Padres acquire Carlos Quentin from White Sox

A good bat with SD roots and on the right side of 30.

A RH corner outfielder that’s hit 20+ HR over the last 4 years….I smell a rat!

he can stay healthy this is a huge pick up

The Padres just got a power hitting outfielder whose not over 30 and not a history of being injured?

for his little issue.

but what now about blanks? venable?

We gave them…. uhh… duds… for a starter.

Decent trade. Not complaining, but it reinforces the “rebuilding in 2012”.

He’s a streaky hitter, and he’s playing in a place where guys who it for power go to die. This could either work well for us, or this could be Ryan Ludwick part Deux.

“But Quentin’s not the kind of hitter that’s going to have a lot of success hitting in San Diego. He’s a career .252 hitter, and even those numbers are skewed by one .288 season. He’s also never played more than 131 games in a season. Lastly, Quentin’s home stadiums have always been hitter-friendly parks. That’s no longer the case.”

i usually take their writing with a grain of salt, but this makes me think…

I have watched quite a few White Sox games and Quentin is a solid player when he is on the field. He always seems to miss a decent chunk of time with nagging injuries over the course of the year.

I do like Quentin’s bat. He has the type of power that will play at Petco. He doesn’t strike out a ton, but he never carries a high average because he never carries a high BABIP. Partly because he’s a slow runner. He also seems to hit a lot of fly balls.

His fielding is very bad though. I didn’t watch many White Sox games last year so I’m not sure if his fielding actually improved, but his horrible UZR’s in 09 and 2010 were legit.

All in all I imagine he’s somewhere between a 2-3 WAR player if he stays mostly healthy. Which I think Blanks could definitely do, or even Venable. The biggest thing is probably the fact that Quentin’s a relatively proven player compared to other options there. Plus it puts us in that $50M range.

He’s a deadpull hitter. According to his spray chart, he only managed 6 HRs at the Cell last year. If he can’t hit home runs at US Cellular Field, he’ll be Mr. Warning Path at Petco this year. It’s the second coming of Ludwick.

it gives us someone to watch hit for 2012 (and I think from a PR perspective the Padres really needed to make a move like this to quell fan unrest somewhat) and while Quentin’s production will be short-lived, the farm depth makes it unlikely that Castro or Hernandez were long-term answers for anything either.

stash blanks in AAA and bring him up if we get injuries or use him as trade bait. Quentin hits the ball hard. no reason to lament this move.