THT Daily: Deja Vu
Major League News for May 15
Player News
Yesterday’s Results
Today’s Games
Standings
Top Minor League Performances
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Player News
Player Headlines are courtesy of Rotoworld
C.J. Wilson is likely to stand in as the Rangers’ closer this weekend.
Frank Francisco hasn’t pitched since April 29 because of biceps tendinitis and may not be available until Sunday, at the earliest. Wilson hasn’t allowed an earned run in his last six appearances and is a good bet to pick up a save if the opportunity presents itself.
According to the L.A. Times, no trace of HCG was found in Manny Ramirez’s urine, but a prescription for the drug is what led to his suspension.
HCG is typically taken by steroid users at the end of a cycle. As the Times reports, “MLB officials had begun the process of disciplining Ramirez for a positive drug test when they obtained his medical records that contained a prescription for HCG. At that point he was suspended for ‘just cause’ based on ‘non-analytical evidence’ and for which a ‘therapeutic use’ exemption was available but never requested.”
David Wright went 3-for-3 with two RBI and four stolen bases as the Mets defeated the Giants 7-4 on Thursday night.
Just after the Giants had scored two runs in the bottom of the eighth to tie the game at four, Wright delivered an RBI single to break the tie in the top of the ninth, then stole second and scored on a Ramon Castro single. Wright’s 4-for-4 night on steals was stunning, considering he was just 5-for-11 on previous attempts this year and stole only 15 bases all of last year.
The Marlins are now saying that Josh Johnson had some weakness in his right shoulder before coming out of Thursday’s game.
The official word during the game was that there was no injury, but the Marlins said afterwards that there was an area of some concern. “It just doesn’t feel great,” Johnson said. “I wanted to go back out there. It’s not tight. Almost weak. But then I came in here and did all the strength stuff, and they told me it’s not weak. I’ve heard stories of people leaving Colorado and feeling absolutely awful their next start.” Johnson threw eight innings at high-altitude Coors Field five days ago.
Matt Harrison notched a second straight complete-game victory after limiting the Mariners to two runs on Thursday.
It was going to be a tough-luck loss until Hank Blalock and Chris Davis homered to give the Rangers three runs and the victory in the bottom of the ninth. Harrison, who shut out the White Sox last week, allowed five hits, walked none and struck out seven today. His streak of 22 straight scoreless innings was snapped in the fourth, but he was outstanding otherwise. We’re still not optimistic about him from a fantasy standpoint.
Yesterday’s Results
For the full scoop regarding yesterday’s games, read “And That Happened” at Shysterball.
American League CLE 11 TB 7 (Recap and Boxscore) NYA 3 TOR 2 (Recap and Boxscore) BAL 9 KC 5 (Recap and Boxscore) MIN 6 DET 5 (Recap and Boxscore) LAA 5 BOS 4 (Recap and Boxscore) TEX 3 SEA 2 (Recap and Boxscore) National League LAN 5 PHI 3 (Recap and Boxscore) CHN 11 SD 3 (Recap and Boxscore) MIL 5 FLA 3 (Recap and Boxscore) STL 5 PIT 1 (Recap and Boxscore) HOU 5 COL 3 (Recap and Boxscore) NYN 7 SF 4 (Recap and Boxscore)
Check out Fangraphs’ scoreboard to see all the games in action.
Today’s Games
National League --------------- Houston Astros at Chicago Cubs, 2:20 PM (R) Brian Moehler (0-2) vs. (R) Randy Wells (0-0) Philadelphia Phillies at Washington Nationals, 7:05 PM (R) Joe Blanton (1-3) vs. (L) John Lannan (2-3) Colorado Rockies at Pittsburgh Pirates, 7:05 PM (L) Jorge De La Rosa (0-3) vs. (L) Paul Maholm (3-1) Los Angeles Dodgers at Florida Marlins, 7:10 PM (L) Eric Stults (4-1) vs. (R) Chris Volstad (2-2) Arizona Diamondbacks at Atlanta Braves, 7:35 PM (L) Doug Davis (2-5) vs. (R) Javier Vazquez (3-3) Milwaukee Brewers at St. Louis Cardinals, 8:15 PM (R) Yovani Gallardo (4-1) vs. (R) Kyle Lohse (3-2) Cincinnati Reds at San Diego Padres, 10:05 PM (R) Aaron Harang (3-3) vs. (R) Kevin Correia (0-2) New York Mets at San Francisco Giants, 10:15 PM (R) Livan Hernandez (3-1) vs. (R) Tim Lincecum (3-1) American League --------------- Minnesota Twins at New York Yankees, 7:05 PM (L) Francisco Liriano (2-4) vs. (R) Phil Hughes (1-2) Oakland Athletics at Detroit Tigers, 7:05 PM (L) Brett Anderson (0-3) vs. (R) Edwin Jackson (2-2) Chicago White Sox at Toronto Blue Jays, 7:07 PM (L) John Danks (2-2) vs. (L) Brett Cecil (1-0) Cleveland Indians at Tampa Bay Rays, 7:38 PM (R) Anthony Reyes (1-1) vs. (L) Scott Kazmir (4-3) LA Angels of Anaheim at Texas Rangers, 8:05 PM (L) Joe Saunders (5-1) vs. (R) Kevin Millwood (3-3) Baltimore Orioles at Kansas City Royals, 8:10 PM (R) Adam Eaton (2-3) vs. (R) Zack Greinke (6-1) Boston Red Sox at Seattle Mariners, 10:10 PM (L) Jon Lester (2-3) vs. (R) Chris Jakubauskas (1-4)
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 23 14 .622 0.0 23 0BOS 21 14 .600 1.0 19 2
NYA 17 17 .500 4.5 15 2
TB 16 20 .444 6.5 19 -3
BAL 15 20 .429 7.0 15 0
American League Central DET 17 16 .515 0.0 17 0
KC 18 17 .514 0.0 18 0
MIN 18 17 .514 0.0 16 2
CHA 15 18 .455 2.0 14 1
CLE 14 22 .389 4.5 16 -2
American League West TEX 20 14 .588 0.0 19 1
LAA 18 15 .545 1.5 17 1
SEA 16 19 .457 4.5 15 1
OAK 13 18 .419 5.5 16 -3
National League East Pwins Diff NYN 19 15 .559 0.0 19 0
ATL 17 17 .500 2.0 17 0
PHI 16 16 .500 2.0 16 0
FLA 17 18 .486 2.5 16 1
WAS 11 21 .344 7.0 14 -3
National League Central STL 21 14 .600 0.0 20 1
MIL 21 14 .600 0.0 20 1
CHN 20 14 .588 0.5 18 2
CIN 20 14 .588 0.5 18 2
HOU 16 18 .471 4.5 16 0
PIT 14 20 .412 6.5 17 -3
National League West LAN 24 12 .667 0.0 24 0
SF 18 16 .529 5.0 16 2
COL 13 20 .394 9.5 17 -4
ARI 13 22 .371 10.5 13 0
SD 13 22 .371 10.5 12 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 BOS A Anthony Rizzo..... 4 2 0 0 2 1 0 4 R CHC AAA Jake Fox.......... 6 4 1 0 1 0 0 3 R ATL A+ Jason Heyward..... 2 1 0 0 1 3 1 SF A+ Roger Kieschnick.. 5 3 1 0 1 0 0 BAL AAA Matt Wieters...... 5 2 0 0 2 0 1 3 R PHI AAA John Mayberry..... 2 2 0 1 1 1 0 WAN A+ C. Marrero........ 5 2 0 1 1 0 1 NYM AA Joshua Thole...... 5 5 1 0 0 0 0 3 LD LA AA Joshua Bell....... 4 3 0 0 1 1 0 4 RBI LAA A+ Matthew Sweeney... 3 1 0 0 1 2 1 CHC AA Tony Thomas....... 5 3 0 0 1 0 1 PIT AAA Andrew McCutchen.. 5 4 1 0 0 0 0 ORG LVL PLAYER IP H R ER SO BB HR Notes PHI A Jason Knapp....... 5 3 1 1 9 1 0 ATL AA Scott Diamond..... 7 6 1 1 6 0 0 13 GB MIL A Wily Peralta...... 6 3 2 2 6 1 0 SD A Simon Castro...... 5 4 3 2 7 1 0 TEX AAA Neftali Feliz..... 5 1 1 1 7 1 1 BOS A Casey Kelly....... 6 2 0 0 3 0 0 11 GB ATL A Ezekiel Spruill... 8 7 2 2 5 0 1 18 GB LAA A William Smith..... 6 6 2 2 7 1 1 HOU AAA Bud Norris........ 6 8 4 4 8 3 0 TEX AA Kasey Kiker....... 6 4 2 2 8 2 2 TEX A Wilmer Font....... 5 4 0 0 6 3 0 CHC A C. Carpenter...... 6 4 1 1 4 2 0 13 GB
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