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Q&A with MadFriars.com, Part 1

by Geoff Young on Mar 03, 2008 (65) Comments

I recently had the opportunity to chat with Denis Savage and John Conniff from MadFriars.com about their Padres prospect rankings for 2008. Sit back, relax, and enjoy! Ducksnorts: You mention the challenges inherent in comparing players at different stages of development. What are some of the strategies you use to meet those challenges? Denis Savage: [...]

OBG08 Projections for Padres Hitters

by Geoff Young on Feb 16, 2008 (11) Comments

Here are the results of our community projections for 2008 Padres hitters. To see voting and discussion for an individual player, click on his name. A spreadsheet containing all of our picks will be available shortly. Thanks to all for participating! OBG08 Projections for Select Padres Hitters Player No. PA BA OBP SLG OPS Range [...]

OBG08: Cameron, Hampson, and Others

by Geoff Young on Feb 12, 2008 (27) Comments

OBG08: Le Menu Josh Bard/Michael Barrett Adrian Gonzalez Tadahito Iguchi Kevin Kouzmanoff Khalil Greene Scott Hairston Chase Headley Jim Edmonds Brian Giles Jake Peavy Chris Young Greg Maddux Trevor Hoffman Heath Bell Cla Meredith Welcome to the back end of the bullpen. It’s hard to say who, exactly, will be here. I’m assuming that Kevin [...]

OBG08: Wolf, Prior, and Others

by Geoff Young on Feb 07, 2008 (38) Comments

OBG08: Le Menu Josh Bard/Michael Barrett Adrian Gonzalez Tadahito Iguchi Kevin Kouzmanoff Khalil Greene Scott Hairston Chase Headley Jim Edmonds Brian Giles Jake Peavy Chris Young Greg Maddux As a reminder, we’re looking for your individual best guess on how these players will perform in 2008. Attempting to compensate for other guesses that you don’t [...]

OBG08: Jim Edmonds

by Geoff Young on Feb 02, 2008 (35) Comments

OBG08: Le Menu Josh Bard/Michael Barrett Adrian Gonzalez Tadahito Iguchi Kevin Kouzmanoff Khalil Greene Scott Hairston Chase Headley Before we get to Jim Edmonds, here’s a quick recap of where things stand to date. Eventually I’ll post a comprehensive list of our projections and upload a spreadsheet so everyone can ridicule us or whatever, but [...]

OBG08: Tadahito Iguchi

by Geoff Young on Jan 27, 2008 (23) Comments

Next up in our community projections is newcomer Tadahito Iguchi. The veteran second baseman possesses a broad base of offensive skills, but his power has declined each year since he arrived in North America. Iguchi is 33 and will play half his games in a park that suppresses offense, which suggests that a reversal of [...]

Friday Links (28 Dec 07)

by Geoff Young on Dec 28, 2007 (30) Comments

I don’t have a lot of links today, so before we get to those, let’s do a quick recap of this winter’s moves so far: Out Geoff Blum, INF: Signed with Houston Astros Hiram Bochachica, INF/OF: Signed with Seibu Lions (Japan) Milton Bradley, OF: Signed with Texas Rangers Doug Brocail, RHP: Signed with Houston Astros [...]

Friday Links (21 Dec 07)

by Geoff Young on Dec 21, 2007 (31) Comments

Links. Who doesn’t love ‘em? Short and sweet: Tony Gwynn talks about the Mitchell Report (San Diego Union-Tribune). MB analyzes the Jim Edmonds trade (Friar Forecast). Tom Krasovic offers his thoughts on Edmonds as well (San Diego Union-Tribune). Joe P. Sheehan examines similar pitchers by pitch type (Baseball Analysts, hat tip Friar Forecast). Chris Young [...]

Padres Acquire Edmonds

by Geoff Young on Dec 15, 2007 (59) Comments

The Padres are about to pick up center fielder Jim Edmonds from St. Louis for minor-league third baseman David Freese. Reportedly, the Cardinals also will be sending $1 million, which is why the deal hasn’t been formally announced yet. Edmonds is in decline, and the Pads will need a contingency plan, but I like this [...]

Friday Links (14 Dec 07)

by Geoff Young on Dec 14, 2007 (126) Comments

Quick word on the book before we get to links. I’ve completed drafts of three chapters; two more are very close to being done, another is at about 40-50%, and I’m just getting started on “2007 in Review.” On that last point, I’ve gone through the past 14 months or so of blog postings and [...]