We continue our look back at 2005 with two more pieces of the bullpen puzzle that will set up shop elsewhere next year. Part of what made last season’s relief corps so brilliant was the fact that it consisted largely of cheap parts whose value exceeded their cost by a large margin. Last year’s Rudy [...]
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2005 in Review – Relief Pitchers, Part 1
I hope everyone had an excellent Christmas. I don’t know about you, but I’ll be digging my way out from under the leftovers for a while. Meantime, we can talk about relievers. Trevor Hoffman, as usual, picked up the saves, but it was Scott Linebrink who anchored the Padres bullpen in 2005. Akinori Otsuka and [...]
Eaton to Rangers
The Padres have dealt Adam Eaton, Akinori Otsuka, and Billy Killian to the Rangers for Chris Young, Adrian Gonzalez, and Terrmel Sledge. [Update: Tip o' the cap to Nick G. for breaking this one in the comments to Tuesday morning's post.] Understand that Aki is one of my all-time favorite Padres. And I still think [...]
More Roster Moves
Won’t they stop already? Just catching up on the latest flurry. New and improved chart at the end. Chris Oxspring to Japan for Cash The Padres have sold the contract of RHP Chris Oxspring to the Hanshin Tigers of the Japanese Central League for a reported $550k. On the one hand, I’m real sorry to [...]
Shaken and Stirred
I’ve lost track of who’s actually on the team. Not counting Ramon Hernandez, who is expected to sign with the Orioles, here’s what happened on Wednesday: Mark Sweeney to Giants: According to the U-T this is 2 years for $1.8M. Sweeney is a great bat off the bench but a liability on the bases and [...]
Interview: Tim Powers
You may not know his name, but if you are a fan of the San Diego Padres and have an Internet connection, you almost certainly have read Tim Powers’ work. As a reporter for the SportsTicker wire service, Tim covers the vast majority of Padres home games, as well as other major sporting events in [...]
Open Thread
Okay, there is a lot going on. I’m running a very cool interview today and I’d like to leave the comments of that open so you can ask questions of our guest. We’ll keep this thread open for talking about Trevor Hoffman, Adam Eaton, Mark Loretta, Juan Eichelberger, and whatever other deals might happen. Here’s [...]
Monday Morning Notes
Spent a good chunk of yesterday down at Hospitality Point. Didn’t do much, mainly just read some David Sedaris, listened to the iPod, and stared at sailboats on the water. I live about 15 minutes from the beach and can’t be bothered to get down there more than a handful of times a year. That [...]
Boatload o’ Links
Cautionary tale from La Casa de Joven… Wife: Get a haircut, you look like Leif Garrett. Me (busting out some crazy old school moves): Hey babe, I was made for dancing. Long, awkward silence. Really. Long. Really. Awkward. Silence. Wife: Get a haircut. Anyway, some of these links are kind of old, but not as [...]
How High Hoffy?
In the comments to yesterday’s review of left field, Didi informed us that the New York Mets had signed Billy Wagner to a very silly deal. With Wagner headed to the Big Apple for a reported 4 years/$43M, on top of the already large wads of cash thrown at the likes of Scott Eyre and [...]
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