Games of the Day

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The Twins dispatched a wild card rival over the weekend, and now they go after the division leader as the Tigers come to town. One thing in the Tigers favor is Detroit's offensive strength is the Twins pitching weakness. The...

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Bronx Banter: Just One Day Out Of Life

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The Yankees have won 9 of their last 12 games and the last four games they've lost have been started by Scott Kazmir, John Lackey, Johan Santana, and Dan Haren. You really can't complain about that, though it is cause for concern heading into tonight's game against another big name pitcher, Toronto's Roy Halladay. Here's the good news: after a fantastic April (4-0, 2.28 ERA), Halladay's been something of a mess, posting a 6.35 ERA over his last eleven starts and a 6.85 ERA over his last four. The bad news is that it seems a significant part of that has been bad luck. Halladay has allowed 92 hits in his last 66 2/3 innings, which can be traced to his inflated .323 opponents average on balls in play. That cannot, however, be traced to the Toronto defense, which is fifth in the majors at turning balls in play into outs and puts a solid in field quartet behind the groundballing Halladay.

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Phils search for credible starter (Yahoo! Sports)

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The Philadelphia Phillies don’t have the expendible assets to land a top-tier pitcher like Dontrelle Willis or…Read the full story.

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Triple-A All-Star Game Photo Gallery, Part 2

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ALBUQUERQUE — Last week, the PCL squared off against the IL in the annual Triple-A All-Star game. James Venes was at Isotopes Park to cover the game for the Scout.com network. We have part two of his photo gallery inside…Read the full story.

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Rockies logjam: Stewart or Atkins must go (Yahoo!
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If the Colorado Rockies are committed to Garrett Atkins at third base, they need to consider moving prospect…Read the full story.

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Yankees wont trade pitching for Teixeira (Yahoo!
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The New York Yankees have no plans to trade any of their top pitching prospects for an elite first baseman like…Read the full story.

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Cubs still have room to deal (Yahoo! Sports)

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Chicago Cubs general manager Jim Hendry said conversations with Tribune Co. executives lead him to believe he…Read the full story.

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Sox search for arms (Yahoo! Sports)

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With Jacoby Ellsbury in the wings, the Boston Red Sox are considering moving Coco Crisp to strengthen their…Read the full story.

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Sox wont add big-name free agents to bullpen
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The Chicago White Sox have bullpen issues, but don’t expect them to bid on closers Mariano Rivera, Bob Wickman,…Read the full story.

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Santana's Penultimate Stand: Devil Rays 8, Angels
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post from 6-4-2 — an Angels/Dodgers double play blog on 17 July 2007 02:08:00 PM. © 6-4-2 — an Angels/Dodgers double play blog

14 hits and 7 runs aren't enough to pull him from the mound. Wow.

Update: Neither the MLB.com recap nor the AP recap nor Mike DiGiovanna of the Times mention Santana actually being sent down to AAA after this game, which more or less jibes with my feeling, namely, that the Angels are going to give Santana until the end of the month to straighten himself out. Luckily for Los Angeles de Anaheim, Baltimore beat the snot out of Seattle 8-3, with Felix Hernandez's quality start ruined by bad outings from the M's generally watertight bullpen. If the Angels get underwater, Santana's goose is cooked, regardless, but I have my doubts about just how much he can learn in just one August in AAA.

Partly, that's because of the Bees' August schedule, in which they play nine of their games in the highest and second-highest parks in the PCL at Albuquerque and Colorado Springs, and 17 of 30 away from home. Maybe it's good practice, but I'll be impressed when and if he returns with some solid away numbers.

As for today's game, I wanted to believe Santana was pitching well early, but in fact he had some very lucky line drive outs into gloves. And Orlando Cabrera's misplay notwithstanding, a pitcher has to be resilient enough to withstand those kinds of troubles. He isn't, not now, anyway, and he needs to go back to AAA. There's some talk that his troubles stem from a stubborn attempt to expand his repertoire past fastball, slider, and change. We know he can be successful; the question now is how to get him back to that success. That trip begins in Salt Lake.

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