Have we hit all the cliches yet? Only a month till the season starts; better get cracking. We just need to give 110%, take it one day at a time, and stay within ourselves. And if that doesn’t work, we can always look at pretty pictures. Catcher Competition One of last year’s pleasant surprises, Josh [...]
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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 [...]
Kouz and Reminders
The 11th annual list of Sports Weekly’s 100 Names You Need to Know has been published. Who is at #6? None other than Kevin Kouzmanoff. Two passages demand comment: They have plenty of options there [at third base] if he [Kouzmanoff] fails, among them Russell Branyan, Geoff Blum and Todd Walker. Those of you who [...]
Padres Hitting Projections for 2007, Part 2
Just finishing up from yesterday. We’ll run the pitchers tomorrow — including David Wells, who reportedly has signed a 1-year deal for $3 million. (Gut reaction: I’m happy with the signing, although having two guys over 40 in the rotation makes me a little nervous.) Mike Cameron BA OBP SLG Bill James .250 .343 [...]
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Marcus Giles Is Coming to Town
The San Diego Union-Tribune is reporting that the Padres have signed second baseman Marcus Giles to a 1-year deal worth $3.25 million with incentives that could kick that up to $4.25 million. There’s also a club option for 2008 at $4 million. Giles still has to take a physical, but if the U-T is saying [...]
Cruz, Maddux, Book Status
Long post this morning, so grab yourself a cup of coffee and get comfy… Padres Sign Cruz As noted yesterday in the comments (you’re reading those, of course), the San Diego Union-Tribune is reporting that the Padres have signed outfielder Jose Cruz Jr. to a 1-year, $650,000 deal. Is he the answer to anyone’s prayers? [...]
NLDS: Padres – Cardinals Series Preview, Position Players
Okay, this took a little longer than I’d anticipated. Having first examined the pitchers, we now turn our attention to the position players. Catcher There are two huge positional mismatches in this series, and catcher is the first. Padres catchers led the NL with 31 homers and were second to the Atlanta Braves with 107 [...]
Wednesday Morning Notes
Just a few bullet points today. As always, feel free to add anything I may have missed: Peter Friberg breaks down Albert Pujols’ at-bat against Cla Meredith in Monday night’s game. I’m in total agreement here; you just don’t see Pujols take swings like the one he took on that 2-2 pitch. Meredith had some [...]
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