A little roster shuffling. RHP Jay Witasick has been released. RHP Steve Watkins, RHP Ricky Stone, and OF Kerry Robinson have been outrighted to Portland. Witasick was useful when healthy, Watkins didn’t show much in his brief time with the big club, and I have no idea what Stone and Robinson were doing on a [...]
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Irritating
The NC Times has an article suggesting that the Padres aren’t going to be real active this winter. A few open questions: Wasn’t Petco supposed to bring additional revenue that would be re-invested in the team? Didn’t 3 million customers help reach the goal of #1? Whose fault is it that Jeff Cirillo is still [...]
Sean Burroughs: Just What Does the Future Hold?
Before we get started talking about Burroughs, I need to mention a couple things: Jon Weisman over at Dodger Thoughts has invited folks around the baseball blogosphere to comment on his team. I grew up a Dodger fan, so I didn’t really have anything mean to say; however, I did thank them for contributing to [...]
Large Hit Men Make Easy Targets
I’m getting tired of this issue, but one wonders what Tony Gwynn ever did to offend the "objective" analysts over at Baseball Prospectus. Memo to anyone who cares: Ichiro Suzuki is a fanstastic ballplayer, but he’s still not in Gwynn’s class. It’s already been done, but someone in that roundtable asked for a side-by-side of [...]
ROY Watch: Greene/Bay Showdown, with Charlie Wilmoth of Value Over Replacement Blog
So much for going out with a bang. Pads dropped two out of three to the worst team in baseball to finish the season. On the other hand, I did see something in the finale I don’t believe I’ve ever seen. In the sixth inning, both clubs had runners on second and third with nobody [...]
All About Jake
I know nobody comes here on the weekends, but I just have to give our boy some props. Jake Peavy joins Randy Jones as the only Padres ever to lead the league in ERA. Congratulations. 7:39 PM: Padres eliminated from playoff contention with Astros’ 4-2 victory over Colorado. 7:44 PM: Jake Peavy records his fifth [...]
Bittersweet
Well, it’s October and technically the Padres still aren’t out of the race. Or, if you’re reading this later in the day, maybe they are. The Pads have already won 22 more games than they did all last year (and they still have three more to go against the worst team in baseball), and they’re [...]
Resistable Forces, Movable Objects
The Giants bullpen tried to give the game to the Padres. The Padres hitters tried to give it back. In the end, some sloppy defense and a well-placed fly ball tipped the balance in the Pads’ favor. It may not have been pretty, but it was effective. Thanks to an extended stop at The Field [...]
Giant Problem
Brian Lawrence threw too many hittable two-strike pitches and the Giants hit ‘em. Not particularly hard, but well placed. And in a microcosm of the season, the Padres had chances late but couldn’t capitalize. Down two in the ninth, with runners at first and second, nobody out, and Phil Nevin, Ryan Klesko, and Rich Aurilia [...]
Odds, Ends, and Points Between
Bullet points today: Wells wants guaranteed contract if he returns to Padres (U-T). I love what David Wells has done for this ballclub, in terms of on-field performance and the impact he’s had on the kids. Signing Wells on the cheap this past winter was a brilliant move. But a large part of what made [...]
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