Brandon Rosage has been good enough to have me on as a guest at Outsider Radio once again. My segment starts around 27 minutes in but you should give the whole thing a listen:
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March 25, 2006 at 1:32 pm
Did the Yahoo Ducksnorts#1 league draft last night? How’d it go? Can you provide a link to the draft results?
March 25, 2006 at 3:20 pm
It’s beginning to bother me to see the Padres’ scoring so few runs in the spring games … http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/bo.....=260325125 … 2 runs on 4 hits today vs AZ … only 1 of those hits off their starter (Nippert) …
OTOH, 10 runs on 10 hits vs Brewers … http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/boxscore?gid=260325108 … no box yet …
March 25, 2006 at 4:20 pm
The link only works if you’re in the league but here’s the first round:
http://baseball.fantasysports......aftresults
1. A. Pujols Hawaii Marlins
2. D. Wright HalfaBubbaOff
3. D. Lee HGH boys
4. Mi. Cabrera Clairemont C…
5. B. Abreu Padres in 2026
6. J. Bay East Coast R…
7. P. Martínez Dukes
8. A. Soriano The Run Home…
9. J. Peavy Hillsdale Co…
10. T. Helton deep rats
11. J. Reyes Mallorca Madmen
12. L. Berkman Lancers
March 25, 2006 at 5:39 pm
USA Today’s “note” yesterday for Padres was …
The fact that rookie Josh Barfield won the starting job at second base could be working against 1B Adrian Gonzalez. With Barfield at second, Mark Bellhorn has clinched a utility spot on the roster. Bellhorn can play first. So can another utility infielder, Geoff Blum. And both Bellhorn and Blum are switch hitters. Gonzalez is a left-handed hitter, the same as starting 1B Ryan Klesko. Gonzalez, who is hitting .229 this spring, has an option remaining. … It is looking as if LH reliever Alan Embree could be joined by a second left-hander, Ryan Meaux, in the Padres’ bullpen.
March 25, 2006 at 5:41 pm
GY - nice pick … I’m a HUGE Cabrera fan! Looke like Peavy went predictably early … Pedro too early??? See you’se #2′er next Friday evening
March 25, 2006 at 5:45 pm
A note that’s probably of interest to more than just me here …
1B/C Robert Fick played catch Wednesday and Thursday, but he is not expected to be ready for opening day. Fick underwent surgery March 6 to remove bone chips from his right elbow.
March 25, 2006 at 9:15 pm
I guess it’s a good thing we’ve got some depth at 1B down @ Portland …
http://sandiego.padres.mlb.com.....mp;c_id=sd
“It’s something I have to deal with until I get it fixed at the end of the year,” Klesko said on Friday night before the Padres hauled out the heavy lumber against the A’s. “It’s bone on bone. The AC joint’s 65 to 70 percent damaged.
“It crunches and pops every time I move it. When it gets caught, it’s going to cause me discomfort. But with the treatments we’re doing to keep the inflammation out of the joint, we’ll get through it. It feels pretty good right now, knock on wood.
“Hopefully, I can get through the year without any setbacks.”
The neck ailment that robbed him of his power in the second half last season is under control, Klesko added.
“The shooting pain in my neck is gone,” he said. “It grabbed every time I swung the bat in the second half.
… shesh!
March 25, 2006 at 10:17 pm
Here’s my draft:
1. (4) Mi. Cabrera
2. (21) R. Furcal
3. (28) M. Giles
4. (45) B. Webb
5. (52) R. Winn
6. (69) M. Barrett
7. (76) D. Turnbow
8. (93) S. Casey
9. (100) G. Jenkins
10. (117) Od. Pérez
11. (124) M. Wuertz
12. (141) T. Glavine
13. (148) B. Arroyo
14. (165) R. Durham
15. (172) A. Heilman
16. (189) X. Nady
17. (196) C. Jackson
18. (213) I. Snell
March 25, 2006 at 10:59 pm
So…all things equal, who do you think gets the call first WHEN Klesko can’t produce? Adrian Gonzalez, Walter Young, or McAnulty?
Each has their own strength, it’s kind of interesting. Gonzalez has the best glove, with Little Mac not far behind. 1B is a traditional power spot, and that’s really a strength only for Young, whereas Gonzalez will (we hope) be a more BA hitter and Little Mac being an OB guy. I think Adrian is the favorite, but early production will be key, and ABs will be tough for whoever’s sharing a spot.
We’ll see!
March 26, 2006 at 1:35 am
Looks like we’re in for another year of Klesko being healthy enough to play but not healthy enough to produce. I would expect Gonzalez to be the 1st in line but who knows.
I had a great draft. 1st pick is Pedro with all his assorted maladies, I also manged to get Clemens, who is likely retired, Brian Lawrence and his shredded shoulder and Luis Ayala who needs Tommy John surgery. And no closers either. That’s what happens when you don’t do your homework.
1. (7) P. Martínez
2. (18) R. Oswalt
3. (31) C. Lee
4. (42) C. Jones
5. (55) R. Clemens
6. (66) D. Davis
7. (79) J. Lieber
8. (90) J. Lane
9. (103) P. Fielder
10. (114) Lu. González
11. (127) C. Counsell
12. (138) B. Howry
13. (151) D. Wheeler
14. (162) A. Everett
15. (175) R. Klesko
16. (186) J. Valentín
17. (199) L. Ayala
18. (210) B. Lawrence
March 26, 2006 at 4:52 am
My draft was terrible — I’m not really paying attention to fantasy this year. Despite that, I had fun doing it, and I was up wayyyyy past my bedtime. I can say with pride that I think I have the most Padres on my roster. Which is probably not a good thing.
1. (3) D. Lee
2. (22) C. Zambrano
3. (27) M. Ensberg
4. (46) C. Floyd
5. (51) C. Cordero
6. (70) A. Rowand
7. (75) T. Gordon
8. (94) C. Young
9. (99) Ol. Pérez
10. (118) R. Madson
11. (123) J. Barfield
12. (142) O. Vizquel
13. (147) P. Lo Duca
14. (166) R. Wolf
15. (171) K. Greene
16. (190) C. Wilson
17. (195) S. Finley
18. (214) T. Walker
March 26, 2006 at 8:42 am
Guess I’ll post mine. I think it went OK. I missed out on a couple of picks I needed, but so it goes. It was weird being the last team to pick because I had to wait and watch everyone else pick, then make my pick, and then turn right around and make the first pick in the next round. I really had to plan two picks out at a time.
1. (12) L. Berkman
2. (13) C. Utley
3. (36) P. Burrell
4. (37) D. Willis
5. (60) T. Hudson
6. (61) S. Rolen
7. (84) M. Cameron
8. (85) B. Hall
9. (108) J. Seo
10. (109) D. Báez
11. (132) M. Batista
12. (133) A. Rhodes
13. (156) J. Estrada
14. (157) T. Worrell
15. (180) B. Hawpe
16. (181) M. Murton
17. (204) L. Niekro
18. (205) R. Doumit
March 26, 2006 at 4:56 pm
Thanks for posting your teams … fun to see!
Nady won’t last that long next Friday
March 26, 2006 at 5:16 pm
Here’s a note on Klesko from padres.mlb.com …
Ryan Klesko had an injection for pain in his left shoulder and is expected to miss two or three days, Bochy said.
Bleh …
March 27, 2006 at 7:44 am
I went to Spring training this weekend and saw both the A’s and Brewers Games Klesko Looked horrible in both the field and at the plate against the A’s and did nothing to impress against the brewer’s, Although I must say I was very impressed at how good he was with the fans. He would interact with the fans as they swarmed him for autographs and he also go up and talk to kids in the stands when he was on deck between innings.