Padres Sign Henry Blanco

Buster Olney reports for $750,000 / 1 yr., ~~not half bad.~~ He catches the baseball

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Not half good either

At least he’s a mentor who can still ‘hit’ and ‘defend’ better then Ausmus

by TheAxManCometh on Jan 21, 2009 4:12 PM PST reply actions 0 recs

I too

Like this better than Ausmus. Plus, the Padres need to get some Latino-cred. Who is the last non-Mexican latino free agent that the Padres signed?

1-10-DEN 18 (9:52) (Shotgun) 6-J.Cutler pass short right intended for 19-E.Royal INTERCEPTED by 93-L.Castillo (95-S.Phillips) at DEN 18. 93-L.Castillo to DEN 14 for 4 yards (62-C.Wiegmann). 6-J.Cutler pouts ob to DEN 25 for 11 yards.

by Wonko on Jan 21, 2009 4:31 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Looking back

It looks like we get about one non-Mexican Latino a year, from Luis Rodriguez to Jose Cruz to Manny Alexander to Miguel Olivo to Pedro Astacio. Anyway, my point is that the team doesn’t have a very distinguished track record.

by Wonko on Jan 21, 2009 4:36 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

teh suck

Brady Hoke, Al Borges, and Rocky Long. Aztec football is back!

by Sam (sdsuaztec4) on Jan 21, 2009 4:20 PM PST reply actions 0 recs

Never heard of him

by jbox on Jan 21, 2009 4:20 PM PST reply actions 0 recs

Does he play the baseball?

by jbox on Jan 21, 2009 4:33 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Here is a picture

Brady Hoke, Al Borges, and Rocky Long. Aztec football is back!

by Sam (sdsuaztec4) on Jan 21, 2009 4:34 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs

Nice

We now have Blanca (o) & Ryu on our team. I’m curious who the next Street Fighter we will acquire.

by SDPads_1 on Jan 21, 2009 7:31 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

I hope we get Sagat

he’s a beast

by sixpakfrombelgium on Jan 22, 2009 1:57 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs

dhalsim would be a beast at short

such range…

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by justdave on Jan 22, 2009 10:19 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Apparently,

Seems that we just want him to coach the Hundley though…

by TJB on Jan 21, 2009 4:54 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Ah

I foolishly just looked @ his stats from last year (limited), his lifetime stats are not anything to call home about…

by TJB on Jan 21, 2009 4:23 PM PST reply actions 0 recs

not many catchers

have stats to call home about. I notice this after listening to Alderson talk about Hundley and how he rates to the MLB average for catchers….no believing what he said, went over to Baseball prospectus…and sure enough catchers in the MLB are way below other positions on how much they contribute offensively…

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by Sammy G on Jan 22, 2009 12:25 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Does Towers have an ex-cub catcher fetish?

As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.

by santoswoodenlegs on Jan 21, 2009 4:27 PM PST reply actions 0 recs

Who else?

Barrett? Was he a catcher? I just remember him sitting on the bench most of the time.

by jbox on Jan 21, 2009 4:38 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

and planning the apocalypse

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by justdave on Jan 22, 2009 10:19 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Oh Henry!

I like this move. We have two catchers who can throw people out now, that’s something. Last year we started with two who couldn’t – for about $5 million between them I think -but could supposedly hit, and didn’t.

by Billy Almon on Jan 21, 2009 5:45 PM PST reply actions 0 recs

maybe the team is paying attention to defense

what a shocker

by TheAxManCometh on Jan 21, 2009 5:59 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Have you seen their plans for the middle IF?

by Phantom on Jan 21, 2009 8:58 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

I wish this team would do ONE positive thing that elicited some measure of excitement from us.

Just one.

"We're not going to be as bad as you think."

by Drama on Jan 21, 2009 6:20 PM PST reply actions 0 recs

Good luck with that

by Wonko on Jan 21, 2009 7:04 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Dude

WS MVP?

Brady Hoke, Al Borges, and Rocky Long. Aztec football is back!

by Sam (sdsuaztec4) on Jan 22, 2009 12:40 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs

by Dalton on Jan 23, 2009 2:01 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Virgil Vasquez

We hardly knew ye

Padres Career
1/9/09-1/21/09

by SDPads_1 on Jan 21, 2009 7:24 PM PST reply actions 0 recs

I gotta say that in an off season of botched moves, this one actually makes sense. The pads are not paying a ton for a veteran catcher who can mentor a talented Nick Hundley. This signing seems to suggest that they feel confidant in Nick’s talent and the investment in an older back up is as much an investment in Nick’s future as a roster back up. They could have just got Carlin. Good for Hundley. He is young and has good defensive skills, and can swing the bat, I think he may be the most all around talented backstop we have seen since Benito Santiago. This seems out of the blue but this signing and the Heath Bell deal make the most sense out of this messed up offseason.

by jtothepizzle77 on Jan 21, 2009 9:53 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs