November 14, 2008 – 5:37 am
Nothing has happened yet, but all indications are that life is about to get real interesting around these parts. With that in mind, here’s a little something to help you through as we move forward into the unknown…
Q: What the heck is going on with the Padres?
A: Principle owners John and Becky Moores have filed [...]
By Geoff Young
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Posted in Baseball
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Also tagged becky-moores, braves, brian giles, divorce custody, google, jake peavy, john moores, melvin nieves, padres, payroll, principle owners, sacrifice bunt, trevor hoffman
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August 18, 2008 – 7:48 am
Posting will be light this week. Nothing much is happening with the Padres right now (aside from the signings of Allan Dykstra and James Darnell, I suppose), and a few other projects are demanding my time:
I’m working on a quick survey of compensatory draft picks through history — We’ve already touched on Rafael Palmeiro being [...]
By Geoff Young
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Posted in 2009 Annual, Notes and Links, Site News
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Also tagged allan dykstra, blue jays, brian giles, bud black, james darnell, jody gerut, mlb, padres, rafael palmeiro, research questions, rockies, shawn green, tim stoddard, walt weiss
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August 15, 2008 – 7:57 am
I was hoping to have some original content today, but it’s been a long week at work and I haven’t been able to formulate my thoughts on various topics as well as I’d have liked. Here are a few things I’m wondering right now:
Why did Chase Headley suddenly discover plate discipline on June 12 (zero [...]
By Geoff Young
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Posted in Notes and Links, Open Thread
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Also tagged chase headley, cheryl ladd, jake peavy, mississippi state, nate colbert, nate robertson, optimist, padres, rafael palmeiro, tigers, tim stoddard
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Padres (23-37) vs Cubs (38-21)
Greg Maddux vs Ted Lilly
7:05 p.m. PT
Channel 4SD
AM 1090, FM 105.7, XM 186
MLB, B-R
It’s hard to stay focused on the draft when these darned games keep getting in the way…
Padres (23-36) vs Cubs (37-21)
Wil Ledezma vs Jason Marquis
7:05 p.m. PT
Channel 4SD
AM 1090, FM 105.7, XM 186
MLB, B-R
Ruh-roh:
You Hit Like a Pitcher
PA
BA
OBP
SLG
2B
3B
HR
BB
SO
Statistics are courtesy of Baseball-Reference and are through games of June 2, 2008.
Russ Ortiz, career
577
.207
.260
.292
23
0
6
34
126
Padres leading off inning, 2008
557
.190
.251
.289
23
2
8
38
124
Thank goodness we have the Rockies in our division…
Sometimes you can get away with making stupid mistakes against lousy teams. Unfortunately the Cubs aren’t a lousy team, and they saw to it that the Padres paid for their transgressions.
Carlos Zambrano is a terrific pitcher when he’s on his game. He wasn’t at his best Monday night, but the Padres let him off the [...]
Padres (23-35) vs Cubs (36-21)
Cha Seung Baek vs Carlos Zambrano
7:05 p.m. PT
Channel 4SD
AM 1090, FM 105.7, XM 186
MLB, B-R
Padres (15-26) @ Cubs (24-16)
Greg Maddux vs Ryan Dempster
11:20 a.m. PT
no television
AM 1090, FM 105.7, XM 183
MLB, B-R
The Padres showed some good fight at the end of Wednesday evening’s game. Unfortunately they spent much of the early part digging themselves into a deep, dark hole. Still, I liked the matchup of Brian Giles against Kerry [...]
Padres (15-25) @ Cubs (23-16)
Jake Peavy vs Ted Lilly
5:05 p.m. PT
Channel 4SD
AM 1090, FM 105.7, XM 183
MLB, B-R
I never noticed how severe Peavy’s lefty-righty splits are:
vs RHB
vs LHB
BA
OBP
SLG
BA
OBP
SLG
Statistics are courtesy of Baseball-Reference and are through games of May 13, 2008.
2007
.174
.228
.251
.242
.314
.372
2008
.174
.231
.248
.268
.351
.451
career
.216
.271
.332
.247
.322
.423
For his career, Peavy turns righties into Juan Castro; lefties hit him more like Graig Nettles [...]
Cheeseburger in Purgatory
Jake Peavy isn’t going to the Cubs… for now. And just when I was starting to like the names being mentioned. Did you notice how the rumored packages went from being awful, to decent, to pretty good? At the very least, Kevin Towers deserves credit for not jumping on any old deal, like some folks [...]