We already know that the Padres knocked more road extra-base hits than any other team in MLB in 2007 (those of you interested in helping me keep a roof over my head will also find this information on page 37 of the Ducksnorts 2008 Baseball Annual). The other day, in our spirited discussion of the [...]
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Q&A with MadFriars.com, Part 2
Today we continue our chat with Denis Savage and John Conniff from MadFriars.com about their Padres prospect rankings for 2008. In our first installment we covered player evaluation strategies, Chase Headley, Mat Latos, and more. This time we focus on Kyle Blanks and Yefri Carvajal, among others. Enjoy! Ducksnorts: Kyle Blanks is a personal favorite [...]
Appearances and Such
In addition to my work here at Ducksnorts, I am a regular contributor to Baseball Daily Digest, Baseball Prospectus Unfiltered, Hardball Times, and various other online publications (including a daily gig at Knuckle Curve from September 2006 to April 2008). I also have written three books, contributed to others, and appeared on numerous radio and [...]
Friday Links (29 Feb 08)
Happy Leap Day. If you haven’t participated in the Opening Day Roster contest, what’s up with that? The winner receives a copy of the Ducksnorts 2008 Baseball Annual. Meanwhile, we’ve got links: SI.com reports that Brian Giles is feeling good. So is his surgically repaired right knee. [Kevin] John Walsh at Hardball Times is searching [...]
OBG08: Cameron, Hampson, and Others
OBG08: Le Menu Josh Bard/Michael Barrett Adrian Gonzalez Tadahito Iguchi Kevin Kouzmanoff Khalil Greene Scott Hairston Chase Headley Jim Edmonds Brian Giles Jake Peavy Chris Young Greg Maddux Trevor Hoffman Heath Bell Cla Meredith Welcome to the back end of the bullpen. It’s hard to say who, exactly, will be here. I’m assuming that Kevin [...]
Friday Links (1 Feb 08)
Before I forget, friend of Ducksnorts Steve Poltz has released his latest CD, Traveling (as mentioned in our interviews with him), and it’s a solid effort. If you think I’m saying that just because Steve gave Ducksnorts a shout-out at last week’s in-store at Lou’s, then you don’t know me as well as I thought [...]
OBG08: Adrian Gonzalez
The season’s almost here, so I guess it’s time to start posting on weekends again. In case you missed it, we’re doing community projections for the 2008 Padres. Today’s entrant is first baseman Adrian Gonzalez. Gonzalez lost 22 points off his batting average from 2006 to 2007 but saw his raw on-base skills and power [...]
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