Welcome to the calm before the storm. Not much going on right now, but the Opening Day roster is starting to take shape. Right-hander Scott Strickland will be waived today, leaving righties Kevin Cameron and Mike Thompson as the leading candidates for the final two bullpen spots. Kevin Towers and Bud Black both think highly [...]
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Padres Set to Release Walker
Veteran second baseman Todd Walker will be released today by the Padres. Walker won an arbitration hearing in February that set his 2007 salary at $3.95 million. By releasing him now, the Padres owe him just $987,000. GM Kevin Towers, however, claims that Walker’s salary “didn’t factor into the decision.” Should we take Towers at [...]
Notes from Peoria
I’m back. There is an overwhelming amount of information for me to process, so we’ll just go with bullet points of things learned or rediscovered along the way: The late Jeff Buckley was a musical genius. The parking situation at Phoenix Municipal Stadium stinks. How a parking lot cannot prepare itself to accommodate actual cars [...]
Spring Training Notes (21 Feb 07)
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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