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http://www.osubeavers.com/Spor.....PSID=24961

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http://www.baseballamerica.com.....65300.html

Padres picked up a sup 1st round pick for losing Brocail … which is amazing, ain’t it? And will pick up another if/when Cameron signs.

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http://www.wsradio.com/shopton.....lopes.html

… “The official web site for Tony Gwynn Sports Memorabilia” … hmmm … fyi …

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Given these metrics, here’s how the Padres compared:

2007 OPS+ by position
Pos Mean Median
C 86 83

Bard: 107 OPS+
Barrett: 40 (!) OPS +

Yikes! Bard was well above average, but Barrett, dear God. Given the playing time distributions, the Padres probably ended up above average here, but man did Barrett pull us down.

1B 115 108

Gonzalez: 125

This pretty much confirms what we already knew, Adrian is a freakin stud at 1B. It will be interesting to see how Blanks forces the FO’s hand in a couple years…

2B 96 100

Giles: 68
Blum: 84

Clearly 2B was a problem for us last year. We were well below average here, and with Iguchi’s career OPS+ of 98, we should be well within the bounds of average.

3B 109 101

Kouz: 109

Kouz, who was the median 3B from last year, put up pretty good numbers considering how the season started. I look for his OPS+ next year to be in the 120 range.

SS 94 94

Greene: 100

In Khalil, we truly have an above average short stop. Not only does Khalil play great D, but his bat plays better than most in spite of his awful OBP.

RF 111 105

Giles: 109

Not sure how to feel about this. Giles is clearly average, and at this point I think that’s all we can really hope for. Maybe he’d be better in LF (who, as you will see, produce lower numbers)?

CF 97 88

Cameron: 103

Cameron was truly an above average CF, although his is more of a case of the glove making the true distinction. For reference sake, Edmonds posted an 88 OPS+ in 07, which is on the lower bounds of average.

LF 107 101

Cruz: 86
Sledge: 80
Bradley: 167 (!)
Hairston: 156 (!)

Holy crap, was LF all over the place or what?! We probably ended up close to, if not above, average for the year. Good God, I didn’t realize what a monster Bradley was for us. Hairston wasn’t no slouch either.

It’s important to remember that all of the numbers here are for just their contributions as Padres. In Barrett’s case, this deflates the numbers. For Hairston and Bradley, it’s just the opposite.

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Last time I checked they really were practicing on the practice fields at the same site where the ST games are played.

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http://www.springtrainingonlin.....padres.htm

… which has a link to minor-league info … which is not yet available …

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http://www.springtrainingonlin.....cactus.htm

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