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| Date | Player | News |
| 5/11/2008 | Chris Schroder, RP (Was) | The Nationals recalled Schroder from Triple-A Columbus on Sunday after optioning left-hander Mike O'Connor to the minor league club. Analysis: Schroder pitched in two games with the Nationals earlier this season. He has no record and a 3.38 ERA. Schroder is 2-1 with a 1.26 ERA in 10 games with Columbus. |
| 5/11/2008 | Mike O'Connor, SP (Was) | The Nationals optioned left-hander Mike O'Connor to Triple-A Columbus after Washington's 5-4 loss to the Florida Marlins on Sunday and recalled right-hander Chris Schroder from the Clippers. Analysis: O'Connor allowed nine runs in 3 1-3 innings in Washington's 11-0 loss to Florida on Saturday and was 1-1 with a 13.00 ERA in five games. Saturday's start was his first in the major leagues since Sept. 28, 2006. |
| 5/11/2008 | Mark Redman, SP (Col) | Redman was optioned to Triple-A Colorado Springs on Sunday after the Rockies recalled right-hander Greg Reynolds. Analysis: Redman lost his starting job after allowing 19 earned runs in 13 2-3 innings of his last three starts, including five runs in 2 2-3 innings in a 6-5 loss to St. Louis on Tuesday night. He was 2-3 with a 7.84. |
| 5/11/2008 | Greg Reynolds, SP (Col) | Reynolds, the second pick overall in the 2006 draft, made his big league debut Sunday with the Colorado Rockies, starting against the San Diego Padres. Analysis: The Rockies purchased Reynolds' contract from Triple-A Colorado Springs. To make room on the roster, left-hander Mark Redman was optioned to the Sky Sox. Reynolds was removed after two innings of his start for Colorado Springs on Wednesday and his teammates congratulated him on his impending callup. Reynolds, who starred at Stanford, went 1-2 with a 4.85 ERA in 33 1-3 innings for the Sky Sox. |
| 5/11/2008 | Lance Berkman, 1B (Hou) | Berkman went 2-for-3 in Saturday's 5-0 win over the Dodgers. Analysis: Berkman has 20 hits in his last 27 at-bats, raising his average from .295 to .386. Berkman also has four homers in his last eight games, giving him 12 on the season. |
| 5/11/2008 | Joe Thatcher, RP (SD) | The Padres optioned left-hander Joe Thatcher to Triple-A Portland on Sunday after acquiring right-hander Bryan Corey from Boston for a player to be named or cash. Analysis: Thatcher was 0-4 with a 6.75 ERA in 16 relief appearances with the Padres this season. |
| 5/11/2008 | Carlos Lee, LF (Hou) | Lee drove in a run in Saturday's 5-0 win over the Dodgers. Analysis: Lee, who is batting .285 with seven homers and 25 RBIs in 36 games this season, is 8-for-19 (.421) with three doubles and eight RBIs during a five-game hitting streak. |
| 5/11/2008 | Bryan Corey, RP (SD) | The Padres acquired right-handed reliever Bryan Corey from the Boston Red Sox on Sunday for a player to be named or cash. To make room on the roster, the Padres optioned left-hander Joe Thatcher to Triple-A Portland. Analysis: Corey was outrighted to Triple-A Pawtucket on April 30 by the Red Sox. He had a 10.50 ERA in seven relief appearances during two stints with the Red Sox this season. The 34-year-old appeared in five games in relief over two stints with Triple-A Pawtucket, with one save. He also has played with the Arizona Diamondbacks, Los Angeles Dodgers and Texas Rangers. |
| 5/11/2008 | Miguel Tejada, SS (Hou) | Tejada went 1-for-3 with two RBIs in Saturday's 5-0 win over the Dodgers. Analysis: Tejada, who is batting .338 with five home runs, 28 RBIs and 29 runs in 37 games this season, is 15-for-44 (.341) with a homer, seven RBIs and 10 runs in his last 10 games. |
| 5/11/2008 | Chris Sampson, SP (Hou) | Sampson pitched three-hit ball over seven innings in a 5-0 victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers on Saturday night. Analysis: Sampson was hopeful that this kind of outing could turn his season around. "I had a nice heart-to-heart talk with (Astros bench coach) Jackie Moore, because I played for him at Round Rock in ‘06 and he saw me pitch a lot," said Sampson, who was 1-3 with a 7.96 ERA in his first six starts. "I asked him his thoughts on what was the difference between Round Rock and now, and that helped out tremendously—as well as figuring out what I was doing wrong mechanically." |
| 5/11/2008 | Adrian Gonzalez, 1B (SD) | Gonzalez hit a three-run homer in San Diego's 3-2 win over the Rockies on Saturday. Analysis: Gonzalez, who is batting .301 with nine homers and 28 RBIs in 37 games this season, is 14-for-42 (.333) with five home runs and 11 RBIs in his last 10 games. |
| 5/11/2008 | Greg Maddux, SP (SD) | Maddux became the ninth pitcher in big league history to win 350 games, reaching the plateau in his fifth try and leading the Padres to a 3-2 win over the Rockies on Saturday. The future Hall of Famer allowed one unearned run and three hits in six innings. Analysis: "It was kind of cool," Maddux said. "I don’t want to make it out to be nothing, but it is May and we haven’t been playing that good, and you just really want to win for the right reason and not necessarily for the wrong reason." The 42-year-old Maddux (3-3, 3.60 ERA) improved to 350-217 in 23 big league seasons. It’s another milestone to go along with his four NL Cy Young Awards, one World Series championship and a record 17 Gold Glove Awards. |
| 5/11/2008 | Clint Barmes, SS (Col) | Barmes went 2-for-3 with a run in Saturday's 3-2 loss to the Padres. Analysis: Barmes is 9-for-15 (.600) with three doubles, two RBIs and two runs during a five-game hitting streak. |
| 5/11/2008 | Dmitri Young, 1B (Was) | Young will start a rehab assignment early next week at Double-A Harrisburg, Washington general manager Jim Bowden said. Analysis: Young has been out since early April with a back injury. |
| 5/11/2008 | Mike Jacobs, 1B (Fla) | Jacobs missed his third straight game Saturday with a strained left quad. Analysis: Jacobs, who has two homers and seven RBIs in his last four games, is batting .271 with nine home runs and 24 RBIs in 29 games this season. |
| 5/11/2008 | Josh Willingham, LF (Fla) | Willingham will begin a rehab assignment in the next few days, Marlins manager Fredi Gonzalez said. Analysis: Willingham, who is on the 15-day disabled list with a strained lower back, is batting .341 (31-for-91) with six home runs and 16 RBIs in 25 games this season. |
| 5/11/2008 | Hanley Ramirez, SS (Fla) | Ramirez went 1-for-2 with two walks and two runs in Saturday's 11-0 win over Washington. Analysis: Ramirez is batting .563 (9-for-16) with a .692 OBP and 10 runs during the Marlins' six-game winning streak. |
| 5/11/2008 | Jeremy Hermida, RF (Fla) | Hermida went 2-for-5 with two RBIs in Saturday's 11-0 win over Washington. Analysis: Hermida is batting .364 (12-for-33) with two doubles, three RBIs and seven runs in his last eight games. |
| 5/11/2008 | Dan Uggla, 2B (Fla) | Uggla went 2-for-4 with a homer and five RBIs in Saturday's 11-0 win over Washington. Analysis: Uggla is 10-for-27 (.370) with five home runs and 13 RBIs in his last eight games. |
| 5/11/2008 | Yovani Gallardo, SP (Mil) | Brewers starter Yovani Gallardo will have surgery on Tuesday to repair a torn ligament in his right knee and will likely miss the rest of the season. Analysis: Gallardo said there was no chance he could avoid having surgery on his anterior cruciate ligament and he will complete his rehabilitation in Milwaukee. He hopes to return in September or October, but players typically need four to six months to recover. The 22-year-old right-hander was expected to play a prominent role as the No. 2 starter behind Ben Sheets after he went 9-5 with a 3.67 ERA following his midseason callup last year. |
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