THT Daily: Greinke’s streak ends…or does it?
by Dave StudemanApril 25, 2009
Major League News for April 25
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's ongoing eye problems are expected to land him on the disabled list Saturday.
The Braves have called catcher Clint Sammons from Class AAA Gwinnett in anticipation of the likely McCann move to the DL. "We'll see how he feels tomorrow, but I don't think it'll change," manager Bobby Cox said of McCann's condition. McCann is expected to see another eye specialist next week and could wind up having Lasik surgery. David Ross will continue to see more at bats in McCann's absence.
Joe Mauer (back) went 2-for-4 with a double and two RBI Friday for Single-A Fort Myers in the first game of his rehab assignment.
He caught seven innings in the contest. Mauer is scheduled to play six games in the minors before rejoining the Twins on May 1.
The Diamondbacks said after Friday's game that Brandon Webb would be shut down for three weeks after his latest shoulder setback.
Arizona is still maintaining that no MRIs have revealed any structural damage, but this seems like a big step to take if that truly was the case. That Webb will go three weeks without throwing suggests that it will be six weeks before he's back starting for the Diamondbacks, even if there are no additional problems. Yusmeiro Petit should have some value in NL-only leagues in the meantime.
The Yankees will place Chien-Ming Wang on the DL prior to Saturday's game.
No word yet on what injury they've made up, but MLB really doesn't care much about that kind of thing. David Robertson will be recalled to add some bullpen depth for the weekend, and Phil Hughes will probably be brought up to start in Wang's place next week.
Braves placed OF Garret Anderson on 15-day disabled list with a strained left quadriceps muscle.
Anderson's injury woes continue. Brandon Jones was recalled from Triple-A to take Anderson's place on the roster. Jones was hitting .308 in the minors, and should get another look from the Braves.
Yesterday’s Results
For the full scoop regarding yesterday's games, read "And That Happened" at Shysterball.American League TEX 5 BAL 4 (Recap and Boxscore) BOS 5 NYA 4 (Recap and Boxscore) TOR 14 CHA 0 (Recap and Boxscore) MIN 5 CLE 1 (Recap and Boxscore) KC 6 DET 1 (Recap and Boxscore) SEA 8 LAA 3 (Recap and Boxscore) TB 8 OAK 2 (Recap and Boxscore) National League PHI 7 FLA 3 (Recap and Boxscore) NYN 4 WAS 3 (Recap and Boxscore) ATL 4 CIN 3 (Recap and Boxscore) MIL 5 HOU 2 (Recap and Boxscore) STL 4 CHN 3 (Recap and Boxscore) SF 5 ARI 1 (Recap and Boxscore) LAN 6 COL 5 (Recap and Boxscore) SD 4 PIT 3 (Recap and Boxscore)
Today’s Games
National League --------------- Washington Nationals at New York Mets, 1:10 PM (R) Daniel Cabrera (0-1) vs. (R) Mike Pelfrey (1-0) Atlanta Braves at Cincinnati Reds, 1:10 PM (R) Derek Lowe (1-1) vs. (R) Bronson Arroyo (3-0) Chicago Cubs at St. Louis Cardinals, 4:10 PM (L) Sean Marshall (0-0) vs. (R) Mitchell Boggs (0-0) Milwaukee Brewers at Houston Astros, 7:05 PM (R) Jeff Suppan (1-2) vs. (L) Mike Hampton (1-1) Philadelphia Phillies at Florida Marlins, 7:10 PM (R) Chan Ho Park (0-0) vs. (R) Chris Volstad (2-0) San Francisco Giants at Arizona Diamondbacks, 8:10 PM (L) Randy Johnson (1-2) vs. (R) Max Scherzer (0-1) Los Angeles Dodgers at Colorado Rockies, 8:10 PM (R) James McDonald (0-1) vs. (R) Ubaldo Jimenez (1-2) Pittsburgh Pirates at San Diego Padres, 10:05 PM (L) Zach Duke (2-1) vs. (R) Shawn Hill (1-0) American League --------------- Tampa Bay Rays at Oakland Athletics, 4:05 PM (R) Matt Garza (1-1) vs. (L) Dallas Braden (1-2) New York Yankees at Boston Red Sox, 4:10 PM (R) A.J. Burnett (2-0) vs. (R) Josh Beckett (2-1) Minnesota Twins at Cleveland Indians, 7:05 PM (R) Kevin Slowey (2-0) vs. (R) Carl Pavano (0-2) Texas Rangers at Baltimore Orioles, 7:05 PM (R) Scott Feldman (0-0) vs. (L) Mark Hendrickson (1-2) Toronto Blue Jays at Chicago White Sox, 7:05 PM (L) Brian Burres (0-0) vs. (L) Mark Buehrle (2-0) Detroit Tigers at Kansas City Royals, 7:10 PM (R) Zach Miner (1-1) vs. (R) Kyle Davies (1-0) Seattle Mariners at LA Angels of Anaheim, 9:05 PM (R) Carlos Silva (0-2) vs. (R) Anthony Ortega (0-0)
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 TOR 13 5 .722 0.0 13 0BOS 10 6 .625 2.0 10 0
NYA 9 7 .563 3.0 7 2
BAL 8 9 .471 4.5 6 2
TB 7 10 .412 5.5 9 -2
American League Central KC 9 7 .563 0.0 10 -1
CHA 8 8 .500 1.0 8 0
DET 8 8 .500 1.0 9 -1
MIN 8 9 .471 1.5 6 2
CLE 6 11 .353 3.5 8 -2
American League West SEA 11 6 .647 0.0 10 1
TEX 7 9 .438 3.5 8 -1
LAA 6 10 .375 4.5 7 -1
OAK 5 10 .333 5.0 6 -1
National League East Pwins Diff FLA 11 5 .688 0.0 10 1
ATL 8 8 .500 3.0 7 1
PHI 7 8 .467 3.5 7 0
NYN 7 9 .438 4.0 8 -1
WAS 3 12 .200 7.5 6 -3
National League Central STL 12 5 .706 0.0 11 1
CIN 9 7 .563 2.5 7 2
PIT 9 7 .563 2.5 10 -1
CHN 8 7 .533 3.0 8 0
MIL 7 9 .438 4.5 7 0
HOU 6 11 .353 6.0 6 0
National League West LAN 12 5 .706 0.0 12 0
SD 10 6 .625 1.5 8 2
SF 7 8 .467 4.0 7 0
ARI 6 10 .375 5.5 5 1
COL 5 10 .333 6.0 6 -1
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 LAA A+ Clayton Fuller.... 6 4 0 0 2 0 0 CHC A Ryan Flaherty..... 3 2 2 0 0 2 0 SEA AAA Mike Carp......... 5 4 1 0 1 0 0 3 R SEA AAA Jeff Clement...... 4 4 1 0 1 0 0 4 R CHW AA Brandon Allen..... 4 3 0 1 1 0 0 SEA AA Gregory Halman.... 3 2 0 0 2 0 1 4 RBI CLE AAA Luis Valbuena..... 4 3 1 1 0 1 0 3 LD PHI AAA John Mayberry..... 4 3 2 0 0 1 0 4 RBI PHI A Travis D'Arnaud... 3 2 1 0 1 0 0 3 R CIN AA Juan Francisco.... 5 2 1 0 1 0 0 PHI AAA Jason Donald...... 5 3 2 0 0 0 0 MIL A+ Caleb Gindl....... 4 3 0 0 1 0 0 4 RBI ORG LVL PLAYER IP H R ER SO BB HR Notes SEA A+ Michael Pineda.... 7 3 1 1 6 0 0 PHI AA Michael Stutes.... 6 2 0 0 8 2 0 MIN A+ M. McCardell...... 6 1 0 0 6 1 0 BAL AAA C. Tillman........ 6 3 0 0 6 1 0 COL A C. Friedrich...... 6 4 1 0 7 2 0 ATL AAA Thomas Hanson..... 6 4 2 1 6 2 0 STL A+ Lance Lynn........ 4 7 3 3 5 0 0 LAA A Tyler Chatwood.... 5 1 0 0 6 5 0 BAL AA Brandon Erbe...... 5 7 2 1 7 3 1 STL AAA C. Mortensen...... 6 2 1 1 3 5 0 11 GB OAK AAA Vincent Mazzaro... 6 4 1 0 3 4 0 15 GB SEA A+ Phillippe Aumont.. 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 2 GB
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