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Padres Farm Report: Spotlight on Fort Wayne

Thursday, July 24, 2008
by Geoff Young

Let's take a quick look at what's going on down at the Padres' lowest full-season affiliate, shall we? Fort Wayne Wizards in a Box: Record: 52-50 Runs Scored: 472 Runs Allowed: 449 BA/OBP/SLG: .258/.347/.373 (Midwest League: .251/.323/.373) ERA: 3.90 (MWL: 3.69) DER: .630 (MWL: .650) Source: Baseball-Reference. This is a team that does a good job of putting runs on the board in an unfavorable environment (4.63 R/G is third in a 14-team league). The pitching is below average (the range in the Midwest League is 2.98 - 4.15, with only four teams sporting a higher ERA than that of the Wizards), as is the defense (only Beloit has a lower DER). The big prospects at Fort Wayne are right-hander Mat Latos (whom I ranked ...

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Padres Farm Report (22 Jun 08)

Sunday, June 22, 2008
by Geoff Young

The Padres have signed supplemental first-round pick Jaff Decker [h/t Jonathan S.]. Triple-A -- Portland 4, Tacoma 2 Matt Antonelli: 1-for-4, 2B, SB Chip Ambres (RF): 1-for-4, 2B Brian Myrow: 2-for-4 Will Venable (CF): 4-for-4, 2B Nick Hundley: 0-for-4 Justin Huber: 1-for-3, BB Luis Rodriguez (DH): 0-for-4 Cesar Ramos: 7 IP, 3 H, 2 R, 0 HR, 2 BB, 5 SO Adam Bass: 0.2 IP, 1 H, ...

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Padres Farm Report (9 Jun 08)

Monday, June 9, 2008
by Geoff Young

Triple-A -- Portland 4, Sacramento 3 Chase Headley: 0-for-3, 2 BB Brian Myrow: 1-for-3, BB Chip Ambres (CF): 1-for-3, 2B, BB Will Venable (DH): 1-for-4 Vince Sinisi (RF): 0-for-2, BB, SF Matt Antonelli: 1-for-4, 2B Josh Geer: 8 IP, 7 H, 3 H, 2 HR, 1 BB, 6 SO, HBP Geer has worked 6+ innings in each of his past nine starts. His K/9 is better than 6.0 this year, which is a good sign. The 12 homers in 79 innings are ...

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Padres Farm Report (2 Jun 08)

Monday, June 2, 2008
by Geoff Young

Right-hander Mark Prior is scheduled to undergo season-ending shoulder surgery. Bummer, but given his injury history, this was a likely outcome. Here's hoping he can find health and resume his career at some point. With the amateur draft looming, I'm thinking back to when the Twins took Joe Mauer #1 overall in 2001. Remember the fuss made because they snagged him ahead of Prior that year? Sometimes the "signability" pick turns out to be the better pick. Not always, of course, or even most of the time, but sometimes... Triple-A -- Portland 8, Las Vegas 4...

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Padres Farm Report (24 May 08)

Saturday, May 24, 2008
by Geoff Young

For those of you who like to play the home version, I'm prepping some stuff for the upcoming draft. Should start rolling that out next week... Triple-A -- Portland 17, Salt Lake 4 Matt Antonelli: 1-for-7 Chase Headley: 2-for-6 Brian Myrow: 1-for-3, 3 BB Chip Ambres (RF): 2-for-5, BB Will Venable: 4-for-6, SB Nick Hundley: 3-for-6, HR Craig Stansberry: 5-for-6, 2B Josh Geer: 6 IP, 6 H, 3 R, 1 HR, 1 BB, 7 SO, WP Mauro Zarate: 1 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 0 HR, 1 BB, 0 SO Carlos Guevara: 2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 HR, 0 BB, 3 SO The Beavers scored 10 in the seventh. Every batter in the lineup had at least one hit, and all but two had at least two hits. Double-A -- ...

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Padres Farm Report (23 May 08)

Friday, May 23, 2008
by Geoff Young

Fun game Thursday. Homers and stuff. People seem to like that. And winning; they like that, too... Lots of roster moves, thanks to injuries caused by Hurricane Pujols. I've updated the org tree. Hooray for me... Triple-A -- Portland 6, Tucson 4 Craig Stansberry: 1-for-5 Chase Headley: 0-for-4 Brian Myrow: 1-for-3, BB Chip Ambres (RF): 3-for-4, 3B Will Venable: 0-for-3, SF Nick Hundley: 2-for-4, HR Matt Antonelli: 1-for-3, BB Wade LeBlanc: 6 IP, 5 H, 4 R, 2 HR, 2 BB, 5 SO Adam Bass: 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 HR, 1 BB, 0 SO, 2 HBP Double-A -- Springfield 6, San Antonio 4 Chad Huffman: 2-for-5, 2B Kyle Blanks: 1-for-3, 2 ...

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Padres Farm Report (18 May 08)

Sunday, May 18, 2008
by Geoff Young

Triple-A -- Las Vegas 10, Portland 3 Craig Stansberry (SS): 1-for-3, SF Chase Headley: 0-for-4 Brian Myrow: 2-for-4 Chip Ambres: 1-for-4, SB Will Venable: 1-for-4 Matt Antonelli: 2-for-4 Wade LeBlanc: 2.1 IP, 6 H, 6 R, 1 HR, 2 BB, 1 SO Dirk Hayhurst: 2.2 IP, 3 H, 3 R, 2 HR, 1 BB, 4 SO Paul Abraham: 2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 HR, 0 BB, 3 SO, WP Joe Thatcher: 1 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 0 HR, 1 BB, 2 SO, WP LeBlanc's last five starts have been disastrous. His totals over that stretch: 18.2 IP, 35 H, 12 BB, 9 SO, 13.50 ERA... Rare poor outing for Hayhurst... Remember when we projected 58 innings of 2.86 ERA for Thatcher this year? Yeah, those were ...

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