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Padres Farm Report: Spotlight on San Antonio

I once caught a game at San Antonio’s Wolff Stadium, back when the Missions were a Mariners affiliate. It’s a nice ballpark in a nice town — definitely on my short list of places to return to one of these years, especially now that the Padres have their Double-A team there… San Antonio Missions in [...]

Padres Farm Report (17 Jun 08)

Triple-A — Fresno 11, Portland 4 Matt Antonelli: 1-for-4, 2B, BB Peter Ciofrone (3B): 2-for-5 Chip Ambres (RF): 1-for-4, 2B Brian Myrow: 1-for-2, 2 BB Will Venable (CF): 1-for-3, 2B, BB, E Vince Sinisi (LF): 1-for-3, SF Cesar Ramos: 5 IP, 10 H, 8 R, 2 HR, 1 BB, 2 SO Enrique Gonzalez: 2 IP, [...]

Monkeys on Roller Skates

Thanks to reader Lance for hooking us up with seats two rows behind the visitors dugout on Wednesday night. First time I’ve been anywhere near that close at Petco Park, and it’s a whole different experience. For a guy like me who lives in nosebleed, just, wow. Also, belated welcome to all the folks at [...]

Padres Farm Report (6 Apr 08)

Triple-A — Fresno @ Portland, postponed According to the Portland Beavers Blog, the game will be made up as part of a doubleheader on August 13. Also, LHP Cesar Ramos is scheduled to make his Triple-A debut on Sunday. Meanwhile, RHP Dirk Hayhurst is pulling double duty working out of the bullpen and writing for [...]

Errata

Ducksnorts 2008 Baseball Annual p. 7: “Even you if don’t agree with the all-time first baseman rankings…” should read “Even if you don’t agree with the all-time first baseman rankings…” p. 51, first paragraph: “More recently, Scott Linebrink’s name was been bandied about…” should read “More recently, Scott Linebrink’s name had been bandied about…” p. [...]

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 [...]

Top 10 Prospects for 2008

I’ve shied away from compiling top prospect lists in recent years because it’s my belief that what they best measure are the list-maker’s biases. (Okay, and maybe I’m still feeling a little sheepish about ranking Jake Gautreau ahead of Jason Bay once upon a time.) Other people like reading prospect lists, though, and I’m not [...]

Review the Preview: Pitchers

We’re looking back at my preseason predictions for the Padres. Last week we examined the hitters; today we turn our attention to the moundsmen… Rotation Jake Peavy, RHP What I said: “If he’s going to maintain his place among the elite pitchers in baseball, Peavy really needs to become more efficient.” What happened: From a [...]

Missions, Storm Advance

Congrats to the San Antonio Missions and Lake Elsinore Storm for advancing in their league playoffs. The Missions beat the Frisco Rough Riders, 5-0, on Friday at home (recap | box) to sweep their three-game series, while the Storm topped the Inland Empire 66ers, 8-2, at The Diamond in Elsinore (recap | box). One of [...]

Peavy Ties Benes, Bullpen (Barely) Holds On to Beat Mets

Nice to hang on for the win Wednesday night (box score). Congrats to Jake Peavy for tying Andy Benes’ career mark for strikeouts by a Padres pitcher. The game wasn’t without its white-knuckle moments, aka the ninth inning. Several folks have noted that the Padres are having difficulty closing out games, and I’m happy (or [...]