Comments on: Weekend Winter Wrapup (15 Oct 07)

By: Tom Waits

Tom Waits — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 20:33:03 +0000

9: People eventually may tire of me writing this, but we scored more runs in 2007 than we had in 2006 or 2005, despite almost no speed and the worst batting average of the period. If we’d had even an average hitter at 2b we might have scored 800 runs. The main problem with the offense wasn’t a lack of speed or a low batting average, it was the non-entity at 2b. 7 starting positions had an OPS+ of 98 or higher. NOG was 67, Blum was 83. If you synthesize the left fielders they’re close to 100, too.

And we don’t have enough pitching. We have 3 starters. Maddux is ancient (no offense, Mad Dog) and Young has been hurt the last 2 years. The 4th and 5th spots were awful most of the season. Better depth there and we might be the team waiting for the AL to finish up.

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By: JP

JP — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 19:31:03 +0000

I have a hunch that Scott Hairston's past is indeed the past. He will develop into a good player that will not be a .246 hitter but rather a .280 hitter with 20-25 bombs and 80-90 rbi's.

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By: PM

PM — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 14:37:17 +0000

Congrats Rocks, it just affirms the saying that getting hot at the right time really helps. Can't help but wonder had the Padres taken care of Mil when they had nothing left to play for. Had Trevor....oh never mind. Will say that Dbacks and Padres had similar hitting, meaning not much hitting at all. In the open spots for next year, Kevin, please get some speedy hitters who hit for high avg. The rocks hit some pitches that the Padre hitters never would have even seen. We have pitching, we need line drive hitters. Either that or bring the fences in 20 ft.

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By: Ben B.

Ben B. — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 08:17:53 +0000

http://www.baseballthinkfactor.....go_padres/

ZIPS projections for the Padres next year. Dan Szymborski, who runs ZIPS, thinks they possibly peg the Pads as the best team in the NL next year, assuming the center field hole gets addressed.

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By: Sean Callahan

Sean Callahan — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 06:59:45 +0000

My pain will ease if the Rockies sweep the World Series. They are the team of destiny.... Arizona beating them was all part of the plan.

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By: Ben B.

Ben B. — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 05:42:45 +0000

Keith Law said something optimistic about a Padres prospect! He called Danny Payne "a big leaguer, probably an everyday CF". w00t.

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By: James

James — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 05:01:02 +0000

Attention Rox: I believe there is a rule (written or understood) that states you must lose every once in a while... Incredible! This has got to be one of the most dominating runs in baseball history. 21 wins in the last 22 games (assuming they hold on to win tonight).

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By: Stephen

Stephen — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 04:14:07 +0000

Didn't you get the memo? Batters magically improve their clutchiness in ABs following a sac bunt. And, of course, Tony Clark's AB would have turned out the same way had there been a different outcome in front of him.

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By: Richard

Richard — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 02:24:06 +0000

2: That's incredibly stupid. Playing for one run especially against an offense like Colorado's isn't a good idea.

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By: dprat

dprat — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 22:55:04 +0000

Offered without comment:

http://mlb.mlb.com/news/articl.....p;c_id=mlb

Okay, I lied… here’s my comment. Almost always really bad advice. But especially in Denver.

D’backs need to try something different? Why go halfway… let Webb leadoff and play CF, have Valverde at SS and bat cleanup, and Byrnes on the mound.

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