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I Wouldn’t Miss You if I Had Better Aim

Monday morning, it appeared that Everth Cabrera would make the big club as the Padres backup middle infielder. Despite Cabrera’s train wreck of a 2010 campaign and a less-than-inspired spring training, the path looked clear after Kevin Frandsen, the only legitimate contender for the job, was released on Friday.

Padres Farm Report: Spotlight on Portland

Portland Beavers in a Box: Record: 69-70 Runs Scored: 695 Runs Allowed: 764 BA/OBP/SLG: .265/.350/.431 (Pacific Coast League: .277/.347/.443) ERA: 5.04 (PCL: 4.84) DER: .632 (PCL: .637) Source: Baseball-Reference. This may be the weakest minor-league team in the Padres organization. In a league that emphasizes scoring, the Beavers’ offense is a little below average, while [...]

Unraveling

That sucked. In case you’d forgotten how 2007 ended, the Padres gave a nice little encore Sunday afternoon in San Francisco. They battled back from a deficit, took the lead in extra innings on a two-run homer, then watched Trevor Hoffman give it back, with the game ending on a bizarre defensive play. As was [...]

The Shape of Things to Come

Top of the ninth, two on, one out. Adrian Gonzalez steps to the plate. Braves manager Bobby Cox summons ex-Padre Royce Ring, who promptly hangs a breaking ball. Gonzalez swats it high and deep down the right-field line. He, catcher Brian McCann, and plate umpire Wally Bell all watch as it sails into the Atlanta [...]

Padres Farm Report (5 May 08)

Before we get to Sunday’s games, here’s a brief chat I had with John Conniff, of MadFriars.com, about his impressions from a recent trip to Portland: Ducksnorts: The big names at Portland, of course, are Chase Headley and Matt Antonelli. How do they look so far this year? Conniff: Obviously by the numbers that they [...]

Padres Farm Report (30 Apr 08)

Triple-A — Portland 5, Oklahoma 4 Matt Antonelli: 0-for-3, BB Jody Gerut (CF/RF): 3-for-4 Chase Headley: 0-for-2 (pulled after three innings, no explanation given) Chip Ambres (CF): 1-for-1, HR, BB (didn’t start) Brian Myrow: 1-for-3, BB Edgar Gonzalez (RF/LF): 2-for-4, BB Will Venable (DH): 0-for-4 Nick Hundley: 1-for-3 Craig Stansberry: 0-for-3 Cesar Ramos: 3 IP, [...]

Padres Farm Report (29 Apr 08)

Triple-A — Portland 5, Oklahoma 4 Craig Stansberry: 0-for-2, 2 BB Jody Gerut: 2-for-4, 2 HR Chase Headley: 1-for-3, HR, BB Brian Myrow: 2-for-4 Edgar Gonzalez (DH): 1-for-4 Nick Hundley: 0-for-3 Chip Ambres (CF): 1-for-3 Oscar Robles (SS): 0-for-2, BB Shawn Estes: 5 IP, 3 H, 2 R, 1 HR, 3 BB, 3 SO Paul [...]

Padres Farm Report (28 Apr 08)

Before we get to the scores and what-not, be sure to check out Bill Center’s Q&A with Grady Fuson about the new Dominican Republic academy. Triple-A — Portland 6, Las Vegas 4 Matt Antonelli: 1-for-4, BB Craig Stansberry: 1-for-3, 2 BB, E Chase Headley: 1-for-5, 2B Edgar Gonzalez (LF): 1-for-3, 2B, BB Chip Ambres (CF): [...]

Padres Farm Report (27 Apr 08)

Triple-A — Las Vegas 18, Portland 2 Matt Antonelli: 1-for-4, E Jody Gerut (RF): 2-for-4, 2B Chase Headley (3B): 0-for-4 Brian Myrow: 0-for-4 Nick Hundley: 0-for-4 Edgar Gonzalez (LF): 1-for-3 Chip Ambres (CF): 0-for-2, BB Oscar Robles (SS): 0-for-3 Enrique Gonzalez: 4 IP, 5 H, 6 R, 0 HR, 2 BB, 6 SO Josh Banks: [...]

Padres Farm Report (26 Apr 08)

Triple-A — Las Vegas 12, Portland 11 Matt Antonelli: 1-for-4, 2B, BB E Jody Gerut (RF): 3-for-4, 2B, 3B, BB Chase Headley: 2-for-4, 2B Brian Myrow: 1-for-3, BB, SF Nick Hundley: 0-for-3, 2 BB Chip Ambres (CF): 1-for-5, HR Luis Rodriguez: 0-for-0 (removed in second, no explanation) Oscar Robles (SS): 2-for-5, HR Wade LeBlanc: 3.1 [...]