Friday Links (15 Feb 08)
Fri, Feb 15, 2008
by Geoff Young
Food safety tip: “carpaccio” is Italian for “sashimi,” which is Japanese for “it ain’t cooked.” Just so you know.
Super quick links today. You provide the commentary…
- It’s spring: Brew yourself a piping hot pot of optimism
- Tom Krasovic identifies five story lines to watch in Peoria (h/t LynchMob)
- MadFriars.com talks to Corey Brock (h/t LynchMob)
- Corey reports that Josh Bard has signed, avoiding arbitration
- Tony Clark comes home to play for the Padres (h/t Oside Jon); seems strange that Drew Macias was DFA’d to make room for Clark
- Lookout Landing offers an interesting comparison between Khalil Greene and Mike Cameron (h/t TD at Rain Delay)
- Greg Maddux may or may not be retiring after the 2008 season (h/t PF4L)
- Someone in Chicago misses Mark Prior but is afraid to admit it
- ESPN’s Tom Friend revisits Tony Gwynn Jr.’s game-winning hit from last September 29 (h/t Schlom)
- Beyond the Boxscore likes the Padres (h/t Pat)
- MB examines the bullpen and continues his community prospect project
- John Schlegel at MLB.com previews the NL West (h/t Phantom)
- Kevin Goldstein includes three Padres in his list of top 100 prospects (h/t LynchMob)
- The Baseball Analysts show Mat Latos some love
- John Sickels looks back at his top 100 prospects from 2002 (h/t Didi)
- I’m doing something similar with BA’s top prospects of 1998 over at Knuckle Curve
- A different Paul O’Neill once played for the Padres
- Our friends at Gaslamp Ball are beginning their fourth year of blogging the Padres; here’s to (at least) four more! (h/t LynchMob)
Happy Friday!
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February 15, 2008 at 8:32 am
Another link, from MLB Trade Rumor’s Tim Dierkes.
http://tinyurl.com/2jxvgn
I’d take any of the Milwaukee starters at a reasonable price. They all have pretty good strikeout numbers and were hurt by Milwaukee’s brutal defense. The problem in dealing with Milwaukee is they have near-zero need for position players. Would they deal a SP for BP and/or bench help, plus a prospect like Hundley?
Of course that supposes that we have any interest in acquiring a SP, which seems to be untrue.
February 15, 2008 at 8:59 am
1: I’d do a Cameron and Hundley for Capuano type deal.
February 15, 2008 at 10:05 am
Re: 2 but I dont think the Brewers would…
February 15, 2008 at 10:09 am
Yeah we’re not a good match with the Brewers at all anymore. The only guys who would really help them are Peavy and CY who the Padres aren’t dealing.
Meanwhile the only guys they have who would really help in SD are Braun, Hart and Gallardo who they aren’t dealing.
February 15, 2008 at 10:12 am
3: I dunno. I think the Brewers have a legit bullpen need. Their OF is completely backed up. Not really sure what else we have that we could deal (not like we have any 2Bs in the system aside from Antonelli).
February 15, 2008 at 10:15 am
I know they need BP help but I dont think Cameron would be the guy they are looking for. He had a good season last year but most of it was in non-pressure situations. Hundley is nice but he’s not exactly a top prospect. I think its like what mark said, “Yeah we’re not a good match with the Brewers at all anymore.”
February 15, 2008 at 10:33 am
Personally, I have always liked Dave Bush quite a bit … plus he’s under control through 2010 (Capuano only through 09). I think he’s an ~average starter who could eat up 170-180 innings a year for the next 3. Who knows what the Brewers would want, though. They made what I thought was a pretty horrible trade with Linebrink last year, so maybe they would be willing to do the same.
February 15, 2008 at 11:21 am
All is right with the world…Pitchers and Catchers have reported and hope springs eternal!!!
Welcome back boys, you were missed!!!
And if there was a way to get either Bush or, preferably Capuano, from the Brewers, I would be all for it.
February 15, 2008 at 1:07 pm
Great article by Corey Brock on #44: http://mlb.mlb.com/news/articl.....p;c_id=mlb
February 15, 2008 at 2:40 pm
I like Will Carroll’s UTK writing @ BP … his weekly UTK Wrap is free today …
http://www.baseballprospectus......cleid=7145
… but doesn’t contain anything Padre-specific (which is a good thing).
February 15, 2008 at 2:54 pm
This would be my ideal starting rotation:
1. Peavy
2. Young
3. Wolf
4. LeBlanc
5. Maddux
Prior as insurance.
Does anyone else feel that LeBlanc could be a dark horse this Spring?
February 15, 2008 at 3:00 pm
Re: 11 He would have to have an amazing spring to make the team. I have a feeling we will be seeing him after the ASB when 3 or four of the starting pitchers the Pads have are on the DL.
February 15, 2008 at 3:37 pm
Scenario #12 seems more likely than #11
I think I’m higher on LeBlanc than the consensus … I just hope he’ll continue to be solid at AAA in 2008 and can be our #4 or #5 guy in 2009 …
February 15, 2008 at 6:55 pm
Re: 13
I would love to see LeBlanc, Headley, and Antonelli make an impact this year, but at the same time, it looks like this will be a year of the veteran. Giles, Hoffman, Edmonds, and Maddux may be making one final run at a pennant. The youth movement is exciting, if not in the team’s immediate plans. I too hope the reconstructed arms can hold up until October, but I wouldn’t bet on it either.
February 15, 2008 at 9:49 pm
The Pecota projected standings are up, and it predictably sees the NL West as basically a dead heat between all four teams. It has the D-Backs and Dodgers are 86 wins, the Padres at 83, and the Rockies at 82. This is the same projection system that has Maddux throwing 100 innings and CY throwing 140, so it’s not like it is overly optimistic on the Padres. It seems to conform to our thinking about the season, where it’ll be a close race that we can win if one or two things break our way (mainly Edmonds, Wolf, or Prior being healthier).
It has the Padres allowing 19 more runs and scoring 41 fewer this year.
http://baseballprospectus.com/fantasy/dc/
February 16, 2008 at 6:23 am
Here’s some standard pre-season fare:
http://sports.espn.go.com/fant.....8sdpreview
February 16, 2008 at 6:38 am
Here’s a cool site. Lists all remaining free agents, years of service, agents…
http://www.mlb4u.com/freeagency.php
February 16, 2008 at 4:54 pm
17 … that seems like a lot of free agents … thanks for the link …