Comments on: Friday Links (2 Nov 07)

By: Geoff Young

Geoff Young — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 17:27:44 +0000

#37, 40: Just to close the loop, I ran into Neyer yesterday at BlogWorld. Not surprisingly, he confirmed Kevin’s take.

By: LynchMob

LynchMob — Mon, 05 Nov 2007 18:36:41 +0000

73 … I notice no one’s mentioned Kendall’s number … here’s what he did before the A’s unloaded him … .226 .261 .281 … in 292 brutal & wasted ABs … that is in the big leagues, whereas Carlin’s feeble numbers are AAA … but I think Carlin has a defensive advantage … I may be wrong …

By: Geoff Young

Geoff Young — Mon, 05 Nov 2007 16:34:53 +0000

Funny that we were talking about Kendall exactly three years ago:

http://ducksnorts.com/blog/2004/11/jason-kendall-another-story-that-wont-die.html

Worse than Carlin? Ouch. Carlin hit .220/.326/.300 as a 26-year-old in the PCL. That’s pretty brutal.

By: LynchMob

LynchMob — Mon, 05 Nov 2007 16:28:46 +0000

70 … the risk in signing Kendall is that every AB he gets results in an out and every baserunner that gets on advances via the SB … not likely … but that’s the risk … he seems to be much worse of a player than Barrett … heck, I’ll bet he’s worse than Colt Morton and Luke Carlin …

By: Geoff Young

Geoff Young — Mon, 05 Nov 2007 16:19:26 +0000

Running late this morning. Will have something up by 8:30 a.m. PT.

By: Steve C

Steve C — Mon, 05 Nov 2007 16:09:49 +0000

I dont see the Padres going after Schilling unless they expand thier payroll or fill all of thier other needs (CF, LF, 2B, C) with trades for pre-arbitration guys.

I also would not mind if the Padres got Kendall to back up Bard, If they signed him to be a back up catcher im sure it would be for low money and only one year, whats the risk in that?

By: Bryan S

Bryan S — Mon, 05 Nov 2007 02:20:08 +0000

65. Thanks Peter. The other one I thought of was Arizona on 3 days rest. I put that more on Black and his staff than Jake, but a lot of people I’ve talked to pin it on Jake for “not being a gamer.” B.S. The Boston game was big too; as you mentioned, his line was not bad. I was at that game, and it seemed to me like he got too amped up, as he does every now and then, and never really found a rhythm (111 pitches over 5 innings in spite of just 1 walk and 3 K’s). The Colorado game was an anomaly, but then again he showed some of the same signs of…I don’t think nervousness is the right word, but he definitely was unsettled early on. It seems like a trend for him in big spots to get too hyper and lose control of himself; however, there were several spots this year where he really seemed like he was learning how to manage himself a little better throughout the game. He could come up huge his next time out in a big spot (here’s hoping he does), or he could implode; given his stuff and his history, I don’t think either result would surprise me at this point.

In any case, still a killer year for him, in spite of the recent unpleasantness.

By: Peter Friberg

Peter Friberg — Mon, 05 Nov 2007 02:15:21 +0000

Baseball Analysts have a nice (favorable) review of Geoff Jenkins…

http://baseballanalysts.com/archives/2007/11/know_your_free.php

Geoff Jenkins was linked to us by the UT this AM…

By: Ben B.

Ben B. — Mon, 05 Nov 2007 02:14:41 +0000

55,56,66: I don’t know anything about it being against the rules, but it would be really dumb of Barrett to agree to that because it would diminish his value by so much. Last year the Padres apparently had agreements with Klesko and Park not to accept, but since they were type B free agents, and the team signing them didn’t have to give up a pick, it didn’t make a difference to their value.

By: Peter Friberg

Peter Friberg — Mon, 05 Nov 2007 02:06:41 +0000

Anthony (56), if so, I don’t think KT would have said something on the air about it… It would make sense that it should be against the rules, but it’s probably the Padres (and soon other teams as well) taking advantage of a loophole…