Comments on: 2006 NL West Preview

By: Nick G.

Nick G. — Thu, 23 Mar 2006 16:49:54 +0000

Crasnick’s column today has some stuff on Barfield and Brazelton:

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/.....id=2378268

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By: Nick G.

Nick G. — Thu, 23 Mar 2006 15:54:28 +0000

Does Marvell Wynne make the list? Or Luis Salazar? Or Tony’s brother Chris (for the double off Park in ‘96 that essentially won the division)?
Give me a moment while I relive that moment in ‘96 . . . . OK that was great. Was Tewksbury awesome that day, or what?

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By: Richard

Richard — Thu, 23 Mar 2006 05:15:52 +0000

Cesar and Barfield should both definitely make the Top 100 in a couple years. Piazza, I'll be amazed if he does.

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By: Richard

Richard — Thu, 23 Mar 2006 05:15:04 +0000

Aki just barely beat out Fernando Valenzuela, Derek Bell and Reggie Sanders

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By: LynchMob

LynchMob — Thu, 23 Mar 2006 01:03:12 +0000

GY - where’d you hear that Lollar might be our #5 guy … that’s great news … he was one of my favorites … I love pitchers who can hit the long ball … he’ll be (or should be) way above Aki on the Top 100

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By: LynchMob

LynchMob — Thu, 23 Mar 2006 00:54:23 +0000

Right on, Richard! Well done!

Ya, for a guy only on the Padres for 2 years, I could seem him left off the Top 100 easily … and it will be interesting to see how long he lasts on the Top 100 … for example, I’ll bet Tim Stauffer ain’t on it right now … but if he throws 2 no-hitters in July, he’d surely bump up into it, bump’ing Aki off it

So, we could start a contest right now … who’s going to bump Aki out of the Top 100?

My nominee’s are … Freddy Guzman … Cesar Carillo … Mike Piazza … Josh Barfield (ya, here’s who it will be) … Ben Johnson … Tagg Bozied … Mike Cameron … Dave Freisleben (:-)) …

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By: Richard

Richard — Thu, 23 Mar 2006 00:26:20 +0000

Yeah. There are.

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By: anthony

anthony — Thu, 23 Mar 2006 00:24:40 +0000

The Colorado question would make for a pretty good discussion in it’s own right. I think it’s certainly possible for a team to win in that park but they need talent and some innovation. For example, the ball doesn’t break as much there so they should look for pitchers that rely on other means. Change-up specilaists, submariners, maybe knuckleballers even.

I have to agree with Geoff, the Dodgers look pretty good to me. I think the Dbacks could surprise too, they always seem to play better than everyone thinks they will. The Padres seem to have more “ifs” than any team in the division, and that’s saying something.

There’s 99 Padres ahead of Aki?

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By: Richard

Richard — Wed, 22 Mar 2006 23:32:11 +0000

So about that top 100 list we talked about:

http://tinyurl.com/zq8a6

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By: jesse

jesse — Wed, 22 Mar 2006 17:48:44 +0000

Dodgers, Geoff? Really? Wow. I couldn’t disagree more. The Giants are more imposing to me. They have an actual 5 man rotation (the only team in the division that can boast that). Lowe, Penny, Crap, Crappy, Crappiest don’t really intimidate me. Prospects don’t intimidate me either. They still have to prove it at the major league level. Could’ve sworn this was a Pads blog. We’re gonna win this thing this year! Come on, Geoff, get on board!!!!!

SF
SD
LA
COL
ARI

or not….

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