More bullet points today.

• Barry Bonds, four homers in two games? Yeah, okay. But Corey Patterson, three walks in two games. Interesting.
• Wiki Gonzalez out 6-8 weeks with a busted hand. Hello Javier Cardona. No official word yet, but he’ll be up tomorrow.
• Deivi Cruz and Ramon Vazquez impressed me last night. Cruz had a great at-bat against Mike Myers to lead off the ninth. After falling behind 0-and-2, he battled back to work the count full and then slapped a single to center to get the game-winning rally started. As for Vazquez, he made a nice diving stop in the field at third base and also executed a perfect sacrifice bunt against Myers, no easy feat for a left-handed batter. Fellow newcomers Ron Gant and Alan Embree also impressed. Gant homered and made a terrific throw to home to nail Quinton McCracken in the middle innings, while Embree fanned Luis Gonzalez to end the seventh and preserve what was then a 5-4 Padres lead.
• Trevor Hoffman struggled with his command in an uncharacteristic 34-pitch outing to close the game. The final out came with the bases loaded, when Steve Finley fouled out to catcher Tom Lampkin on a 3-and-1 pitch. Scary stuff.
• Padres acquired lefty reliever Juan Moreno from the Rangers today for minor-league infielder Jason Moore. No disrespect to Moore, but this is a steal. Moreno has a live arm and opponents hit just .153/.289/.305 against him last year, his first in the bigs. With Jose Nunez headed to the DL, Moreno gives Bruce Bochy a second option from the left side behind Embree. At age 27 and now nearly two years removed from rotator cuff surgery, Moreno has some upside, too. Nice little pickup that won’t get noticed much by the media.
• Some interesting assignments for Padres minor leaguers. Vince Faison starts at Double-A Mobile. If his performance in the Cal League playoffs was legit, then this might turn out okay, but personally I wouldn’t mind seeing him get some more work at Lake Elsinore. Speaking of the Storm, this season’s club could be even better than the 2001 version, which was the Minor League Team of the Year. Xavier Nady returns to DH, as do lefties Oliver Perez and Mark Phillips. Joining them will be Jason Bartlett, Tagg Bozied, and Jake Gautreau. No sign of Greg Sain anywhere.
• Amusing but true: Rob Deer is the hitting coach for the Storm this year. Actually, if there’s one thing Deer did well as a hitter–aside from sending the ball very far away when he actually made contact–it was drawing walks, which is something the Padres are emphasizing up and down the organization.