Preseason All-America Team A few names of note for San Diegans in this year’s crop: Anthony Gwynn, OF, SDSU (1st team) Kyle Sleeth, RHP, Wake Forest (1st team); projected by some to be the Pads’ first round pick in 2003 Michael Johnson, 1B, Clemson (2nd team); Padre second round pick in 2002 Jeremy Slayden, OF, [...]
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Padres Top 20 Prospects for 2003: Honorable Mention
Wasn’t planning to write today but found myself with a little extra time on my hands. Before we get into the Padres top 20 prospects for 2003 (I’m planning to publish 11-20 this Wednesday, with 1-10 the following week), here are some guys who missed the cut but who bear watching, listed in alphabetical order. [...]
Sickels 1996 and Win Shares, Part 2
Unloading junk again. Baseball follows the lists. Sites Franchise Location and Relocation Under the Major League Rules — Doug Pappas helps sort this one out over at Baseball Prospectus saintaardvarkthecarpeted.com — I have no idea what this is, but it’s pretty entertaining if you’re in the right frame of mind Books Pat Pattison, Writing Better [...]
Sickels 1996 and Win Shares, Part 1
I’m going to have to do something about those increasingly unwieldy archives links at the bottom of the page. When I put the original system in place, it was with the assumption that I’d quickly tire of blogging (or, more accurately, that other people would quickly tire of my blogging). But interestingly, that hasn’t happened. [...]
Things Not Baseball
Been spending the past several days watching Avengers DVDs. Yeah, I’ve already seen the episodes three or four times each, but now that I have all of the Emma Peel era series on DVD I have to watch them again. Also been doing a ton of recording on my digital 4-track. This thing is more [...]
More Moves: Bennett, Witasick, Kelly
Hope those of y’all who celebrate Christmas had a great one. We did, thanks. The Padres signed a few more veterans this week, catcher Gary Bennett, right-hander Jay Witasick, and outfielder Roberto Kelly. Bennett doesn’t hit much but has the reputation of being a good handler of pitchers. He, Wiki Gonzalez, and Mike Rivera will [...]
Nagy and the Rule 5 Draft
Charles Nagy? He hasn’t been truly productive since 1997. At this point he’s an older, more injury-prone version of Brian Meadows. I don’t see a lot of upside here but I guess the theory is that if you throw enough pitchers up against the wall, some of ‘em will stick. Like Jesse Orosco, Nagy makes [...]
Frivolous Friday
I swear, I work in a freakin’ David Lynch movie. Guy walks into a store carrying a bagful of candy. He buys every piece of candy in the store and throws it all into his bag, so that the bag is overflowing. Snickers, lollipops, Milk Duds fall to the floor and everyone else in that [...]
Padres Sign Loretta, and Other Moves
Okay, so evidently the Padres weren’t done. The Moves Padres trade RHP Buddy Hernandez (taken earlier in the Rule 5 draft) to Oakland for IF Jose Flores. He’s a little old and has no big-league experience, but Flores is probably a better player than Deivi Cruz. He’ll compete with Chris Sexton and Homer Bush for [...]
AFL Prospects, Trades, and More
Hope you had a good weekend. Maybe you found the Sean Burroughs rumors as amusing as I did. Time for a little catch-up. AFL Prospects Baseball America has released its Top 20 AFL prospects. The Padres aren’t well represented, with only Tagg Bozied checking in at #20. They also have two representatives on the "best [...]
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