Edmonds is DFA’d and Gerut is brought up.

they have got to make a move

I’m not really sure if these will even be close because it’s been really hard to read the FO so far, but:
1. Edmonds is released. Replaced with Gerut or Venable in CF. I’d like to see both called up.
2. Hundley up, Morton down. And Bard should sit for a week so we can see if Hundley can play.
3. Estes up and into the rotation after Ledezma gets drilled tomorrow. Estes will do okay his first start, then get drilled in his second. So…Ramos comes up after Estes is released.
4. They need an arm for the bullpen, but I’m not sure where its coming from. Hayhurst and Wells are the only guys on the Portland roster with remotely decent numbers in relief. So one of them. I’ll say Wells.
5. Headley isn’t coming up. They seem to want to protect him from the pressure that will come with being the organization’s #1 guy and walking into a mess.

Also – I’ll be more interested to watch every night because hopefully we’ll see some guys we haven’t seen very much – but I don’t think any of the moves will really change much of what we’re seeing.

- Trade McAnulty for a player to be named later, or expose him to waivers. He’s too similar to Huber in that he’s unathletic (a frightening trend with this team) and even though he’s left-handed PETCO favors righties more anyway. I have no idea how much interest other teams might have in him, but unless he catches fire right now he won’t last much longer in a Padres uniform.
- Call up Gerut. This is a no-brainer, really. You’ve got a hot player in your minor leagues who happens to play the position you’re struggling the most with.
- Call up Edgar Gonzalez. Kouzmanoff has played every game this year at third, and he has no real backup except Crabbe. Gonzalez would change that. He’s playing fairly well in AAA too.
- Take a serious look at Headley at least. He’s hitting something like .350 in his last few games.
- Call up Hundley and send down Morton. Hundley’s a more advanced prospect and Bard needs some rest pretty badly.

Trade P-keg to the Mets for Brady Clark, ‘cause he’s such an awesome defensive centerfielder.

Buddy Black switches from using eenie meenie minie moe for all of his managerial decisions to one of those folded paper thingies that all of the 8th grade girls use to predict who they’ll marry.

Trade Edgar Gonzalez to the Rangers for Josh Hamilton, making sure to always refer to him as “infielder Gonzalez”. By the time the Rangers figure it out, it’ll be too late.

I think they would keep Edmonds on the bench… cus sometimes KT doesn’t like to admit he made a bad call

I don’t think they would call up Hundley unless they are considering getting rid of Barret because they have less moves to make with Hundley they can’t just move him up and down all season

I think Gerut is the best chance at coming up… which i don’t know why he wasn’t on the opening day roster

I seriously see Hairston going down or getting traded away but thats only if they find someone that they feel comfortable with in a clutch spot… this season aside they feel scotty is good in that position

Id love to see Headley but i doubt thats gonna happen since all they talk about is giving him more time… so he’s probably a late season call up if whoever they put in the outfield now isn’t working

I definately don’t see them trading Khalil since theyve streessed his entire career that his defense is worth his streaky hitting and they stress the home grown thing

Venebale should be up to he has lots of talent

I don’t think the changes will come any where other than the outfield… i heard that the cubs were interested in Brian Giles but that would be stupid to get rid of him when he’s hitting

And if Iguchi slumps again i say they give Antonelli a shot

Don’t be afraid of young guys! its called on the job training

1. Cut Tony Clark, he’s dead weight and an inflexible bench player
2. Wally Joyner, fired before year end. (sorry wally)
3. Someone loses it and runs down Steve Quis with their car (longshot)

On Khalil, we’d need to trade for another SS, which kinda ties our hand.

Pain.

I gotta get behind GY’s call to demote Thatcher til he gets a clue and dump Rusch.

What happened to the philosophy of “we don’t care if a guy is left handed, we want guys who can get hitters out” from a couple years ago?

I’ll tell you what happened… we got some lefties, and it’s gone to their heads!

1) I think Gerut gets put in center and Edmonds gets the boot.
2) Khalil gets traded and Crabbe takes over at short. Or at least keep Greene for backup.
3) Call up Myrow and drop him in second. Would be a bit of stretch, but the boy can hit.
4) Put LeBlanc in the bullpen.
5) Make a trade for Bradley. Maybe Hairston/P-mac or player to be named.
6) Platoon Headley at 3rd with Kouz, (This was his original position)
7) Dump Ledezma
8) Tell Theo Epstein he can have Headley (For Dustin Pedoria) Dustin is a California boy anyways. he’d be closer to family and he has a bright future ahead of him.
9) Get serious about building a farm system.
10) Give Bud Black another year to prove he can manage or toss him. i think catchers make better managers than ex-pitchers anyways. But KT has a pitcher bias.

Luke Carlin added to 40-man roster. Try to keep the celebrating to a reasonable minimum.