Padres Farm Report (26 Jun 08)

Thursday, June 26, 2008
by Geoff Young
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 relief. The game took place at Hammons Field in Springfield, which I visited on my way back from Cooperstown last summer. That was the day before my car got smashed. Good times... High-A No games scheduled in the California League. Low-A -- Fort Wayne 8, West Michigan 0...
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Padres Farm Report (15 May 08)

Thursday, May 15, 2008
by Geoff Young
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 awful: Wade LeBlanc (8.35 ERA, 6.96 K/9, .333 BAA), Cesar Ramos (7.36 ERA, 8.59 K/9, .316 BAA), and Josh Geer (5.09 ERA, 5.28 K/9, .283 BAA) have combined to allow 19 home runs in just 107 2/3 innings. Ramos' strikeout rate is nice (and way above his career average), but he still can't get hitters out on a consistent basis... That the Beavers are 17-18 despite a team 6.05 ERA ...
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Padres Farm Report (1 May 08)

Thursday, May 1, 2008
by Geoff Young
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, 1 R, 0 HR, 1 BB, 1 SO Clay Hensley: 2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 HR, 1 BB, 2 SO Adam Bass: 2 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 HR, 0 BB, 2 SO Antonelli and Stansberry are struggling... I get the impression that Gerut doesn't want to stay in the minors... Miserable line for LeBlanc (Rain Delay informs us that he needed ...
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Prospects, Meetups, and Fantasy League

Thursday, February 21, 2008
by Geoff Young
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 a brief retrospective of the 1988 Pacific Coast League over at Hardball Times. Padres everywhere in this one: Sandy Alomar Jr., Greg Harris, Jerald Clark, Ken Caminiti, Shane Mack, Gary Lucas, Bruce Bochy, Darrel Akerfelds, Kevin Towers. Fun stuff. Ben B. points us to a ...
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Party Like It’s 1989

Wednesday, February 20, 2008
by Geoff Young
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 League #4 (behind Dave West, ahead of Greg Jefferies). Sandy Alomar Jr., C, Las Vegas (Padres): Pacific Coast League #1 (ahead of Ramon Martinez). Alomar also was BA's Triple-A player of the year....
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