In his Friday Baseball America chat, Allan Simpson cited Jake Gautreau as the fifth best second base prospect in the game. I’m currently working on my Padres Top 30 for 2003, and right now Gautreau looks to be somewhere in the back half of the Top 10. Wouldn’t surprise me to see him duplicate last [...]
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Padres Deal Kingsale to Detroit for Rivera
So. Seems that all this talk about Eugene Kingsale being the answer in center field wasn’t meant for our ears but for those of Tigers GM Dave Dombrowski. And it seems that Dombrowski believed the message. For that, on behalf of Padre fans everywhere, I thank him. New Tiger manager Alan Trammell, who cited Kingsale’s [...]
What Might the Padres’ 2003 Lineup Look Like?
Catching up on some stuff. As usual, Gary Huckabay over at Baseball Prospectus comes through with a fine column about the art and politics of evaluating talent. ESPN has compiled a list of the top 50 free agents this off-season. Astute Padre fans will note that their club isn’t expected to be a player for [...]
Comps for Jake Gautreau
Back from Vegas. Almost bailed out on my excursion to Big Bear due to rain, but figured since it was pouring all over SoCal it didn’t really matter which way I went. So I took a drive through the mountains, and I’m glad I did. Saw one of the more spectacular rainbows I’ve seen outside [...]
Brenly, Jeter, and Me
Bob Brenly… Derek Jeter… Me. Three guys who will be watching the rest of the playoffs on television. How sweet is that? I’m pulling for Minnesota, just so we can all send Bud a “contract this” letter, but really I’ll be happy whoever wins now. Speaking of the Twins, how about that fourth inning yesterday? [...]
Season Over
Mercifully, the season is over. Not that I’m happy to see baseball go away for awhile, but watching the Padres these past few weeks has been painful. At least they were able to end on a positive note. Hey, and how ’bout those Chargers? I followed them seriously from the late ’70s through the time [...]
Oliver Perez and Mark Phillips
Oliver Perez and GM Kevin Towers are at odds over whether Perez should pitch in Mexico this winter. Perez isn’t a very big guy who has thrown a lot of pitches this year. I can certainly understand his wanting to be loyal to his home town, but as Towers says, Perez has to think about [...]
Greene, Peavy, and Baseball-Reference Sponsorships
Things Not Baseball Thanks to some "interesting" driving decisions on the part of yours truly, we missed Pat and Oscar’s in Mission Valley by several miles last night. Although at first glance this may appear to be a tragedy of epic proportions, the fact that we ended up at D.Z. Akin’s made it worth the [...]
Around the Organization
Here’s an interesting look back on history. In 1995, two catching prospects put up the following numbers: Age Lvl(Lg) BA OBP SLG Catcher A: 19 A(MdW) .321 .398 .564 Catcher B: 22 AA(Sou) .224 .340 .361 Both were switch-hitters. In his 1996 book, John Sickels assigned Catcher A a letter grade of A, Catcher B [...]
Storm Watch
Okay, I’m back for a bit. The gig went well Sunday night. We actually broke out the Green Day song. Not bad for our first stab at it. Justin Germano continued his fine pitching in his first start at Elsinore last week. Six innings, a run, two walks, six strikeouts. Different league, same results. The [...]
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