It’s been a hectic week around here so I haven’t had a chance to update this lately. I’ll fill you in on all the details within the next day or two, including the Ben Howard 16-strikeout game at Lake Elsinore on Sunday, one of the strangest mascots I’ve ever seen, thoughts on Tony Batista, and [...]
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Padres Trade Witasick to Yankees for Jimenez
Jay Witasick for D’Angelo Jimenez? It’s not quite Ed Sprague for Dennis Tankersley and Cesar Saba, but it’s still a heckuva deal. If you’d told me at the beginning of the season the Padres would trade a 28-year-old middle reliever with a career 5.76 ERA for a 23-year-old shortstop with career .274/.353/.407 numbers in the [...]
Kevin Reese, Jason Middlebrook, Sean Burroughs
Another USD guy is on the move. Last night at dinner I ran into the brother of Kevin Reese, the Padres’ 27th-round pick last year. Hitting .306/.389/.508 at Ft. Wayne of the Midwest League, the 23-year-old Reese is expected to be promoted to Lake Elsinore shortly. He’s a tad old to be considered a big-time [...]
Ducksnorts Mailing List
No real baseball content today. Just wanted to let everyone know that I’ve moved the Ducksnorts mailing list from the soon-to-be-defunct ListBot over to Yahoo! Groups. Sign up at Ducksnorts Home or through Yahoo! at http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/ducksnorts/. Hope to see you all there!
Gautreau Signs
Well, a day after being named First-Team All-American, Padres’ first-round pick Jake Gautreau signed. He’ll start out at Eugene, in the Short-Season Class-A Northwest League, but there’s talk that he could spend some time in Fort Wayne later this season. Of San Diego’s first five picks, only second-rounder Matt Harrington and third-rounder Taggert Bozied remain [...]
Felix Rodriguez, Cliff Floyd, Tom Davey, Beetle Bailey
Felix Rodriguez. Cliff Floyd. I’ve watched these guys on televesion the last couple nights, and man, did they look impressive. Rodriguez was pumping 96+ MPH fastballs with movement last night and spotting it on both sides of the plate. He also showed a nasty slider and a surprisingly effective changeup. I’m not sure what Robb [...]
Herndon Returns to Minors
Gee, I hope Junior Herndon enjoyed his first taste of the big leagues. The Padres sent him back to Portland yesterday. Hopefully he at least got a good meal or two out of it…
Wally Joyner Retires and Other Notes
Just finished watching a wild one between the Padres and the Mariners. The Pads took two out of six from Seattle this year, which is better than most teams are doing against the M’s. Speaking of the Padres, talk is Damian Jackson will get some time at shortstop when he comes off the DL. They [...]
Toreros Playing Pro Baseball
Still ruminating on the Rangers-Reds trade. Now I’m trying to figure out what Cincy is going to do with Mateo. Their organizational depth in the outfield is unbelievable now, with Dmitri Young, Ken Griffey, Alex Ochoa, Michael Tucker, and Brady Clark in the bigs, and Adam Dunn, Austin Kearns, Jackson Melian, and now Mateo behind [...]
Rangers Trade Mateo and Encarnacion to Reds for Bell
Thank goodness for the Rangers and the Reds. I thought I wasn’t going to have anything to talk about today. In case you missed it, Texas sent outfielder Ruben Mateo and minor-league infielder Edwin Encarnacion to Cincy for right-hander Rob Bell. Mateo is 23 years old and has career .265/.316/.418 numbers in just under 500 [...]
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