Padres Farm Report: Spotlight on San Antonio

Wednesday, August 13, 2008
by Geoff Young
I once caught a game at San Antonio's Wolff Stadium, back when the Missions were a Mariners affiliate. It's a nice ballpark in a nice town -- definitely on my short list of places to return to one of these years, especially now that the Padres have their Double-A team there... San Antonio Missions in a Box: Record: 63-56 Runs Scored: 557 Runs Allowed: 479 BA/OBP/SLG: .265/.349/.392 (Texas League: .269/.341/.410) ERA: 3.46 (TL: 4.33) DER: .656 (TL: .647) Source: Baseball-Reference. This is a good ballclub with some solid young talent. The pitching has been superb (San Antonio leads the league in ERA by a healthy margin -- the second place team is closer to last than first), although we need to attach a ...
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Padres Farm Report (23 Jun 08)

Monday, June 23, 2008
by Geoff Young
Triple-A -- Tacoma 1, Portland 0 Matt Antonelli: 1-for-4 Will Venable (CF): 0-for-2, 2 BB Justin Huber: 0-for-4 Brian Myrow: 0-for-3, BB Chip Ambres (RF): 0-for-3, BB Nick Hundley (DH): 0-for-4 Luis Rodriguez: 0-for-3 Wade LeBlanc: 7 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 HR, 0 BB, 9 SO, HBP The Beavers and Rainiers combined for a total of five hits -- not your typical PCL game... Rodriguez is hitting .100/.217/.200 in eight games since returning from the disabled list. Part of that may be due to rust, part due to the fact that -- strong start notwithstanding -- he's ...
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Padres Farm Report (13 Jun 08)

Friday, June 13, 2008
by Geoff Young
Paul DePodesta has a list of Padres signings from the recently completed 2008 draft -- mostly late guys; only three in the first 10 rounds so far... Triple-A -- Las Vegas 8, Portland 4 Peter Ciofrone (3B): 1-for-5 Will Venable (CF): 1-for-4, 3B, HBP Chase Headley: 1-for-3, HR, 2 BB Brian Myrow: 2-for-2, 2 BB Vince Sinisi (RF): 0-for-3 Nick Hundley: 1-for-4 Matt Antonelli: 0-for-3, BB Chip Ambres ...
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Padres Farm Report (16 May 08)

Friday, May 16, 2008
by Geoff Young
Triple-A -- Portland 7, Las Vegas 6 Craig Stansberry (SS): 2-for-4, BB Chase Headley: 2-for-5, 2B, HR Brian Myrow: 4-for-4, 2 2B, BB Chip Ambres: 2-for-4, HR, BB Will Venable: 2-for-5, 2B, HR Nick Hundley: 0-for-4, PB Matt Antonelli: 1-for-3, 2B, BB Cesar Ramos: 5.2 IP, 6 H, 4 R, 1 HR, 2 BB, 4 SO (10 GO) Adam Bass: 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 HR, 0 BB, 1 SO Jared Wells: 1 IP, 3 H, 2 R, 1 HR, 0 BB, 1 SO Myrow continues to hit everything thrown his way... Wells gets credited with a save for his performance. Double-A -- Corpus Christi 13, San Antonio 10 Chad Huffman: 2-for-5, HR, BB Kyle Blanks: 1-for-4, BB, SF Colt Morton: 2-for-5, BB Seth Johnston (3B): 3-for-6, HR, 2 E Craig Cooper ...
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