Just as a heads-up, transmissions may be sporadic for the next couple of weeks. I’ve got to do a full wipe and reinstall of Windows on my main machine (been putting it off for a long time) plus I’m heading out to Vegas this coming Thursday. Yeah, I’ll miss you, too. Don’t go getting all [...]

If the Mariners lose one more great player, nobody will ever be able to beat them. Is that an incredible team or what? Take away their best remaining player, and they just get better. They’re 10-0 on the road this year. Amazing. Much of the buzz right now centers around the play of the Montreal [...]

Deivi Cruz hits a grand slam in the first inning and you still find a way to lose. The Pads went down fighting, but they lost again. Brian Tollberg got hit hard again, and with the help of Matt DeWitt, Jason Boyd, and some shoddy defense, turned a 5-0 first inning lead into an 8-5 [...]

A real quick rundown on what’s going on around the Padres’ system… Portland Former big-leaguer Pete Incaviglia was released on Friday after hitting just .122/.200/.146 in 15 games. Right-hander Jason Middlebrook left Sunday’s start early thanks to a line drive off his pitching arm courtesy of Omaha’s Ken Harvey. It is not known whether Middlebrook, [...]

I’ve been critical of the Ben Davis trade, mainly because I’m not all that thrilled with Ramon Vazquez. His upside looks like 1998 Chris Gomez, which isn’t all that bad but isn’t really worth Davis in my opinion. But yesterday one of the other guys who came over in the deal, Brett Tomko, made a [...]

So, who thought that Sean Burroughs would hit his first homer before drawing his first walk in the big leagues? Yeah, me neither. The Padres need Wiki Gonzalez back. Or Ben Davis. Tom Lampkin and Javier Cardona are 2-for-44 on the year. Tag Bozied saw his first action at third base last night at Bakersfield. [...]

Lots going on. Not the best of times for a couple of former Padres, Davey Lopes and Randy Smith. Lopes was fired yesterday as manager of the Brewers, Smith last week as GM of the Tigers. Lopes should hook on with someone; he seems like a pretty bright guy. Not sure about Smith. He sure [...]

Lots to cover here. First, how about Brian Lawrence. No, he doesn’t blow the ball by people, but he doesn’t give up many hits or walks either, and he induces an obscene number of ground balls: 48 ground outs to 16 fly outs so far this season, following a tidy 2.42 G/F ratio in his [...]

Interesting. BA‘s Jim Callis compared Ben Howard to Nick Neugebauer in a recent chat. I haven’t seen Neugie pitch, but from what I’ve read, the comparison is apt. Second baseman Josh Barfield (.425/.425/.452) and catcher Nick Trzesniak (.385/.467/.692) are off to hot starts at Ft. Wayne. First baseman Tagg Bozied (.375/.463/.813) is pretty much carrying [...]