by Geoff Young on Aug 31, 2011
I’ve been thinking about Nick Hundley’s future again. It’s becoming a problem for me… thinking about Hundley’s future, not Hundley himself. If you’ve been following along, you know that my pet comps for Hundley are Ron Karkovice, Jason LaRue, and maybe Mike Macfarlane if I’m feeling extra confident. I recently ran more numbers and found [...]
by Geoff Young on Oct 08, 2008
Back in February we did some community projections for the 2008 Padres. In the interest of accountability, here’s how we measured up to reality. Catchers Josh Bard, 2008 PA BA OBP SLG Projected 425 .278 .357 .410 Actual 198 .202 .279 .270 Yuck. Our most pessimistic projection had Bard at a 725 OPS. Michael [...]
by Geoff Young on Jun 08, 2008
Padres (27-37) vs Mets (30-31) Wil Ledezma vs Pedro Martinez 1:05 p.m. PT Channel 4SD AM 1090, FM 105.7, XM 188 MLB, B-R Quick observations from Saturday’s win: I don’t enjoy watching Cha Seung Baek pitch. He nibbles a little too much for my taste. Where the heck was Justin Huber throwing the ball? I’m [...]
by Geoff Young on Jun 03, 2008
Sometimes you can get away with making stupid mistakes against lousy teams. Unfortunately the Cubs aren’t a lousy team, and they saw to it that the Padres paid for their transgressions. Carlos Zambrano is a terrific pitcher when he’s on his game. He wasn’t at his best Monday night, but the Padres let him off [...]
by Geoff Young on May 24, 2008
For those of you who like to play the home version, I’m prepping some stuff for the upcoming draft. Should start rolling that out next week… Triple-A — Portland 17, Salt Lake 4 Matt Antonelli: 1-for-7 Chase Headley: 2-for-6 Brian Myrow: 1-for-3, 3 BB Chip Ambres (RF): 2-for-5, BB Will Venable: 4-for-6, SB Nick Hundley: [...]
by Geoff Young on May 23, 2008
On Thursday, we examined what the Padres have and what they need. Now we turn to the question of which teams might make good trade partners and then consider some possible scenarios. As of this writing, about half the teams in baseball appear to be in contention. Some will fall of the pace, although it’s [...]
by Geoff Young on May 22, 2008
With hopes for 2008 all but gone, I’ve turned my focus to reshaping the Padres so that they can return to the competitive levels we’ve grown accustomed to since the club moved to Petco Park in 2004. I attacked the problem as follows: Take inventory of organizational strengths and weaknesses Identify potential trade partners based [...]
by Geoff Young on May 22, 2008
Triple-A — Portland 16, Tucson 9 Craig Stansberry: 0-for-5, BB Chase Headley (3B): 3-for-5, 2B, HR, BB Brian Myrow: 2-for-4, BB Chip Ambres (RF): 0-for-4, BB Will Venable: 4-for-5, HR Michael Barrett: 3-for-4, 2B Matt Antonelli: 0-for-3, 2 BB, E Enrique Gonzalez: 5 IP, 4 H, 3 R, 0 HR, 5 BB, 2 SO Clay [...]
by Geoff Young on May 21, 2008
Triple-A — Portland 4, Tucson 1 Matt Antonelli: 0-for-3, 2 BB Chase Headley: 1-for-4, 2B Brian Myrow: 0-for-4 Chip Ambres (CF): 2-for-3, 2 2B, BB Nick Hundley: 0-for-4 Michael Barrett (PH): 1-for-1, 2B Will Venable (PH): 0-for-1 Cesar Ramos: 6 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 0 HR, 2 BB, 2 SO Carlos Guevara: 1 IP, [...]
by Geoff Young on May 20, 2008
Triple-A — Tucson 5, Portland 2 Craig Stansberry (SS): 1-for-3, BB, E Chase Headley: 1-for-4 Brian Myrow: 0-for-4 Michael Barrett: 1-for-2 Chip Ambres (CF): 1-for-4, HR Matt Antonelli: 0-for-3, E Nick Hundley: 0-for-2 (didn’t start) Josh Banks: 6 IP, 4 H, 1 R, 0 HR, 2 BB, 8 SO Clay Hensley: 1 IP, 0 H, [...]
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