February 18, 2010 – 7:03 am
Websoulsurfer offers some interesting thoughts on the Padres current payroll situation and long-term prognosis. A few points deserve further attention:
I have found that no team since the advent of Free Agency has won a World Series with one player making more than 16% of total payroll and no team has made it to the World [...]
December 18, 2008 – 6:16 am
Before we get to the rest of the links, I have to call my own number. I’ve got a new article up at Hardball Times that looks back at some old projections I did here at Ducksnorts many moons ago. Good fun…
Lots to cover this morning:
Padres experienced relative success in Moores Era (San Diego Union-Tribune). [...]
By Geoff Young
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Posted in Notes and Links
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Also tagged barry-bloom, Baseball, espn, hardball times, jake peavy, john moores, mlb, padres, petco park, rob neyer, san diego union tribune, sandy alderson, tom krasovic, world series, world-baseball-classic
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December 9, 2008 – 6:16 am
I’m a little behind in my links, so some of these might be oldish. Hey, better late than never…
Organization free of bad contracts and long-term financial obligations (San Diego Union-Tribune). Good stuff from Tom Krasovic:
The Padres certainly are familiar with toxic player contracts… The low-revenue Marlins and Twins almost never made such mistakes, but the [...]
By Geoff Young
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Posted in Notes and Links
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Also tagged alex-eisenberg, Baseball, baseball digest daily, brian giles, bud black, bud selig, denis-savage, golden-baseball-league, hall of fame, hardball times, john-brattain, kellen kulbacki, ken griffey jr, khalil greene, kyle blanks, matt antonelli, mlb, padres, peter-ueberroth, phil nevin, prospects, rickey henderson, steve-treder, surf-dawgs, terry kennedy, tim sullivan, tom krasovic
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November 14, 2008 – 5:37 am
Nothing has happened yet, but all indications are that life is about to get real interesting around these parts. With that in mind, here’s a little something to help you through as we move forward into the unknown…
Q: What the heck is going on with the Padres?
A: Principle owners John and Becky Moores have filed [...]
By Geoff Young
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Posted in Baseball
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Also tagged becky-moores, braves, brian giles, cubs, divorce custody, google, jake peavy, john moores, melvin nieves, padres, principle owners, sacrifice bunt, trevor hoffman
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August 20, 2008 – 7:14 am
As you are no doubt aware by now, the Padres have traded Greg Maddux to the Dodgers for two minor-league players to be named later or cash. According to Tom Krasovic at the U-T, “By Oct. 15, the Padres will choose two Dodgers minor leaguers from a list of five already agreed upon by the [...]
By Geoff Young
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Posted in Roster Notes, Trade Analysis
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Also tagged adrian gonzalez, brett tomko, chase headley, concession prices, dodgers, greg maddux, jake peavy, josh geer, minor league players, minor leaguers, padres, prospects
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Cheeseburger in Purgatory
Jake Peavy isn’t going to the Cubs… for now. And just when I was starting to like the names being mentioned. Did you notice how the rumored packages went from being awful, to decent, to pretty good? At the very least, Kevin Towers deserves credit for not jumping on any old deal, like some folks [...]