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, payroll, principle owners, sacrifice bunt
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October 27, 2008 – 7:13 am
I had two revelations this past week:
Working full time and doing physical therapy (I’m re-learning how to walk, which apparently is a skill one is supposed to have mastered by age 40) is exhausting. It’s not realistic to assume that I’ll be able to make significant progress on the book during the week.
That’s a lame [...]
October 10, 2008 – 5:16 am
We’re looking back at our pre-season community projections. On Wednesday we covered the hitters; today we turn to the pitchers.
Left-Handers
Justin Hampson, 2008
IP
ERA
Projected
48
4.21
Actual
30.2
2.93
Our most optimistic projection had Hampson at a 3.50 ERA.
Joe Thatcher, 2008
IP
ERA
Projected
58
2.86
Actual
25.2
8.42
We missed this about as badly as we could. So did other people: CHONE had Thatcher’s ERA at 3.67, Marcels had it at [...]
By Geoff Young
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Posted in Projections
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Also tagged all-star, cla meredith, greg maddux, jake peavy, joe thatcher, justin germano, justin hampson, kevin cameron, padres, randy wolf, zips
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September 4, 2008 – 7:19 am
My latest article at Hardball Times looks back at a 1989 game in which the Cleveland Indians collected six hits, all home runs. Joe Carter knocked three of them.
Carter, you may recall, came to San Diego the following year and gave a convincing demonstration of how utterly useless the RBI statistic is. Ten men in [...]
Before we get to the goods, one of our readers was at Monday’s Hall of Fame game (you know, the one between the Padres and Cubs that got rained out) and took some photos, as well as a video of Trevor Hoffman playing catch with one of his sons. Pretty cool…
Triple-A — Portland 4, Tucson [...]
By Geoff Young
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Posted in Minors
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Also tagged brian myrow, chip ambres, corey kluber, craig cooper, enrique gonzalez, hall of fame game, jeudy valdez, kellen kulbacki, matt antonelli, midwest league, mitch canham, nick hundley, pablo menchaca, peter ciofrone, vince sinisi, will venable
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What the heck, now is as good a time as any to revisit pre-season projections. I know, OPS and ERA aren’t the end-all and be-all, but they’re good enough for government work…
Projections vs Reality: Hitters
OPS
Player
BJ
CH
MA
MI
ZI
DS
Act
Statistics are courtesy of FanGraphs and are through games of May 29, 2008. Click on column head for more info about [...]
By Geoff Young
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Posted in Projections
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Also tagged adrian gonzalez, brian giles, chris young, fangraphs, government work, greg maddux, jake peavy, jim edmonds, joe thatcher, josh bard, justin germano, kevin kouzmanoff, khalil greene, projection system, randy wolf, scott hairston, tadahito iguchi
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Padres (16-27) @ Mariners (16-27)
Randy Wolf vs Erik Bedard
7:10 p.m. PT
Channel 4SD
AM 1090, FM 105.7, XM 181
MLB, B-R
Nice job by Trevor Hoffman on Friday night. For those who remain unclear on the dangers of judging a man based on an eight-game sample, here’s a clue:
Trevor Hoffman’s Last 24 Games
G
IP
H
HR
BB
SO
ERA
BA
OBP
SLG
Statistics are courtesy of Baseball-Reference and are [...]
I’m pressed for time this morning, so links are offered with minimal commentary (and there was much rejoicing):
Alan Drooz at the U-T misses Mike Cameron (h/t PM).
Clay Hensley’s first rehab start went well (h/t Field39).
MB at Friar Forecast asks how we know when a player is done. Good question.
Amy Nelson at ESPN jumps on the [...]
By Geoff Young
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Posted in Notes and Links
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Also tagged amy nelson, baseball analysts, chase headley, clay hensley, eric chavez, greg spira, hardball times, huston street, jake peavy, mike cameron, san francisco chronicle
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Thanks to reader Lance for hooking us up with seats two rows behind the visitors dugout on Wednesday night. First time I’ve been anywhere near that close at Petco Park, and it’s a whole different experience. For a guy like me who lives in nosebleed, just, wow.
Also, belated welcome to all the folks at Gaslamp [...]
By Geoff Young
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Posted in Game Recaps
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Also tagged adrian gonzalez, brian giles, double play, dugout, jim edmonds, josh bard, matt cain, nosebleed, padres, paul mcanulty, petco park, piano man, political debate, scott hairston
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