Please pardon the delay in posting this week’s pitching chart. I did most of it on my laptop last night, but couldn’t finish because I was falling asleep. Today, I no longer have a hard drive on the laptop. So I started over.
AL
Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun
Bal
@Se @Se @Se/ --- @Oak @Oak @Oak
Hill Hernandez* Bergesen/ --- Guthrie Berken Hill2
Bos
--- @Det @Det @Det/ Tex Tex Tex
--- Matsuzaka Beckett Wakefield/Penny Lester Matsuzaka2
CWS
Oak Oak Oak Oak/ Cle Cle Cle
Colon Floyd Richard** Buehrle/ Danks Colon2 Floyd2
Cle
NYY/ @Min @Min @Min/ @CWS @CWS @CWS
Sowers/ Huff Lee Carmona/ Pavano Sowers2 Huff2
Det
--- Bos Bos Bos/ LAA LAA LAA
--- Porcello Galarraga Willis/ Verlander Jackson Porcello2
KC
--- @TB @TB @TB/ @Tor @Tor @Tor
--- Davies Bannister Meche/ Greinke Hochevar-3* Davies2
LAA
--- @Tor @Tor @Tor/ @Det @Det @Det
--- Saunders-4* Weaver Lackey/ Palmer Santana Saunders2
Min
--- Cle Cle Cle/ @Se @Se @Se
--- Slowey Swarzak Baker/ Liriano-5* Blackburn Slowey2
NYY
@Cle/ Tex Tex Tex/ TB TB TB
Chamberlain/Burnett Pettitte-6* Sabathia Hughes Chamberlain2 Burnett2
Oak
@CWS @CWS @CWS @CWS/ Bal Bal Bal
Cahill Mazzaro-7* Outman Gonzalez/ Anderson Braden Cahill2
Se
Bal Bal Bal/ --- Min Min Min
Washburn Bedard Vargas/ --- Hernandez Olson-8* Washburn2
TB
--- KC KC KC/ @NYY @NYY @NYY
--- Sonnanstine Niemann Shields/ Price Garza Sonnanstine2
Tex
--- @NYY @NYY @NYY/ @Bos @Bos @Bos
--- Padilla-9* Feldman McCarthy/ Millwood Holland Padilla2
Tor
--- LAA LAA LAA/ KC KC KC
--- Halladay Janssen Tallet/ Romero Richmond-10* Halladay2
*-RHP David Hernandez is the latest member of the Orioles’ new-look rotation, which so far looks much better than its old-look rotation. The 2008 Double-A Eastern League all-star won his first major league start.
**-A battle between two up-and-coming lefties will feature Chicago’s Clayton Richard and the Athletics’ Josh Outman, both 2-0 and pitching well.
3*-The Royals sent RHP Luke Hochevar to Triple-A Omaha to get some work while they didn’t need five starters in their rotation. He’s the most likely candidate to start Saturday, when KC again will need a fifth starter.
4*-In what could be the week’s best pitching matchup, Angels LHP Joe Saunders will oppose Blue Jays RHP Roy Halladay Tuesday.
5*-The Twins will keep LHP Francisco Liriano, who hasn’t made it past four innings in any of his last three starts, in their rotation. That’s at least until LHP Glen Perkins could come off the disabled list in a few weeks.
6*-Yankees LHP Andy Pettitte left Friday’s start because of a stiff lower back, but said he expects to be able to pitch Wednesday.
7*-Because of Friday’s doubleheader, the Athletics will need a sixth starter for Tuesday’s game to keep everyone on at least an every-five-days schedule. The most likely candidate to start Tuesday would be RHP Vin Mazzaro. He would be pitching on that normal rest after starting one game of a doubleheader Thursday for Triple-A Sacramento, where he is 2-2 with a 2.38 ERA. Beyond Tuesday, Mazzaro could replace LHP Brett Anderson in Oakland’s rotation.
8*-LHP Garrett Olson started today for the Mariners, who have removed RHP Chris Jakubauskas from their rotation. Olson could start again Saturday, or Seattle could opt to return LHP Ryan Rowland-Smith, just off the disabled list, to its rotation.
9*-Rangers RHP Vicente Padilla said he felt fine after throwing 40 pitches in the bullpen, and is on schedule to come off the disabled list and start Tuesday’s game.
10*-To keep Halladay pitching every five days, the Blue Jays skipped Scott Richmond’s turn in the rotation over the weekend. He’ll return Saturday to make his first start in 11 days.
NL
Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun
Ari
@LAD @LAD @LAD/ --- @SD @SD @SD
Buckner Haren Garland/ --- Davis Scherzer Buckner2*
Atl
--- ChC ChC ChC/ Mil Mil Mil
--- Kawakami Lowe Jurrjens/ Vazquez Medlen Kawakami2
ChC
--- @Atl @Atl @Atl/ @Cin @Cin @Cin
--- Wells Lilly Zambrano-**/ Dempster Marshall Wells2
Cin
@StL @StL @StL @StL/ ChC ChC ChC
Volquez-3* Arroyo Cueto Harang/ Owings Volquez2 Arroyo2
Col
@Ho @Ho @Ho @Ho/ @StL @StL @StL
Cook Jimenez Marquis Hammel/ DeLaRosa Cook2 Jimenez2
Fla
Mil Mil Mil Mil/ SF SF SF
Miller Badenhop-4* West Johnson/ Volstad Miller2 Badenhop2
Ho
Col Col Col Col/ Pit Pit Pit
Oswalt Paulino Moehler Rodriguez/ Hampton Oswalt2 Paulino2
LAD
Ari Ari Ari/ Phi Phi Phi Phi
Kuroda-5* Wolf Billingsley/ Kershaw Milton Kuroda2 Wolf2
Mil
@Fla @Fla @Fla @Fla/ @Atl @Atl @Atl
Suppan Parra Looper Bush/ Gallardo Suppan2 Parra2
NYM
@Pit @Pit @Pit @Pit/ @Was @Was @Was
Hernandez Santana Pelfrey Redding/ Maine Hernandez2 Santana2
Phi
@SD @SD @SD/ @LAD @LAD @LAD @LAD
Blanton Bastardo-6* Happ/ Hamels Moyer Blanton2 Bastardo2
Pit
NYM NYM NYM NYM/ @Ho @Ho @Ho
Snell Duke Ohlendorf Karstens/ Maholm Snell2 Duke2
StL
Cin Cin Cin Cin/ Col Col Col
Wellemeyer Boggs-7* Carpenter Lohse/ Wainwright Wellemeyer2 Boggs2
SD
Phi Phi Phi/ --- Ari Ari Ari
Correia Peavy-8* Young/ --- Geer Gaudin Peavy2
SF
--- @Was @Was @Was/ @Fla @Fla @Fla
--- Lincecum Johnson-9* Cain/ Zito Sanchez Lincecum2
Was
--- SF SF SF/ NYM NYM NYM
--- Stammen Zimmerman Detwiler/ Martis Lannan Stammen2
*-The Diamondbacks could opt to push back RHP Bill Buckner’s start Sunday to keep RHP Dan Haren on an every-five-days schedule.
**-Cubs RHP Carlos Zambrano will return from his six-game suspension to start Thursday’s game.
3*-Reds RHP Edinson Volquez, who had back spasms, is set to come off the disabled list to start Monday.
4*-Marlins manager Fredi Gonzalez hasn’t announced Tuesday’s starter, but RHP Burke Badenhop seems most likely after winning his start last week.
5*-The Dodgers’ Opening Day starter, RHP Hiroki Kuroda, will come off the disabled list to start Monday. A strained oblique muscle had sideline Kuroda. He’ll take the rotation spot for now of LHP Eric Stults, who has gone on the DL because of a sprained thumb.
6*-LHP Antonio Bastardo is scheduled for his first major league start Tuesday. He has made rapid progress this season, going 3-2 with a 1.89 ERA, 5.10 strikeout/walk ratio and .189 opponents’ batting average between Double-A Reading and Triple-A Lehigh Valley. It could be a good thing Bastardo will be pitching on the road; imagine the names Phillies fans might call him if he struggled at home.
7*-It seems likely that RHP Joel Pineiro won’t be able to make his next scheduled start. His lower back injury, coupled with Kyle Lohse’s sore forearm, means that the Cardinals would need to come up with at least one additional starter this week. A likely candidate for Tuesday’s game is RHP Mitchell Boggs, scheduled to start Monday for Triple-A Memphis. The Redbirds’ Tuesday starter, RHP Clayton Mortenson, isn’t on St. Louis’ 40-man roster. Conflicting reports indicated that after missing Friday’s start Lohse could pitch Wednesday or Thursday. If he couldn’t go Wednesday, the Cards would need to add another starter (blowing up Memphis’ rotation by bringing up Mortenson as well?) because they wouldn’t want to risk an injury to RHP Chris Carpenter by having him pitch on three days’ rest.
8*-Despite an ankle injury, Padres RHP Jake Peavy is expected to make his scheduled start Tuesday. San Diego could move him ahead of RHP Kevin Correia to pitch Sunday on the usual four days’ rest.
9*-Giants LHP Randy Johnson will be going for his 300th career win Wednesday in Washington.
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