Hope you had a good weekend. Maybe you found the Sean Burroughs rumors as amusing as I did. Time for a little catch-up. AFL Prospects Baseball America has released its Top 20 AFL prospects. The Padres aren’t well represented, with only Tagg Bozied checking in at #20. They also have two representatives on the "best [...]
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Middle Infield Options and Orosco
By special request from "fracas" over at Baseball Primer, Ducksnorts is back in effect. Postings may be a little sporadic from now till the end of the year but I intend on being more visible than I have for most of this past month. So, what’s going on? Well, first off, it seems that there’s [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Brock2 Projections for Eight Rising Stars
Once again, I’ve been playing with Bill James’ Brock2 player projection system. Thought I’d take a look at some young, up-and-coming hitters and see what the future might hold for them. As always, bear in mind that even James acknowledged that this system is more of a toy than a tool. But it’s a heckuva [...]
Tejada, Burroughs, and Storm Winning Streak
So does Miguel Tejada lose some of his MVP support after dropping that feed from Mark Ellis last night? Yes, I’m being facetious. Sort of. The point is that a couple of game-winning hits late in the season shouldn’t have been enough alone to push him into MVP contention. Don’t get me wrong, Tejada is [...]
Selig’s All-Star Fiasco and Other Lessons Learned
I missed the All-Star game because I didn’t want to witness what I thought would be Bud Selig’s moment of glory. But just when I think he’s reached the pinnacle of stupidity, he digs down deep for a little more and surprises me. The man’s incompetence knows no bounds. Honestly, it’s gotten the point where [...]
Padres Lose to Rockies in Extra Innnigs
Tough loss last night against the Rockies. Brett Tomko worked eight strong innings but was let down by some sloppy defense, poor clutch-hitting, and a questionable decision by third-base coach Tim Flannery. With the struggling Sean Burroughs sitting out his second straight game, Phil Nevin played third and committed a first-inning error that led to [...]
Howard, Shibilo, Peavy
The Mariners have designated former Padre Wascar Serrano for assignment. I always have trouble trying to figure out what exactly that means. Thanks to the Internet, I found this handy explanation of the term. Alex Arias has already been released, so if Seattle loses Serrano, they will have given up Brett Tomko, Tom Lampkin, and [...]
Brett Tomko, Ben Howard, and Jose Rijo
I’ve been critical of the Ben Davis trade, mainly because I’m not all that thrilled with Ramon Vazquez. His upside looks like 1998 Chris Gomez, which isn’t all that bad but isn’t really worth Davis in my opinion. But yesterday one of the other guys who came over in the deal, Brett Tomko, made a [...]
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