THT Daily: Veteran Relievers
by Matthew CarruthAugust 18, 2007
Major League News for August 18
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 RotoworldAccording to FOXSports.com's Ken Rosenthal, the White Sox and Jermaine Dye have agreed to a two-year, $22 million extension with a mutual option for 2010.
Brandon Webb extended his scoreless streak to 42 innings by throwing a complete game shutout against the Braves on Friday.
Webb gave up just three baserunners while striking out six. He's just the 21st pitcher ever to go even 40 straight innings without allowing a run. Webb still has at least two starts to go before matching Orel Hershiser's record of 59 set back in 1988, but no player besides Webb has come closer in the 18 seasons since. He'll try and extend the streak when the Diamondbacks face the Brewers next week.
Chris Ray underwent Tommy John surgery on Thursday and is likely to miss all of 2008.
The Orioles didn't even reveal that he was set to see Dr. James Andrews. It turned out that he was scheduled for surgery to remove a bone spur, but a damaged UCL was found and it was determined that Tommy John surgery was the proper course. This doesn't come as a big surprise, given that it was revealed he had a ligament sprain in late July. It's unlikely the Orioles will try to rush him back in the second half of next year, though since he is a reliever, it's possible that he could return then. Danys Baez will spend the rest of this year auditioning for the closer's role in 2008. The Orioles could look to sign a stopgap this winter if Baez continues to disappoint.
Cubs signed RHP Carlos Zambrano to a five-year, $91.5 million contract extension with a vesting option for 2013.
Zambrano probably would have received at least $140 million over seven years had he gone to the high bidder as a free agent. Instead, he takes a deal that the MLBPA can't be very happy about. At least he gets a slightly higher annual salary than Barry Zito ($18.3 million to $18 million). The deal includes a full no-trade clause, and the vesting option is expected to turn into a player option as long he hits certain milestones over the course of the deal.
Yesterday’s Results
American League LAA 7 BOS 5 (Recap and Boxscore) BOS 8 LAA 4 (Recap and Boxscore) NYA 6 DET 1 (Recap and Boxscore) CLE 2 TB 1 (Recap and Boxscore) TOR 5 BAL 2 (Recap and Boxscore) MIN 2 TEX 1 (Recap and Boxscore) KC 9 OAK 2 (Recap and Boxscore) SEA 5 CHA 4 (Recap and Boxscore) National League ARI 4 ATL 0 (Recap and Boxscore) SF 3 FLA 0 (Recap and Boxscore) NYN 6 WAS 2 (Recap and Boxscore) CHN 2 STL 1 (Recap and Boxscore) CIN 8 MIL 3 (Recap and Boxscore) PHI 11 PIT 8 (Recap and Boxscore) LAN 6 COL 4 (Recap and Boxscore) HOU 3 SD 1 (Recap and Boxscore)
Today’s Games
National League --------------- St. Louis Cardinals at Chicago Cubs, 3:55 PM (R) Anthony Reyes (2-11) vs. (L) Sean Marshall (5-6) Arizona Diamondbacks at Atlanta Braves, 7:05 PM (R) Micah Owings (5-6) vs. (R) Buddy Carlyle (7-4) San Francisco Giants at Florida Marlins, 7:05 PM (R) Matt Cain (4-13) vs. (R) Rick Vanden Hurk (3-3) Cincinnati Reds at Milwaukee Brewers, 7:05 PM (R) Elizardo Ramirez (0-0) vs. (R) Claudio Vargas (9-4) New York Mets at Washington Nationals, 7:05 PM (L) Oliver Perez (10-8) vs. (L) John Lannan (1-1) Philadelphia Phillies at Pittsburgh Pirates, 7:05 PM (L) Jamie Moyer (11-8) vs. (L) Paul Maholm (8-14) Houston Astros at San Diego Padres, 10:05 PM (R) Roy Oswalt (13-6) vs. (R) Justin Germano (6-6) Colorado Rockies at Los Angeles Dodgers, 10:10 PM (L) Franklin Morales (0-0) vs. (R) Chad Billingsley (7-4) American League --------------- Baltimore Orioles at Toronto Blue Jays, 1:07 PM (R) Steve Trachsel (5-7) vs. (R) Jesse Litsch (4-5) Detroit Tigers at New York Yankees, 3:55 PM (R) Chad Durbin (7-5) vs. (R) Roger Clemens (4-5) LA Angels of Anaheim at Boston Red Sox, 7:05 PM (R) Jered Weaver (8-5) vs. (R) Curt Schilling (6-5) Texas Rangers at Minnesota Twins, 7:10 PM (R) Kameron Loe (5-9) vs. (R) Boof Bonser (5-9) Cleveland Indians at Tampa Bay Devil Rays, 7:10 PM (R) Jake Westbrook (3-7) vs. (R) Jason Hammel (1-2) Kansas City Royals at Oakland Athletics, 9:05 PM (L) Odalis Perez (7-11) vs. (R) Chad Gaudin (9-8) Chicago White Sox at Seattle Mariners, 10:05 PM (L) John Danks (6-10) vs. (R) Jeff Weaver (4-10)
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 73 49 .598 0.0 75 -2NYA 68 54 .557 5.0 75 -7
TOR 62 59 .512 10.5 65 -3
BAL 56 64 .467 16.0 61 -5
TB 46 75 .380 26.5 45 1
American League Central CLE 67 54 .554 0.0 65 2
DET 67 55 .549 0.5 67 0
MIN 61 60 .504 6.0 62 -1
CHA 54 67 .446 13.0 50 4
KC 54 67 .446 13.0 57 -3
American League West LAA 71 50 .587 0.0 68 3
SEA 67 52 .563 3.0 60 7
OAK 60 63 .488 12.0 63 -3
TEX 53 68 .438 18.0 54 -1
National League East Pwins Diff NYN 68 53 .562 0.0 66 2
PHI 65 56 .537 3.0 66 -1
ATL 64 58 .525 4.5 65 -1
FLA 56 66 .459 12.5 56 0
WAS 55 67 .451 13.5 51 4
National League Central CHN 62 59 .512 0.0 65 -3
MIL 62 60 .508 0.5 59 3
STL 58 61 .487 3.0 53 5
HOU 55 67 .451 7.5 55 0
CIN 53 68 .438 9.0 55 -2
PIT 50 70 .417 11.5 51 -1
National League West ARI 70 53 .569 0.0 59 11
SD 65 56 .537 4.0 67 -2
LAN 63 59 .516 6.5 62 1
COL 62 59 .512 7.0 64 -2
SF 52 70 .426 17.5 59 -7
Wildcard Standings American League SEA 67 52 .563 0.0 NYA 68 54 .557 0.5 DET 67 55 .549 1.5 TOR 62 59 .512 6.0 MIN 61 60 .504 7.0 National League PHI 65 56 .537 0.0 SD 65 56 .537 0.0 ATL 64 58 .525 1.5 LAN 63 59 .516 2.5 COL 62 59 .512 3.0
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 AAA Joey Votto........ 5 3 0 0 2 0 1 4 RBI COL AAA Chris Iannetta.... 4 4 2 0 0 1 0 STL AA Colby Rasmus...... 3 3 1 0 1 1 0 COL AAA Seth Smith........ 6 5 1 1 2 0 0 5 R ARI AAA Alberto Callaspo.. 4 3 1 0 1 1 0 3 R SF A+ Travis Ishikawa... 5 3 0 1 2 0 1 3 R COL AAA Joseph Koshansky.. 3 1 1 0 0 3 0 CIN A Drew Stubbs....... 6 4 0 0 1 1 2 3 R CLE AAA Andy Marte........ 3 2 0 0 0 1 1 PHI A Adrian Cardenas... 2 2 2 0 0 2 0 3 R OAK AA Jeffrey Baisley... 5 3 1 1 0 0 1 COL A+ Eric Young........ 4 3 1 1 0 0 1 3 R ORG LVL PLAYER IP H R ER SO BB HR Notes CIN AA Matthew Maloney... 7 3 2 1 11 0 0 CLE AAA Jeremy Sowers..... 7 6 2 2 7 2 0 COL A Aneury Rodriguez.. 9 3 0 0 10 2 0 BOS AA Michael Bowden.... 7 5 1 1 7 0 1 KC A+ Blake Johnson..... 7 4 0 0 6 2 0 LA AA Greg Miller....... 5 7 2 2 7 0 0 FLA AA G. Hernandez...... 5 6 3 3 6 2 0 TEX AAA A. Galarraga...... 7 7 1 1 8 3 0 SD AA Wade Leblanc...... 5 4 0 0 5 2 0 9 GB MIN A+ Zachary Ward...... 6 5 4 2 5 2 0 CLE AA Scott Lewis....... 5 7 2 2 3 0 0 TEX A Kasey Kiker....... 5 8 2 2 7 3 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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