Nice way to start the season, eh? First Opening Day shutout in club history (recap | box score). Sure, that works. Jake Peavy had a strong outing, spinning six scoreless innings against the Giants at PhoneCo. One of the things we’ve harped on here in the past is the need for Peavy to pitch with [...]
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Young, Giles, McAnulty Strong in Padres ’07 TV Debut
Got to watch my first Padres game on TV last night. Thanks to the magic of TiVo, I got to watch it again this morning. Yes, I forgot to set up an IGD. We’ll get the first one of the year going this Saturday for the game against Colorado. While we’re waiting for that glorious [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Friday Links (9 Feb 07)
Quick update on our guess-the-roster contest, and then we’ll hit the links. Here is the consensus opening day roster so far: C: Bard, Bowen INF: Blum, Branyan, M. Giles, Gonzalez, K. Greene, Kouzmanoff, Walker OF: M. Cameron, Cruz, B. Giles, McAnulty, Sledge SP: Hensley, Maddux, Peavy, Wells, Young RP: Brocail, Hoffman, Linebrink, Meredith, Ring, Strickland [...]
Friday Links (26 Jan 07)
News is a bit slow these days. Welcome to the calm before the storm. Here are a few items of potential interest: Padres 2007 FriarFest — Just a reminder that this is happening over the weekend. I’m planning to head down there on Saturday. Former hurler has instinctive feel for the game (ESPN, via LaMar [...]
Padres Hitting Projections for 2007, Part 1
Nice of me to show up on a Friday, eh? Here are projections for Padres hitters according to the Bill James Handbook 2007 (affiliate link), as well as the freely available Chone, Marcel and ZiPS systems. I also have included a line averaging the systems. A few general observations are in order: Bill James appears [...]
Greene, Greene, Bard, and Spring
Sometimes it really sucks to be a San Diego sports fan. We try to convince everyone that our teams aren’t soft, and then they go out and prove us wrong. The Chargers didn’t even show up on Sunday. How can a team with that kind of talent play such an undisciplined and sloppy game? This [...]
Friday Links (12 Jan 07)
First off, thanks to those of you who have gotten in touch with me about the world tour. Sounds like I’ll be seeing some of you in Durham, Harrisburg (between Durham and Cooperstown), and Fort Wayne. This thing is six months away and I’m already getting pumped. Anyway, it’s Friday. Time for links: Tony Gwynn [...]
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