My latest at Baseball Prospectus ($) examines Matt Kemp’s dominance, Tim Lincecum’s slump, and other goings-on in the National League West. The Padres section, not surprisingly, focuses on Anthony Rizzo. It also touches on the question of what to do with Brad Hawpe, and when: The trouble with Hawpe (now back in right field thanks [...]
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Another Day, Another Anthony
The Padres have recalled right-hander Anthony Bass from Triple-A Tuscon to make Monday night’s start at Coors Field, a fine place for a pitcher to make his big-league debut. Bass takes Aaron Harang’s spot on the roster (DL, right foot) and is starting in place of Dustin Moseley, whose status remains uncertain after he dislocated [...]
Me, Elsewhere: Would You Like Fries with That?
I caught a few innings of Monday night’s game between the Padres and White Sox on television. At one point, Mark Loretta joined Mark Grant and Dick Enberg in the broadcast booth, and the three of them discussed whether spring training is too long. The consensus opinion was that, yes, it is too long. The [...]
Tuesday Links (7 Dec 10)
You cannot stop links, you can only hope to contain them.
Tuesday Links (9 Nov 10)
Pretend I said something clever here. I won’t tell if you don’t…
The Gap Between Money and Mouth
Jonathan Sanchez: “San Diego has been winning series all year. But we’re going to play San Diego now, and we’re going to beat them three times.” San Diego Padres: “No. No, you’re not.” As conversations go, this had all the subtlety of a spatula to the forehead. Still, there is something to be said for [...]
IGD: Padres @ Giants (1 Jun 08)
Padres (23-34) @ Giants (23-33) Randy Wolf vs Tim Lincecum 1:05 p.m. PT Channel 4SD AM 1090, FM 105.7, XM 184 MLB, B-R Padres look to sweep in San Francisco on Sunday. It’d be nice if someone other than Lincecum were standing in their way.
IGD: Padres vs Giants (24 Apr 08)
Padres (9-13) vs Giants (9-13) Chris Young vs Tim Lincecum 7:05 p.m. PT Channel 4SD AM 1090, FM 105.7, XM 189 MLB, B-R With the usual small-sample caveats, I’ve noticed a few trouble spots in the early going. We’ll focus on one of those today. For all the talk about lack of timely hitting, the [...]
Debuts, Artistic Mastery, and the Coming Thing
by Geoff Young on Apr 14, 2011 (12) Comments
We watched Mat Latos’ season debut from Section 301. The stadium scoreboard had his fastball at 92-96 mph, and he mostly located his pitches well. Two exceptions came in the fifth inning. First, he got ahead of no. 8 hitter Paul Janish and couldn’t put him away. Then, after opposing starter Edinson Volquez failed to [...]