The Padres have dealt Adam Eaton, Akinori Otsuka, and Billy Killian to the Rangers for Chris Young, Adrian Gonzalez, and Terrmel Sledge. [Update: Tip o' the cap to Nick G. for breaking this one in the comments to Tuesday morning's post.] Understand that Aki is one of my all-time favorite Padres. And I still think [...]

Won’t they stop already? Just catching up on the latest flurry. New and improved chart at the end. Chris Oxspring to Japan for Cash The Padres have sold the contract of RHP Chris Oxspring to the Hanshin Tigers of the Japanese Central League for a reported $550k. On the one hand, I’m real sorry to [...]

Thanks to ESPN’s Free Agent Tracker, you can easily follow this winter’s signings. So far, 14 players have signed. Here are the average numbers of the 12 whose contract amount is listed: Hitters (5) contract/age Yrs $M/yr Age 2.60 3.01 33.8 2004 stats AB H 2B 3B HR BB SO BA OBP SLG 454 123 [...]

Padres have signed Rudy Seanez to a 1-year deal worth $550k (possibly kicking up to $950k based on incentives). This will be the Brawley native’s third stint with the Friars. In mentioning Seanez as a possible target earlier this month, I said “…he’s basically an older version of [Antonio] Osuna, so why not just re-sign [...]

Trying very, very hard to keep politics out of this site. A few quick notes, then we’ll get on with life: Geologically speaking, 4 years isn’t a long time. The Earth was here well before we arrived, and it will be here well after we’re gone. God bless the Earth. Not that any other state [...]