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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 (7 Jul 08)

Monday, July 7, 2008
by Geoff Young
Triple-A -- Portland 4, Tacoma 3 Craig Stansberry (SS): 1-for-3, HR, 2 BB Chip Ambres (DH): 2-for-4, BB Brian Myrow: 0-for-5 Justin Huber (LF): 2-for-4, BB Will Venable: 1-for-4, BB Colt Morton: 0-for-3, BB Clay Hensley: 6 IP, 5 H, 3 R, 2 HR, 2 BB, 5 SO (99 pitches, 60 strikes) With the Beavers down, 3-0, in the ninth, Stansberry launched a three-run bomb to left. Five batters later, Venable drove home Ambres with an infield single. Hensley, after making a brief cameo with the Pads in Denver, returned to the Portland, where he enjoyed his ...
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Padres Farm Report (29 Jun 08)

Sunday, June 29, 2008
by Geoff Young
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 I return... Triple-A -- Portland 7, Colorado Springs 2 Matt Antonelli: 2-for-4, BB Chip Ambres: 2-for-4, SF Will Venable: 0-for-1, 3 BB Nick Hundley: 1-for-4, HR Peter ...
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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 (21 Jun 08)

Saturday, June 21, 2008
by Geoff Young
Fun win Friday night. A buddy of mine scored us some sweet seats in the Toyota Terrace for the excellent price of free. Among other things we got to see Greg Maddux pitch a gem and Chase Headley knock his first homer in San Diego. My wife and I particularly enjoyed watching Headley and Khalil Greene homer, as well as watching Paul McAnulty battle in the eighth to work a walk against Detroit's Joel Zumaya and then fall over the fence along the right-field foul line to make a game-ending catch. We saw all three of those players when they were at Lake Elsinore (not at the same time), and it's cool to see them now contributing at the big-league level. The only ...
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Padres Farm Report (17 Jun 08)

Tuesday, June 17, 2008
by Geoff Young
Triple-A -- Fresno 11, Portland 4 Matt Antonelli: 1-for-4, 2B, BB Peter Ciofrone (3B): 2-for-5 Chip Ambres (RF): 1-for-4, 2B Brian Myrow: 1-for-2, 2 BB Will Venable (CF): 1-for-3, 2B, BB, E Vince Sinisi (LF): 1-for-3, SF Cesar Ramos: 5 IP, 10 H, 8 R, 2 HR, 1 BB, 2 SO Enrique Gonzalez: 2 IP, 3 H, 2 R, 1 HR, 1 BB, 1 SO Antonelli is slowly putting his season back together... Ramos, not so much. Double-A ...
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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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