Comments on: IGD: Padres vs Giants (16 Sep 07)

By: SDSUBaseball

SDSUBaseball — Mon, 17 Sep 2007 05:12:10 +0000

Jon Coniff said that Headley will spend next year in AAA on the radio today. They dont believe either him or Antonelli are ready for next year.

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By: LynchMob

LynchMob — Mon, 17 Sep 2007 05:02:57 +0000

Here’s a Q&A from BA …

What do the Padres plan on doing with Chase Headley? Is he going to get the chance to challenge Kevin Kouzmanoff at third base? If not, where does Headley fit in?

Ryan Lillis
San Ramon, Calif.
The knock on Headley coming into 2007 was that he had questionable power for a third baseman, but he has erased that with a big season at Double-A San Antonio. He hit .330/.437/.580 with 20 homers and 78 RBIs in 121 games.

Kouzmanoff put up even better numbers in the minors last year, and in that context, his .263/.316/.443 performance with 16 homers and 63 RBIs in 127 games is somewhat of a disappointment. However, he has batted .307/.352/.520 since the all-star break, providing the production the Padres expected.

Milton Bradley and Mike Cameron become free agents at the end of the season, so San Diego could move Headley or Kouzmanoff to left field. They both are below-average runners and athletes, and Kouzmanoff has been a liability at the hot corner this season, so he’d probably be the one making the position switch.

If the Padres don’t shift one of them to the outfield, Kouzmanoff will be under pressure to produce. I’d think he’d open the season as the starter and Headley would get some time in Triple-A, but Kouzmanoff would have to improve offensively against righthanders (he has a .697 OPS against them, compared to .909 against lefties) and defensively to hold him off.

http://www.baseballamerica.com.....64866.html

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By: JP

JP — Mon, 17 Sep 2007 03:22:13 +0000

It’s why I love September baseball - When guys like 32 year old Joe Dillon for the Brewers win ball games late in the year.

http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/players/7549

Maybe 31 year old Myrow will win one down the stretch for the Pads.

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By: LynchMob

LynchMob — Mon, 17 Sep 2007 02:34:46 +0000

OT … check out what Andrew Brown did today …

http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/boxscore?gid=270916111

… ouch!

(ps. In case you’re wondering, he’s the guy the Padres traded to the A’s for Jenga … er, Milton Bradley (ie. if you need to be told who Andrew Brown is, you probably need to be told who Jenga is too ).

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By: LynchMob

LynchMob — Mon, 17 Sep 2007 02:30:30 +0000

45 … Best-of-5 Cal League Championship Series is now tied at 2-2 … Storm offense has been totally shut down now in games 3 & 4 … Storm losing today 6-1 … Game 5 is tomorrow … in San Jose …

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By: LynchMob

LynchMob — Mon, 17 Sep 2007 01:01:38 +0000

Storm are down 5-1 after 3 …

http://web.minorleaguebaseball.....a_sjgafa_1

… Leubke pitching for Storm … gave up a coupla unearned runs in 2nd …

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By: Rich Campbell

Rich Campbell — Mon, 17 Sep 2007 00:40:46 +0000

good sweep… we need it, now we need at least 3 out of the Pirates.

Talking to myself over at http://mvn.com/nfl-chargers , if anyone is around and interested.

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By: JP

JP — Sun, 16 Sep 2007 22:54:54 +0000

And I now realizing that I am shirking logic and knee jerking it -of course Marcus is on the playoff roster as a middle infielder. It won't be Stansberry so we have to employ Marcus as no one else (Hairston ?) can play second base.

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By: JP

JP — Sun, 16 Sep 2007 22:30:53 +0000

Anyone just see that Geoff Blum pivot (9th) ? What would it hurt, if you're going to keep Marcus Giles on the roster, from at least coming in as a defensive replacement ? If they don't do this in the playoff, they will get burned.

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By: JP

JP — Sun, 16 Sep 2007 22:17:23 +0000

We won't be having this 2b debate past this year. These are Marcus Giles last days in a Padres uniform. What are we going to do next year at second base ? Antonelli needs one more year. Think Stansberry could be the guy for a year ?

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