Friday Links (12 Sep 08)

Friday, September 12, 2008
by Geoff Young
That was a fun one Thursday night, eh? I'd make a crack about how it's only the Giants, but seeing as how we have virtually no chance of overtaking them for fourth place, that hardly seems appropriate. Seriously, though, it's cool to see a bunch of these kids that I watched at Elsinore come up here and have some success. Matt Antonelli knocked three hits and drew a walk (and only a fine play by Omar Vizquel kept him from reaching base a fifth time), Drew Macias collected his first big-league hit (a homer off Matt Cain, no less), and Josh Geer tossed a gem. Meanwhile, we've got ...
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Padres Farm Report (17 Jun 08)

Tuesday, June 17, 2008
by Geoff Young
Triple-A -- Fresno 11, Portland 4 Matt Antonelli: 1-for-4, 2B, BB Peter Ciofrone (3B): 2-for-5 Chip Ambres (RF): 1-for-4, 2B Brian Myrow: 1-for-2, 2 BB Will Venable (CF): 1-for-3, 2B, BB, E Vince Sinisi (LF): 1-for-3, SF Cesar Ramos: 5 IP, 10 H, 8 R, 2 HR, 1 BB, 2 SO Enrique Gonzalez: 2 IP, 3 H, 2 R, 1 HR, 1 BB, 1 SO Antonelli is slowly putting his season back together... Ramos, not so much. Double-A ...
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Top 10 Prospects for 2008

Tuesday, December 11, 2007
by Geoff Young
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 to be a curmudgeon without good cause, so what the hey. My general approach is to balance upside with proximity to the big leagues as best I can, then hope I get lucky. I've seen six of my picks play in person, including four of my top five. For those guys, my evaluations include their statistical record, second-hand reports I've read, ...
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Review the Preview: Pitchers

Monday, October 8, 2007
by Geoff Young
We're looking back at my preseason predictions for the Padres. Last week we examined the hitters; today we turn our attention to the moundsmen... Rotation Jake Peavy, RHP What I said: "If he's going to maintain his place among the elite pitchers in baseball, Peavy really needs to become more efficient." What happened: From a visual standpoint, it seemed like Peavy had less trouble putting hitters away once he got ahead of them in the count. Unfortunately I cannot find anything in the statistical record to support this. What I did notice is that the GB% (percentage of balls in play that resulted in ground balls) against Peavy jumped from 38% in ...
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Elias Player Rankings

Thursday, November 2, 2006
by Geoff Young
Following the lead of Jim McLennan at AZ Snakepit, here are the Padres 2005-06 Elias player rankings: Hitters Brian Giles 83.333 A Mike Piazza 76.923 A Mike Cameron 71.333 A Todd Walker 70.996 A Dave Roberts 66.000 A Khalil Greene 62.434 B Josh Bard 54.762 B Ryan Klesko 53.778 B Josh Barfield 49.134 C Adrian Gonzalez 48.261 C Rob Bowen 35.897 Russell Branyan 26.708 Geoff Blum 22.360 Terrmel Sledge 12.222 Pitchers Scott Linebrink 84.231 A Trevor Hoffman 83.298 A Jake Peavy 78.023 A Chris Young 75.490 A Woody Williams 68.137 A ...
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