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Writing the Book (20 Oct 08)

Life happened this week; the book, not so much. I did make up some ground over the weekend — put in about 10 hours on Saturday and another 4-5 on Sunday. It’s not as much as I’d have liked, but it’s better than nothing. In addition to the actual writing, I’m playing a lot with [...]

OBG08 Revisited: Pitchers

We’re looking back at our pre-season community projections. On Wednesday we covered the hitters; today we turn to the pitchers. Left-Handers Justin Hampson, 2008   IP ERA Projected 48 4.21 Actual 30.2 2.93 Our most optimistic projection had Hampson at a 3.50 ERA. Joe Thatcher, 2008   IP ERA Projected 58 2.86 Actual 25.2 8.42 [...]

Padres Farm Report (25 Jun 08)

If your avatar is missing from the comments, it’s because I’m testing a theory. Let me know if you notice a difference in the site’s performance. Triple-A — Tacoma 4, Portland 2 Matt Antonelli: 0-for-5 Luis Rodriguez: 1-for-4 Chip Ambres: 0-for-4 Brian Myrow: 1-for-2, 2 BB Will Venable: 1-for-4 Nick Hundley: 0-for-3, BB Vince Sinisi [...]

Padres Farm Report (20 Jun 08)

Triple-A — Portland 3, Tucson 2 Matt Antonelli: 1-for-3, BB Peter Ciofrone (3B): 1-for-3, BB Chip Ambres (RF): 2-for-4, 2B Brian Myrow: 1-for-3, 2B, BB Will Venable (CF): 1-for-4 Nick Hundley: 2-for-4 Vince Sinisi (LF): 1-for-3, BB Justin Germano: 6.2 IP, 6 H, 2 R, 2 HR, 4 BB, 5 SO; 1-for-2, 2B Joe Thatcher: [...]

Padres Farm Report (15 Jun 08)

Triple-A — Portland 10, Fresno 4 Peter Ciofrone (3B): 2-for-4, BB Chip Ambres (RF): 1-for-4, HR, BB Brian Myrow: 0-for-4, BB Will Venable (CF): 2-for-4, 2B, BB Vince Sinisi (LF): 2-for-5, E Matt Antonelli: 2-for-4 Luis Rodriguez (PH-SS): 0-for-2, BB Justin Germano: 6 IP, 9 H, 4 R, 1 HR, 0 BB, 5 SO Dirk-Hayhurst: [...]

Padres Farm Report (10 Jun 08)

Triple-A — Las Vegas 8, Portland 4 Peter Ciofrone (LF): 3-for-4, BB Chase Headley (3B): 2-for-5, 2 2B Brian Myrow: 2-for-3, 2 BB Chip Ambres (RF): 2-for-5 Will Venable (CF): 2-for-4 Nick Hundley: 0-for-4 Matt Antonelli: 0-for-4 Justin Germano: 6.1 IP, 8 H, 5 R, 0 HR, 2 BB, 3 SO (12 GO), E Mauro [...]

Padres Farm Report (4 Jun 08)

Triple-A — Las Vegas 6, Portland 1 Peter Ciofrone (LF): 1-for-4 Vince Sinisi (1B): 0-for-4 Chip Ambres: 1-for-3, HR, BB Will Venable (CF): 0-for-4 Craig Stansberry: 1-for-3, BB Matt Antonelli (PH): 0-for-1 Chase Headley (PH): 0-for-1 Justin Germano: 6 IP, 6 H, 3 R, 1 HR, 1 BB, 8 SO (7 GO) Mauro Zarate: 2 [...]

When Projections Go Bad

What the heck, now is as good a time as any to revisit pre-season projections. I know, OPS and ERA aren’t the end-all and be-all, but they’re good enough for government work… Projections vs Reality: Hitters   OPS Player BJ CH MA MI ZI DS Act Statistics are courtesy of FanGraphs and are through games [...]

The Shape of Things to Come

Top of the ninth, two on, one out. Adrian Gonzalez steps to the plate. Braves manager Bobby Cox summons ex-Padre Royce Ring, who promptly hangs a breaking ball. Gonzalez swats it high and deep down the right-field line. He, catcher Brian McCann, and plate umpire Wally Bell all watch as it sails into the Atlanta [...]

IGD: Padres vs Diamondbacks (26 Apr 08)

Padres (9-15) vs D’backs (17-6) Justin Germano vs Micah Owings 12:55 p.m. PT FOX AM 1090, FM 105.7, XM 188 MLB, B-R Nice weather we’re having, eh?