THT Daily: The other park effect
by Dave StudemanApril 28, 2009
Major League News for April 28
Player News
Yesterday’s Results
Today’s Games
Standings
Top Minor League Performances
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Player News
Player Headlines are courtesy of RotoworldBrad Hawpe suffered a possible concussion when a throw from Padres catcher Nick Hundley hit him in the back of the neck Monday.
Seth Smith and Ian Stewart would stand to benefit most if Hawpe lands on the disabled list. Matt Murton could be recalled, but he probably won't have any fantasy value.
Dexter Fowler swiped five of the Rockies' nine bases Monday in a 12-7 victory over the Padres.
Against the Padres, of course. Against Chris Young, of course. If Fowler was going to start one game all month, this had to be it. He ended up going 2-for-4 with two walks and three runs scored. All nine of the Padres' steals came in the first four innings while Young was in the game. Fowler entered with four steals in five attempts this season.
Brad Lidge was held out of a save situation Monday due to right knee inflammation.
So he has been pitching hurt, but the good news is that it isn't his arm. The Phillies admitted that Lidge had an MRI a week ago, but they said it showed no structural damage. Lidge is considered day-to-day. Ryan Madson picked up a save in his place tonight.
Jason Bay broke a scoreless tie with a three-run homer off Kerry Wood in the top of the ninth as the Red Sox won their 11th straight game Monday against the Indians.
Bay had already singled twice in the contest before launching one off Wood. The Indians came back with one run in the ninth off Jonathan Papelbon, but Boston held on to win 3-1, giving the team its longest winning streak since 2006. Bay has nine RBI in his last four games. He’s hit .306/.408/.571 with 14 homers and 56 RBI in 68 games as a member of the Red Sox.
Hanley Ramirez's x-ray's revealed no broken bones in his hand, according to the Miami Herald.
Ramirez owners can now breathe. Ramirez left Monday's game after being hit by a John Maine pitch and is likely day-to-day.
Carlos Delgado was a late scratch from Monday's lineup after he "aggravated his hip when he was sliding on a triple", Mets manager Jerry Manuel told the New York Post.
This one bears watching- Delgado has injured his hip before. For Monday, Fernando Tatis, who had been scheduled to start at second base, slides over to first, while Luis Castillo gets the start at second base.
Yesterday’s Results
For the full scoop regarding yesterday's games, read "And That Happened" at Shysterball.American League TEX 6 BAL 4 (Recap and Boxscore) BOS 3 CLE 1 (Recap and Boxscore) DET 4 NYA 2 (Recap and Boxscore) KC 7 TOR 1 (Recap and Boxscore) TB 7 MIN 1 (Recap and Boxscore) National League STL 3 ATL 2 (Recap and Boxscore) NYN 7 FLA 1 (Recap and Boxscore) PHI 13 WAS 11 (Recap and Boxscore) HOU 4 CIN 1 (Recap and Boxscore) MIL 10 PIT 5 (Recap and Boxscore) ARI 7 CHN 2 (Recap and Boxscore) COL 12 SD 7 (Recap and Boxscore) SF 5 LAN 4 (Recap and Boxscore)Check out Fangraphs' scoreboard to see all the games in action.
Today’s Games
National League --------------- Washington Nationals at Philadelphia Phillies, 7:05 PM (L) John Lannan (0-2) vs. (L) Cole Hamels (0-2) Houston Astros at Cincinnati Reds, 7:10 PM (L) Wandy Rodriguez (1-2) vs. (R) Aaron Harang (2-2) Florida Marlins at New York Mets, 7:10 PM (R) Ricky Nolasco (1-2) vs. (R) Livan Hernandez (1-1) St. Louis Cardinals at Atlanta Braves, 7:10 PM (R) Kyle Lohse (3-0) vs. (L) Jo-Jo Reyes (0-1) Pittsburgh Pirates at Milwaukee Brewers, 8:05 PM (L) Paul Maholm (3-0) vs. (R) Dave Bush (1-0) San Diego Padres at Colorado Rockies, 8:40 PM (R) Chad Gaudin (0-0) vs. (L) Jorge De La Rosa (0-2) Chicago Cubs at Arizona Diamondbacks, 9:40 PM (R) Carlos Zambrano (1-1) vs. (R) Yusmeiro Petit (0-1) Los Angeles Dodgers at San Francisco Giants, 10:15 PM (R) Chad Billingsley (4-0) vs. (L) Jonathan Sanchez (1-1) American League --------------- Seattle Mariners at Chicago White Sox, 5:05 PM (R) Chris Jakubauskas (1-2) vs. (R) Bartolo Colon (1-1) Boston Red Sox at Cleveland Indians, 7:05 PM (R) Brad Penny (2-0) vs. (R) Anthony Reyes (1-0) New York Yankees at Detroit Tigers, 7:05 PM (R) Phil Hughes (0-0) vs. (R) Edwin Jackson (1-1) LA Angels of Anaheim at Baltimore Orioles, 7:05 PM (L) Joe Saunders (2-1) vs. (R) Adam Eaton (1-2) Oakland Athletics at Texas Rangers, 8:05 PM (L) Brett Anderson (0-2) vs. (R) Kevin Millwood (1-2) Tampa Bay Rays at Minnesota Twins, 8:10 PM (R) James Shields (2-2) vs. (L) Francisco Liriano (0-4) Toronto Blue Jays at Kansas City Royals, 8:10 PM (R) Scott Richmond (2-0) vs. (R) Gil Meche (1-1) Seattle Mariners at Chicago White Sox, 8:35 PM (R) Felix Hernandez (3-0) vs. (L) John Danks (2-0)
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 13 6 .684 0.0 12 1TOR 14 7 .667 0.0 14 0
NYA 9 10 .474 4.0 7 2
BAL 9 11 .450 4.5 8 1
TB 8 12 .400 5.5 10 -2
American League Central DET 11 8 .579 0.0 11 0
KC 10 9 .526 1.0 11 -1
CHA 9 9 .500 1.5 9 0
MIN 9 11 .450 2.5 7 2
CLE 7 13 .350 4.5 9 -2
American League West SEA 12 7 .632 0.0 10 2
TEX 9 10 .474 3.0 9 0
OAK 7 10 .412 4.0 8 -1
LAA 7 11 .389 4.5 8 -1
National League East Pwins Diff FLA 11 8 .579 0.0 9 2
PHI 10 8 .556 0.5 9 1
ATL 9 10 .474 2.0 9 0
NYN 9 10 .474 2.0 10 -1
WAS 4 14 .222 6.5 7 -3
National League Central STL 14 6 .700 0.0 13 1
PIT 11 8 .579 2.5 12 -1
CIN 10 9 .526 3.5 8 2
CHN 9 9 .500 4.0 9 0
MIL 9 10 .474 4.5 9 0
HOU 8 12 .400 6.0 8 0
National League West LAN 13 7 .650 0.0 13 0
SD 10 9 .526 2.5 8 2
SF 9 9 .500 3.0 8 1
ARI 8 11 .421 4.5 7 1
COL 7 11 .389 5.0 9 -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 SD A James Darnell..... 5 2 0 0 2 1 1 OAK AAA Sean Doolittle.... 3 2 0 0 2 1 0 3 R SF A+ Roger Kieschnick.. 4 2 0 1 1 0 1 CHW AA Dayan Viciedo..... 4 3 0 0 1 0 1 SEA AA Adam Moore........ 4 2 2 0 0 1 0 PHI AAA John Mayberry..... 5 2 1 0 1 0 1 TOR A+ Eric Thames....... 2 1 1 0 0 3 0 PIT A+ Pedro Alvarez..... 3 1 0 0 1 2 1 STL AA Daryl Jones....... 4 2 1 0 0 1 0 COL AAA Eric Young........ 3 2 0 0 1 1 0 HOU A+ Jason Castro...... 5 2 0 0 1 0 0 CIN AA Juan Francisco.... 4 3 0 0 0 1 0 ORG LVL PLAYER IP H R ER SO BB HR Notes SD AA William Inman..... 6 4 0 0 7 1 0 NYY A+ Jeremy Bleich..... 6 3 0 0 6 1 0 KC AAA Luke Hochevar..... 6 4 1 0 7 2 0 PHI A Jason Knapp....... 6 3 1 1 7 1 1 BOS AAA Clay Buchholz..... 6 3 1 1 7 1 1 NYM A+ Jenrry Mejia...... 5 5 1 0 5 0 0 10 GB LA AA Joshua Lindblom... 5 4 1 1 4 0 0 BAL A+ Zachary Britton... 6 7 2 2 8 4 0 NYY A Manuel Banuelos... 4 5 1 1 4 2 0 7 GB NYY AAA Ian Kennedy....... 5 7 1 0 4 2 0 NYM AAA Eddie Kunz........ 2 1 0 0 2 1 0 4 GB ATL AA Scott Diamond..... 5 9 4 4 6 3 1
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