December 5, 2008 – 8:01 am
The Padres have traded shortstop Khalil Greene to the St. Louis Cardinals for right-handed reliever Mark Worrell and a player to be named later. Worrell, no relation to ex-Padre Tim Worrell, has has put up some nice numbers in the minor leagues. Then again, so has Carlos Guevara, and nobody ever gave up the best [...]
By Geoff Young
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Posted in Trade Analysis
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Also tagged car wax, cla meredith, faint praise, franchise history, jake peavy, john moores, khalil greene, mark worrell, minor leagues, ownership situation, paul depodesta, shortstop, tim worrell, trade talks, winter meetings
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December 1, 2008 – 5:14 am
In their relatively brief history, the San Diego Padres have had 16 players pitch in two games or fewer for them. It’s a fascinating list… if you find these sorts of lists fascinating:
Al McBean, 1969
Taken from the Pirates as the 50th player selected overall in the 1968 expansion draft, McBean started his only game in [...]
By Geoff Young
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Posted in History
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Also tagged brigham young university, dane iorg, dodger stadium, earl wilson, expansion draft, houston astros, kansas city royals, los angeles dodgers, san diego padres, san francisco giants, tommy dean, wes parker, world series winners
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October 31, 2008 – 5:41 am
Happy Halloween! To the links…
Sabathia’s free agency could set up a big payday for Padres ace (San Diego Union-Tribune). Reader Nick G. sends us an update on the Jake Peavy “story” from Tom Krasovic. Quoth Peavy’s agent, Barry Axelrod:
Making this about money is not my style, nor Jake’s style. I think we proved that. But [...]
By Geoff Young
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Posted in Notes and Links
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Also tagged adys-portillo, attrition rate, barry-axelrod, Baseball, blake-tekotte, brian-joynt, carlos gomez, chris-jaffe, corey-brock, david freese, edinson-rincon, fort wayne wizards, grady fuson, hardball times, jake peavy, jeremy hefner, jim edmonds, kellen kulbacki, lake elsinore storm, lisa-winston, matt-bush, nick-schmidt, padres, paul depodesta, san diego union tribune, tom krasovic
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Padres (17-30) vs Cards (27-21)
Chris Young vs Braden Looper
7:05 p.m. PT
Channel 4SD
AM 1090, FM 105.7, XM 187
MLB, B-R
The Padres look to extend their one-game winning streak.
Padres (16-30) vs Cards (27-20)
Greg Maddux vs Joel Pineiro
7:05 p.m. PT
Channel 4SD
AM 1090, FM 105.7, XM 187
MLB, B-R
If the Padres win tonight, and the Rockies can beat San Francisco, we’ll be tied for fourth place in the NL West. Woo-hoo!
After a long and miserable road trip, the Padres return home and try to remain relevant in 2008. Their first opponent is the St. Louis Cardinals, who visit Petco Park for three games starting Monday night. To learn a little more about the Cards, I chatted with Larry Borowsky of the excellent Viva El Birdos.
Ducksnorts: [...]
December 28, 2007 – 7:58 am
I don’t have a lot of links today, so before we get to those, let’s do a quick recap of this winter’s moves so far:
Out
Geoff Blum, INF: Signed with Houston Astros
Hiram Bochachica, INF/OF: Signed with Seibu Lions (Japan)
Milton Bradley, OF: Signed with Texas Rangers
Doug Brocail, RHP: Signed with Houston Astros
Mike Cameron, CF: Free agent
Jack Cassel, [...]
By Geoff Young
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Posted in Notes and Links, Roster Notes
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Also tagged brady clark, david freese, doug brocail, florida marlins, geoff blum, glendon rusch, houston astros, jack cassel, marcus giles, mauro zarate, mike cameron, milwaukee brewers, morgan ensberg, new york yankees, nippon ham fighters, pittsburgh pirates, randy wolf, rob mackowiak, salary arbitration
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