THT Daily: Rotating catchers
by Dave StudemanApril 22, 2009
Major League News for April 22
Player News
Yesterday’s Results
Today’s Games
Standings
Top Minor League Performances
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Player News
Player Headlines are courtesy of RotoworldBrian McCann (eye) has tentatively been penciled into the Braves' starting lineup on Tuesday.
McCann visited an eye specialist and received a new contact lens that appears to have eliminated the blurriness in his left eye. "I put the contact in, and it clears it up right away," McCann said. "I'm seeing good. It's a big relief." Manager Bobby Cox planned to make a final decision on McCann's status following batting practice.
The San Francisco Chronicle reports that Joey Devine had surgery on the ulnar collateral ligament in his right elbow Tuesday and is expected to miss the remainder of the season.
Specific details of the surgery have yet to be provided, but it appears to be safe to cut Devine loose in AL-only leagues. With Devine definitively out of the picture for 2009, Brad Ziegler has a solid chance to remain Oakland's closer all season.
Though Xavier Nady won't need surgery on his injured right elbow, he is expected to be sidelined for 4-6 weeks with a partial ligament tear.
An earlier report indicated that he could miss up to a month, but now it appears that a month is the earliest he would be able to return to action. When he does return, he may do so as a DH in order to relieve his elbow from the strain of throwing, and to provide some insurance for Hideki Matsui, who continues to be troubled by his surgically repaired knees.
Pirates placed catcher Ryan Doumit on the 15-day disabled list, retroactive to April 20, with a fracture of the scaphoid bone in his right wrist.
He's scheduled for surgery on Thursday and is expected to be sidelined for 8-10 weeks. Obviously this news is far worse than anticipated for fantasy owners, as it initially appeared that Doumit might only miss a handful of games after injuring himself on Sunday. Robinzon Diaz, who lost out on a shot to be Doumit's backup during spring training, is taking his place on the active roster. Jason Jaramillo figures to get the bulk of the starts, but he'll have little fantasy value.
Angels recalled infielder Brandon Wood from Triple-A Salt Lake.
It remains to be seen how the Angels will deploy him, but the power-hitting infielder is a must-add in AL-only leagues and someone to watch closely in deeper mixed leagues. Not only does Wood have 3B and SS eligibility in many formats, but he also possesses legitimate power -- he was hitting .346 with four homers and eight RBI in Triple-A at the time of his callup.
Yesterday’s Results
For the full scoop regarding yesterday's games, read "And That Happened" at Shysterball.American League BAL 10 CHA 3 (Recap and Boxscore) NYA 5 OAK 3 (Recap and Boxscore) TEX 5 TOR 4 (Recap and Boxscore) CLE 8 KC 7 (Recap and Boxscore) LAA 4 DET 3 (Recap and Boxscore) SEA 4 TB 2 (Recap and Boxscore) National League PHI 11 MIL 4 (Recap and Boxscore) WAS 4 ATL 3 (Recap and Boxscore) CHN 7 CIN 2 (Recap and Boxscore) HOU 8 LAN 5 (Recap and Boxscore) PIT 3 FLA 2 (Recap and Boxscore) STL 6 NYN 4 (Recap and Boxscore) COL 9 ARI 6 (Recap and Boxscore) SF 8 SD 3 (Recap and Boxscore)
Today’s Games
National League --------------- Florida Marlins at Pittsburgh Pirates, 12:35 PM (R) Ricky Nolasco (1-1) vs. (L) Paul Maholm (2-0) Colorado Rockies at Arizona Diamondbacks, 3:40 PM (L) Jorge De La Rosa (0-1) vs. (R) Dan Haren (0-3) San Diego Padres at San Francisco Giants, 3:45 PM (R) Chris Young (2-0) vs. (L) Barry Zito (0-2) Milwaukee Brewers at Philadelphia Phillies, 7:05 PM (R) Braden Looper (1-0) vs. (R) Joe Blanton (0-1) Atlanta Braves at Washington Nationals, 7:05 PM (R) Jair Jurrjens (2-1) vs. (L) John Lannan (0-2) Los Angeles Dodgers at Houston Astros, 8:05 PM (L) Randy Wolf (1-1) vs. (R) Roy Oswalt (0-2) Cincinnati Reds at Chicago Cubs, 8:05 PM (R) Johnny Cueto (0-1) vs. (L) Ted Lilly (2-0) New York Mets at St. Louis Cardinals, 8:15 PM (R) John Maine (0-1) vs. (R) Joel Pineiro (2-0) American League --------------- Oakland Athletics at New York Yankees, 1:05 PM (L) Brett Anderson (0-2) vs. (L) CC Sabathia (1-1) Chicago White Sox at Baltimore Orioles, 7:05 PM (L) John Danks (1-0) vs. (R) Jeremy Guthrie (2-0) Kansas City Royals at Cleveland Indians, 7:05 PM (R) Brian Bannister (0-0) vs. (L) Cliff Lee (1-2) Texas Rangers at Toronto Blue Jays, 7:07 PM (L) Matt Harrison (0-2) vs. (L) David Purcey (0-1) Minnesota Twins at Boston Red Sox, 7:10 PM (L) Francisco Liriano (0-3) vs. (R) Brad Penny (1-0) Detroit Tigers at LA Angels of Anaheim, 10:05 PM (R) Justin Verlander (0-2) vs. (L) Joe Saunders (2-1) Tampa Bay Rays at Seattle Mariners, 10:10 PM (R) Jeff Niemann (0-2) vs. (R) Chris Jakubauskas (1-1)
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 TOR 10 5 .667 0.0 10 0NYA 8 6 .571 1.5 6 2
BOS 7 6 .538 2.0 7 0
BAL 7 7 .500 2.5 5 2
TB 5 9 .357 4.5 6 -1
American League Central CHA 7 6 .538 0.0 7 0
DET 7 6 .538 0.0 8 -1
KC 7 6 .538 0.0 8 -1
MIN 7 7 .500 0.5 5 2
CLE 5 9 .357 2.5 7 -2
American League West SEA 9 5 .643 0.0 8 1
TEX 6 7 .462 2.5 6 0
LAA 5 8 .385 3.5 5 0
OAK 5 8 .385 3.5 6 -1
National League East Pwins Diff FLA 11 3 .786 0.0 9 2
PHI 6 6 .500 4.0 5 1
NYN 6 7 .462 4.5 7 -1
ATL 6 8 .429 5.0 6 0
WAS 3 10 .231 7.5 5 -2
National League Central CHN 8 4 .667 0.0 7 1
STL 9 5 .643 0.0 9 0
PIT 8 6 .571 1.0 9 -1
CIN 7 6 .538 1.5 5 2
HOU 5 9 .357 4.0 5 0
MIL 4 9 .308 4.5 5 -1
National League West LAN 10 4 .714 0.0 11 -1
SD 9 5 .643 1.0 7 2
COL 5 8 .385 4.5 6 -1
SF 5 8 .385 4.5 5 0
ARI 5 9 .357 5.0 5 0
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 CIN A+ Yonder Alonso..... 4 3 2 0 1 1 0 4 RBI PIT AAA Andrew McCutchen.. 4 3 0 1 1 1 1 3 R NYM A+ David Havens...... 5 3 0 0 1 0 0 3 R ATL AA Brandon Hicks..... 3 2 0 1 0 1 1 ATL AA Gorkys Hernandez.. 3 2 0 1 0 1 0 MIL AAA Mat Gamel......... 4 2 0 0 1 1 0 4 RBI FLA AAA John Raynor....... 4 2 0 0 1 1 1 KC AAA Kila Kaaihue...... 3 1 1 0 0 3 0 4 R WAN A Derek Norris...... 2 1 0 0 1 1 0 MIN A Angel Morales..... 4 2 0 1 0 0 1 MIN A+ Ben Revere........ 4 2 0 0 0 2 0 CLE A+ L. Chisenhall..... 5 1 0 0 1 1 1 5 RBI ! ORG LVL PLAYER IP H R ER SO BB HR Notes PHI A Jason Knapp....... 7 1 0 0 14 1 0 TEX A Wilfredo Boscan... 7 2 0 0 8 1 0 PHI A+ Kyle Drabek....... 7 4 0 0 10 2 0 PHI AAA Carlos Carrasco... 7 3 3 3 10 1 1 TEX AA Kasey Kiker....... 7 1 0 0 7 2 0 NYM AAA Dillon Gee........ 5 5 3 3 7 0 0 NYY A D.J. Mitchell..... 6 7 4 1 8 1 0 WAN AAA Collin Balester... 6 7 1 1 6 0 0 13 GB LAA AA Jordan Walden..... 7 6 0 0 6 2 0 KC A+ Daniel Duffy...... 6 6 3 3 7 1 1 NYY AAA Ian Kennedy....... 6 2 2 2 5 3 0 TB AAA David Price....... 5 2 2 2 5 1 1
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