Comments on: Frame by Frame

By: Geoff Young

Geoff Young — Tue, 06 May 2008 13:57:05 +0000

#68@JMAR: Your assessment of Morton sounds about right to me. He basically has Russell Branyan’s skill set on offense. I really hope Morton connects with one before he returns to the minors because his homers are fun to watch.

By: JMAR

JMAR — Tue, 06 May 2008 13:35:46 +0000

#67@Coronado Mike: I know he’ll never hit 25 homers because he’ll never be a starting catcher, mainly because he’d probably strike out way too much and isn’t good enough defensively. If he was ever given a full-time catching job, though, I think he’d hit around .215 with 25 HR’s. It doesn’t mean he’s ever going to catch full-time. The comparison was to Bard, who’s hitting around .220 with no power, and Hundley, who is hitting .220 in AAA with some power, and why the Padres would prefer those two over Morton.

By: Coronado Mike

Coronado Mike — Tue, 06 May 2008 13:02:59 +0000

#51@JMAR: Morton will never hit 25 bombs in SD…heck, he never hit 25 bombs in the minors…

He is not that good…he is big (big catchers don’t seem to age well) and presents a good target, but that is about it.

By: SDSUBaseball

SDSUBaseball — Tue, 06 May 2008 03:44:15 +0000

#63@Stephen: Rash? No. I just know everyone (including myself) got excited about him after last year. Now seeing how he is playing in Portland, I dont know if he is ready. It might be good from him to spend a year in AAA. Everyone is always talking about sample size and it looks like one year in AA wasnt a big enough sample. I am not throwing the kid out, I am just saying let him play out a season in AAA. I dont think that would hinder his development.

#65@Steve C: I agree. He has started to turn it around. I just wish they would play him at 3B here and there aswell.

By: Steve C

Steve C — Tue, 06 May 2008 02:43:28 +0000

#62@SDSUBaseball: Headley has looked alot better as of late he has gotten his numbers up to .264/.350/.406 which is pretty good after his abysmal start.

By: Steve C

Steve C — Tue, 06 May 2008 02:40:16 +0000

Im ok with holding off on calling up Headly for a while to see if Kouz starts swinging the bat better and then try to move him and put Headley at 3B.

I’m not really sure what the plan is at this point I dont think the Pads have the players in their system to compete with the Dodgers and DBacks for the next 5 years and We know that they will not spend the money to bring in any veteran talent. Maybe this is why the continuously drafted polished college players because they new they could not sit and wait for a bunch of 18 year old kids to develop and mature…

By: Stephen

Stephen — Tue, 06 May 2008 02:26:50 +0000

#62@SDSUBaseball:

Boy, that’s a bit rash, don’t you think?

Here’s something else that’s a bit rash: Colt Morton has not impressed me at all at the plate.

By: SDSUBaseball

SDSUBaseball — Tue, 06 May 2008 02:10:31 +0000

#61@Bruce: The funny thing is… I dont understand how Greene is marketable.

I really see no reason to call up Headley. He hasnt been good this year and I dont think he should be playing in the OF. I hate to say it, but is there a chance his one good year in AA wasnt enough or maybe even a fluke?

By: Bruce

Bruce — Tue, 06 May 2008 01:59:29 +0000

#50@SDSUBaseball: #52@Tom Waits:

I agree that sending Headley down to play LF almost exclusively was also shortsighted. Chase’s slow start while playing a new position begs the question in hindsight: is there a faster way to destroy his value? Calling him up to play LF in Petco on this team might do it.

Still I don’t think Kouz’s defense has improved all that much this year, so you are right in that he is not going to fetch anything of great value unless he starts hitting 300/350/500 again.

I am really beginning to wonder why such a statistically minded organization with some great brains in its front office has consistently failed over the years in evaluating its own talent or failed to leverage talent that looks good on paper (Geer, McAnulty, Knott) for value before it’s exposed to the Majors.

This team needs a shakeup, but calling up Headley, Hundley, Estes, and/or Hensley won’t do it. Trading Greene and another for Felix Pie and Cedeno would be a good start, but I think the organization is too risk adverse to do it fearing the inevitable fan backlash.

I am frustrated as the rest of you, so maybe trading one of the team’s lone marketable players is not a good idea, but something has to give.

By: Kevin

Kevin — Tue, 06 May 2008 01:55:16 +0000

update: The Reds just won, so the Padres have the worst record in the majors.