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| Date | Player | News |
| 11/5/2009 | Hideki Matsui, DH (NYY) | Matsui became the first Japanese-born player to win the World Series MVP award that started in 1955. Analysis: He homered, doubled and singled, highlighting a Series in which he hit .615 with three home runs and eight RBIs. Matsui became the first player to win the award as a full-time DH in the Series. Toronto DH Paul Molitor played in the field when the Blue Jays won the 1993 title. Matsui became the 11th Yankees player to win the award, joining teammates Derek Jeter and Mariano Rivera, along with the likes of Reggie Jackson and Whitey Ford. |
| 11/5/2009 | Ted Lilly, SP (ChC) | Lilly had surgery on his left shoulder on Tuesday. The Cubs said the arthroscopy and debridement procedure performed Tuesday by Dr. Lewis Yocum in Los Angeles revealed no major damage. Analysis: The Cubs said they will determine after the first of the year a timetable for Lilly to start a throwing program. The left-hander was 12-9 with a 3.10 ERA in 27 starts last season. |
| 11/4/2009 | Shane Victorino, CF (Phi) | Victorino was in Philadelphia's starting lineup Wednesday night for Game 6 of the World Series despite a finger injury. Analysis: Victorino was struck on his right index finger by a fastball from A.J. Burnett in the first inning of the Phillies' 8-6 victory over the New York Yankees on Monday night. X-rays were negative, but the injury appeared to bother him throughout that game. |
| 11/4/2009 | Vicente Padilla, SP (LAD) | Padilla accidentally shot himself in the leg in Nicaragua. Dr. Eduardo Reguera said Padilla didn't need surgery after spending time at Managua's Metropolitan Hospital. Analysis: Police spokesman Vilma Reyes said Wednesday that Padilla's pistol apparently jammed during a target shooting session late Tuesday. Padilla was trying to clear a round from the chamber when the pistol went off. His agent, Adam Katz, told the Los Angeles Times that it was a ``hunting accident.'' Padilla went 4-0 with a 3.20 ERA for the Dodgers the final two months of the regular season. |
| 11/3/2009 | Jesse Chavez, RP (TB) | The Tampa Bay Rays have traded second baseman Akinori Iwamura to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Chavez. Analysis: Chavez led Pittsburgh and all major league rookies with 73 appearances in 2009, going 1-4 with a 4.01 ERA in 67 1-3 innings. He was taken in the 42nd round in 2002 by Texas. |
| 11/3/2009 | Akinori Iwamura, 2B (Pit) | The Tampa Bay Rays have traded Iwamura to the Pirates for right-handed reliever Jesse Chavez. The deal was announced Tuesday night. Analysis: Iwamura hit .290 with one homer and 22 RBIs in 69 games during the final season of a $7.7 million, three-year contract he signed after playing in the Japanese Central League for eight years. The 30-year-old missed 81 games this season after sustaining partial tears of the anterior cruciate ligament and meniscus in his left knee. The Rays held a $4.85 million option on the infielder for 2010. |
| 11/3/2009 | Joba Chamberlain, SP (NYY) | The mother of Chamberlain faces up to 20 years in prison when she's sentenced next month on a felony drug charge. Jackie Standley pleaded no contest Monday to an amended charge of delivery of a controlled substance, according to court records. The 44-year-old Standley was arrested in May after selling a gram of methamphetamine to an undercover officer at her Lincoln residence. Analysis: Chamberlain's Yankees are preparing for Game 6 of the World Series on Wednesday against Philadelphia. He has a 3.38 ERA in nine postseason appearances. |
| 11/3/2009 | Cole Hamels, SP (Phi) | Hamels isn't ready to call it a season. Hamels wants to pitch again if the Phillies need him against the New York Yankees in the World Series. Analysis: Hamels angered fans and created a stir on talk radio with his comments after his latest poor outing Saturday night. He clarified those remarks after the Phillies avoided elimination with an 8-6 victory in Game 5 on Monday night. "Sometimes I might not say the best things or the smartest things, but I've learned and am learning," Hamels said. "I wasn't able to sleep the past couple of nights because of it." |
| 11/3/2009 | Ryan Howard, 1B (Phi) | Howard walked twice and struck out in his other two at-bats Monday in an 8-6 win over the Yankees in Game 5 of the World Series. Analysis: Howard is 3 for 19 (.158) with 12 strikeouts in the World Series. The Phillies need more from him when the series resumes Wednesday in the Bronx. |
| 11/3/2009 | Raul Ibanez, LF (Phi) | Ibanez homered, singled and drove in two runs Monday in an 8-6 win over the Yankees in Game 5 of the World Series. Analysis: Ibanez has been struggling and is batting just .250 in the series, which resumes Wednesday in New York at Yankee Stadium. |
| 11/3/2009 | Johnny Damon, LF (NYY) | Damon had three hits and scored two runs Monday in an 8-6 loss to the Phillies in Game 5 of the World Series. Analysis: Damon is batting .381 in the World Series as he seeks his second title. He won in 2004 with Boston. |
| 11/3/2009 | Alex Rodriguez, 3B (NYY) | Rodriguez had two hits and three RBIs in an 8-6 loss to the Phillies in Game 5 of the World Series. Analysis: Rodriguez has 18 RBIs in the postseason and can add to that total Wednesday in Game 6. |
| 11/3/2009 | Cliff Lee, SP (Phi) | Lee allowed five runs and seven hits in seven-plus innings Monday to earn an 8-6 victory over the Yankees in Game 5 of the World Series. Analysis: Lee is 4-0 with a 1.56 ERA in five postseason starts. He could earn a Game 7 start for the Philadelphia Phillies if they force the World Series to a decisive game. "As far as my availability, I'm available," Lee said. |
| 11/3/2009 | A.J. Burnett, SP (NYY) | Burnett lasted two-plus innings Monday and gave up six runs and four hits in an 8-6 loss to the Phillies in Game 5 of the World Series. Analysis: Burnett had won his previous three starts on three days' rest, but was dismal Monday. He will serve as a reliever for the remainder of the World Series. |
| 11/3/2009 | Brian Buscher, 3B (Min) | The Minnesota Twins moved Buscher off their 40-man roster on Tuesday and assigned him to Triple-A Rochester. He will become a minor league free agent 16 days after the end of the World Series. Analysis: Over parts of three seasons, Buscher batted .266 in 436 at-bats with eight home runs and 69 RBIs while going back and forth between the Rochester club and the Twins. With Joe Crede becoming a free agent this fall following an injury-plagued year, third base is again unsettled for the Twins. Matt Tolbert and Brendan Harris were the primary options at that position down the stretch while Crede was hurt, and Buscher rarely played. He hit .235 in 136 at-bats this year. |
| 11/3/2009 | Vernon Wells, CF (Tor) | Wells will have surgery next week to repair damaged cartilage in his left wrist. The team announced Tuesday that Wells is expected to be ready in time for spring training. Analysis: Wells, who is entering the third season of a seven-year, $126-million contract extension, hit .260 with 15 home runs and 66 RBIs in 158 games last season. |
| 11/3/2009 | Melky Cabrera, CF (NYY) | Cabrera was replaced by backup infielder Ramiro Pena on the New York Yankees' World Series roster Monday. Analysis: Cabrera left the Yankees' 7-4 win in Game 4 on Sunday night in the middle of the sixth inning with a slightly strained left hamstring. He took an awkward swing and appeared to hurt his leg while running out a grounder. |
| 11/2/2009 | Chase Utley, 2B (Phi) | Utley hit his fifth homer of the World Series on Monday, tying Reggie Jackson's record for the most in one Fall Classic. Utley connected off Phil Coke in the seventh inning, giving the Philadelphia Phillies a 7-2 lead over the New York Yankees in Game 5 on Monday night. Utley hit a three-run shot in the first inning off A.J. Burnett. Analysis: He is the second player to have two multihomer games in a World Series. Willie Aikens of Kansas City did it against the Phillies in 1980. Utley hit three solo shots off CC Sabathia, two in the opener and one in Game 4. Jackson hit five homers for the Yankees in 1977 against the Los Angeles Dodgers. Mr. October hit three in New York's clinching victory in Game 6. |
| 11/2/2009 | Jeff Francoeur, RF (NYM) | Francoeur has undergone thumb surgery and is expected to be ready for spring training. The Mets said the operation on Francoeur's torn ligament in his left thumb took place in Atlanta on Monday. Analysis: The Mets obtained Francoeur on July 10 from Atlanta for Ryan Church. He hit .311 with 10 homers and 41 RBIs for the Mets. Overall, he hit .280 with 15 homers and 76 RBIs. |
| 10/30/2009 | Joe Blanton, SP (Phi) | Blanton was picked to start Game 4 of the World Series for the defending champion Philadelphia Phillies. Analysis: Manager Charlie Manuel said Friday he will go with Blanton against the New York Yankees rather than ace Cliff Lee on short rest. Lee, who has never pitched on three days' rest, is slated to start Game 5. |
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