Tag Archives: pacific coast league

Padres Farm Report: Spotlight on Portland

August 28, 2008 – 7:43 am

Portland Beavers in a Box:
Record: 69-70
Runs Scored: 695
Runs Allowed: 764
BA/OBP/SLG: .265/.350/.431 (Pacific Coast League: .277/.347/.443)
ERA: 5.04 (PCL: 4.84)
DER: .632 (PCL: .637)
Source: Baseball-Reference.
This may be the weakest minor-league team in the Padres organization. In a league that emphasizes scoring, the Beavers’ offense is a little below average, while their pitching and defense are considerably worse.
The roster [...]

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Padres Farm Report (26 Jun 08)

June 26, 2008 – 12:13 am

I’ve got a new article up at Hardball Times on everyone’s favorite first baseman from Eastlake High…
Triple-A
No games scheduled in the Pacific Coast League.
Double-A — South All-Stars 7, North All-Stars 3
Kyle Blanks, Chad Huffman, and Craig Cooper combined to go 0-for-9 with a walk. The other Missions representative, Matt Buschmann, worked two scoreless innings of [...]

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Padres Farm Report (15 May 08)

May 15, 2008 – 12:43 am

Triple-A
No games scheduled in the Pacific Coast League.
After a slow start, Chase Headley has picked things up a bit. He hit .242/.317/.396 in April, but is at .358/.424/.528 so far in May. The Padres’ other top prospect at Portland, Matt Antonelli, is headed in the opposite direction. He’s batting .146/.294/.220 this month…
Starting pitching has been [...]

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Padres Farm Report (1 May 08)

May 1, 2008 – 12:20 am

Triple-A — Oklahoma 9, Portland 8
Matt Antonelli: 0-for-5, BB
Jody Gerut (DH): 2-for-5, HR
Chase Headley: 3-for-5, 2 2B
Brian Myrow: 2-for-4, BB
Edgar Gonzalez (RF): 0-for-5
Chip Ambres (CF): 1-for-1, 3 BB
Craig Stansberry: 0-for-4
Will Venable (PH): 1-for-1
Wade LeBlanc: 3 IP, 10 H, 8 R, 2 HR, 3 BB, 0 SO (87 pitches, 53 strikes)
Josh Banks: 2 IP, 1 H, [...]

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Prospects, Meetups, and Fantasy League

February 21, 2008 – 7:49 am

Uh-oh, another post full of bullet points. I am so jonesing for actual games…

I’m seriously stuck in the past. The latest installment in my re-examination of the top prospects of ‘98 is up at Knuckle Curve. Padres relevance? Rafael Medina checks in at #72, Ramon Hernandez at #74.
Turning the clock back another decade, I’ve written [...]

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Party Like It’s 1989

February 20, 2008 – 7:32 am

Doing some research for an article, flipping through Baseball America’s 1989 Almanac. The book doesn’t list top prospects by team, but it does list them by league. Here are some familiar (and not-so-familiar) names for you:
Triple-A

Gary Sheffield, 3B, Denver (Brewers): American Association #2 (behind Mike Harkey, ahead of Randy Johnson).
Steve Finley, OF, Rochester (Orioles): International [...]

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