Wednesday Lineup Card: Ells Well That Ends Well

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Projected Starters - A look at Wednesday's matchups (all times Eastern)

Mets (Daisuke Matsuzaka – R) at Reds (Mat Latos – R), 12:35
Nationals (Jordan Zimmermann – R) at Cardinals (Shelby Miller – R), 1:45
Pirates (Francisco Liriano – L) at Cubs (Jake Arrieta – R), 2:20
Athletics (Dan Straily – R) at Angels (Jered Weaver – R), 3:35
White Sox (Dylan Axelrod – R) at Indians (Danny Salazar – R), 7:05
Rays (David Price – L) at Yankees (Phil Hughes – R), 7:05
Blue Jays (Esmil Rogers – R) at Orioles (Bud Norris – R), 7:05
Brewers (Kyle Lohse – R) at Braves (Paul Maholm – L), 7:10
Phillies (Cole Hamels – L) at Marlins (Brad Hand – L), 7:10
Astros (Dallas Keuchel – L) at Rangers (Martin Perez – L), 8:05
Tigers (Max Scherzer – R) at Twins (Kevin Correia – R), 8:10
Red Sox (Jake Peavy – R) at Rockies (Jhoulys Chacin – R), 8:40
Diamondbacks (Randall Delgado – R) at Padres (Ian Kennedy – R), 10:10
Royals (Ervin Santana – R) at Mariners (Hisashi Iwakuma – R), 10:10
Dodgers (Ricky Nolasco – R) at Giants (Madison Bumgarner – L), 10:15

Day Game After Night Game: NYM/CIN, WAS/STL, PIT/CHC, OAK/LAA

Injuries

Day-To-Day
Oswaldo Arcia, OF, MIN (knee) – Not in Tuesday's lineup against the Tigers.
Madison Bumgarner, SP, SF (rest) – Shut down for the remainder of the season.
Chris Capuano, P, LAD (groin) – Threw a bullpen session Tuesday.
Yoenis Cespedes, OF, OAK (shoulder) – Didn't experience any issues while throwing Monday and expected to return to the outfield Friday.
Jacoby Ellsbury, OF, BOS (foot) – Team plans to start him Wednesday against the Rockies.
Yunel Escobar, SS, TB (ankle) – Left Tuesday's game with a sore left ankle.
Andre Ethier, OF, LAD (ankle) – Remained out of the lineup Tuesday against the Giants, but shooting for a return to action Wednesday.
Robbie Grossman, OF, HOU (oblique) – Remains unable to swing a bat pain-free and will not play again this season.
Roy Halladay, SP, PHI (arm) – Told by doctor that he needs three or more weeks of rest after undergoing surgery following Monday's game.
Matt Holliday, OF, STL (back) – Remained out of the lineup Tuesday against the Nationals.
Jose Iglesias, SS, DET (hand) – Remained out of the lineup Tuesday against the Twins.
Desmond Jennings, OF, TB (hamstring) – Held out of the lineup Tuesday against the Yankees.
Jeff Keppinger, 3B, CHW (shoulder) – Will have surgery Thursday and miss the rest of the season.
Paul Konerko, 1B, CHW (knee) – Left Tuesday's game after fouling a ball off the back of his knee.
Jose Lobaton, C, TB (elbow) – Left Tuesday's game with a bruised right elbow.
Manny Machado, 3B, BAL (knee) – Diagnosed with a torn medial patellar ligament and will be shut down for 6-8 weeks.
Starling Marte, OF, PIT (hand) – Returned to the lineup Tuesday against the Cubs.
Justin Masterson, RP, CLE (oblique) – Will pitch out of the bullpen for the rest of the regular season.
Mike Napoli, 1B, BOS (foot) – Held out of the lineup Tuesday against the Rockies.
David Purcey, RP, CWS (elbow) – Shut down for the season with a strained UCL.
Andre Rienzo, SP, CHW (blister) – Has reported improvement and plans to be ready to pitch Thursday.
Wilin Rosario, C, COL (calf) – Remains out of the lineup Tuesday.
Marco Scutaro, 2B, SF (finger/back) – Has officially been shut down for the season.
Jean Segura, SS, MIL (hamstring) –Tested strained hamstring Tuesday but said it didn't go well.
Moises Sierra, OF, TOR (foot) – Left Tuesday's game with apparent foot injury.
Zack Wheeler, SP, NYM (shoulder) – Was shut down for the remainder of the regular season due to shoulder stiffness.
Jerome Williams, SP, LAA (foot) – Received clearance to start Thursday after he was struck in the foot with a ball Monday.

Disabled List
Antonio Bastardo, RP, PHI (suspension) – Will be activated from suspension Sunday but won't pitch again this season after receiving injection in his left knee.
Matt Harvey, SP, NYM (elbow) – Could pitch in Arizona Fall League to see if he can avoid Tommy John surgery.
Ryan Howard, 1B, PHI (knee) – Will begin playing instructional league games this week.
Ben Revere, OF, PHI (foot) – Will begin playing instructional league games this week.

Transactions

Activated from the Disabled List (15-day DL unless otherwise noted)
Jordany Valdespin, OF, NYM (activated from suspension)

Released
Wilson Betemit, 3B, BAL
Kyle Lotzkar, RP, CIN

Closer Watch

Padres –Huston Street picked up save No. 33 of the season in Monday's 4-1 win over the Diamondbacks, pitching a perfect ninth inning and striking out a batter. Street missed some time in June and July, but has otherwise given the Padres everything they could ask for and then some. He's converted 33-of-34 save opportunities this season, and owns a 2.47 ERA despite surrendering 11 home runs in just 54.2 innings. The 11 home runs, along with an unspectacular 41:12 K/BB ratio, make Street a candidate to regress in 2014, so it may not be worthwhile to invest heavily in him come draft day.

Matt Davidson, 3B, ARI – With the non-contending Diamondbacks beginning to assess their options for 2014 at this point in the season, young players like Davidson, Chris Owings and Adam Eaton have begun to see an increase in at-bats. Davidson in particular has seemed to make the most of the surge in starts, batting 9-for-26 (.346) with three homers and eight RBI over the last two weeks. Given that he slugged 17 homers and batted .280/.350/.481 over 115 games at Triple-A Reno earlier in the season, it's not unreasonable to expect Davidson to continue sustaining his current run of success on some level. At the very least, Davidson should receive plenty of at-bats in the season's final week to prove he's ready to handle the third base job on a full-time basis in 2014, making him a worthy target in NL-only and deeper mixed leagues.

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