Projected Starters - A look at Tuesday's matchups (all times Eastern)
Mets (Bartolo Colon – R) at Nationals (Tanner Roark – R), 7:05Royals (Yordano Ventura – R) at Indians (Danny Salazar – R), 7:05
Orioles (Ubaldo Jimenez – R) at Yankees (Brandon McCarthy – R), 7:05
Mariners (Felix Hernandez – R) at Blue Jays (R.A. Dickey – K), 7:07
White Sox (Scott Carroll – R) at Tigers (David Price – L), 7:08
Rays (Alex Cobb – R) at Red Sox (Clay Buchholz – R), 7:10
Pirates (Gerrit Cole – R) at Braves (Alex Wood – L), 7:10
Brewers (Mike Fiers – R) at Reds (Johnny Cueto – R), 7:10
Phillies (Cole Hamels – L) at Marlins (Henderson Alvarez – R), 7:10
Astros (Brett Oberholtzer – L) at Rangers (Nick Martinez – R), 8:05
Cardinals (Shelby Miller – R) at Cubs (Kyle Hendricks – R), 8:05
Diamondbacks (Andrew Chafin – L) at Twins (Kyle Gibson – R), 8:10
Angels (Wade LeBlanc – L) at Athletics (Sonny Gray – R), 10:05
Giants (Madison Bumgarner – L) at Dodgers (Zack Greinke – R), 10:10
Rockies (Jorge De La Rosa – L) at Padres (Robbie Erlin – L), 10:10
Day Game After Night Game: None
Injuries
Day-to-Day
Howie Kendrick, 2B, LAA (hamstring) – Out of Monday's lineup Jason Kipnis, 2B, CLE (hamstring) – Didn't play Monday Josh Hamilton, OF, LAA (ribs) – Hit off a tee Monday Tyson Ross, SP, SD (forearm) – Scratched from Wednesday's start and shut down Jason Heyward, OF, ATL (thumb) – Out of Monday's lineup for fourth straight Evan Gattis, C, ATL (illness) – Out of the lineup once more Monday Aaron Hill, 2B, ARI (finger) – Left Monday's game with dislocation Jimmy Rollins, SS, PHI (hamstring) – Still no updates even though he's been practicing Adam Eaton, OF, CHW (personal) – Could be back in Tuesday Matt Shoemaker, SP, LAA (oblique) – "Very remote" chance to pitch in final week Desmond Jennings, OF, TB (knee) – Finished for the year Roenis Elias, SP, SEA (elbow) – Done for the year Carlos Beltran, OF, NYY (elbow) – Out again Monday Josh Fields, RP, HOU (oblique) – Day-to-day; hasn't pitched since Sept. 9 Adam Lind, 1B, TOR (back) – Out of Monday's lineup – that's three straight Jesse Crain, RP, HOU (biceps) – Unlikely to make his way back in the final week Craig Gentry, OF, OAK (concussion) – Feeling better, but hasn't been cleared Odrisamer Despaigne, SP, SD (back) – Has a sore lat Christian Colon, SS, KC (finger) – Unlikely to return in regular season Michael Taylor, OF, CHW (knee) – Unavailable Monday Marco Gonzales, RP, STL (illness) – Not traveling with team Tommy Milone, SP, MIN (neck) – Could return out of bullpen Thursday Eduardo Escobar, 3B, MIN (shoulder) – Out of the lineup Monday Steve Pearce, OF, BAL (wrist) – Hopes to return Wednesday Mark Teixeira, 1B, NYY (wrist) – Had another cortisone shot; hopes to play Tuesday Zach Walters, 3B, CLE (ribs) – Out for seventh straight game Monday CC Sabathia, SP, NYY (knee) – Played catch Monday for first time since surgery
Players on the DL
Anibal Sanchez, SP, DET (chest) – Will be activated Tuesday, join bullpen
Transactions – Players who have been demoted, called up, traded, released, you name it. We'll cover it here.
Activated from DL Jonathan Papelbon, RP, PHI (suspension)
Sent Down Josh Outman, RP, NYY (DFA)
Claimed Eury Perez, OF, NYY (from WAS)
Closer Watch
Nationals – Rafael Soriano found himself back in the closer's chair Sunday in Miami with Drew Storen unavailable. Although he gave up a run, Soriano did finish it off for his 32nd save of the year. Nonetheless, the Nats will continue going to Storen over the season's final week.Padres – Kevin Quackenbush picked up his sixth save Monday, one day after Joaquin Benoit made his return from a shoulder injury. Benoit looked sharp Sunday, but Quackenbush has been effective as the closer, and there's really no point in the Padres making a change at this late stage of things.
Hot Batter Matchups – September 23, 2014Matchup Info | Career Matchup Stats | |||||||||||||
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Batter | Pos | Game | Pitcher | AB | H | XBH | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
| M. Brantley | OF | CLE vs KC 7:05PM | Y. Ventura | 13 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | .385 | .385 | .615 | 1.000 |
| C. Santana | C | CLE vs KC 7:05PM | Y. Ventura | 12 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .417 | .462 | .917 | 1.378 |
| B. Butler | DH | KC @ CLE 7:05PM | D. Salazar | 10 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | .600 | .636 | .900 | 1.536 |
| C. Beltran | OF | NYY vs BAL 7:05PM | U. Jimenez | 15 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | .400 | .500 | .933 | 1.433 |
| S. Drew | SS | NYY vs BAL 7:05PM | U. Jimenez | 36 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 6 | .278 | .381 | .556 | .937 |
| C. Headley | 3B | NYY vs BAL 7:05PM | U. Jimenez | 21 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | .286 | .375 | .524 | .899 |
| I. Desmond | SS | WAS vs NYM 7:05PM | B. Colon | 10 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .400 | .455 | 1.000 | 1.455 |
| A. Jackson | OF | SEA @ TOR 7:07PM | R. Dickey | 12 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | .333 | .429 | .667 | 1.095 |
| K. Morales | 1B | SEA @ TOR 7:07PM | R. Dickey | 15 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | .333 | .412 | .533 | .945 |
| J. Bautista | OF | TOR vs SEA 7:07PM | F. Hernandez | 19 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | .316 | .435 | .632 | 1.066 |
| C. Rasmus | OF | TOR vs SEA 7:07PM | F. Hernandez | 10 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | .700 | .750 | .800 | 1.550 |
| P. Konerko | 1B | CWS @ DET 7:08PM | D. Price | 23 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 4 | .435 | .458 | .739 | 1.197 |
| A. Hechavarria | SS | MIA vs PHI 7:10PM | C. Hamels | 19 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | .368 | .400 | .579 | .979 |
| E. Lucas | 3B | MIA vs PHI 7:10PM | C. Hamels | 17 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | .412 | .444 | .647 | 1.092 |
| C. McGehee | 3B | MIA vs PHI 7:10PM | C. Hamels | 20 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | .350 | .435 | .550 | .985 |
| J. Saltalamacchia | C | MIA vs PHI 7:10PM | C. Hamels | 16 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5 | .250 | .294 | .688 | .982 |
| G. Parra | OF | MIL @ CIN 7:10PM | J. Cueto | 14 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | .429 | .529 | 1.071 | 1.601 |
| A. Ramirez | 3B | MIL @ CIN 7:10PM | J. Cueto | 42 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 11 | 6 | 7 | .333 | .451 | .786 | 1.237 |
| M. Byrd | OF | PHI @ MIA 7:10PM | H. Alvarez | 14 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .500 | .611 | .571 | 1.183 |
| C. Utley | 2B | PHI @ MIA 7:10PM | H. Alvarez | 16 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .438 | .474 | .563 | 1.036 |
| D. DeJesus | OF | TB @ BOS 7:10PM | C. Buchholz | 11 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | .364 | .500 | .455 | .955 |
| A. Beltre | 3B | TEX vs HOU 8:05PM | B. Oberholtzer | 10 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | .600 | .600 | .800 | 1.400 |
| H. Kendrick | 2B | LAA @ OAK 10:05PM | S. Gray | 12 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .417 | .462 | .417 | .878 |
| M. Trout | OF | LAA @ OAK 10:05PM | S. Gray | 11 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | .364 | .364 | .909 | 1.273 |
| Y. Puig | OF | LAD vs SF 10:10PM | M. Bumgarner | 20 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | .300 | .333 | .600 | .933 |
| J. Gyorko | 2B | SD vs COL 10:10PM | J. De La Rosa | 14 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | .643 | .688 | .857 | 1.545 |
| M. Morse | OF | SF @ LAD 10:10PM | Z. Greinke | 14 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | .286 | .375 | .500 | .875 |
Matchup Info | Career Matchup Stats | |||||||||||||
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Batter | Pos | Game | Pitcher | AB | H | XBH | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
Hot Pitcher Matchups – September 23, 2014Matchup Info | Career Stats Allowed To Batters On Opposing Team | |||||||||||
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Pitcher | Game | AB | H | XBH | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
| Clay Buchholz | BOS vs TB 7:10PM | 186 | 38 | 10 | 1 | 12 | 24 | 45 | .204 | .291 | .269 | .560 |
| Alex Cobb | TB @ BOS 7:10PM | 89 | 20 | 5 | 0 | 12 | 11 | 20 | .225 | .323 | .272 | .595 |
| Madison Bumgarner | SF @ LAD 10:10PM | 235 | 50 | 16 | 4 | 17 | 17 | 63 | .213 | .272 | .324 | .596 |
| Zack Greinke | LAD vs SF 10:10PM | 109 | 23 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 6 | 29 | .211 | .256 | .347 | .603 |
Matchup Info | Career Stats Allowed To Batters On Opposing Team | |||||||||||
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Pitcher | Game | AB | H | XBH | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
Cold Batter Matchups – September 23, 2014Matchup Info | Career Matchup Stats | |||||||||||||
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Batter | Pos | Game | Pitcher | AB | H | XBH | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
| N. Cruz | OF | BAL @ NYY 7:05PM | B. McCarthy | 22 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | .136 | .136 | .182 | .318 |
| N. Markakis | OF | BAL @ NYY 7:05PM | B. McCarthy | 16 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | .188 | .250 | .438 | .688 |
| L. Chisenhall | 3B | CLE vs KC 7:05PM | Y. Ventura | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .182 | .182 | .182 | .364 |
| Y. Gomes | C | CLE vs KC 7:05PM | Y. Ventura | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .100 | .182 | .100 | .282 |
| J. Kipnis | 2B | CLE vs KC 7:05PM | Y. Ventura | 13 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .231 | .231 | .231 | .462 |
| A. Gordon | OF | KC @ CLE 7:05PM | D. Salazar | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | .200 | .182 | .200 | .382 |
| S. Perez | C | KC @ CLE 7:05PM | D. Salazar | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | .100 | .100 | .200 | .300 |
| B. Gardner | OF | NYY vs BAL 7:05PM | U. Jimenez | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | .167 | .231 | .167 | .397 |
| B. Ryan | SS | NYY vs BAL 7:05PM | U. Jimenez | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | .154 | .214 | .154 | .368 |
| M. Teixeira | 1B | NYY vs BAL 7:05PM | U. Jimenez | 19 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 | .105 | .190 | .158 | .348 |
| C. Young | OF | NYY vs BAL 7:05PM | U. Jimenez | 41 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 17 | .171 | .227 | .244 | .471 |
| A. Cabrera | SS | WAS vs NYM 7:05PM | B. Colon | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | .091 | .231 | .182 | .413 |
| D. Span | OF | WAS vs NYM 7:05PM | B. Colon | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | .077 | .200 | .077 | .277 |
| C. Hart | 1B | SEA @ TOR 7:07PM | R. Dickey | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .182 | .182 | .182 | .364 |
| E. Encarnacion | 1B | TOR vs SEA 7:07PM | F. Hernandez | 18 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5 | .167 | .211 | .389 | .599 |
| D. Johnson | DH | TOR vs SEA 7:07PM | F. Hernandez | 14 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | .214 | .250 | .214 | .464 |
| D. Navarro | C | TOR vs SEA 7:07PM | F. Hernandez | 16 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .188 | .235 | .313 | .548 |
| D. Valencia | DH | TOR vs SEA 7:07PM | F. Hernandez | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .143 | .200 | .143 | .343 |
| A. Ramirez | SS | CWS @ DET 7:08PM | D. Price | 26 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .192 | .250 | .192 | .442 |
| Y. Cespedes | OF | BOS vs TB 7:10PM | A. Cobb | 16 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .125 | .125 | .125 | .250 |
| W. Middlebrooks | 3B | BOS vs TB 7:10PM | A. Cobb | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .167 | .231 | .167 | .397 |
| J. Bruce | OF | CIN vs MIL 7:10PM | M. Fiers | 11 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | .182 | .182 | .273 | .455 |
| T. Frazier | 3B | CIN vs MIL 7:10PM | M. Fiers | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .091 | .091 | .091 | .182 |
| R. Johnson | OF | MIA vs PHI 7:10PM | C. Hamels | 12 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | .167 | .167 | .250 | .417 |
| G. Jones | 1B | MIA vs PHI 7:10PM | C. Hamels | 10 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | .200 | .200 | .500 | .700 |
| D. Solano | 2B | MIA vs PHI 7:10PM | C. Hamels | 23 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | .261 | .261 | .304 | .565 |
| C. Yelich | OF | MIA vs PHI 7:10PM | C. Hamels | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | .000 | .231 | .000 | .231 |
| R. Braun | OF | MIL @ CIN 7:10PM | J. Cueto | 35 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | .229 | .250 | .286 | .536 |
| M. Reynolds | 1B | MIL @ CIN 7:10PM | J. Cueto | 11 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | .182 | .182 | .455 | .636 |
| R. Weeks | 2B | MIL @ CIN 7:10PM | J. Cueto | 31 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 9 | .194 | .306 | .290 | .596 |
| C. Asche | 3B | PHI @ MIA 7:10PM | H. Alvarez | 14 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .143 | .200 | .214 | .414 |
| B. Revere | OF | PHI @ MIA 7:10PM | H. Alvarez | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .077 | .143 | .077 | .220 |
| Y. Escobar | SS | TB @ BOS 7:10PM | C. Buchholz | 19 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | .158 | .304 | .316 | .620 |
| E. Longoria | 3B | TB @ BOS 7:10PM | C. Buchholz | 37 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 13 | .189 | .268 | .270 | .539 |
| S. Rodriguez | SS | TB @ BOS 7:10PM | C. Buchholz | 13 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | .231 | .214 | .308 | .522 |
| B. Zobrist | 2B | TB @ BOS 7:10PM | C. Buchholz | 36 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 6 | .111 | .238 | .139 | .377 |
| E. Andrus | SS | TEX vs HOU 8:05PM | B. Oberholtzer | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | .091 | .083 | .182 | .265 |
| K. Calhoun | OF | LAA @ OAK 10:05PM | S. Gray | 14 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .071 | .133 | .143 | .276 |
| A. Pujols | 1B | LAA @ OAK 10:05PM | S. Gray | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .100 | .091 | .100 | .191 |
| A. Ellis | C | LAD vs SF 10:10PM | M. Bumgarner | 16 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | .125 | .222 | .188 | .410 |
| A. Ethier | OF | LAD vs SF 10:10PM | M. Bumgarner | 24 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | .125 | .160 | .167 | .327 |
| A. Gonzalez | 1B | LAD vs SF 10:10PM | M. Bumgarner | 32 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | .125 | .125 | .188 | .313 |
| M. Kemp | OF | LAD vs SF 10:10PM | M. Bumgarner | 30 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 7 | .200 | .273 | .233 | .506 |
| H. Ramirez | SS | LAD vs SF 10:10PM | M. Bumgarner | 25 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | .200 | .259 | .360 | .619 |
| S. Van Slyke | OF | LAD vs SF 10:10PM | M. Bumgarner | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | .200 | .429 | .300 | .729 |
| G. Blanco | OF | SF @ LAD 10:10PM | Z. Greinke | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .100 | .100 | .100 | .200 |
| B. Crawford | SS | SF @ LAD 10:10PM | Z. Greinke | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | .083 | .083 | .083 | .167 |
| H. Pence | OF | SF @ LAD 10:10PM | Z. Greinke | 21 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 4 | .190 | .182 | .524 | .706 |
| P. Sandoval | 3B | SF @ LAD 10:10PM | Z. Greinke | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .154 | .214 | .154 | .368 |
Matchup Info | Career Matchup Stats | |||||||||||||
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Batter | Pos | Game | Pitcher | AB | H | XBH | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
Cold Pitcher Matchups – September 23, 2014Matchup Info | Career Stats Allowed To Batters On Opposing Team | |||||||||||
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Pitcher | Game | AB | H | XBH | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
| Jorge De La Rosa | COL @ SD 10:10PM | 65 | 21 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 13 | .323 | .353 | .547 | .900 |
Matchup Info | Career Stats Allowed To Batters On Opposing Team | |||||||||||
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Pitcher | Game | AB | H | XBH | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
Recommended Pickup Logan Morrison, 1B, SEA – At the end of what's been an awful season for Morrison, we have a late ray of light. Over his last 13 games, Morrison's gone 15-for-39 (.384) with three homers, four doubles, five RBI, nine runs and a 4:4 BB:K. He's riding an eight-game hitting streak and should be in the lineup most days here in the final week of the year as the Mariners look to evaluate him with an eye on next year.
Other Recent Recommendations:Derek Holland, Clay Buchholz, David Freese, Wilmer Flores, Rusney Castillo
DraftKings Value Picks SP: Kyle Hendricks, CHC ($7,300) C: Travis d'Arnaud, NYM ($3,200) 1B: Ryan Rua, TEX ($3,800) 2B: Jedd Gyorko, SD ($3,300) SS: Wilmer Flores, NYM ($3,400) 3B: Aramis Ramirez, MIL ($3,600) OF: Leonys Martin, TEX ($4,000)
