Comments on: Reshaping the Padres: What Have We Got?

By: Kevin

Kevin — Fri, 23 May 2008 02:13:16 +0000

#103@Kevin: My mistake. Their run differential would be less than 74.

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By: Kevin

Kevin — Fri, 23 May 2008 01:39:05 +0000

#102@Tom Waits: Yeah, but they would have more than 74 runs with Bradley and Fukodome.

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By: Tom Waits

Tom Waits — Fri, 23 May 2008 01:17:27 +0000

#87@Kevin: Yeah, I’d be happier too. But the underlying facts of the team wouldn’t be much different. Still looking to crawl over a bunch of teams to the Wild Card. Still looking, now, and running off that 10 game win streak without our two best SP for a while. 74 runs in 7 weeks isn’t just losing a few blowouts. It’s consistently getting your hat handed to you.

#94@BigWorm: Gotcha.

#95@JP: Intangibles are used to explain all kinds of things when people don’t want to look at the real causes, or the real causes are hidden. Last year’s Padre team was very similar to this one. Why did most of the same players who went on a May run with Sledge and Cruz in LF feel like they couldn’t do it with PMac and Hairston out there? Those guys saw Hairston hit 8 HR as a Padre last year, they should have a lot of faith in him. Just look at Detroit. They add Cabrera and Renteria to an already-potent offense, and they’re barely better than we are. Cabrera and Renteria both have WS rings. They must be dripping with intangibles.

We’d be better with FDome and, to a lesser extent, Bradley. No question. FDome is probably a marginal CF but I love his offensive game. Bradley wouldn’t have done much for us given his lessened ability to play LF, but he’s a terrific hitter. But those close games have still been coughed up by the pitchers that would have pitched other close games - Meredith, Bell, and Hoffman. Those bad starts by Maddux, Wolf, Young, and Germano weren’t from being too fine; between Maddux and Young you have the equivalent of 3 PhDs. Pitchers have bad games regardless of the offfense behind them. And the team would have been more enjoyable to watch. But turn a season around with two acquisitions - one and a half, maybe, because Bradley doesn’t get full credit? Nope.

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By: Kevin

Kevin — Fri, 23 May 2008 00:33:50 +0000

#90@John Conniff: Nice to see you over here. You have one of the best blogs in Northwest D.C.

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By: JP

JP — Fri, 23 May 2008 00:15:40 +0000

Last post por ahora - Waits was absolutely correct about Germano. Now I am leery of low strikeout guys forever. Scarred for life. I would say that Germano does not get beyond 10 more major league starts.

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By: JP

JP — Fri, 23 May 2008 00:10:44 +0000

And we lost 110 in the inaugural year so probably no record loss year.

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By: JP

JP — Fri, 23 May 2008 00:06:05 +0000

Then again, strike that, what pressure could their be when your a virtual lock to lose a hundy.

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By: JP

JP — Fri, 23 May 2008 00:04:24 +0000

Honestly, Padres management had all kinds of opportunities this off season to upgrade their outfield and they choose to stand pat. I consider the Edmonds acquistion as an example of this do nothing mode. Of course, this may all turn out o.k if Headley & Venable perform as now all the pressure in the world will be on them and there will be no 'easing' them in.

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By: JP

JP — Thu, 22 May 2008 23:48:26 +0000

#84@Tom Waits: I'll second that. 22-27 means 72-90 while now we are on pace for the worse record in franchise history at 57-105.

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By: JP

JP — Thu, 22 May 2008 23:42:47 +0000

#84@Tom Waits: Your almost total reliance on stats may not consider intangibles that are easily overlooked. Any chance that the guys you mentioned as struggling perform better with two more quality guys in the lineup as opposed to say a PMAC, Huber or Gerut Or does a pitcher, knowing that he doesn't have to be almost perfect to win, perhaps settle in and perform better with more runs on the board. Or how many games this year were 3-1 deficits in the 6th or 7th (which require different pitching staffing decisions) that become 9-2 losses?

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