THT Daily: Four for four
David Wright may be done for the year, the fourth Met batting star out of action.
Major League News for August 17
Player News
Yesterday’s Results
Today’s Games
Standings
Top Minor League Performances
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Player News
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The Mets said after Sunday’s game that David Wright would go on the disabled list with symptoms of post-concussion syndrome.
There’s not going to be anything to play for next month, so the Mets might as well play it extra, extra safe with Wright. There are no quality alternatives in the minors, so Fernando Tatis will likely act as the regular third baseman.
Nick Johnson left Sunday’s game after one inning with a hamstring injury.
Well, this was long overdue. Johnson had started 104 games this year and hadn’t suffered a legitimate injury until now. The Marlins moved Ross Gload to first base to replace him today and put Jeremy Hermida in left field. If Johnson goes on the DL, either Jorge Cantu will move back to first, opening up playing time for Emilio Bonifacio, or Gaby Sanchez could be given an opportunity at the position.
Angels activated outfielder Torii Hunter from the 15-day disabled list.
Reggie Willits was optioned to Triple-A Salt Lake on Saturday night in order to clear roster space. Hunter will make his triumphant return Sunday afternoon against Orioles right-hander Jeremy Guthrie. The outfielder has hit .305 with 17 home runs and 65 RBI in 77 games with the Halos this season.
Brandon Phillips was scratched from Sunday’s lineup with a sore left hand.
Drew Sutton will fill in at second base for one game. Phillips should be back in the lineup Tuesday when the Reds begin a series at home against the Giants. He was hit on the hand with a pitch during Saturday’s loss.
Yesterday’s Results
For the full scoop regarding yesterday’s games, read “And That Happened” at Shysterball.
American League LAA 17 BAL 8 (Recap and Boxscore) TB 5 TOR 2 (Recap and Boxscore) KC 3 DET 2 (Recap and Boxscore) CLE 7 MIN 4 (Recap and Boxscore) OAK 3 CHA 2 (Recap and Boxscore) SEA 10 NYA 3 (Recap and Boxscore) TEX 4 BOS 3 (Recap and Boxscore) National League PHI 4 ATL 1 (Recap and Boxscore) FLA 10 COL 3 (Recap and Boxscore) COL 7 FLA 3 (Recap and Boxscore) NYN 3 SF 2 (Recap and Boxscore) WAS 5 CIN 4 (Recap and Boxscore) HOU 8 MIL 5 (Recap and Boxscore) STL 7 SD 5 (Recap and Boxscore) LAN 9 ARI 3 (Recap and Boxscore)
Check out Fangraphs’ scoreboard to see all the games in action.
Today’s Games
Angels (70-45) @ Orioles (48-69), 7:05pm
Ervin Santana (26, RHP) vs. David Hernandez (24, RHP)
Twins (56-61) @ Rangers (66-50), 8:05pm
Francisco Liriano (25, LHP) vs. Tommy Hunter (22, RHP)
Royals (46-71) @ WhiteSox (60-58), 8:11pm
Brian Bannister (28, RHP) vs. Mark Buehrle (30, LHP)
Yankees (74-44) @ Athletics (52-65), 10:05pm
A.J. Burnett (32, RHP) vs. Brett Tomko (36, RHP)
D’backs (54-64) @ Braves (61-56), 4:05pm
Max Scherzer (24, RHP) vs. Tommy Hanson (22, RHP)
Brewers (58-59) @ Pirates (46-70), 7:05pm
Carlos Villanueva (25, RHP) vs. Kevin Hart (26, RHP)
Giants (63-54) @ Mets (55-62), 7:10pm
Joe Martinez (26, RHP) vs. Livan Hernandez (34, RHP)
Cubs (60-55) @ Padres (49-70), 10:05pm
Ted Lilly (33, LHP) vs. Kevin Correia (28, RHP)
Cardinals (67-52) @ Dodgers (70-48), 10:10pm
Chris Carpenter (34, RHP) vs. Charlie Haeger (25, RHP, 0-0, undef)
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 NYA 74 44 .627 0.0 69 5BOS 66 51 .564 7.5 66 0
TB 63 54 .538 10.5 66 -3
TOR 55 61 .474 18.0 62 -7
BAL 48 69 .410 25.5 50 -2
American League Central DET 62 55 .530 0.0 60 2
CHA 60 58 .508 2.5 60 0
MIN 56 61 .479 6.0 59 -3
CLE 51 66 .436 11.0 56 -5
KC 46 71 .393 16.0 46 0
American League West LAA 70 45 .609 0.0 65 5
TEX 66 50 .569 4.5 64 2
SEA 61 57 .517 10.5 54 7
OAK 52 65 .444 19.0 55 -3
National League East Pwins Diff PHI 66 49 .574 0.0 65 1
FLA 63 55 .534 4.5 59 4
ATL 61 56 .521 6.0 63 -2
NYN 55 62 .470 12.0 55 0
WAS 43 75 .364 24.5 49 -6
National League Central STL 67 52 .563 0.0 66 1
CHN 60 55 .522 5.0 60 0
MIL 58 59 .496 8.0 56 2
HOU 57 61 .483 9.5 51 6
CIN 50 67 .427 16.0 49 1
PIT 46 70 .397 19.5 50 -4
National League West LAN 70 48 .593 0.0 71 -1
COL 65 53 .551 5.0 67 -2
SF 63 54 .538 6.5 62 1
ARI 54 64 .458 16.0 56 -2
SD 49 70 .412 21.5 45 4
Wildcard Standings American League TEX 66 50 .569 0.0 BOS 66 51 .564 0.5 TB 63 54 .538 3.5 SEA 61 57 .517 6.0 CHA 60 58 .508 7.0 National League COL 65 53 .551 0.0 SF 63 54 .538 1.5 FLA 63 55 .534 2.0 CHN 60 55 .522 3.5 ATL 61 56 .521 3.5
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 KC AA David Lough....... 5 4 1 0 1 0 1 SF AAA John Bowker....... 4 2 0 0 2 1 1 7 RBI ! SF A+ Roger Kieschnick.. 4 3 3 0 0 0 0 4 LD CHC A Brett Jackson..... 6 4 1 0 1 0 1 3 R BOS AA Ryan Kalish....... 4 3 0 1 1 0 0 CLE AA Carlos Rivero..... 4 2 0 0 2 0 1 CLE A+ Tim Fedroff....... 3 2 2 0 0 2 0 HOU AAA C. Johnson........ 4 3 2 0 0 0 0 OAK AAA Brett Wallace..... 5 4 0 0 1 0 0 OAK AAA Adrian Cardenas... 4 3 1 0 0 1 0 CHC A Ryan Flaherty..... 3 2 1 0 1 0 0 FLA AAA Gaby Sanchez...... 3 2 0 0 1 1 1 ORG LVL PLAYER IP H R ER SO BB HR Notes FLA A Brad Hand......... 6 2 1 1 10 1 0 PHI AA Michael Stutes.... 7 2 0 0 9 1 0 SEA A+ Mauricio Robles... 7 1 0 0 9 3 0 CHC A+ Jay Jackson....... 7 4 0 0 7 0 0 CLE AAA Carlos Carrasco... 8 5 2 1 6 2 0 LAA A Tyler Chatwood.... 5 4 3 3 6 1 0 11 GB TEX A Joseph Wieland.... 5 5 2 2 6 1 0 CLE A Jason Knapp....... 4 4 3 2 5 0 0 BOS AAA Michael Bowden.... 7 5 2 2 4 2 0 KC A+ M. Montgomery..... 6 6 3 3 5 2 0 HOU AAA Felipe Paulino.... 6 7 5 5 6 3 0 OAK A+ Ben Hornbeck...... 3 1 0 0 3 0 0
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