You Were Expecting Something Other Than Bullet Points?
by Geoff Young on Feb 16, 2005
- Ranking the NL rotations (SI, via BTF). Jacob Luft has the Padres ranked ninth. Behind the Giants? Uh, sure. The Mets at four? Okay, Pedro is great. But Tom Glavine is 39 years old, and Kris Benson, Steve Trachsel, and Victor Zambrano scream mediocrity. For the Friars, Luft seems to like Darrell May too much and Jake Peavy not enough. He also doesn’t give enough credit to the middle three.
- Scoping the San Diego Rotation (Dodger Thoughts). Jon offers his take on the Friars’ starting five. He likes Peavy, but is underwhelmed by the others. I’ve “helped out” in the comments. Dodger fans attempt to be snarky. Some of them seem to think the Padres view the Dodgers as their arch-rival. Don’t flatter yourselves.
- Hernandez a ‘Fearless’ Leader (ESPN). In one of the more surreal articles you’re likely to see this winter, Phil Rogers cites Ramon Hernandez as the best at blocking the plate. As my wife said, without prompting, “But that’s the one thing he doesn’t do,” before hastening to add, “although he is cute.”
- CBS Sportsline offers its Pre-spring Power Rankings (via Athletics Nation). Padres check in at #10.
- Mailbag: Padres’ punch enough? (Padres.com). Mike Scarr likes Sean Burroughs’ chances to drive the ball more now that he’s out of the leadoff spot. He looks for Xavier Nady to get 350+ at-bats in a reserve role. If we repeat these to ourselves enough, they just might happen!
- Spring Preview ’05 – San Diego Padres (MSNBC). Tony DeMarco checks in with his thoughts. Good to see I’m not alone in thinking Adam Eaton will break out this year. Be nice if Eaton would do his part and stop making me look bad.
DeMarco seems to really like the addition of Dave Roberts (“should steal 50-plus bases”) and acknowledges that Khalil Greene should have won the ROY award last year. He also notes that “Ryan Klesko needs to make peace with his surroundings” (I think he means Phil Nevin, but the point is the same).
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