Comments on: The One About Bradley

By: Paul R

Paul R — Tue, 03 Jul 2007 05:13:19 +0000

B(l)um: I was promised a[inch-hitting appearance tonight...(mumbling) burn down the stadium...

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By: Malcolm

Malcolm — Tue, 03 Jul 2007 01:32:09 +0000

Another Bradley risk: See Ken Rosenthal’s extensive article at Foxsports, ” Padres Taking a Chance on Bradley” —”Some scouts believe that his ability is declining due to his continued physical problems” He’s not exactly been a big bat with 4 2B & 2 HR in 65 AB in 07, but an improvement over Bocachica’s 4 2B & 2 HR in 71 AB. Since his mid 05 “mystery injury” he has only managed 19 big bat HRs.

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By: LynchMob

LynchMob — Tue, 03 Jul 2007 00:31:43 +0000

Manny Ayala has been called up from Storm to AA San Antonio and is pitching tonight …

http://web.minorleaguebaseball.....pid=499382

… 2 runs given up in 1st …

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By: Paul R

Paul R — Tue, 03 Jul 2007 00:11:35 +0000

79: I agree-after seeing who the real Jack Wilson is-I don't think it makes sense for the Padres either.

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By: Mark Ase

Mark Ase — Mon, 02 Jul 2007 23:58:20 +0000

Well I can think of one giant reason the Pirates would jump at the opportunity, money.

They don’t want to pay Wilson 6M a year, for good reason.

Also, I don’t think Nady is an improvement over Bradley and next off season there should be plenty of guys available to fill that spot.

Ruining shortstop in order to fix left field when shortstop is a much more difficult position doesn’t seem like a smart plan, especially when you’re paying an extra 7M a year for the privilege.

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By: Tom Waits

Tom Waits — Mon, 02 Jul 2007 23:57:52 +0000

76: The people who think the Pirates wouldn’t do that deal underestimate how badly they’d like to get out from under Wilson’s contract. I bet they’d gladly move Nady if that was what it took to save 14M the next 3 years.

From the Padres standpoint, there’s no way we do it. Don’t need Nady, really don’t need Wilson.

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By: Tom Waits

Tom Waits — Mon, 02 Jul 2007 23:53:00 +0000

71: Yes, because Cruz isn’t useless against RHP the way Nady is. Cruz is less of a lefty-killer but against RHP, the dominant species, Nady barely cracks a 700 OPS. That’s not even adjusted for parks, and Cruz has played in tough ones. In an ideal world Cruz is a 4th OF who platoons, but at least he gives you a chance from both sides of the plate. Both he and Bradley are much better defenders, a little better speed.

73: The same wikipedia article states “PC Load Letter — an actual HP laser printer error message indicating that the printer needs letter-sized paper, but more generally a catch-all for any nonsensical error message. The “PC” in the phrase stands for “Paper Cassette”, a paper reservoir for many printers. This error is more common in Europe when printing US documents on printers loaded with size A4 paper.”

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By: Paul R

Paul R — Mon, 02 Jul 2007 23:50:57 +0000

75: I guess I was thinking more about the upgrade of Nady and the long-term security of LF. However, as I said, I was thinking of the 2004 Wilson, not the current vintage. Check out his ‘04: .308 and more than 65 extra base hits. He’s not anywhere near that player anymore. Oddly, some people rejected the deal because the Pirates wouldn’t do it, and some saw it as a loss for the Padres. I’d guess that it’s probably pretty fair–but that doesn’t mean that it’s a deal that would help us this year.

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By: Mark Ase

Mark Ase — Mon, 02 Jul 2007 23:43:07 +0000

Jack Wilson, seriously? Am I missing something here? Do we really need to add a .675 OPS shortstop, although his .315 OBP would be a big improvement over Greene.

Greene is a tough guy to move, unless he brings back a legit all star because he is loved by both the fans and other players.

By VORP courtesy of my subscription to Baseball Prospectus:

Jack Wilson:0.2
Greene:8.2

A little perspective about Wilson, that puts him squarely between John McDonald and Enrique Cruz. Blah!

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By: Paul R

Paul R — Mon, 02 Jul 2007 23:23:14 +0000

69/73: If you’d like to verify for yourself, you can look on youtube at the following site:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v.....mp;search=
I’m not an expert office supply person, but I’m sure that someone will be able to identify the appliance in question.

**Be careful of explicit lyrics if you’re at work or with kids.

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