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Gee, I Still Don’t Understand Sample Size

Wednesday, April 30, 2008
by Geoff Young

The Padres need to go out and get more hitters. I know this is true because I keep hearing it. I also know it's a complete load of garbage. What they really need is for the hitters they already have to start performing up to their capabilities. Padres Hitters: 2008, 2007, Career 20082007Career AgePAOPS+PAOPS+PAOPS+ Statistics are courtesy of Baseball-Reference and are through games of April 29, 2008. Josh Bard309554443107136499 Adrian Gonzalez261161267201251673119 Tadahito Iguchi331166453392185796 Kevin Kouzmanoff261236453410971898 Khalil Greene2811657659100233599 Scott Hairston2891922949478586 Jim Edmonds387736411887384132 Brian Giles371141165521097043139 Paul McAnulty276298434914977 The only guy who might be playing over his head is McAnulty. But we don't really know because we've never gotten the opportunity to see what P-Mac is capable of doing at the big-league level over extended periods of ...

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Monkeys on Roller Skates

Thursday, April 24, 2008
by Geoff Young

Thanks to reader Lance for hooking us up with seats two rows behind the visitors dugout on Wednesday night. First time I've been anywhere near that close at Petco Park, and it's a whole different experience. For a guy like me who lives in nosebleed, just, wow. Also, belated welcome to all the folks at Gaslamp Ball who came over and hung with us while GLB was unavailable. Good to see so many familiar names as I browsed through the IGD.The national story will be that Trevor Hoffman blew a save. Hooray for the media. Here are some other stories that won't get as much play: Brian Giles struck out ...

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That Strange Feeling We Sometimes Get

Tuesday, April 8, 2008
by Geoff Young

Two quick observations about Jim Edmonds and Tadahito Iguchi: Mike Cameron looked lost in center field last April. Marcus Giles hit .327/.376/.459 that same month. What we're seeing from Edmonds and Iguchi right now may not mean much in August in September. In other words, we still don't know what we've got...

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IGD: Padres vs Dodgers (5 Apr 08)

Saturday, April 5, 2008
by Geoff Young

Padres (3-2) vs Dodgers (3-1) Jake Peavy vs Brad Penny 12:55 p.m. PT FOX AM 1090, FM 105.7, XM 185 MLB, B-R I'm pleased with what I've seen so far from Randy Wolf and Justin Germano. Small sample? Yep. Petco Park? Yep. Hey, I said "pleased," not "deliriously happy." Peavy makes his first start since having his number retired at Lake Elsinore. Jim Edmonds, who went 2-for-6 in a rehab stint with the Storm, is expected to make his Padres debut.

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Padres Farm Report (5 Apr 08)

Saturday, April 5, 2008
by Geoff Young

I'm still figuring out the best way to present this stuff. Suggestions welcome... Triple-A Portland 6, Fresno 1 Matt Antonelli: 1-for-3, 3B, BB Edgar Gonzalez (RF): 3-for-4, HR Chase Headley (LF): 1-for-4 Will Venable (PH): 0-for-1 Shawn Estes: 6 IP, 4 H, 0 R, 0 HR, 1 BB, 4 SO (11 GO) Mauro Zarate: 1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 HR, 0 BB, 1 SO More coverage at Portland Beavers Blog. Double-A San Antonio 3, Northwest Arkansas 0 Chad Huffman: 1-for-4 Craig Cooper (RF): 0-for-3, BB Kyle Blanks (1B): 1-for-4, BB Colt Morton: 2-for-4, 2B, E Will Inman: 5 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 0 HR, 2 BB, 5 SO (77 ...

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Friday Links (4 Apr 08)

Friday, April 4, 2008
by Geoff Young

Look, up in the sky, it's a bird, it's a plane, it's... Friday links: Tom Krasovic at the U-T provides a brief overview of "Sandyball" (h/t LynchMob) -- the Padres' organizational philosophy under CEO Sandy Alderson: The club has made a habit of acquiring major leaguers who can be free agents at season's end, or signing veterans to one-year contracts. More to the point, the Padres fish those waters year-round. Alderson has said such players can be extra motivated by the prospect of imminent free agency. Further, such a player can strengthen the farm system if his departure nets a draft pick or two. Whoa, that makes way too much sense. Tom Verducci at SI.com has ...

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Your Predictions for 2008?

Sunday, March 30, 2008
by Geoff Young

From esteemed reader LynchMob comes this excellent idea for a post on the eve of Opening Day: "provide us with a list of questions which you want us, the commenters, to go 'on the record' with"; he then poses several questions, which you will find below. This might be fun to peek back at throughout the season. I'll lead off with my responses; feel free to follow... How many wins for the Padres in 2008? They'll go 86-76. Is this 2008 team better or worse than the 2007 team? Why? About the same. Randy Wolf and Tadahito Iguchi should represent upgrades over David Wells and Marcus Giles, while Jim Edmonds won't produce like Mike Cameron. Where will they finish in the NL West? Second place. What are ...

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