It’s fascinating to me that with a week left until Opening Day, we still do not know who’s in the rotation behind Jake Peavy. Two of Dewon Brazelton, Shawn Estes, Chan Ho Park, Woody Williams, and Chris Young will start the season in the bullpen, but which two remains uncertain. Young has struggled but the [...]
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Piazza Comes to San Diego
The Padres have signed catcher Mike Piazza. The Friars’ willingness to let him catch reportedly played a key role in Piazza’s decision to choose San Diego over his hometown of Philadelphia. On the one hand, the Padres are at least five years late to the Piazza train. On the other hand, this limits the amount [...]
Obligatory Shawn Estes Rant
So, the Padres have added Shawn Estes to the mix for 2006. Among pitchers who have worked 400 or more innings over the last four seasons, two of the five worst ERAs belong to guys in the Friars’ projected rotation: Worst ERAs since 2002 (min 400 IP) Name IP ERA BB/9 K/9 Chan Ho Park [...]
Backup Backstop Bedlam
So this is the new year. And I don’t feel any different. The clanking of crystal Explosions off in the distance (in the distance). I hope you had an excellent New Year. Welcome to 2006. Let’s get back into it, shall we? Padres have signed catcher Todd Greene and invited him to spring training (U-T). [...]
IGD: Padres @ Pirates (3 Aug 2005)
first pitch: 4:05 p.m., PT television: Channel 4 matchup: Chan Ho Park (8-5, 5.66 ERA) vs Dave Williams (8-8, 4.27 ERA) previews: ESPN | Padres.com Padres busted out in a big way Tuesday night. Despite some early baserunning gaffes, the Friars topped the Pirates, 11-3, in the opener at PNC Park. Jake Peavy mostly dominated, [...]
Prospects from 1996, Revisited – Part 4
4. Best Prospects, Best Big Leaguers (or, Fun with Tables) One question I found myself asking was which guys of the 515 in John Sickels’ 1996 Minor League Scouting Notebook were considered the best prospects, and how have they fared as big leaguers. The flip side of this is which players have become the best [...]
In-Game Discussion: Padres vs Diamondbacks (30 Apr 2005)
first pitch: 7:05 p.m., PT television: Channel 4 matchup: Brian Lawrence (1-3, 7.65 ERA) vs Shawn Estes (2-1, 3.96 ERA) game previews: ESPN | CBS SportsLine | SI | Padres.com AB BA OBP SLG Lawrence vs current Diamondbacks 196 .255 .308 .398 Estes vs current Padres 224 .259 .356 .379 Lawrence has done a good [...]
In-Game Discussion: Padres @ Diamondbacks
first pitch: 1:40 p.m., PT television: Channel 4 matchup: Brian Lawrence (1-2, 5.60 ERA) vs Shawn Estes (1-1, 4.00 ERA) game previews: ESPN | CBS SportsLine | SI Padres try to avoid a sweep at the hands of the Snakes this afternoon. Saturday night’s loss was frustrating but not entirely surprising given the Pads’ lack [...]
Drafting a Plan, Planning a Draft
Four runs in three games against the Rockies doesn’t inspire a lot of confidence, but at least the Padres managed to avoid being swept. Brian Lawrence looked terrific. Unfortunately he made the mistake of surrendering a run, which cost him a shot at the win. Shawn Estes had no command (60 strikes, 57 balls; six [...]
May Recap
I’m more than a little disgusted after the last two games against Colorado. Adam Eaton actually pitched pretty well Monday night. One mistake to Jeromy Burnitz did him in. But two runs combined against Jason Jennings and Aaron Cook? Another bases-loaded, one-out situation that results in zero runs? Justin Germano and Khalil Greene looking like [...]
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