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When Projections Go Bad

What the heck, now is as good a time as any to revisit pre-season projections. I know, OPS and ERA aren’t the end-all and be-all, but they’re good enough for government work… Projections vs Reality: Hitters   OPS Player BJ CH MA MI ZI DS Act Statistics are courtesy of FanGraphs and are through games [...]

Reshaping the Padres: Let’s Make a Deal (or Three)

On Thursday, we examined what the Padres have and what they need. Now we turn to the question of which teams might make good trade partners and then consider some possible scenarios. As of this writing, about half the teams in baseball appear to be in contention. Some will fall of the pace, although it’s [...]

Reshaping the Padres: What Have We Got?

With hopes for 2008 all but gone, I’ve turned my focus to reshaping the Padres so that they can return to the competitive levels we’ve grown accustomed to since the club moved to Petco Park in 2004. I attacked the problem as follows: Take inventory of organizational strengths and weaknesses Identify potential trade partners based [...]

Padres Farm Report (22 May 08)

Triple-A — Portland 16, Tucson 9 Craig Stansberry: 0-for-5, BB Chase Headley (3B): 3-for-5, 2B, HR, BB Brian Myrow: 2-for-4, BB Chip Ambres (RF): 0-for-4, BB Will Venable: 4-for-5, HR Michael Barrett: 3-for-4, 2B Matt Antonelli: 0-for-3, 2 BB, E Enrique Gonzalez: 5 IP, 4 H, 3 R, 0 HR, 5 BB, 2 SO Clay [...]

IGD: Padres vs Cardinals (21 May 08)

Padres (17-30) vs Cards (27-21) Chris Young vs Braden Looper 7:05 p.m. PT Channel 4SD AM 1090, FM 105.7, XM 187 MLB, B-R The Padres look to extend their one-game winning streak.

IGD: Padres @ Mariners (16 May 08)

Padres (15-27) @ Mariners (16-26) Chris Young vs Miguel Batista 7:10 p.m. PT Channel 4SD AM 1090, FM 105.7, XM 181 MLB, B-R Ah, interleague play. The intensity, the intrigue, the irrelevance… I walked over to Book-Off the other day and found a whole slew of baseball publications. Most are in Japanese, so I couldn’t [...]

Padres Farm Report (16 May 08)

Triple-A — Portland 7, Las Vegas 6 Craig Stansberry (SS): 2-for-4, BB Chase Headley: 2-for-5, 2B, HR Brian Myrow: 4-for-4, 2 2B, BB Chip Ambres: 2-for-4, HR, BB Will Venable: 2-for-5, 2B, HR Nick Hundley: 0-for-4, PB Matt Antonelli: 1-for-3, 2B, BB Cesar Ramos: 5.2 IP, 6 H, 4 R, 1 HR, 2 BB, 4 [...]

Padres Farm Report (15 May 08)

Triple-A No games scheduled in the Pacific Coast League. After a slow start, Chase Headley has picked things up a bit. He hit .242/.317/.396 in April, but is at .358/.424/.528 so far in May. The Padres’ other top prospect at Portland, Matt Antonelli, is headed in the opposite direction. He’s batting .146/.294/.220 this month… Starting [...]

Falling Off the Bandwagon

We are all products of our environment. The recent environment in San Diego baseball has been one of winning. Since moving downtown for the 2004 season, the Padres have seen unprecedented on-field success. For the first time in franchise history they’ve enjoyed four straight winning seasons. In 2005 and 2006, they reached the post-season in [...]

IGD: Padres vs Rockies (11 May 08)

Padres (13-24) vs Rockies (15-22) Chris Young vs Greg Reynolds 1:05 p.m. PT Channel 4SD AM 1090, FM 105.7, XM 188 MLB, B-R San Diego looks to take the series against the defending National League champion Rockies…