In lieu of a top prospects list, I thought this year I’d highlight a few kids I’ll be keeping an eye on for various reasons. We’ll cover 15 hitters today and 15 pitchers next week. To the list:
Mitch Canham, C, 25 – I rated Canham the Padres #16 prospect coming into 2009. He hasn’t advanced [...]
I’m a little behind in my links, so some of these might be oldish. Hey, better late than never…
Organization free of bad contracts and long-term financial obligations (San Diego Union-Tribune). Good stuff from Tom Krasovic:
The Padres certainly are familiar with toxic player contracts… The low-revenue Marlins and Twins almost never made such mistakes, but the [...]
Five years ago today I was extolling the virtues of one Sean Burroughs, noting the similarities between his second big-league season and that of Derek Jeter. It sounds ridiculous now, but the comparison seemed valid at the time:
Sean Burroughs vs Derek Jeter, Sophomore Season
Age
PA
BA
OBP
SLG
OPS+
Statistics are courtesy of Baseball-Reference.
Burroughs
22
578
.286
.352
.402
105
Jeter
23
748
.291
.370
.405
103
The key word here is “seemed.” It’s important [...]
The situation may be bleak in San Diego this year, but a mere 74 miles to the north, things are looking pretty good. Let’s take a quick drive up I-15 and see what’s happening with the Storm…
Lake Elsinore Storm in a Box:
Record: 53-61
Runs Scored: 648
Runs Allowed: 629
BA/OBP/SLG: .275/.357/.400 (California League: .274/.343/.413)
ERA: 4.89 (CAL: 4.57)
DER: .628 [...]
FYI, I’m way behind on my email. I don’t expect that to change anytime soon. If you’re expecting a response from me, it may be a while…
Triple-A — Fresno 11, Portland 10
Craig Stansberry (SS): 3-for-5, 3B, BB
Peter Ciofrone: 1-for-4, BB, HBP
Will Venable: 1-for-4, 2B, 2 BB
Justin Huber (1B): 0-for-5, SF
Vince Sinisi: 2-for-5, BB
Colt Morton: 3-for-6, [...]
Note that these reports will be on hiatus while I’m driving around California and Oregon. I’ll be at the Beavers game on Monday and the Emeralds game on Tuesday. My schedule is very aggressive, but I’ll try to sneak in some info, pix, and/or videos from the road. If not, they’ll have to wait till [...]
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, [...]
Before we get to the goods, one of our readers was at Monday’s Hall of Fame game (you know, the one between the Padres and Cubs that got rained out) and took some photos, as well as a video of Trevor Hoffman playing catch with one of his sons. Pretty cool…
Triple-A — Portland 4, Tucson [...]
Triple-A — Tucson 7, Portland 3
Matt Antonelli: 1-for-4, 2B, BB
Peter Ciofrone (3B): 0-for-5
Chip Ambres (RF): 0-for-5
Brian Myrow: 1-for-4, BB
Will Venable (CF): 1-for-4, HR
Nick Hundley: 2-for-2, HR, 2 BB
Vince Sinisi (LF): 2-for-3, BB
Luis Rodriguez: 0-for-3, BB
Wade LeBlanc: 6 IP, 3 H, 2 R, 1 HR, 3 BB, 9 SO
Dirk Hayhurst: 2 IP, 5 H, 2 R, [...]
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