Friday Links (28 Dec 07)

Friday, December 28, 2007
by Geoff Young
I don't have a lot of links today, so before we get to those, let's do a quick recap of this winter's moves so far: Out Geoff Blum, INF: Signed with Houston Astros Hiram Bochachica, INF/OF: Signed with Seibu Lions (Japan) Milton Bradley, OF: Signed with Texas Rangers Doug Brocail, RHP: Signed with Houston Astros Mike Cameron, CF: Free agent Jack Cassel, RHP: Signed with Houston Astros Scott Cassidy, RHP: Signed with Milwaukee Brewers Brady Clark, OF: Free agent Morgan Ensberg, 3B: Free agent David Freese, 3B: Traded to St. Louis Cardinals Marcus Giles, 2B: Free agent Jason Lane, OF: Free agent Rob Mackowiak, INF/OF: Free agent Signed with Washington Nationals Terrmel Sledge, OF: Signed with Nippon Ham Fighters (Japan) Mike Thompson, RHP: Signed with Pittsburgh Pirates Brett Tomko, RHP: Free agent From what I can tell, the Padres will ...

Elias Player Rankings

Thursday, November 2, 2006
by Geoff Young
Following the lead of Jim McLennan at AZ Snakepit, here are the Padres 2005-06 Elias player rankings: Hitters Brian Giles 83.333 A Mike Piazza 76.923 A Mike Cameron 71.333 A Todd Walker 70.996 A Dave Roberts 66.000 A Khalil Greene 62.434 B Josh Bard 54.762 B Ryan Klesko 53.778 B Josh Barfield 49.134 C Adrian Gonzalez 48.261 C Rob Bowen 35.897 Russell Branyan 26.708 Geoff Blum 22.360 Terrmel Sledge 12.222 Pitchers Scott Linebrink 84.231 A Trevor Hoffman 83.298 A Jake Peavy 78.023 A Chris Young 75.490 A Woody Williams 68.137 A ...
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World Series IGD: White Sox @ Astros, Game 4

Wednesday, October 26, 2005
by Geoff Young
first pitch: 5:00 p.m., PT television: Fox matchup: Freddy Garcia (14-8, 3.87 ERA) vs Brandon Backe (10-8, 4.76 ERA) We said Game 3 would be close, and it was. But in the end, it came down to the Astros' inability to cash in on 11 12 walks and former Padre Geoff Blum homering in the 14th inning in his first World Series at-bat. The Astros now find themselves on the brink of elimination, to regurgitate an overused phrase, and they'll need the performance of ...