Around the Mission: 10/6 Padres Links

Pitching staff:

• Latos as our Ace (that goes without saying)
• Richard
• Luebke
  I think we hold onto Garland, and part ways with CY, mostly because of his contract and he’s been injured for extended periods of time throught two years. Correia’s pretty much done here as well. I think the last spot will be fought between Stauffer, LeBlanc, and Castro.

Outfield:

Fielding-wise, Venable, Gwynn Jr., Ludwick, Denorfia, Cunningham, Harriston, Blanks – it’s a solid bunch of guys who can make plays in the outfield. Hitting is another story. If you combined the hitting avg’s for all those players, the collective avg would amount to 2.38, give or take. What we do in the outfiled will be tricky – we need someone to protect Adrian in the lineup and have a solid glove in the outfield, and i’m not convinced that Ryan Ludwick is that guy we can depend on. I would love to see Willie Mo Pena (finally) have a chance at making the roster, i’ve heard nothing but great think coming from the young OF.

Infield:

I’m going to get grief for this (and I hope i’m wrong, too), but I don’t think David Eckstein comes back next year, and if he does return, I think it’ll be as a utility man. Adrian, more than likley, will stay only becasue Blanks is still rehabbing from Tomy John’s surgery and won’t be back until the All-Star Break, from what i’ve heard. Miguel Tejada was clutch for SD down the stretch, and he’s proven he’s not too bad with the glove in SS, so I think we’ll see him back. Headley will be around, just as long he stays down in the order. He’s an average hitter with a really good glove, and I can live with his role on the team. I’d like to see Hariston Jr. back, it would be as utility man. I think is Antonelli stays healthi this time in spring training, he’ll be the starting 2B for the Padres.

I think the big concerns in the months to come are Adrian, 2B, OF, and the bottom of the rotation. I can’t wait to see what Hoyer does this time around.

very informative. I like when we get to hear opinion from Corey.

For Lee and Price some good hitting going on. Texas got two on in the first, Tampa loaded the bases. Texas had two more hits to start the second.

Hey Padre Fans,
I’m a Giants fan and one of the mods over at McCovey Chronicles (where only a VERY small minority of folks troll other sites). I know the final series didn’t go the way you wanted, but there are a lot of reasons to be proud of your team. Your team proved countless “experts” wrong and was unbelievably competitive.

Anyone who says the Padres “choked” is off base. I think it was much more about the tough road schedule without days off, the young pitchers getting tired and maybe a little bit of “luck” evening out catching up with the Pads.

As a native San Diegan, I was truly hoping for you guys to win the Wild Card and a SD/SF NLCS. If the excitement of the final series in SF was any indication, that showdown would have been sweet.

Anyway, congratulations on a memorable season. It was thrilling to the end.

Peace,
Goofus

if we had squeaked in past Atlanta for the WC, we’d have been no-hit already!

And he might slide into LF.