So are you itching for the regular season to begin, or is that just me? Quick reminder that my Padres Preview is up over at Baseball Think Factory. Check it out, leave some comments. A few items of note: San Diego Padres ace Peavy feels he’ll be ready for home opener (Canadian Press). From trainer [...]
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Themeless Thursday
I should be working on the preview, but despite your best efforts, I’m still having trouble motivating myself to write about Darrell May. The best I can say is that “more left-handed than Ismael Valdez” is gaining momentum as a catchphrase. Speaking of May, he struggled again in Wednesday’s loss to Oakland. Everyone is downplaying [...]
You Know, Padres News and Stuff
Padres 4, Angels 0 (ESPN). Adam Eaton, Scott Linebrink, Rusty Tucker, Brian Giles, Ramon Hernandez, and Sean Burroughs looking good. Is it great to see Tucker back or what? I have a sneaking suspicion we’ll see him in San Diego at some point this year. Notes: Eaton pleased with his progress (Padres.com). An update on [...]
Box Scores!
Making progress on the BTF Padres Preview. I’m through the starting lineup and into the bench. Then it’s onto the pitchers, farm system, and front office. One thing I’ve noticed is that the first five hitters in the lineup are all age 33 or 34 and hail from SoCal. We should come up with a [...]
Hang a Star, and Spring Training Notes
Congrats to Jerry Coleman for winning the Frick Award and securing for himself a place in the HOF. It’s only fitting that he would be the next Padre in the HOF after Dave Winfield, whose head Coleman once claimed was rolling around the playing field. Dex at PFS76 thinks this means the Pads will win [...]
BA’s Top 10 Prospects
Read ‘em and weep. Josh Barfield, 2b Freddy Guzman, of George Kottaras, c Travis Chick, rhp Tim Stauffer, rhp Matt Bush, ss Justin Germano, rhp Sean Thompson, lhp Brad Baker, rhp Paul McAnulty, of/1b General impressions: Some people are down on Barfield because he lost a lot in terms of batting average last year. I [...]
Go Read Some Stuff
Happy Friday. Here are some interesting tidbits I’ve come across recently: Probabilistic Model of Range, Rightfielders (Baseball Musings). Brian Giles behind Gary Sheffield? No worries, Brian, you’re in good company – Vlad Guerrero, J.D. Drew, Bobby Abreu. Some really weird numbers. Talking Shop with the Big Boys (Dodger Thoughts). Jon offers some thoughts on a [...]
What More Could They Have Done?
Just started reading Alan Schwarz’ The Numbers Game. I’m only through the first chapter but already it’s a good read. Among other things, I’ve learned that range factor was first introduced as a defensive metric in the 1870s, ’round about the same time people first started complaining about players caring more about stats and money [...]
The Morning After
Just cleaning up the debris. Does your head still hurt? Don’t mind me, I’ll keep it down. A few items of note: Hoffman gets Hutch Award (U-T). Trevor Hoffman has won MLB’s annual award given to the player who most displays “honor, courage and dedication to baseball both on and off the field” for his [...]
Greene, Bay, Bukvich, May?
The votes are in, and former Padre Jason Bay has won the NL ROY Award. I think the writers got bailed out to a certain degree by the fact that there were two very worthy candidates this year. The fact that Bay won it so convincingly over Khalil Greene suggests that the writers still don’t [...]
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