The Pads made a deal Thursday night, picking up Russell Branyan from Tampa Bay for Class-A right-hander Evan Meek and future considerations. I probably shouldn’t like this move, but I do. For one thing, Branyan is one of the most fascinating players in baseball. Here are some of his freakish career numbers: BA OBP SLG [...]
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IGD: Padres @ Rangers (22 Jun 06)
first pitch: 11:05 a.m., PT television: none matchup: Clay Hensley (4-5, 4.05 ERA) vs John Rheinecker (2-1, 3.60 ERA) previews: Padres.com | SI.com | ESPN Best of all possible outcomes Wednesday night: Padres get the win, we get to see Aki, and even though he takes the loss, no earned runs are charged to his [...]
Friday Links
Just links today. More Hall of Fame stuff, Russell Branyan, college baseball, and Kevin Towers in Oregon. Enjoy… Rating 2006 Hall Candidates by Win Shares (Scout.com). This appeared toward the end of December on a site that covers the Cardinals. From the article: “Despite receiving 66.7% of the votes last year, Sutter will not get [...]
This Changes Everything
Okay, not really. Pads have acquired catcher David Ross from the Pirates for minor-league infielder J.J. Furmaniak. Career numbers of Ross and erstwhile backup Miguel Ojeda: Age G AB BA OBP SLG AB/HR XB/H ISO Ojeda 30 166 370 .224 .308 .359 30.8 .301 .135 Ross 28 158 407 .211 .284 .403 21.4 .453 .192 [...]
Stuff I Was Going to Whine About before We Came Back to Win
Okay, so the Pads pulled that one off but at the risk of seeming ungrateful, I have to get a few things off my chest: Guys Hacking First Pitch with RISP 1st inning Dave Roberts: Ball, Ball, Strike (looking), Ball, Ball, D Roberts walked Geoff Blum: Ball, Ball, Ball, D Roberts stole second, Strike (looking), [...]
Blasphemous Rumors
In the comments to yesterday’s entry, Derek asked about a couple of current rumors involving the Padres. The first (Rocky Mountain News) has Preston Wilson coming to San Diego for Jay Payton and Xavier Nady. Money? Wilson is due $12M in 2005. Payton will get $3.5M next year. Nady, obviously, is young and comparatively cheap. [...]
Green Day and a Look at the Minors
Yet again, it’s impossible to predict what will engage the imagination of my readers. In response to yesterday’s deep, burning question, one person suggested that "When I Come Around" might be about drugs because Green Day likes to sing about drugs. Well, okay. Maybe. My current pet theory is that it’s about a guy and [...]
Pujols vs Oswalt
Busy weekend. Spent most of Saturday reorganizing my study and trying to get my Linux machine to do something more useful than let me play mah-johngg. No luck. The computer still thinks the mouse and the modem are one in the same. Not good. Off to Elsinore that night for the first playoff game between [...]
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