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Elias Player Rankings

Following the lead of Jim McLennan at AZ Snakepit, here are the Padres 2005-06 Elias player rankings: Hitters Brian Giles 83.333 A Mike Piazza 76.923 A Mike Cameron 71.333 A Todd Walker 70.996 A Dave Roberts 66.000 A Khalil Greene 62.434 B Josh Bard 54.762 B Ryan Klesko 53.778 B Josh Barfield 49.134 C Adrian [...]

NLDS: Padres – Cardinals Series Preview, Pitchers

For just the second time in club history (1984 World Series being the first), the San Diego Padres have home field advantage in a post-season series. In a rematch of the 2005 National League Division Series matchup, the Pads take on the St. Louis Cardinals. This year’s version of the Padres would appear better equipped [...]

IGD: Padres @ Cardinals (26 Sep 06)

first pitch: 5:10 p.m., PT television: Channel 4SD matchup: Woody Williams (10-5, 3.53 ERA) vs Chris Carpenter (15-7, 2.93 ERA) previews: Padres.com | SI.com buy tickets Chris Carpenter continues his unlikely transformation from mid-rotation starter to perennial Cy Young Award contender via 1 1/2 years of inactivity due to injury. His is not the recommended [...]

Padres (Finally) Recapture First Place

It was a long time coming, but worth the wait. Not that this is the end, mind you. As the fortune cookie from last night’s Chinese dinner informed me, “Winning starts with beginning.” I don’t really understand it either, but it seems vaguely applicable to the situation and I doubt I’ll get another chance to [...]

Padres Month in Review: August 2006

The Padres went 13-15 in the month of August. Despite outhitting the opposition, .248/.326/.385 to .246/.305/.377, and again outhomering them, 26 to 23, the Pads managed to be outscored, 107 to 105. Adrian Gonzalez (.248/.333/.386 in 101 AB), Josh Barfield (.220/.273/.374 in 91 AB), and Mike Piazza (.203/.268/.344 in 64 AB) all scuffled, and Mark [...]

San Diego Padres Organizational Tree

How the current Padres got here. Idea blatantly ripped off from Will Young (no relation). More details here. m Key: Italics = acquired via trade. Bold = drafted by Padres. General manager who acquired player denoted by initials in parentheses (where no initials are provided, Kevin Towers is the GM): RS = Randy Smith, JMI [...]

Underwhelmed, Thanks for Asking

Well. That was quite the frenzy considering nothing of real consequence got done. Movement for the sake of movement, like a child who waves his arms and screams, “Look what I can do” when the only activity is his waving and screaming. In the end, one trade was made. Another was reported by numerous sources, [...]

IGD: Padres @ Dodgers (25 Jul 06)

first pitch: 7:10 p.m., PT television: Channel 4SD matchup: Chan Ho Park (6-6, 4.64 ERA) vs Mark Hendrickson (4-11, 3.99 ERA) preview: Padres.com | SI.com | ESPN buy tickets Padres won the opener at Chavez Ravine, 7-6 in 11 innings. Should’ve been over in regulation, but for the second straight game, the defense let down [...]

Padres Acquire Williamson to Help Shore Up Bullpen

The Padres have acquired reliever Scott Williamson from the Cubs for a couple of pitchers in Low-A ball. Williamson isn’t having a great year — his ERA is over 5.00 but he still has pretty nice peripherals. He has a career ERA of 3.22 in over 400 big-league innings but has had trouble staying healthy [...]

IGD: Padres vs Braves (15 Jul 06)

first pitch: 7:05 p.m., PT television: Channel 4SD matchup: Chan Ho Park (6-4, 4.29 ERA) vs John Smoltz (6-5, 3.60 ERA) preview: Padres.com | SI.com | ESPN buy tickets Tough loss Friday night. I kept bouncing back between the game and the season premieres of Stargate: SG1 and Stargate: Atlantis. I really thought once Scott [...]