first pitch: 7:05 p.m., PT television: Channel 4SD matchup: our guy vs their guy You know who I’m looking forward to watching in this game? The Royals’ Alex Gordon. Dude destroyed Double-A pitching to the tune of 325/.427/.588 last year in his first pro exposure. Yeah, Wichita is a great hitters’ park, but this looks [...]
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Walker’s Arbitration, A Bit o’ History, and Thanks
First off, baseball bloggers rock. I need to acknowledge several fine folks for mentioning the Ducksnorts 2007 Baseball Annual. Much appreciated! Thank You! AaronGleeman.com Oriole Post
Friday Links (16 Mar 07)
So, I’ve started a Ducksnorts del.icio.us account and I’m updating it throughout the day with links of potential interest. If you can’t wait till Friday to get your fix or you don’t mind wading through, like, five times as many links as I’ll post here, knock yourself out. Onto the week’s best: Great expectations (Yahoo!, [...]
Friday Links (2 Mar 07)
Happy Friday, folks. We’re playing games again. Man, does it feel good to say that. Gonzalez contract imposed by Padres (San Diego Union-Tribune). Seems to me there are better ways to save a few thousand bucks. I sure hope this doesn’t cause problems when they try to work out a long-term deal. Hey, maybe Todd [...]
Friday Links (23 Feb 07)
Short and sweet, like Adrian Gonzalez‘ swing: Walker wins arbitration case, surprising both sides (San Diego Union-Tribune). Backup second baseman Todd Walker won his case and will receive $3.95 million in 2007, making him the highest paid infielder on the team. If the Padres release Walker by March 15, it will cost them about $658,000. [...]
Spring Training Notes (21 Feb 07)
Have we hit all the cliches yet? Only a month till the season starts; better get cracking. We just need to give 110%, take it one day at a time, and stay within ourselves. And if that doesn’t work, we can always look at pretty pictures. Catcher Competition One of last year’s pleasant surprises, Josh [...]
Padres’ 2007 Opening Day Roster: Our Best Guesses
We had 21 entrants in our little contest. Here is the consensus: SP: Clay Hensley (21), Greg Maddux (21), Jake Peavy (21), David Wells (21), Chris Young (21) RP: Heath Bell (11), Doug Brocail (13), Trevor Hoffman (21), Scott Linebrink (20), Cla Meredith (21), Royce Ring (19), Scott Strickland (13) C: Josh Bard (21), Rob [...]
Kouz and Reminders
The 11th annual list of Sports Weekly’s 100 Names You Need to Know has been published. Who is at #6? None other than Kevin Kouzmanoff. Two passages demand comment: They have plenty of options there [at third base] if he [Kouzmanoff] fails, among them Russell Branyan, Geoff Blum and Todd Walker. Those of you who [...]
Padres Hitting Projections for 2007, Part 2
Just finishing up from yesterday. We’ll run the pitchers tomorrow — including David Wells, who reportedly has signed a 1-year deal for $3 million. (Gut reaction: I’m happy with the signing, although having two guys over 40 in the rotation makes me a little nervous.) Mike Cameron BA OBP SLG Bill James .250 .343 [...]
Wednesday Links (3 Jan 07)
Slow news day, so we’ll run our link roundup a little early this week. Before we do that, though, a quick update on the book: I just finished Chapter 3 yesterday, and I’m about halfway through Chapter 6 (I’m working out of sequence in part because the Hall of Fame vote hasn’t taken place yet [...]
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