http://sandiego.padres.mlb.com/spring_training/tentative.jsp?c_id=sd&y=2009&partnerId=ed-2153537-55410126&source=ed-2153537-55410126

Things are not looking good for me to get to Peoria in March … but you never know …

#22@Mark Ase: Yep, so either Weiss is right or everyone else is. We’ll see.

#23@LynchMob: Thanks for the links; good stuff!

#26@Masticore317: I would be glad to stop thinking about Mendez; it ain’t easy, though.

In all fairness, nobody should be thinking about Donaldo Mendez.

and Tom, while much of what you are saying has merit, it mostly is relevant to a potential buyer who is like a Ray Kroc or even Moores himself when he first bought the club… a person who wants to own the club because they love baseball or even just sports in general. Unfortunately for us, I don’t think Mark Cuban is buying the Padres.

From a more hardline accounting perspective, the kind more likely to be relevant in a divorce trial, the historical value of a major league franchise is only marginally affected by who their current players are… although, since the times a successful team has been on the block are rare at best, this is largely an exercise in pure theory on both our parts.

…BTW, I think the best point you made is the one about restraining orders. I agree with you completely on that.

http://itmightbedangerous.blogspot.com/2008/12/rule-v-draft.html

In the days leading up to the draft, Cabrera was the guy that everyone was talking about as moving up. He’s small but athletic with plus-plus speed, as evidenced by 73 stolen bases this year, and also has a solid arm. He has a decent approach and a contact-oriented swing, and should be pretty easy to hide this year on a decimated San Diego roster. I think this is a really good pick for the Padres if he can recover from the one missed year of development time.

http://www.baseballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=8362

… and the 2nd round pick …

Nova has frustrated Yankees officials for two years now, as his statistics in A-ball come nowhere close to matching his scouting reports, as he has low-90s heat and a very good changeup. Everything would have to suddenly click for him in every way to make the big-league team, and that rarely happens.