THT Daily: Redemption
by Matthew CarruthAugust 24, 2008
Major League News for August 24
Player News
Yesterday’s Results
Today’s Games
Standings
Top Minor League Performances
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Player News
Player Headlines are courtesy of RotoworldMLB.com reports that Tim Wakefield (shoulder) will come off the disabled list to start Tuesday against the Yankees in Josh Beckett's place.
Tingling in his hand and inflammation in his elbow combined to scratch Beckett from the start, but the Red Sox are still hoping that he can avoid the disabled list. Wakefield threw a bullpen session Saturday and deemed himself ready to return after being sidelined since August 7 with tightness behind his right shoulder.
Yankees activated RHP Carl Pavano from the 60-day disabled list.
Seriously. Pavano's start Saturday night will be his first since last April and third in the past 38 months. The Yankees picked him to make the start over Phil Hughes after Pavano went 1-1 with a 3.32 ERA and 19/4 K/BB ratio in five starts while rehabbing in the minors. It's possible that he could stay healthy and effective enough to emerge with some fantasy value down the stretch, but the over/under on pitches thrown before another trip to the DL is probably somewhere around 25.
Royals placed third baseman Alex Gordon on the 15-day disabled list with a torn right quadriceps muscle.
Gordon suffered the injury Thursday and while there's no official timetable yet for his return, he seems unlikely to play again this season. With Gordon out Mark Teahen started at third base Friday for the first time since 2006, opening up an outfield spot for Joey Gathright.
Blue Jays optioned RHP Shaun Marcum to Triple-A Syracuse.
The notion of Marcum being demoted back to the minors would have seemed absurd in mid-June, when he had a 2.65 ERA and 86/27 K/BB ratio in 98 2/3 innings spread over 15 starts. However, an elbow injury sidelined him for a month and he's posted a 6.19 ERA and 23/16 K/BB ratio in seven starts since returning from the disabled list. General manager J.P. Ricciardi indicated Saturday that the move is temporary, saying that the Blue Jays plan to "give him a couple starts down in Triple-A just to see if he can get his mechanics back together." Count on Marcum being back in September, but until then journeyman John Parrish will fill his spot in the rotation.
Yesterday’s Results
American League NYA 5 BAL 3 (Recap and Boxscore) TOR 11 BOS 0 (Recap and Boxscore) TB 5 CHA 3 (Recap and Boxscore) DET 4 KC 0 (Recap and Boxscore) LAA 7 MIN 5 (Recap and Boxscore) OAK 5 SEA 1 (Recap and Boxscore) CLE 8 TEX 7 (Recap and Boxscore) National League HOU 8 NYN 3 (Recap and Boxscore) PHI 9 LAN 2 (Recap and Boxscore) CHN 9 WAS 2 (Recap and Boxscore) MIL 6 PIT 3 (Recap and Boxscore) ATL 8 STL 4 (Recap and Boxscore) ARI 7 FLA 1 (Recap and Boxscore) COL 7 CIN 6 (Recap and Boxscore) SF 4 SD 3 (Recap and Boxscore)
Today’s Games
National League --------------- Houston Astros at New York Mets, 1:10 PM (L) Randy Wolf (8-11) vs. (L) Oliver Perez (9-7) Pittsburgh Pirates at Milwaukee Brewers, 2:05 PM (L) Paul Maholm (8-7) vs. (L) CC Sabathia (8-0) Atlanta Braves at St. Louis Cardinals, 2:15 PM (L) Jo-Jo Reyes (3-9) vs. (R) Braden Looper (11-10) Washington Nationals at Chicago Cubs, 2:20 PM (R) Jason Bergmann (2-9) vs. (R) Rich Harden (3-1) Cincinnati Reds at Colorado Rockies, 3:05 PM (R) Johnny Cueto (8-12) vs. (R) Ubaldo Jimenez (9-11) San Diego Padres at San Francisco Giants, 4:05 PM (R) Josh Banks (3-6) vs. (R) Kevin Correia (2-7) Florida Marlins at Arizona Diamondbacks, 4:10 PM (R) Ricky Nolasco (12-7) vs. (L) Doug Davis (5-7) Los Angeles Dodgers at Philadelphia Phillies, 8:05 PM (R) Hiroki Kuroda (7-9) vs. (R) Joe Blanton (1-0) American League --------------- Boston Red Sox at Toronto Blue Jays, 1:07 PM (R) Daisuke Matsuzaka (15-2) vs. (R) A.J. Burnett (16-9) New York Yankees at Baltimore Orioles, 1:35 PM (R) Darrell Rasner (5-9) vs. (R) Daniel Cabrera (8-8) Tampa Bay Rays at Chicago White Sox, 2:05 PM (R) Andy Sonnanstine (13-6) vs. (L) Mark Buehrle (11-10) Detroit Tigers at Kansas City Royals, 2:10 PM (L) Kenny Rogers (9-10) vs. () TBA (0-0) Minnesota Twins at LA Angels of Anaheim, 3:35 PM (R) Kevin Slowey (10-8) vs. (R) Ervin Santana (13-5) Oakland Athletics at Seattle Mariners, 4:10 PM (L) Dan Meyer (0-1) vs. (R) Felix Hernandez (7-8) Cleveland Indians at Texas Rangers, 8:05 PM (R) Anthony Reyes (2-1) vs. (R) Vicente Padilla (12-7)
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 49 .617 0.0 73 6BOS 74 55 .574 5.5 75 -1
NYA 69 60 .535 10.5 69 0
TOR 67 62 .519 12.5 72 -5
BAL 61 67 .477 18.0 64 -3
American League Central MIN 74 55 .574 0.0 71 3
CHA 73 55 .570 0.5 75 -2
DET 64 65 .496 10.0 66 -2
CLE 61 67 .477 12.5 66 -5
KC 55 74 .426 19.0 51 4
American League West LAA 78 50 .609 0.0 69 9
TEX 63 67 .485 16.0 59 4
OAK 59 70 .457 19.5 63 -4
SEA 47 82 .364 31.5 52 -5
National League East Pwins Diff NYN 72 58 .554 0.0 72 0
PHI 70 59 .543 1.5 73 -3
FLA 66 64 .508 6.0 62 4
ATL 57 73 .438 15.0 63 -6
WAS 46 84 .354 26.0 48 -2
National League Central CHN 79 50 .612 0.0 81 -2
MIL 75 55 .577 4.5 71 4
STL 72 59 .550 8.0 72 0
HOU 65 64 .504 14.0 61 4
PIT 57 72 .442 22.0 55 2
CIN 57 73 .438 22.5 54 3
National League West ARI 68 61 .527 0.0 69 -1
LAN 65 64 .504 3.0 66 -1
COL 60 71 .458 9.0 60 0
SF 57 72 .442 11.0 53 4
SD 48 81 .372 20.0 52 -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 STL AA Brett Wallace..... 4 3 1 0 1 0 0 3 R CLE AA Wesley Hodges..... 3 2 1 0 1 1 0 SD A+ Eric Sogard....... 6 3 2 0 0 0 0 CHW A+ John Shelby....... 4 3 2 0 0 1 0 3 R TB A Reid Fronk........ 3 2 0 0 2 0 0 CHW AAA Josh Fields....... 2 1 1 0 0 3 0 3 R STL AA Daryl Jones....... 6 4 0 0 1 0 1 3 R LAA A+ Peter Bourjos..... 4 2 1 0 1 0 1 CLE A- L. Chisenhall..... 3 2 2 0 0 1 0 SF AAA John Bowker....... 4 2 1 1 0 0 0 3 LD KC AAA Ryan Shealy....... 2 1 1 0 0 3 0 MIL AAA Hernan Iribarren.. 5 2 2 0 0 0 1 ORG LVL PLAYER IP H R ER SO BB HR Notes STL A Richard Castillo.. 7 2 0 0 8 2 0 SD A- Matthew Latos..... 6 1 0 0 6 1 0 TOR AAA Brett Cecil....... 7 0 0 0 5 2 0 SF A+ Tim Alderson...... 7 4 1 1 5 0 0 7 infield flies LAA AAA Nick Green........ 7 3 1 1 6 2 0 BOS AAA Michael Bowden.... 6 6 3 3 6 0 0 ATL A Erik Cordier...... 6 1 0 0 5 2 0 ATL AAA James Parr........ 6 2 0 0 4 1 0 TEX AA Derek Holland..... 6 3 1 1 5 2 0 MIN A M. McCardell...... 7 7 5 5 5 1 0 SF A- Mike Loree........ 6 6 1 0 4 0 0 COL A Shane Lindsay..... 5 6 0 0 7 2 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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