12 .538 2.5 13 1
PIT 12 14 .462 4.5 14 -2
HOU 11 15 .423 5.5 12 -1
National League West LAN 20 8 .714 0.0 19 1
SF 13 12 .520 5.5 12 1
SD 12 15 .444 7.5 11 1
ARI 11 16 .407 8.5 11 0
COL 10 15 .400 8.5 13 -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 SEA AA Gregory Halman.... 3 2 1 0 1 1 0 3 R OAK AA Corey Brown....... 4 3 1 0 1 0 0 PHI A Zachary Collier... 5 3 1 1 0 0 1 3 R MIL AAA Angel Salome...... 4 2 1 0 1 0 0 5 RBI ! PHI A Anthony Gose...... 5 2 1 0 0 1 2 SD A Jaff Decker....... 3 2 1 0 0 2 0 CHC A Josh Vitters...... 5 2 0 0 1 0 0 MIL A Brett Lawrie...... 4 3 0 0 1 0 0 NYM A+ Isaac Davis....... 2 2 1 0 0 2 0 CHC A+ Starlin Castro.... 3 2 2 0 0 0 0 LAA A+ Clayton Fuller.... 3 1 1 0 0 2 0 SD AA Cedric Hunter..... 4 3 1 0 0 1 0 ORG LVL PLAYER IP H R ER SO BB HR Notes ATL A Randall Delgado... 6 5 4 4 10 2 0 ATL AAA Thomas Hanson..... 6 2 1 1 10 3 1 ARI A Wade Miley........ 7 7 1 0 7 1 0 MIN A+ Carlos Gutierrez.. 7 6 3 3 6 1 0 12 GB CHW A Dexter Carter..... 6 7 2 2 9 3 0 BAL A+ Zachary Britton... 5 1 1 0 7 3 0 STL AAA C. Mortensen...... 7 2 1 1 7 3 1 12 GB BAL AAA David Hernandez... 5 3 2 2 3 0 0 9 GB ATL A J.J. Hoover....... 5 5 3 2 6 0 1 PHI AA Michael Stutes.... 6 4 1 1 5 3 0 TB AA J. Hellickson..... 2 2 1 1 3 0 0 4 OF NYY A+ Ryan Zink......... 6 9 3 3 3 1 0 12 OF
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