Comments on: Observations from the Weekend http://ducksnorts.com/blog/2008/09/observations-from-the-weekend.html Blogging the San Diego Padres baseball club. Established 1997. Fri, 09 Jan 2009 22:23:13 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Chris http://ducksnorts.com/blog/2008/09/observations-from-the-weekend.html/comment-page-1#comment-261435 Chris Fri, 05 Sep 2008 23:25:50 +0000 http://ducksnorts.com/blog/?p=2717#comment-261435 Chase Headley actually had a much better year in San Antonio in 2007 than Kyle Blanks has had this year. Don't get me wrong, Blanks had an outstanding year, even more so when taking age into account.<p class="top-comments">Current score: <span class="top-comments-karma" id="karma-261435">0</span> <small>(to vote for this comment, please visit the site)</small></p> Chase Headley actually had a much better year in San Antonio in 2007 than Kyle Blanks has had this year. Don’t get me wrong, Blanks had an outstanding year, even more so when taking age into account.

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]]> By: Richard Wade http://ducksnorts.com/blog/2008/09/observations-from-the-weekend.html/comment-page-1#comment-254899 Richard Wade Tue, 02 Sep 2008 21:50:59 +0000 http://ducksnorts.com/blog/?p=2717#comment-254899 #15@<a href="#comment-253452" rel="nofollow">JMAR</a>: It's worth noting that the same numbers are more impressive from a third baseman than a first baseman, but still it's pretty exciting to see what Blanks is doing as a 21 y/o in Double A. Also, if you're looking for splits that are kind to Antonelli, might I suggest his .293/.394/.478 line from August.<p class="top-comments">Current score: <span class="top-comments-karma" id="karma-254899">0</span> <small>(to vote for this comment, please visit the site)</small></p> #15@JMAR: It’s worth noting that the same numbers are more impressive from a third baseman than a first baseman, but still it’s pretty exciting to see what Blanks is doing as a 21 y/o in Double A.

Also, if you’re looking for splits that are kind to Antonelli, might I suggest his .293/.394/.478 line from August.

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]]> By: Lance Richardson http://ducksnorts.com/blog/2008/09/observations-from-the-weekend.html/comment-page-1#comment-253751 Lance Richardson Tue, 02 Sep 2008 01:47:16 +0000 http://ducksnorts.com/blog/?p=2717#comment-253751 David Pinto has awarded you "Quote of the Day", Geoff: http://www.baseballmusings.com/archives/028717.php<p class="top-comments">Current score: <span class="top-comments-karma" id="karma-253751">0</span> <small>(to vote for this comment, please visit the site)</small></p> David Pinto has awarded you “Quote of the Day”, Geoff:

http://www.baseballmusings.com/archives/028717.php

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]]> By: LynchMob http://ducksnorts.com/blog/2008/09/observations-from-the-weekend.html/comment-page-1#comment-253613 LynchMob Mon, 01 Sep 2008 23:39:27 +0000 http://ducksnorts.com/blog/?p=2717#comment-253613 Sounds like my favorite Padre farm hand, Paul McAnulty, has finished his Padre career ... in what to me seems like classic fashion, his last AB for the Padre organization was a 2-run double to tie the game in the 9th inning ... and he subsequently scored the go-ahead run ... http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?gid=2008_09_01_poraaa_tacaaa_1&t=g_box&did=milb ... and, as seems fitting, the closer blew the save, giving up a 2-run HR to send the Portland Beavers to a season-ending loss ... I hope Paul McAnulty gets an opportunity make some big bucks in Japan ... he can hit, and he seems like a nice guy ... and it's my understanding that that combo goes over pretty well in Japanese baseball ... I'll follow and root for The Hammer as long he's swinging a bat!<p class="top-comments">Current score: <span class="top-comments-karma" id="karma-253613">0</span> <small>(to vote for this comment, please visit the site)</small></p> Sounds like my favorite Padre farm hand, Paul McAnulty, has finished his Padre career … in what to me seems like classic fashion, his last AB for the Padre organization was a 2-run double to tie the game in the 9th inning … and he subsequently scored the go-ahead run …

http://web.minorleaguebaseball.....p;did=milb

… and, as seems fitting, the closer blew the save, giving up a 2-run HR to send the Portland Beavers to a season-ending loss …

I hope Paul McAnulty gets an opportunity make some big bucks in Japan … he can hit, and he seems like a nice guy … and it’s my understanding that that combo goes over pretty well in Japanese baseball … I’ll follow and root for The Hammer as long he’s swinging a bat!

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]]> By: Pat http://ducksnorts.com/blog/2008/09/observations-from-the-weekend.html/comment-page-1#comment-253550 Pat Mon, 01 Sep 2008 22:43:17 +0000 http://ducksnorts.com/blog/?p=2717#comment-253550 Yowza! If there's anything to be excited about, it's a youth movement from the Padres! Naturally, I was disappointed in how the team performed this year, as I'm sure all fans are, but I have enjoyed seeing some of our minor league players come up and perform in a variety of roles. Headley has done quite well and I am very much looking forward to seeing Antonelli and LeBlanc play this final month of the year. Edgar G. has been a nice surprise and I hope he is back next year. I hope Hayhurst gets another shot and gets to stick in the bullpen. I do think it's odd the team dropped him into the rotation, but at least they gave him a look and are probably not expecting him to stick there. Spring Training ought to be very exciting next March!!!<p class="top-comments">Current score: <span class="top-comments-karma" id="karma-253550">0</span> <small>(to vote for this comment, please visit the site)</small></p> Yowza! If there’s anything to be excited about, it’s a youth movement from the Padres! Naturally, I was disappointed in how the team performed this year, as I’m sure all fans are, but I have enjoyed seeing some of our minor league players come up and perform in a variety of roles. Headley has done quite well and I am very much looking forward to seeing Antonelli and LeBlanc play this final month of the year.

Edgar G. has been a nice surprise and I hope he is back next year. I hope Hayhurst gets another shot and gets to stick in the bullpen. I do think it’s odd the team dropped him into the rotation, but at least they gave him a look and are probably not expecting him to stick there.

Spring Training ought to be very exciting next March!!!

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]]> By: Masticore317 http://ducksnorts.com/blog/2008/09/observations-from-the-weekend.html/comment-page-1#comment-253531 Masticore317 Mon, 01 Sep 2008 22:26:28 +0000 http://ducksnorts.com/blog/?p=2717#comment-253531 Wow, it's great to be back! This is by far the best place to keep up to date with Padres news, both MLB and MiLB. Any idea who the rest of the 5 callups are? Antonelli and LeBlanc are two, I assume Carlin is the third...who else?<p class="top-comments">Current score: <span class="top-comments-karma" id="karma-253531">0</span> <small>(to vote for this comment, please visit the site)</small></p> Wow, it’s great to be back! This is by far the best place to keep up to date with Padres news, both MLB and MiLB.

Any idea who the rest of the 5 callups are? Antonelli and LeBlanc are two, I assume Carlin is the third…who else?

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]]> By: JMAR http://ducksnorts.com/blog/2008/09/observations-from-the-weekend.html/comment-page-1#comment-253452 JMAR Mon, 01 Sep 2008 21:17:39 +0000 http://ducksnorts.com/blog/?p=2717#comment-253452 Very encouraging to finally see so many homegrown players on the team. Plain and simple, the drafting was terrible for a very long time. Grady Fuson has really got them going in the right direction with the last few drafts, starting with Headley, Antonelli, Hundley, and Venable. And in my opinion, the best is yet to come. I think Kulbacki, Hunter, and 4 or 5 guys from the '08 draft have a chance to be impact players in the big leagues. Although it's been a brutal season, I haven't ever been this encouraged by the farm system. Ther are good times ahead for the Pads. While Antonelli has had a very disappointing season, it's important to note that he is at .269/.377/.425 since the all-star break. Still not great, but he hasn't been bad for a few months now. Anyone else notice how Kyle Blanks has surpassed Chase Headley's numbers from last season in which he was the MVP season of the Texas League? And he's only 21! Chase was 23.<p class="top-comments">Current score: <span class="top-comments-karma" id="karma-253452">0</span> <small>(to vote for this comment, please visit the site)</small></p> Very encouraging to finally see so many homegrown players on the team. Plain and simple, the drafting was terrible for a very long time. Grady Fuson has really got them going in the right direction with the last few drafts, starting with Headley, Antonelli, Hundley, and Venable. And in my opinion, the best is yet to come. I think Kulbacki, Hunter, and 4 or 5 guys from the ‘08 draft have a chance to be impact players in the big leagues. Although it’s been a brutal season, I haven’t ever been this encouraged by the farm system. Ther are good times ahead for the Pads.

While Antonelli has had a very disappointing season, it’s important to note that he is at .269/.377/.425 since the all-star break. Still not great, but he hasn’t been bad for a few months now.

Anyone else notice how Kyle Blanks has surpassed Chase Headley’s numbers from last season in which he was the MVP season of the Texas League? And he’s only 21! Chase was 23.

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]]> By: Geoff Young http://ducksnorts.com/blog/2008/09/observations-from-the-weekend.html/comment-page-1#comment-253427 Geoff Young Mon, 01 Sep 2008 20:53:28 +0000 http://ducksnorts.com/blog/?p=2717#comment-253427 #4@<a href="#comment-253199" rel="nofollow">2nd row in the Porch</a>: Yeah, there have been a lot of disappointments over the years. I think you'll like what you see from the current crop. I do. #10@<a href="#comment-253276" rel="nofollow">Ben B.</a>: Thanks for the 13 swinging strike stat. That is both impressive and shocking. He looked like he had nothing from where I was sitting. Maybe he'll do okay; every once in a great while, Bob Tewksbury happens.<p class="top-comments">Current score: <span class="top-comments-karma" id="karma-253427">0</span> <small>(to vote for this comment, please visit the site)</small></p> #4@2nd row in the Porch: Yeah, there have been a lot of disappointments over the years. I think you’ll like what you see from the current crop. I do.

#10@Ben B.: Thanks for the 13 swinging strike stat. That is both impressive and shocking. He looked like he had nothing from where I was sitting. Maybe he’ll do okay; every once in a great while, Bob Tewksbury happens.

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]]> By: Didi http://ducksnorts.com/blog/2008/09/observations-from-the-weekend.html/comment-page-1#comment-253426 Didi Mon, 01 Sep 2008 20:53:05 +0000 http://ducksnorts.com/blog/?p=2717#comment-253426 12: I don't understand either. We are last in NL based on OPS with RISP, 2 out. With runners on, or RISP, the numbers are about the same. However, we are last in scoring in all three situation so I suppose we don't really lose anything. Of course, the thinking process that leads to those decisions is questionable. On Wednesday, with the Snakes ahead by one, OG got on base and Luis "the Splendid Bunter" Rodriguez sacrificed to move OG into scoring position. Well, it worked out in the inning as the Padres scored plenty or runs to get ahead. Luis "the Splendid Bunter" Rodriguez was playing 1B that day and so, Pepe Negro used Adrian Gonzalez as a defensive substitution in the top of the next inning. I was pretty confused as Adrian is wielding a better bat than "the Splendid Bunter" but yet he was not at bat with OG on and nobody out in the previous inning. Are we really that scared of Adrian putting more GiDP to his name? re: Antonelli. I hope he gets plenty of ABs up here to get used to facing ML pitching, if for nothing else, to prove to himself that he belongs and he can improve his skills accordingly.<p class="top-comments">Current score: <span class="top-comments-karma" id="karma-253426">0</span> <small>(to vote for this comment, please visit the site)</small></p> 12: I don’t understand either.
We are last in NL based on OPS with RISP, 2 out. With runners on, or RISP, the numbers are about the same. However, we are last in scoring in all three situation so I suppose we don’t really lose anything.

Of course, the thinking process that leads to those decisions is questionable.
On Wednesday, with the Snakes ahead by one, OG got on base and Luis “the Splendid Bunter” Rodriguez sacrificed to move OG into scoring position. Well, it worked out in the inning as the Padres scored plenty or runs to get ahead.

Luis “the Splendid Bunter” Rodriguez was playing 1B that day and so, Pepe Negro used Adrian Gonzalez as a defensive substitution in the top of the next inning. I was pretty confused as Adrian is wielding a better bat than “the Splendid Bunter” but yet he was not at bat with OG on and nobody out in the previous inning. Are we really that scared of Adrian putting more GiDP to his name?

re: Antonelli. I hope he gets plenty of ABs up here to get used to facing ML pitching, if for nothing else, to prove to himself that he belongs and he can improve his skills accordingly.

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]]> By: Field39 http://ducksnorts.com/blog/2008/09/observations-from-the-weekend.html/comment-page-1#comment-253364 Field39 Mon, 01 Sep 2008 19:49:45 +0000 http://ducksnorts.com/blog/?p=2717#comment-253364 Both teams bunted in the first inning on Friday night, yet neither scored. Geeze I love small ball. Night after night I watch teams bunt then not score, while listening to Padre fans and broadcasters screaming to bunt, bunt, and bunt. Where do people get the idea that a sacrifice bunt is somehow the magical route, to scoring runs?<p class="top-comments">Current score: <span class="top-comments-karma" id="karma-253364">0</span> <small>(to vote for this comment, please visit the site)</small></p> Both teams bunted in the first inning on Friday night, yet neither scored. Geeze I love small ball. Night after night I watch teams bunt then not score, while listening to Padre fans and broadcasters screaming to bunt, bunt, and bunt. Where do people get the idea that a sacrifice bunt is somehow the magical route, to scoring runs?

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