THT Daily: Single Digits
by Matthew CarruthSeptember 01, 2007
Major League News for September 1
Player News
Yesterday’s Results
Today’s Games
Standings
Top Minor League Performances
Stats
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Player News
Player news items are provided by RotoworldThe A's announced that Eric Chavez, Travis Buck and Mark Kotsay will all sit out the rest of the season.
Chavez will undergo surgery on his troublesome shoulder next week. Injuries have turned the 29-year-old third baseman from one of the AL's best players to a serious question mark going forward. The A's owe him $35 million over the next three years, so they wouldn't get much of anything in return if they opted to shop him this winter. He'll likely be back as the regular third baseman next year. In the meantime, Jack Hannahan will continue to fill in.
Cardinals placed third baseman Scott Rolen on the 15-day disabled list, retroactive to Aug. 29, with a sore left shoulder.
One day prior to Sept. 1? If the Cardinals expected anything from Rolen in September, we're guessing they would have sent down a reliever to make room for the newly acquired Russell Branyan. This definitely knocks him out for the first two weeks of the month, and it sure seems like a sign that he's leaning towards having surgery soon.
According to Newsday, Pedro Martinez was impressive enough in his bullpen session Friday that he's likely to start Monday against the Mets.
It doesn't hurt Pedro's case that Orlando Hernandez is probably going to miss his start Tuesday. The plan was for Martinez to make one more rehab start and return next weekend.
Cole Hamels won't start Sunday as planned after experiencing elbow soreness during a bullpen session Thursday.
The Phillies are still trying to pass this off as a minor issue. "There's nothing structurally wrong; the ligament's attached," assistant GM Ruben Amaro Jr. said. "We have no reason to believe this to be anything long term." Except for the fact that he's a 23-year-old pitcher with a history of serious arm issues. Hamels described the discomfort as minimal. He's to be shut down for another six days, so even in a best-case scenario, he'll make just three or four starts next month. Adam Eaton will pitch Sunday in his place.\r\n
Yesterday’s Results
American League BAL 9 BOS 8 (Recap and Boxscore) TB 9 NYA 1 (Recap and Boxscore) TOR 7 SEA 5 (Recap and Boxscore) CLE 8 CHA 5 (Recap and Boxscore) MIN 5 KC 0 (Recap and Boxscore) KC 9 MIN 4 (Recap and Boxscore) LAA 7 TEX 6 (Recap and Boxscore) OAK 5 DET 4 (Recap and Boxscore) National League NYN 7 ATL 1 (Recap and Boxscore) PHI 9 FLA 2 (Recap and Boxscore) SF 3 WAS 2 (Recap and Boxscore) HOU 6 CHN 1 (Recap and Boxscore) MIL 3 PIT 2 (Recap and Boxscore) STL 8 CIN 5 (Recap and Boxscore) COL 7 ARI 3 (Recap and Boxscore) SD 6 LAN 4 (Recap and Boxscore)
Today’s Games
National League --------------- Houston Astros at Chicago Cubs, 1:05 PM (L) Troy Patton (0-1) vs. (R) Jason Marquis (10-8) New York Mets at Atlanta Braves, 3:55 PM (R) Mike Pelfrey (0-7) vs. (L) Chuck James (9-9) Philadelphia Phillies at Florida Marlins, 7:05 PM (R) J.D. Durbin (6-3) vs. (R) Byung-Hyun Kim (7-6) San Francisco Giants at Washington Nationals, 7:05 PM (L) Jonathan Sanchez (1-2) vs. (R) Joel Hanrahan (3-2) Pittsburgh Pirates at Milwaukee Brewers, 7:05 PM (L) Shane Youman (3-4) vs. (R) Dave Bush (10-9) Cincinnati Reds at St. Louis Cardinals, 7:15 PM (L) Phil Dumatrait (0-2) vs. (R) Adam Wainwright (12-9) Colorado Rockies at Arizona Diamondbacks, 9:40 PM (R) Elmer Dessens (2-1) vs. (L) Dana Eveland (0-0) Los Angeles Dodgers at San Diego Padres, 10:05 PM (R) Derek Lowe (11-11) vs. (R) Jake Peavy (15-5) American League --------------- Kansas City Royals at Minnesota Twins, 12:10 PM (R) Brandon Duckworth (2-3) vs. (R) Carlos Silva (10-13) Tampa Bay Devil Rays at New York Yankees, 1:05 PM (R) Edwin Jackson (4-12) vs. (R) Ian Kennedy (0-0) Seattle Mariners at Toronto Blue Jays, 1:07 PM (R) Miguel Batista (13-10) vs. (R) Dustin McGowan (8-8) Texas Rangers at LA Angels of Anaheim, 3:55 PM (R) Edinson Volquez (0-0) vs. (R) Kelvim Escobar (15-6) Detroit Tigers at Oakland Athletics, 3:55 PM (R) Justin Verlander (14-5) vs. (R) Danny Haren (14-5) Chicago White Sox at Cleveland Indians, 7:05 PM (R) Javier Vazquez (11-7) vs. (R) Paul Byrd (13-5) Baltimore Orioles at Boston Red Sox, 7:05 PM (L) Garrett Olson (1-2) vs. (R) Clay Buchholz (1-0)
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 BOS 80 55 .593 0.0 85 -5NYA 75 60 .556 5.0 80 -5
TOR 68 66 .507 11.5 72 -4
BAL 59 74 .444 20.0 62 -3
TB 55 80 .407 25.0 53 2
American League Central CLE 77 57 .575 0.0 74 3
DET 72 63 .533 5.5 73 -1
MIN 68 67 .504 9.5 70 -2
KC 60 74 .448 17.0 63 -3
CHA 57 78 .422 20.5 52 5
American League West LAA 80 54 .597 0.0 76 4
SEA 73 60 .549 6.5 67 6
OAK 67 69 .493 14.0 68 -1
TEX 61 73 .455 19.0 64 -3
National League East Pwins Diff NYN 74 60 .552 0.0 73 1
PHI 72 62 .537 2.0 72 0
ATL 69 66 .511 5.5 72 -3
FLA 58 77 .430 16.5 60 -2
WAS 58 77 .430 16.5 56 2
National League Central CHN 68 65 .511 0.0 71 -3
MIL 67 67 .500 1.5 65 2
STL 65 66 .496 2.0 59 6
CIN 62 73 .459 7.0 62 0
HOU 61 74 .452 8.0 60 1
PIT 59 75 .440 9.5 60 -1
National League West SD 74 60 .552 0.0 74 0
ARI 75 61 .551 0.0 64 11
LAN 70 64 .522 4.0 70 0
COL 69 65 .515 5.0 72 -3
SF 62 73 .459 12.5 67 -5
Wildcard Standings American League NYA 75 60 .556 0.0 SEA 73 60 .549 1.0 DET 72 63 .533 3.0 TOR 68 66 .507 6.5 MIN 68 67 .504 7.0 National League PHI 72 62 .537 0.0 LAN 70 64 .522 2.0 COL 69 65 .515 3.0 ATL 69 66 .511 3.5 MIL 67 67 .500 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 LA AAA Andy LaRoche...... 6 4 1 0 2 0 1 4 R ARI AAA Carlos Gonzalez... 4 3 2 0 1 0 0 ARI AAA Carlos Quentin.... 5 1 0 0 1 0 1 CIN AAA Joey Votto........ 3 2 2 0 0 1 0 BOS AAA George Kottaras... 3 2 2 0 0 0 0 CLE AA Stephen Head...... 4 2 1 0 1 1 0 NYY A+ Austin Jackson.... 4 4 1 0 1 0 0 PIT AAA Andrew McCutchen.. 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 SB TB AAA Evan Longoria..... 4 1 0 0 1 1 1 LAA A Hank Conger....... 3 2 0 0 1 1 0 TB AA Chris Nowak....... 5 2 0 1 1 0 0 4 RBI BOS A+ Christian Lara.... 5 2 1 1 0 1 1 ORG LVL PLAYER IP H R ER SO BB HR Notes SEA AA Andrew Baldwin.... 7 7 2 2 11 0 0 CLE AA Chuck Lofgren..... 7 4 1 0 4 2 0 14 GB SF A Adam Cowart....... 6 1 0 0 6 0 0 NYY AA Steven Jackson.... 4 1 0 0 5 0 0 WAN A+ Shairon Martis.... 8 4 0 0 6 0 0 TB AA Wade Davis........ 6 8 3 3 8 2 0 ATL A+ Thomas Hanson..... 6 3 2 1 8 3 0 TB AAA J.P. Howell....... 7 5 1 1 10 1 0 PIT AAA Bryan Bullington.. 7 5 4 4 6 0 0 OAK A+ Vincent Mazzaro... 6 4 1 1 2 0 0 SEA A Anthony Butler.... 6 4 1 1 6 2 0 PIT AA Wardell Starling.. 4 0 0 0 2 0 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.