Comments on: Padres Take Round One Against Rivals

By: Ben B.

Ben B. — Tue, 22 May 2007 07:12:19 +0000

Hey guys. Crazy trade idea. Let’s trade for Lastings Milledge. He’s young (he turned 22 at the beginning of April), has a lot of upside, was projected by PECOTA for a .289/.359/.476 equivalent line this year in the majors, and is majorly out of favor in New York now. He can play center field (I think), so he could be a long term option in center, or he could be a good long term option in left too. I have no idea what it would take to acquire him, and obviously it’s never going to happen, but it’s nice to dream.

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By: Ben B.

Ben B. — Tue, 22 May 2007 05:47:58 +0000

Whenever I read about the Cust trade from a non-San Diego source, it says the Padres sold Cust to the A's. Are they getting cash for him and not a PTBNL?

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By: LynchMob

LynchMob — Tue, 22 May 2007 04:31:15 +0000

From Sacramento River Cats Game Notes (http://rivercats.com.ismmedia.com/ISM3/std-content/repos/Top/2007%20Game%20Notes/notes%20519.pdf) … JJ has started 2 games @ 2B + 19 at SS + 7 @ 3B + 7 in LF + 1 in RF … hmmm … now there’s a utility player that can carry a stick and wear a glove (several gloves, actually) …

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By: LynchMob

LynchMob — Tue, 22 May 2007 04:22:34 +0000

OK, here’s an idea for the PLTBNL for Cust … JJ Furmaniak … http://web.minorleaguebaseball.....pid=434583 … he’s hitting .302 .402 .547 in 184 PAs while playing SS for the A’s AAA club in Sacramento … he’s a former Padre farmhand (Padres drafted him in 22nd round in 2000) …

You got a better idea?

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By: LynchMob

LynchMob — Tue, 22 May 2007 04:06:19 +0000

Here’s Portland Beavers Game Notes … http://portlandbeavers.com.ism......21.07.pdf … nothing there about Stansberry except for noting that he’s gone hitless in 3 straight games … so perhaps just getting a night off …

Other notes of interest …

- Michael Johnson was “promoted” from AA to AAA on May 11th
- Stauffer spent end of April on the DL with a sprained ankle
- Scott Strickland was released on May 15th

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By: LynchMob

LynchMob — Tue, 22 May 2007 03:58:01 +0000

Up in Portland, Luis Cruz is having a big night … http://web.minorleaguebaseball.....a_poraaa_1 … 2 2Bs and his 4th HR of the season (but he’s still only hitting .177) … and, speaking of Paul McAnulty, he’s perfect so far … 1-for-1 + 3 BBs thru 6 innings … hmmm, no Stansberry in the lineup … and it looks like the starting 2Bman left the game early and he still didn’t come in … wonder what’s up there …

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By: LynchMob

LynchMob — Tue, 22 May 2007 03:40:23 +0000

In the interests of “full disclosure”, here’s Blum’s May stats … .368 .400 .684 in 20 PAs … eh, he needs to be gone … if we could trade McAnulty for a utility backup infielder who would enable us to cut Blum (ie. someone that can play SS and hit for a .750 OPS), then I’d be all for it …

ps. Now that I look at the #s, I’d say Cruz has “started to cool off” also … his May #s are .196 .258 .268 in 61 PAs … ya, that’s cool …

So, JC, what does “cool” mean? 100 PAs at sub-600 OPS? 200 PAs? I’m all for patience … and McAnulty’s not “on fire” (even in May) … but still … the current trend favors McAnulty over Sledge *and* Cruz … imo.

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By: LynchMob

LynchMob — Tue, 22 May 2007 03:05:43 +0000

27 … I think Pete will let us know about McAnulty, right Pete? Or do we need to say “please”?

25 … good point with the May numbers … doing the same thing for KK is interesting … http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/pl.....D00RyFCLcF … 324 .396 .514 in 43 PAs … now that’s what we traded for!

24 … “LE” = Portland … re: “if Sledge starts to cool down” … you mean .148 .233 .333 in 29 PAs in May doesn’t count as cool? Uh oh! Not that his full season #s are much better (203 .330 .392). I don’t see much of the action … but it sounds like the folks that do are complaining about his defense … and if that’s the case, then I think you can see why I asked about McAnulty (#19) … McAnulty sure seems like he’d have done better with Sledge’s 86 PAs …

24 … OK, good point about getting Freese moved up to AA … but it’s not clear that what he’s doing is really demanding a call up to AA … 287 .383 .476 is good … but it’s a bit inflated by CalLeague park factors … so I’m thinking he’s good for a full year at HighA … I know he’s “old”, but otherwise not sure what the rush is … my money is still on KK being the long-term solution at 3B … so both Freese and Headley are going to have to go elsewhere (either on the field or to another org) if they turn out to be more than backups … which would be good (ie. I hope so, and I think it’s possible for both of them) …

23 … sure doesn’t seem like they could get much for McAnulty in trade … more than Cust? Perhaps … but I’ll bet our PTBNL isn’t a valuable player. The best that could be hoped for would be a middle reliever that the Padres have proven good at identifying … but at this point, I gotta believe that McAnulty is more valuable to the Padres than another good reliever …

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By: Malcolm

Malcolm — Tue, 22 May 2007 02:35:37 +0000

Though we can't make many changes , maybe we can get Peter to add PMac to the daily updates?

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By: Tom Waits

Tom Waits — Tue, 22 May 2007 01:35:39 +0000

18: He’s supposedly fully healed from those injuries and he still looks like he’s playing Pin the Tail on Mike Cameron sometimes. And I like Sledge, but Pmac’s defense was a lot better than advertised last year and this spring.

The point with the relievers is that if Pmac loses his prospect status because he’s not going to fill a starting role, we can eliminate almost all pitchers in our system as prospects. He is what he is, a high-OBP, moderate power LF or 1b. Our not having a spot for him doesn’t make him less of a prospect. There are many lesser players on major league clubs.

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