This article is part of our The Lineup Card series.
Tuesday's Starters – all times Eastern
Brewers (Kyle Lohse – R) at Pirates (Jeff Locke – L), 7:05
Marlins (Nathan Eovaldi – R) at Nationals (Ross Ohlendorf – R), 7:05
Yankees (Andy Pettitte – L) at Blue Jays (J.A. Happ – L), 7:07
Athletics (Tom Milone – L) at Tigers (Justin Verlander – R), 7:08
Orioles (Wei-Yin Chen – L) at Red Sox (Felix Doubront – L), 7:10
Phillies (Kyle Kendrick – R) at Mets (Jon Niese – L), 7:10
Angels (C.J. Wilson – L) at Rays (Roberto Hernandez – R), 7:10
Indians (Danny Salazar – R) at Braves (Alex Wood – L), 7:10
Royals (James Shields – R) at Twins (Kevin Correia – R), 8:10
Astros (Paul Clemens – R) at White Sox (Jose Quintana – L), 8:10
Reds (Mat Latos – R) at Cardinals (Joe Kelly – R), 8:15
Giants (Yusmeiro Petit – R) at Rockies (Chad Bettis – R), 8:40
Padres (Ian Kennedy – R) at Diamondbacks (TBA), 9:40
Cubs (Travis Wood – L) at Dodgers (Clayton Kershaw – L), 10:10
Rangers (Derek Holland – L) at Mariners (Hisashi Iwakuma – R), 10:10
Day Game After Night Game: None
Injuries
Day-to-Day
AL
Leonys Martin, OF, TEX (ankle) – Out Monday; should be back soon
Michael Saunders, OF, SEA (neck) – Out for the third straight game Monday
NL
Matt Harvey, SP, NYM (elbow) – Partial UCL tear; Tommy John possible; Mets fandom
Troy Tulowitzki, SS, COL (oblique) – Able to pinch-hit Monday; Tuesday return possible
Aaron Hill, 2B, ARI (groin) – Pinch-hit Monday
Domonic Brown, OF, PHI (Achilles) – Pinch-hit Sunday and Monday
Dexter Fowler, OF, COL (knee) – Left Monday with bruise from steal attempt; sounds minor
Nate Schierholtz, OF, CHC (face) – Back in there Monday after taking one to the face
Disabled List
AL
Clay Buchholz, SP, BOS (shoulder) – Less than sharp in first rehab game Sunday
Lance Berkman, 1B, TEX (hip) – Will be activated Sunday when rosters expand
Josh Reddick, OF, OAK (wrist) – Hit the DL, but surgery not looking likely
Brett Anderson, SP, OAK (foot) – May be activated this week to pitch in relief
Neftali Feliz, RP, TEX (elbow) – Expected back Sunday
Bartolo Colon, SP, OAK (groin) – Threw 38-pitch bullpen Monday, and could start Thursday
Colby Rasmus, OF, TOR (oblique) – Had a setback; not resuming baseball activities yet
Octavio Dotel, RP, DET (elbow) – Continuing rehab assignment in Triple-A
NL
Carlos Gonzalez, OF, COL (finger) – Good BP session Tuesday; could start rehab games soon
Matt Kemp, OF, LAD (ankle) – Has to run the bases twice more before rehab trip
Johnny Cueto, SP, CIN (back) – Threw Monday and looked good, but could be a ways off yet
Bobby Parnell, RP, NYM (neck) – Improving; still undecided on surgery
Jaime Garcia, SP, STL (shoulder) – Started throwing program Monday as he prepares for 2014
Rafael Betancourt, RP, COL (elbow) – Torn UCL; may need TJ surgery, could end career
Casper Wells, OF, PHI (eye) – Placed on DL with vision problems
Jake Westbrook, SP, STL (back) – Expects to start throwing bullpens this week
Cory Luebke, SP, SD (elbow) – Throwing bullpens this week, but out for the year
Tony Cruz, C, STL (forearm) – Still about two weeks from returning
Transactions
Activated from DL
Derek Jeter, SS, NYY
Miguel Montero, C, ARI
Eric Chavez, 3B, ARI
Placed on DL
Josh Reddick, SP, OAK (wrist)
Casper Wells, OF, PHI (eye)
Called Up
Reymond Fuentes, OF, SD
Anthony Bass, RP, SD
Pete Orr, 3B, PHI
Daric Barton, 1B, OAK
Evan Scribner, RP, OAK
Sent Down (to Triple-A, unless otherwise noted)
Matt Davidson, 3B, ARI
Gil Velazquez, 3B, MIA
Tuffy Gosewisch, C, ARI
Chien-Ming Wang, SP, TOR (DFA)
Preston Claiborne, RP, NYY
Pat Neshek, RP, OAK (DFA)
Aaron Harang, SP, SEA (DFA)
Jaff Decker, OF, SD
Brad Brach, RP, SD
Released
Casey Kotchman, 1B, MIA
Closer Watch
Blue Jays – Casey Janssen converted his third straight chance Monday, and he's now got five consecutive scoreless appearances under his belt, helping him hold onto this closing job. Perhaps most importantly, there's no one in this bullpen who really sticks out as a closer in waiting.
Rockies – In case you didn't realize, Rex Brothers is here to stay as the closer in Colorado. The news of Betancourt's injury being possibly career-ending pretty much makes it official that Brothers is the closer for the Rockies both short-term and long-term.
Cubs – Kevin Gregg blew his fifth save Sunday, blowing a two-run lead in the 13th inning. Meanwhile, Pedro Strop's looked really solid in a Cubs uniform, and rookie Blake Parker's looked good as well. Gregg's given up runs in three of his last seven outings, and he's kind of been pitching over his head all year. If he blows another one soon, it's not unfathomable that manager Dale Sveum could look to make a change.
Astros – Houston pieced together the ninth with three relievers Monday – Josh Zeid got the first two outs, Kevin Chapman walked the only man he faced, and then Jordan Lyles got one out for his first career save. As far as I'm concerned, you can apply the 10-foot-pole rule liberally here.
KEY MATCHUPS: HOT | |||||||||||||||||||
| Hot Batter Matchups | At-Bats | AVG | HR | XBH | RBI | BB | K | SLG | OBP | OPS | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pedro Alvarez - 3B | PIT vs MIL 8/27 7:05 PM | Kyle Lohse | 5-18 | .278 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 6 | .556 | .316 | .871 | |||||||
| Jose Tabata - OF | PIT vs MIL 8/27 7:05 PM | Kyle Lohse | 10-21 | .476 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | .762 | .500 | 1.262 | |||||||
| Neil Walker - 2B | PIT vs MIL 8/27 7:05 PM | Kyle Lohse | 8-20 | .400 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 7 | .650 | .500 | 1.150 | |||||||
| Rajai Davis - OF | TOR vs NYY 8/27 7:07 PM | Andy Pettitte | 7-12 | .583 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | .833 | .583 | 1.417 | |||||||
| Coco Crisp - OF | OAK @ DET 8/27 7:08 PM | Justin Verlander | 8-22 | .364 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | .455 | .364 | .818 | |||||||
| Chris Davis - 1B | BAL @ BOS 8/27 7:10 PM | Felix Doubront | 5-10 | .500 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .900 | .545 | 1.445 | |||||||
| Josh Hamilton - OF | LAA @ TB 8/27 7:10 PM | Roberto Hernandez | 7-22 | .318 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 0 | .727 | .375 | 1.102 | |||||||
| John Mayberry - OF | PHI @ NYM 8/27 7:10 PM | Jon Niese | 9-28 | .321 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 3 | .714 | .310 | 1.025 | |||||||
| Carlos Ruiz - C | PHI @ NYM 8/27 7:10 PM | Jon Niese | 6-17 | .353 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | .529 | .421 | .950 | |||||||
| Sean Rodriguez - SS | TB vs LAA 8/27 7:10 PM | C.J. Wilson | 5-15 | .333 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | .533 | .474 | 1.007 | |||||||
| Ben Zobrist - 2B | TB vs LAA 8/27 7:10 PM | C.J. Wilson | 6-23 | .261 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 6 | .609 | .308 | .916 | |||||||
| Jamey Carroll - SS | KC @ MIN 8/27 8:10 PM | Kevin Correia | 9-17 | .529 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | .529 | .526 | 1.056 | |||||||
| Justin Morneau - 1B | MIN vs KC 8/27 8:10 PM | James Shields | 10-29 | .345 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 5 | .690 | .375 | 1.065 | |||||||
| Josh Willingham - OF | MIN vs KC 8/27 8:10 PM | James Shields | 6-19 | .316 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 5 | .526 | .409 | .935 | |||||||
| Carlos Beltran - OF | STL vs CIN 8/27 8:15 PM | Mat Latos | 4-11 | .364 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1.182 | .500 | 1.682 | |||||||
| Jon Jay - OF | STL vs CIN 8/27 8:15 PM | Mat Latos | 8-17 | .471 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .588 | .500 | 1.088 | |||||||
| Yadier Molina - C | STL vs CIN 8/27 8:15 PM | Mat Latos | 7-17 | .412 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 3 | .706 | .412 | 1.118 | |||||||
| Kyle Seager - 3B | SEA vs TEX 8/27 10:10 PM | Derek Holland | 4-11 | .364 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | .636 | .462 | 1.098 | |||||||
| Hot Pitcher Matchups | At-Bats | Opp AVG | HR Allow | XBH Allow | RBI Allow | BB | K | Opp SLG | Opp OBP | Opp OPS | |||||||||
| Kyle Kendrick | PHI @ NYM 8/27 7:10 PM | Mets Batters | 11-68 | .162 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 8 | .254 | .241 | .495 | |||||||
| C.J. Wilson | LAA @ TB 8/27 7:10 PM | Rays Batters | 24-128 | .188 | 5 | 8 | 17 | 17 | 36 | .333 | .290 | .623 | |||||||
| Derek Holland | TEX @ SEA 8/27 10:10 PM | Mariners Batters | 21-97 | .216 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 27 | .357 | .255 | .612 | |||||||
KEY MATCHUPS: COLD | |||||||||||||||||||
| Cold Batter Matchups | At-Bats | AVG | HR | XBH | RBI | BB | K | SLG | OBP | OPS | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Greg Dobbs - 3B | MIA @ WAS 8/27 7:05 PM | Ross Ohlendorf | 1-10 | .100 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | .100 | .091 | .191 | |||||||
| Clint Barmes - SS | PIT vs MIL 8/27 7:05 PM | Kyle Lohse | 2-11 | .182 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | .273 | .250 | .523 | |||||||
| Adam Lind - 1B | TOR vs NYY 8/27 7:07 PM | Andy Pettitte | 3-21 | .143 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 8 | .190 | .250 | .440 | |||||||
| Jose Reyes - SS | TOR vs NYY 8/27 7:07 PM | Andy Pettitte | 5-22 | .227 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .227 | .227 | .455 | |||||||
| Adam Jones - OF | BAL @ BOS 8/27 7:10 PM | Felix Doubront | 2-12 | .167 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | .167 | .167 | .333 | |||||||
| Matt Wieters - C | BAL @ BOS 8/27 7:10 PM | Felix Doubront | 0-10 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | .000 | .091 | .091 | |||||||
| Lucas Duda - OF | NYM vs PHI 8/27 7:10 PM | Kyle Kendrick | 1-10 | .100 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .200 | .250 | .450 | |||||||
| Daniel Murphy - 2B | NYM vs PHI 8/27 7:10 PM | Kyle Kendrick | 3-15 | .200 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .267 | .294 | .561 | |||||||
| Justin Turner - 2B | NYM vs PHI 8/27 7:10 PM | Kyle Kendrick | 1-10 | .100 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .200 | .100 | .300 | |||||||
| Chase Utley - 2B | PHI @ NYM 8/27 7:10 PM | Jon Niese | 2-15 | .133 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | .133 | .316 | .449 | |||||||
| David DeJesus - OF | TB vs LAA 8/27 7:10 PM | C.J. Wilson | 2-17 | .118 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | .118 | .211 | .328 | |||||||
| Desmond Jennings - OF | TB vs LAA 8/27 7:10 PM | C.J. Wilson | 2-15 | .133 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | .200 | .235 | .435 | |||||||
| Evan Longoria - 3B | TB vs LAA 8/27 7:10 PM | C.J. Wilson | 3-18 | .167 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | .333 | .318 | .652 | |||||||
| Jose Molina - C | TB vs LAA 8/27 7:10 PM | C.J. Wilson | 0-13 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | .000 | .000 | .000 | |||||||
| Martin Prado - 3B | ARI vs SD 8/27 9:40 PM | Ian Kennedy | 2-10 | .200 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | .300 | .273 | .573 | |||||||
| Starlin Castro - SS | CHC @ LAD 8/27 10:10 PM | Clayton Kershaw | 0-13 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .000 | .000 | .000 | |||||||
| Dustin Ackley - 2B | SEA vs TEX 8/27 10:10 PM | Derek Holland | 3-17 | .176 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 6 | .412 | .176 | .588 | |||||||
| Kendrys Morales - 1B | SEA vs TEX 8/27 10:10 PM | Derek Holland | 2-10 | .200 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .400 | .273 | .673 | |||||||
| Brendan Ryan - SS | SEA vs TEX 8/27 10:10 PM | Derek Holland | 2-13 | .154 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .231 | .154 | .385 | |||||||
| Cold Pitcher Matchups | At-Bats | Opp AVG | HR Allow | XBH Allow | RBI Allow | BB | K | Opp SLG | Opp OBP | Opp OPS | |||||||||
| Kyle Lohse | MIL @ Pit 8/27 7:05 PM | Pirates Batters | 44-138 | .319 | 5 | 19 | 27 | 9 | 24 | .546 | .357 | .902 | |||||||
| Roberto Hernandez | TB vs LAA 8/27 7:10 PM | Angels Batters | 22-72 | .306 | 5 | 12 | 13 | 5 | 8 | .651 | .345 | .996 | |||||||
| Mat Latos | CIN @ StL 8/27 8:15 PM | Cardinals Batters | 30-85 | .353 | 5 | 12 | 20 | 8 | 15 | .631 | .406 | 1.037 | |||||||
Recommended Pickup
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