Comments on: IGD: Padres vs Brewers (27 May 07)

By: Ben B.

Ben B. — Mon, 28 May 2007 08:53:30 +0000

127: The funny part of the Cub hand-wringing over a CFer for 2008 is Felix Pie should be ready for them by then and is a much better long term option. But, heck, they're welcome to go out and sign Andruw Jones if they'll trade us Pie.

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By: LynchMob

LynchMob — Mon, 28 May 2007 04:57:17 +0000

I think this link is outside the BP subscriber wall … http://www.baseballprospectus......cleid=6279 … an interesting note about the Bucs rotation and comparison to the back-to-back Under-25 rotations of the ‘74 and ‘75 Padres … as well as clarification of the Maddux/Young spin on why SBs are no big deal …

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By: LynchMob

LynchMob — Mon, 28 May 2007 04:50:52 +0000

126 … ya, ya … I knew I was settin’ someone up for that line

re: CF in 2008 … GY, you gotta get on-board for this conversation … lookin’ ahead is where it’s at … a note at BP today tells me the Cubs are lookin’ ahead for their CF’er in 2008 also … in addition to “the usual suspects”, there’s this note …

Two Japanese players who reportedly interest the Cubs as potential free agents are right-hander Hiroki Kuroda and center fielder Kosuke Fukodome.

… so, if/when you get into this subject (November, perhaps?), make a note to look up Kosuke Fukodome … perhaps then the Padres won’t have to pay for an exclamation point (!) …

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By: Eric

Eric — Mon, 28 May 2007 03:46:46 +0000

that HR by KK was definitely a big SOB.

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By: LynchMob

LynchMob — Mon, 28 May 2007 02:36:29 +0000

Checking in on an old pal … George Kottaras is just hitting .200/.304/.300 at AAA Pawtucket … so … trading him for Wells seems like it was worth taking a shot at post-season magic … imo …

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By: LynchMob

LynchMob — Mon, 28 May 2007 02:01:17 +0000

According to Hit Tracker (http://www.hittrackeronline.com/index.php) the HR KK hit on 5/23 was the highest SOB (Speed Off Bat) of any Padre HR this year (118.2 mph), it actually travelled 429 feet, for a “standard” distance of 436 feet (after factoring in wind, temperature, and altitude).

(WARNING: Blum’s HR on 5/9 checks in at #4 on the SOB list … so the dude does still have some power )

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By: LynchMob

LynchMob — Mon, 28 May 2007 01:47:15 +0000

121 … Thanks, GY … does he do a MailBag on a regular basis? I don’t see how to find these (ie. I don’t see a “MailBag” link) …

mlb.com has video highlights from today up … http://sandiego.padres.mlb.com.....mp;c_id=sd … nice defense, AGAIN, by Adrian starting a DP on a sacrifice attempt … that kind of defense is SOOO valuable!

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By: LynchMob

LynchMob — Mon, 28 May 2007 01:31:50 +0000

Wade LeBlanc with a nice start for the Storm today … http://www.minorleaguebaseball.....a_lesafa_1 … Chad Huffman being the key offensive contributor …

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By: Geoff Young

Geoff Young — Mon, 28 May 2007 01:17:16 +0000

#116: LM, here’s one from a couple weeks ago:

http://sandiego.padres.mlb.com.....mp;c_id=sd

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By: LynchMob

LynchMob — Mon, 28 May 2007 01:15:18 +0000

My biggest question is this … how can we find out why the Padres have Geoff Blum on the roster? I know that even if Bud or KT or SA is asked the question, that it’s not likely we’d get the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth … and that’s OK … I’m at least interested in what ever they would say … sort of positive spin they could give … hopefully it’d just be that he can play SS well enough for the Padres to win a few games while they give KG a rest (as has happened yesterday and today, well done!). For as little as I really understand VORP (Value Over Replacement Player), I sure like the concept that it’s trying to implement. Blum last year (2006) was negative VORP offensively (-2.7 by BP calc, after being -8.3 with the ChiSox to start 2005 and +1.9 with the Padres to finish the season, and a whopping -15.3 VORP in 2004 with TB) … so it wouldn’t seem likely that there’d be a statistical basis for expecting a positive VORP in 2007 … but BP’s calculations do show a projection of +2.7 for this year … huh? … that’s based on .242/.302/.375 in 176 PAs … well, he’s got some work to do to reach that … do you know what his VORP is so far in 2007? It’s -2.7 … http://baseballprospectus.com/.....cid=204782 …

To be fair, and based on KT’s comments at the 2005 BP Pizza Feed about Sean Burroughs, and his subsequent actions, I gotta believe that he’s working at finding an alternative … I do believe that … it’s not as easy as it might seem to us … but I trust that that guy is looking at scouting reports and reading analsysis (both from internal and external sources) EVERY DAY … and it’s gotta be high on his priority list to find a replacement for Blum …

Whew … OK … that’s my daily anti-Blum-rant … thanks, GY, for providing the forum … I feel better now …

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