Around the Mission: 5/10 Padres Links
by jbox on May 10, 2010 9:08 AM PDT
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FOXNews.com - Former GM helped shape Padres success
"It took two years to figure out how Petco was actually going to play, then it takes two or three years to get the draft moving and three or four years to get the drafted players through the system," Towers said. "Now, I think that is coming together." -
Alderson out to fix Dominican baseball - SignOnSanDiego.com
"My goal is to preserve baseball as it exists in the Dominican Republic, but enhance the overall reputation of baseball in the country," Alderson said. "It’s something that’s been long overdue. On the other hand, there are many ways to approach it." -
"Could Young be transferred to 60-day D.L." by Padres Scorecard
Transfer Chris Young from the 15-day to the 60-day disabled list. That move would create an opening. -
Jon Garland is Average :: Friar Forecast
"Garland has now started seven games, and my projection is looking pretty solid. That’s right, despite an ERA of 1.71, Garland has been exactly the pitcher we thought he would be. Here are Garland’s overall stats for 2010, 2009, and his career"
PADRES: Astros rally to beat Padres
"We're sorting through that," Black told mlb.com. "Things will become more clear when we get to San Francisco and we know how Kevin's doing."
Uncharacteristic lapses haunt Padres | padres.com: News
Hunter Pence drove in the winning run with a walk-off double to lead the Astros to a 4-3 victory over the Padres in 11 innings before a crowd of 23,526 at Minute Maid Park.
Padres show solidarity with pink bats | padres.com: News
Each of the Padres' position players used a pink bat in a show of solidarity in the battle against breast cancer on Sunday.
Correia scratched due to brother's death | padres.com: News
Padres pitcher Kevin Correia, who was to start Sunday against the Astros, was scratched following a death in the family.
Durango impressing down on the farm | padres.com: News
Randy Smith, the Padres director of player development, spent part of last week watching San Diego's Triple-A affiliate, the Portland Beavers, and was impressed by what he saw from outfielder Luis Durango.
A-Gon rests sore right shoulder | padres.com: News
First baseman Adrian Gonzalez wasn't in the starting lineup for the second consecutive Sunday, though this time it was because he's nursing a sore right shoulder.
MRI confirms Young's shoulder strain | padres.com: News
On Friday afternoon, Padres pitcher Chris Young received the results of his second MRI exam of the week on his injured right shoulder.
insidethepadres: Kouz and Braden
Seeing Kouz at Angel Stadium last month, I told him he looks strange in green. "Green brings out the color in my eyes," he said, laughing. He likes the A's vibe, say it's a good group of teammates.
RJ's Fro Chats with Hall of Famer Dave Winfield
"Dave Winfield: No, I've always loved baseball and it was always my dream to play America's pasttime. I always joke, 'I'd've been a small man in basketball and a broken man in football.' I still believe baseball is the greatest game of all."
The Friarhood - Your New #3 Hitter Kyle Blanks
You may think that sounds crazy out or out of left field....Wink, but this is where I'm coming from.......
Friars on Cardboard
Check out TTG's Tony Gwynn tribute.
Exploring Adrian Gonzalez Trade Returns | Chicken Friars | A San Diego Padres Blog
"The Padres can take two strategies when trading Gonzalez. The first is to simply get the greatest combination of quality and quantity of young talent they can. The second is to attempt to address needs in their bank of young players."
Padres, Giants set for first-place showdown | MLB.com: News
When the Giants and Padres lock horns for a National League West showdown this week, San Francisco will be looking to avenge an early-season sweep by division-leading San Diego. The surging Padres, however, likely have other ideas.
Perpetual Padres Saga: Future Star of Today: Wade LeBlanc
I am looking forward to see Wade pitch whenever it is his turn to have the baton on his hand throughout the season. Watching him grow is a delight. He is definitely a future star of today.
Unfinished Business: Gem of a Performance
"I'm so excited about these boys. They're good. They're solid. They're winning and they're going to keep doing that. I can't wait to see what else this season holds."
Padres Take Two in Houston, Give Third Away – Ducksnorts
"Some losses are excusable; this was not one of them."
Padres done in by Astros' Pence, own infield - SignOnSanDiego.com
"And for me to blow it ... the first five weeks of the season I’ve played terrible. I need to play better than that, and I will. I’m just sick that I let that happen after we overcame so much."
Stauffer shines under sad circumstances - SignOnSanDiego.com
"Tim was outstanding," Black said. "That was a great effort on what was obviously short notice. He did everything we asked him to do and more. He pitched really well."
With the Giants looming, key hitters struggling - SignOnSanDiego.com
Blanks is 6-for-44 with six RBI against 25 strikeouts since April 20. Gonzalez is 5-for-33 with three RBI and 10 strikeouts since April 29. Venable is 6-for-38 with one RBI and 21 strikeouts since April 26. Jerry Hairston is 4-for-30 with four RBI since May 1.
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Next ten games are very big.
5 vs. SF, 5 vs. LA.
Need to go at least 5-5, but better than that would be pretty nice.
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by Zach (maestro876) on May 10, 2010 9:33 AM PDT reply actions
totally agree
if we can come out of this stretch at .500 i will be content, at 6-4 i would be happy, at 7-3 i would be ecstatic.
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10-0
Anything less would be a disappointment.
by theodore donald kerabatsos on May 10, 2010 10:48 AM PDT up reply actions
YES.
I was telling my friend (a Giants fan) that I’d be happy to come out above .500 in this next stretch of games. He told me, “Sounds like you’re not very confident in your ‘first place Padres.’” He was mocking me, but he was right. I will expect a win every night from now on.
"I'm a Padre at heart. Always gonna root for the Padres. Twenty-five years [with this organization], how can't you? Next year I'm gonna be rooting like a son-of-a-gun for these guys and for Blackie ... I'm gonna be rooting for the next general manager here, rooting for the city, the fans, everybody. I think a lot of San Diego." -Kevin Towers
If you're a good team
And you go through a tough stretch and finish .500 it’s not a bad thing. Last year’s team would go through bad stretches and finish 0-6 or 0-8 and completely tank. If you can be happy with seeing a tough stretch and are legitimately hoping for a .500 finish for it, then I think you are pretty confident in your team.
Remember, in October (when you are always facing a tough stretch) you just have to go .500 for 6 games and then win game 7 to advance.
No, I don't think you're an idiot. Please don't go trying to prove me wrong about that.
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Weird schedule...
What’s with the back-to-back two game series?
by theodore donald kerabatsos on May 10, 2010 10:33 AM PDT up reply actions
Interleague! Woo!
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by Zach (maestro876) on May 10, 2010 10:34 AM PDT up reply actions
That may have something to do with it
But I see as a way to avoid having 4 game series’ that create scheduling difficulties and imbalance, but you do need to have some stretches where you don’t get a Monday or Thursday off in order to fit everything in. I guess they also figure the two game series’ can work with divisional opponents since you won’t have to travel as far.
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I would expect 6-4, maybe 7-3
I don’t see the Dodgers as “tough.” Their pitchiing is flat out awful so if we can give our pitchers any run support, which we should against the Dodgers, we should be fine.
I also don’t think you can look at these next 10 games as a whole but rather as two sets of 5. If we went 5-0 against the Dodgers and 0-5 agsint the Giants, I would be concerened, even though it would be .500 ball. If we went 2-3 against the Giants and 4-1 against the Dodgers, I would take that in a heartbeat but it would still be a little dissapointed (and I mean very little) that we couldn’t win the series against the Giants.
Mat Latos is the real deal...Go Lakers, Pads, and Bolts
by mrbarneydangles on May 10, 2010 12:53 PM PDT up reply actions
Friars on Cardboard
How come this is the first time I’ve heard of Friars on Cardboard??? Awesome blog!
by Jonny Dub on May 10, 2010 10:23 AM PDT reply actions 1 recs
Thanks, Mr. Dub!
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by TheThinGwynn on May 10, 2010 10:50 AM PDT up reply actions
Alderson Out to Fix Dominican Baseball
This article really should have been in the Onion.
by theodore donald kerabatsos on May 10, 2010 10:29 AM PDT reply actions
"Joe Thatcher was part of the July 2007 package from Milwaukee for Scott Linebeck."
I read this in the first article listed.
Make your own Fox News joke here.
Isn't Durango kind of a Tony Gwynn Jr clone?
Anyone think we could use him as trade bait if we’re still contending and need some pickups come trade deadline?
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by mrbarneydangles on May 10, 2010 12:12 PM PDT reply actions
TGJr clone
That seems like an oversimplification. First off, TGJr is a above average defender whereas Durango is still developing into an average CF. Durango is much faster and that him better an beating out bunts and generating infield hits than Tony Gwynn Jr, which is why his batting averages are consistently higher than Gwynn’s were in the minors. Gwynn has more power and had multiple minor league seasons where he cracked 20 2Bs, whereas Durango’s career high is 15. They are also physically different. Gwynn Jr is bigger by 3 inches and 15 lbs and is left handed. Durango is a switch hitter. This size difference probably also explains why Durango is a little better at drawing walks.
The one thing they do probably have in common is that they’ve both been somewhat inefficient baserunners especially wrt getting caught stealing. Well, that and neither will ever crack double digits in HR totals.
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Gotcha
but do you think we need both on the big league club? It seems like we already have enough outfielders. Do you think any other teams would be interested?
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by mrbarneydangles on May 10, 2010 12:28 PM PDT up reply actions
I don't see a team taking Durango straight up
But you could include him in a package for someone. I’ll take TGJr over Durango for now, but you could have both on the roster especially since TGJr can’t hit lefties. Durango is definitely a work in progress though. He needs to continue to develop his baserunning skills so that his speed can be an asset beyond infield hits and develop his defense so that he’s an asset in the field. Both guys will never be above average every day CFs and are really 4th OFs with the exception that TGJr can play CF for a team that doesn’t have better options. However, the fact that scouts Durango are talking about Durango’s development and that he’s still just 24, maybe he could become something more. But, we have to be patient with that and anybody who is trading for him would be considering the same.
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Thanks for the breakdown
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by mrbarneydangles on May 10, 2010 12:48 PM PDT up reply actions
Yeah, I guess I'm feeling very wordy today
Couldn’t quite work out a concise response.
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How's this simplification
TGJr clone with Eckstein power.
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low level reliever?
"I was hitting .170, everyone was ready to kill me too. What happened? Laser show. Relax."
Dustin Pedroia
by CurbEnthusiasm on May 10, 2010 10:26 PM PDT up reply actions
As long as he keeps playing defense the way he is
there’s no reason to move him. We have no one better.
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by Zach (maestro876) on May 10, 2010 10:52 PM PDT up reply actions
A lot of angry e-mails.
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by TheThinGwynn on May 11, 2010 12:42 PM PDT up reply actions 2 recs
I wish the road trip order were reversed and we were playing Houston this week
That way the Padres could be leaving the Astros and coming home to assed rows.
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How about Stauffer?
Rocking the 68.3 GB%. Obviously it’s not going to stay that high, but if he’s really turned himself into an extreme ground ball pitcher, it would say great things about his future.
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by Zach (maestro876) on May 10, 2010 12:51 PM PDT reply actions
And Chase Headley has been the 10th most valuable position player in baseball so far.
He’s been worth 1.5 WAR on the strength of good hitting and fielding. He’s committed a few errors to be sure, but early returns suggest concerns about his defense were unfounded.
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by Zach (maestro876) on May 10, 2010 12:55 PM PDT reply actions
totally off-topic:
I was wondering if anyone knew a good online site where I can buy one of those “vintage” Padres Hats? I’ve been looking for one for a few days now up here in the Bay area with no luck… I really wanted one for this series. I’ll be at the first two games! whoooooooot!!!
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by matthewverygood on May 11, 2010 12:41 PM PDT up reply actions
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