Padres Farm Report (5 May 08)
Monday, May 5, 2008by Geoff Young
Before we get to Sunday's games, here's a brief chat I had with John Conniff, of MadFriars.com, about his impressions from a recent trip to Portland:
Ducksnorts: The big names at Portland, of course, are Chase Headley and Matt Antonelli. How do they look so far this year?
Conniff: Obviously by the numbers that they are putting up not that great. The big difference that I could see from them this year from last at San Antonio is they are both having trouble adjusting to the fact that Triple-A pitchers can throw strikes early in the count with their secondary pitches and have better fastball command than Double-A. Consequently they are both hitting behind in the count it seems nearly every time and are ...
