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May 17 2012 - Danny Duffy (Royals), LHPDanny Duffy will see Dr. Lewis Yocum in Tempe, Ariz., on Friday for a second opinion on his elbow. Duffy, who left his Sunday start after 13 pitches, has been diagnosed with a torn left ulnar collateral ligament. He is likely facing season-ending Tommy John surgery. "If he tells me I don't need it, then yeah I'm going to be pretty danged pumped," Duffy said Wednesday before the Royals' 4-3 15-inning loss to the Orioles. "But you've got to prepare for the worst in this situation. I'm a guy that likes to plan. I'm just going to have to brace for the worse and hope for the best always. We'll see what happens.
May 17 2012 - Jarrod Dyson (Royals), CF Jarrod Dyson has scored 15 runs in 17 games since joining the Royals for a second time on April 27. He had a hit and a walk Wednesday and has a .375 on-base percentage."He's starting to understand what his tools are and use them to the best of his ability. He's doing a great job," manager Ned Yost said.
May 17 2012 - Jake Odorizzi (Royals), RHP Jake Odorizzi and OF Wil Myers, two of the Royals' top prospects, were promoted Wednesday from Class AA Northwest Arkansas to Class AAA Omaha. Odorizzi, 22, was 4-2 with a 3.32 ERA in seven starts and ranked second in the TL with 47 strikeouts. He had held opponents to a .191 batting average.
May 17 2012 - Wil Myers (Royals), OF Wil Myers and RHP Jake Odorizzi, two of the Royals' top prospects, were promoted Wednesday from Class AA Northwest Arkansas to Class AAA Omaha. Myers, 21, was leading the Texas League with a .343 average, .731 slugging percentage and 1.146 OPS and was tied for first with 98 total bases. He had hit six home runs in his past 10 games and was tied for second in the league with 13 home runs. Odorizzi, 22, was 4-2 with a 3.32 ERA in seven starts and ranked second in the TL with 47 strikeouts. He had held opponents to a .191 batting average.
May 17 2012 - Tim Collins (Royals), LHP Tim Collins struck out two of the three Orioles he faced Wednesday night after striking out five of six Rangers on Tuesday night. He has 30 strikeouts in 20 innings, a ratio of 13.5 strikeouts per nine innings. Opponents are hitting .189 off him.
May 17 2012 - Eric Hosmer (Royals), 1B Eric Hosmer continues to struggle offensively. He went 0-for-7 in the 15-inning loss Wednesday night to the Orioles and got the ball out of the infield only once. Hosmer's average dropped to .174. He is 9-for-73 in his past 16 games.
May 17 2012 - Chris Davis (Orioles), 1B Chris Davis returned to first base Wednesday after taking a night off Tuesday. Davis ended a 3-for-28 skid with a 2-for-4 game at the plate. He's also looking to improve his defense at first base after he committed a costly error on Monday -- the 18th by an Orioles corner infielder this season.
May 17 2012 - Xavier Avery (Orioles), LF Xavier Avery started for the fourth straight game to open his major-league career on Wednesday night and went 2-for-6 as the leadoff hitter. Avery, or "X," as manager Buck Showalter calls him, is 5-for-18 with a double and a triple through his first four games.
May 17 2012 - Kevin Gregg (Orioles), RHP Kevin Gregg highlighted six straight scoreless innings of relief from Orioles relievers following a run scored off LHP Troy Patton. Gregg earned the win -- his first of the year -- with two no-hit innings, striking out two and walking one. He hasn't allowed a run in 8 1/3 innings of work over six outings. He has walked three and allowed three hits in that stretch.
May 17 2012 - Wilson Betemit (Orioles), INF Wilson Betemit hit a clutch homer with one out in the ninth Wednesday to bring the Orioles within a run. After his homer, the Orioles tied the game on a single from SS J.J. Hardy that scored INF Ryan Flaherty. Betemit's homer was his sixth of the year and his third in the last 10 games.
May 17 2012 - Tommy Hunter (Orioles), RHP Tommy Hunter was efficient and effective Wednesday in one of his stronger starts of the season. Hunter allowed two earned runs on seven hits and a walk while striking out one. In seven innings, he needed just 82 pitches.
May 17 2012 - Torii Hunter (Angels), OF Torii Hunter remains on the restricted list and away from the team after one of his sons was arrested as part of a sexual-assault investigation at a Dallas-area high school. Manager Mike Scioscia said he spoke with Hunter on Wednesday but the team still has no idea when he will rejoin the Angels.
May 17 2012 - Vernon Wells (Angels), OF Vernon Wells also had a home run in Wednesday's win, a two-run shot in the sixth inning off RHP Gavin Floyd. Wells has hits in 11 of his past 14 starts and a .306 average (11 for 36) over his past 10 games.
May 17 2012 - Albert Pujols (Angels), 1B Albert Pujols hit his second home run of the season Wednesday, a three-run blast in the third inning. He has a .310 average (9 for 29) and eight RBI over his past seven games.
May 17 2012 - Mark Trumbo (Angels), INF/OF Mark Trumbo went 3 for 4 Wednesday in his fourth consecutive start in right field. He has been the Angels' hottest hitter, batting .413 (19 for 46) with six doubles, three home runs and eight RBI over his past 13 games.
May 17 2012 - Jerome Williams (Angels), RHP Jerome Williams allowed two runs on 10 hits over eight innings Wednesday to get the victory in the Angels' 7-2 win over the White Sox. Williams is 7-0 with a 1.75 ERA as a starter at Angel Stadium since joining the team last season. He is the first pitcher in franchise history to win his first seven home starts.
May 17 2012 - Bryan LaHair (Cubs), 1B Bryan LaHair had his streak of reaching base snapped at 32 games. LaHair went 0-for-4. "I think he realizes (what he's doing), and he's been around long enough," manager Dale Sveum said. "He's not 22. He's a 29-year-old, 30-year-old, basically a rookie in the league and knows how tough it was to get here and understands how difficult this game is and understands how it can be the most humbling game as well as what he's going through on the upside right now."
May 17 2012 - Steve Clevenger (Cubs), C Steve Clevenger, who has been on the DL with a strained right oblique, took 15 swings off the tee and 15 soft-toss swings early Wednesday. "It went good; it felt good," he said. Clevenger hopes to return by the end of next week, when the team is at Pittsburgh. He said he'd likely go out on a minor league rehab stint at the end of the current home stand.
May 17 2012 - Matt Garza (Cubs), RHP Matt Garza worked 6 2/3 innings and got a no-decision. He gave up eight hits and two runs as his ERA went from 2.56 to 2.58. Garza made his second start since coming off a nasty flu-like illness. "I'm going to finish out the seventh, eighth and ninth like I used to," he said. "I'm not too worried about it. Twelve days off, it was a pain. It wasn't like it was a vacation. Twelve days off, fighting ... I don't know what the heck it was."
May 17 2012 - Scott Maine (Cubs), LHP Scott Maine was recalled from Class AAA (Des Moines) Iowa to take the roster spot of RHP Lendy Castillo, who went on the 15-day disabled list with a left groin strain.
May 17 2012 - Lendy Castillo (Cubs), RHP Lendy Castillo went on the 15-day disabled list, retroactive to May 12, with a left groin strain. The Cubs recalled LHP Scott Maine from Class AAA (Des Moines) Iowa. Manager Dale Sveum said Castillo came down with the injury over the weekend in Milwaukee and that it got worse Monday and Tuesday in St. Louis. "Sunday, he said he felt it running, tried to do stuff on Monday, tried to run and just kind of go through it," Sveum said. "Then he was really, really tender on Tuesday when he woke up." The little-used was a Rule 5 pick from the Phillies. He is 0-1 with a 7.04 ERA in seven relief appearances.
May 17 2012 - Wade Miley (Diamondbacks), LHP Wade Miley extended his hitting streak to six games with a single in the fifth inning of his 5-1 victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers on Tuesday. Miley (4-1) also is hitting when it counts: He is 3 for 7 with runners in scoring position.
May 17 2012 - Cody Ransom (Diamondbacks), 3B Cody Ransom drove in the D-backs' only run Wednesday with a seventh-inning double, his fourth double of the season. He also has four home runs and 13 RBI in 46 at-bats. INF Ryan Roberts has been getting most of the playing time at third base over the last week as manager Kirk Gibson attempts to get him back in a groove.
May 17 2012 - Daniel Hudson (Diamondbacks), RHP Daniel Hudson (shoulder) threw 54 pitches and gave up two earned runs in 2 1/3 innings against Oakland in an extended spring training game Wednesday, his first game since going on the disabled list after an April 18 start against Pittsburgh. "Felt great to get back into a game situation today. Command still not quite up to par, but still have a couple of bullpens and an outing to fix," Hudson said in a tweet. Hudson is scheduled to start for Class AAA Reno on May 21 and could rejoin the D-backs later in the month. Asked if one start in Reno would be enough, manager Kirk Gibson was coy. "It might be. It might not be," he said.
May 17 2012 - Aaron Hill (Diamondbacks), 2B Aaron Hill continued his success against Colorado LHP Jamie Moyer with a single and a walk in three plate appearances. Hill is 12 for 28 (.429) with three home runs against Moyer, and he also stole third base easily after reaching on an infield error in the third inning.
