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Gonzalez, Greene Ruin Big Unit’s Return

That was fun. Two old guys serving up meat, and plenty of it? What’s not to love. Randy Johnson made his 2007 debut and looked a bit rusty. He had the good stuff, but his command wasn’t quite there and the Padres took advantage. Jose Cruz Jr., Adrian Gonzalez, and Khalil Greene all had field [...]

Padres Take Third Straight Series

Don’t look now, but the Padres are 4-2 at home. What worked in Wednesday night’s 4-0 victory over the Giants (recap | box score)? Pretty much everything. Greg Maddux pitched brilliantly, winning his 334th game as a big leaguer and first as a Padre. He needed just 75 pitches to complete six shutout innings before [...]

Spring Training IGD: Padres vs Rockies (10 Mar 07)

first pitch: 12:05 p.m., PT television: Channel 4SD matchup: Chris Young, Doug Brocail, Cla Meredith, Steve Watkins, Adrian Burnside vs Rodrigo Lopez, Oscar Rivera, Matt Herges, Eric DuBose, Darren Clarke Hello? Is this thing on? Welcome to our first IGD of the spring. Someone say something, please. Don’t make me sit here and talk to [...]

Friday Links (9 Mar 07)

Before we get to the links, I have a quick book update. Actually, it’s that the update will come on Monday. Yes, this is a tease, but I promise I’ll make it worth your wait. Onto the links: Finding 8th hitter a major priority (San Diego Union-Tribune). Who are the candidates? Good question: Whoever bats [...]

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 [...]

Padres Pitching Projections for 2007, Part 1

We looked at the Padres hitting projections on Friday and Saturday. Now it’s time for the pitchers. Be forewarned: some of these are all over the place. Trevor Hoffman   ERA Bill James 2.77 Chone 3.47 Marcel 3.56 ZiPS 2.38 Average 3.05 The Chone and Marcel projections make no sense. Hoffman hasn’t had an ERA [...]

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Brocail, Klesko, and the ’98 World Series

Since the only thing I posted yesterday was pictures of teddy bears, I figured I’d go all out today and tackle everything else. Well, maybe not everything, but a lot. I’m currently researching the 1998 Padres World Series team for the book. In a bit of serendipity, a couple of transactions have taken place that [...]

Kevin Towers: Deals of 1995-96, Part 1

One section of the upcoming Ducksnorts book will focus on trades made by Kevin Towers during his tenure as Padres general manager. I’m still in the process of taking inventory of every deal he’s made, and eventually I’ll include his five best and five worst trades in the book, along with analysis of each. For [...]

Elias Player Rankings

Following the lead of Jim McLennan at AZ Snakepit, here are the Padres 2005-06 Elias player rankings: Hitters Brian Giles 83.333 A Mike Piazza 76.923 A Mike Cameron 71.333 A Todd Walker 70.996 A Dave Roberts 66.000 A Khalil Greene 62.434 B Josh Bard 54.762 B Ryan Klesko 53.778 B Josh Barfield 49.134 C Adrian [...]