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Padres Farm Report (7 Jul 08)

July 7, 2008 – 12:15 am

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 [...]

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The Year Jake Peavy Turned Hitters into Matt Walbeck

March 25, 2008 – 7:07 am

I recently picked up the Bill James Gold Mine 2008. There’s tons of great stuff in here, as you’d expect, but two items in particular have captured my imagination (so far): the “record of opposing batters” James presents for certain pitchers, and the “comps” he offers of team batting records to individual career batting records [...]

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Top 10 Prospects for 2008

December 11, 2007 – 7:19 am

I’ve shied away from compiling top prospect lists in recent years because it’s my belief that what they best measure are the list-maker’s biases. (Okay, and maybe I’m still feeling a little sheepish about ranking Jake Gautreau ahead of Jason Bay once upon a time.)
Other people like reading prospect lists, though, and I’m not prepared [...]

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