Back in March, we took a look at Will Carroll’s Padres Team Health Report [subscription] at Baseball Prospectus. Will is the author of Saving the Pitcher and The Juice: The Real Story of Baseball’s Drug Problems. Recently he was gracious enough to answer some questions for Ducksnorts in a Q&A format. Enjoy! Ducksnorts: Thanks very [...]
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In-Game Discussion: Padres @ Rockies
first pitch: 1:05 p.m., PT television: Channel 4 matchup: Woody Williams vs Joe Kennedy With Dave Roberts on the DL, Khalil Greene leads off for the Padres in today’s opener. Greene hit .432/.488/1.027 in 37 at-bats at Coors in 2004 and was the Padres’ best leadoff hitter overall last season:
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Needless to say, we didn’t make it to Elsinore. Anybody out there have a report? Anyway, here’s some stuff that’s come across my desk over the past few days: Sabernomics Simple Projection System. What it says. He also has projections for pitchers. Storm roster nearly final (NC Times). Jeff pointed us to this in the [...]
Predictions?
So, anybody have predictions for this season? Here are a few of mine: Padres finish 87-75, make playoffs as wild card Adam Eaton has a breakout year: 15 wins, sub-3.80 ERA Jake Peavy gets at least one Cy Young vote Xavier Nady has a breakout year: .297/.355/.512 Tim Redding is the #5 we’ve all been [...]
In-Game Discussion: Padres vs SDSU Aztecs
Woody Williams toes the slab for the Padres, Will Miller goes for SDSU. ¡Digame, amigos!
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Nady ready to start Opening Day (Padres.com). He’ll be in the lineup Opening Day against Joe Kennedy, just not sure where. Nady went 3 for 5 with two doubles and his fifth homer of the spring, a three-run walkoff shot in the bottom of the tenth, in Tuesday’s 13-12 win over the Rangers. Roberts’ painful [...]
Can the Padres Afford Hernandez?
Yesterday in the comments, longtime reader Brian G posed the following: Many people have posited that by trading Humberto Quintero, the Padres are indicating that they’re committed to signing Ramon Hernandez to that long-term contract he’s going to want at the end of this season. (1) What do you think he’s going to want (years [...]
Season Previews and More Trade Reaction
Season Previews Christian has posted the NL West Preview at All-Baseball. My contribution is weaker than I’d have liked, but I stand firmly behind what I said about Gary Bennett, Donaldo Mendez, and Eddie Oropesa. Two guys named Neil living on the other side of the Atlantic make their picks. One of ‘em likes the [...]
Quintero for Redding
As noted in the comments yesterday, the Padres have traded C Humberto Quintero to the Astros for RHP Tim Redding. I’ll preface this by saying I’m a big fan of Quintero. I love his hustle and enthusiasm. And I love that he was able to have such uncanny success against Randy Johnson last year. But [...]
Spring Training Notes
Good shows this weekend. But really, when is turning your amp up to 11 and screaming at the top of your lungs not a good thing? Speaking of the weekend, Padres took two out of three. That’s the good news. The bad news is nobody seems to want the #5 spot in the rotation. You [...]
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