The daily grind: 8-1
I wrote today’s grind and then I somehow deleted everything but the table while adding the player links. Here’s yesterday’s table and it’s worth noting that Domonic Brown is now an everyday starter.
| Team | Player | Handedness | Opposing Pitcher | Team | Player | Handedness | Opposing Pitcher | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Athletics | Cardinals | |||||||
| Brandon Moss | L | Henderson Alvarez | Jon Jay | L | TBA | |||
| Jemile Weeks | S | Henderson Alvarez | Giants | |||||
| Seth Smith | L | Henderson Alvarez | Brandon Belt | L | Chris Young | |||
| Blue Jays | Marlins | |||||||
| Anthony Gose | L | Bartolo Colon | Carlos Lee | R | Mike Minor | |||
| Rajai Davis | R | Bartolo Colon | Justin Ruggiano | R | Mike Minor | |||
| Indians | Mets | |||||||
| Jose Lopez | L | Jeremy Guthrie | Scott Hairston | R | Barry Zito | |||
| Johnny Damon | L | Jeremy Guthrie | Padres | |||||
| Travis Hafner | L | Jeremy Guthrie | Yasmani Grandal | S | Johnny Cueto | |||
| Casey Kotchman | L | Jeremy Guthrie | Phillies | |||||
| Rangers | Domonic Brown | L | Ross Detwiler | |||||
| David Murphy | L | C.J. Wilson | Ty Wigginton | R | Ross Detwiler | |||
| Red Sox | John Mayberry Jr. | R | Ross Detwiler | |||||
| Daniel Nava | S | Sam Deduno | Reds | |||||
| Cody Ross | R | Sam Deduno | Zack Cozart | R | Ross Ohlendorf | |||
| Royals | Todd Frazier | R | Ross Ohlendorf | |||||
| Salvador Perez | R | Corey Kluber | ||||||
| Alcides Escobar | R | Corey Kluber | ||||||
| Lorenzo Cain | R | Corey Kluber | ||||||
| Twins | ||||||||
| Ryan Doumit | S | TBA | ||||||
| Denard Span | L | TBA | ||||||
| Ben Revere | L | TBA |
Reliever Redux
Greg Holland is now a closer. Aaron Crow and Kelvin Herrera wait in the wings.
Scott Downs is on the disabled list. So is Jordan Walden. That means all the saves go to Ernesto Frieri.
Wilton Lopez has elbow tightness which means that Francisco Cordero will likely to continue his crimes.
You can follow me on twitter @BaseballATeam
Wasn’t Grandal placed on the DL yesterday?
Quite possible, large barrage of information yesterday and it typically takes me a day or two to catch DL moves for players I don’t have rostered.