first pitch: 12:35 p.m., PT
television: Channel 4SD
matchup: Clay Hensley (6-8, 4.46 ERA) vs Matt Albers (0-0, 0.00 ERA)
previews: Padres.com | SI.com | ESPN
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I guess now we know why last year Bruce Bochy wouldn’t stick a guy at third who hadn’t played the position in a while. Todd Walker went 1-for-3 at the plate in his first Padres start, and 2-for-4 in the field. Just a guess here, but I’m thinking we already had guys in the organization who could do that.
On the bright side, second baseman Josh Barfield was named NL Rookie of the Month for July. Barfield hit .400/.435/.590 during the month and was second in the NL (to Philadelphia’s Chase Utley) in hits with 40. Congratulations!
Afternoon game today. Padres try to avoid the sweep against the Astros and potentially falling back out of first place.
I wonder if the Rangers call it AKI TIME
BTW…
espn.com has changed the text of their story from “as reported by ESPN 890 in Boston, the deal is done”, to “as reported by Buster Olney, the deal is just about done and will likely be completed on Friday”.
wow espn is great at reporting trades, I wonder if this is like the linebrink deal
So, jbox over at gaslamp seems to believe Khalil was pulled due to an injury. Anyone else heard that?
Also, regarding the discussion earlier about Khalil and his arbitration year. The Mets just signed their young stud SS Jose Reyes to a 4 yr, $23.25 million (that averaging just under 6mil per).
Food for thought…
Reyes is an allstar and has put up better #’s
Reyes just turned 23, by the way.
from mlb.com:
Hensley had help right from the start on Thursday, getting a nice play from Todd Walker, who played at third on Wednesday for the first time since 1997. Taveras, the first hitter of the game, hit a laser down the third-base line, leaving Walker with little reaction time. Walker dove, made the grab and, from the seat of his pants, made a throw to first base to gun down the speedy Taveras.
Khalil has a sparined middle finger, listed as day-to-day
I mean’t sprained
The balls are different in Colorado … http://www.baseballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=5386 … and an anti-humidor @ Petco?
KRS1, e-mail me: pffriberg@yahoo.com
a couple evening baseball notes:
They’re playing the 7th after a long rain delay in Cincinnati (LA up 2-0). Beimel has replaced Maddux. The line for his first start as a Dodger:
6.0 0 0 0 3 3
Man, I like Maddux, but it’s definitely now a love/hate relationship for as long as he wears Dodger blue.
And the kid from Rancho Bernardo HS has K’d 12 for the second start in a row.
go RB
re: Reyes- the Mets also seem to have a billion $
So, I’m working on that “family tree” thing that CM mentioned in #29. It gets a bit crazy in spots — I can trace Chan Ho Park all the way back to Jerry Johnson:
http://www.baseball-reference.com/j/johnsje01.shtml
Park > Nevin > Sheets > Flaherty > Ausmus/Cedeno > Harris/Hurst/Bell/Brocail/Gutierrez/Martinez/Plantier/Shipley > Jackson > Salazar/Wynne > Bevacqua > Gamble/Roberts > Johnson
GY – nice diggin’ on the Park “family tree”!!!
Brian Sweeney with a great start for Beavers tonight … http://tinyurl.com/q483k
Thanks, LM, though I made a mistake. This was actually Salazar’s second stint with the Pads, so from him it goes to Brumley > Gossage/Hayward. Clear as mud, right?
Very rough draft:
http://ducksnorts.com/blog/san-diego-padres-organizational-tree/
Geoff…Nice work…
Does this mean we own Chan Ho directly b/c of Craig Lefferts? I loved that guy!!!