Inspired by the Padres’ 7-0 victory over the Dodgers at Chavez Ravine on Sunday, reader LynchMob offers the following suggestion: Hey, GY, dust off some of the “May” stories from a couple of years ago when the Padres were unbeatable in May … let’s do that again! To refresh your memory, the Padres owned the [...]
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IVIE 2009: Relief Pitchers
You may have heard me on the radio during your Monday morning commute… if you happen to live in Montreal. Big thanks to Elliott, Shaun, and Denis at The Team 990 for having me on to talk Padres baseball. IVIE community projections catchers infielders outfielders starting pitchers I’ve also got a guest post up at [...]
OBG08 Revisited: Pitchers
We’re looking back at our pre-season community projections. On Wednesday we covered the hitters; today we turn to the pitchers. Left-Handers Justin Hampson, 2008 IP ERA Projected 48 4.21 Actual 30.2 2.93 Our most optimistic projection had Hampson at a 3.50 ERA. Joe Thatcher, 2008 IP ERA Projected 58 2.86 Actual 25.2 8.42 [...]
Padres Farm Report (8 Jul 08)
FYI, I’m way behind on my email. I don’t expect that to change anytime soon. If you’re expecting a response from me, it may be a while… Triple-A — Fresno 11, Portland 10 Craig Stansberry (SS): 3-for-5, 3B, BB Peter Ciofrone: 1-for-4, BB, HBP Will Venable: 1-for-4, 2B, 2 BB Justin Huber (1B): 0-for-5, SF [...]
Chatting with Sandy Alderson (Part 3)
This is the third of a three-part interview (Part 1 is here; Part 2 is here) with San Diego Padres CEO Sandy Alderson. Big thanks to Mr. Alderson for taking time out of his busy schedule to make himself available, and also to his assistant, Dayle Tedrow, for her indispensable assistance in making this happen. [...]
Hit or Be Hit
I had some computer issues this morning, and I’m still wading through draft material, so I’ll save my thoughts on how the Padres did until Saturday or Monday — then we’ll have the entire draft to look at anyway. Based on the information at my disposal (which obviously is much, much less detailed than what [...]
Padres Farm Report (31 May 08)
Triple-A — Sacramento 10, Portland 3 Will Venable (DH): 1-for-5 Peter Ciofrone (3B-RF): 3-for-4, BB Chase Headley: 3-for-5, 2B Brian Myrow: 0-for-3 Chip Ambres (CF): 1-for-3 Vince Sinisi (RF-1B): 0-for-4 Nick Hundley: 0-for-3, BB Craig Stansberry: 1-for-3, 2B, BB Matt Antonelli: 1-for-4, 2 E Cesar Ramos: 4 IP, 8 H, 9 R, 1 HR, 5 [...]
Padres Farm Report (30 May 08)
I’m listening to the new REM. If everything between Automatic for the People and now was intended to provide dramatic effect for their return to sounding like REM, then holy smokes it’s been a smashing success. I had no idea they were capable of making music like this anymore. No whining mid-tempo crap, just driving [...]
Padres Farm Report (27 May 08)
Triple-A — Portland 6, Salt Lake 3 Peter Ciofrone (RF): 1-for-5 Chase Headley (3B): 1-for-5 Brian Myrow: 2-for-3, BB Chip Ambres (CF): 1-for-2, 3B, BB, HBP Nick Hundley: 1-for-4, 2B Craig Stansberry (SS): 1-for-4 Matt Antonelli: 0-for-4 Enrique Gonzalez: 6 IP, 6 H, 3 R, 0 HR, 2 BB, 6 SO Mauro Zarate: 1 IP, [...]
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