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Re: How bout them Padres????? « Reply #20 on Apr 21, 2012, 12:08am »
Wow. .5 runs a game. How can people blame Black? Mitt Romney couldn't restart this economy. My Grandmother offered to play second base for us. She feels she can do the same as Curly Hudson and would do it for $50k a year. Big savings for the management. Many major league and NL records will be achieved this year against these "major leageures." Can we call in Charlie Sheen?
Below are mlb.com's "Top 100 Players Today." I'm sure there's plenty of disagreement. For example, some one of us might have included Headley or Venable.
Padres players are in bold. LOOK REAL HARD.
100. Ichiro Suzuki RF Seattle Mariners 99. Carl Crawford LF Boston Red Sox 98. Stephen Strasburg SP Washington Nationals 97. Starlin Castro SS Chicago Cubs 96. Chase Utley 2B Philadelphia Phillies 95. Michael Morse 1B/LF Washington Nationals 94. Michael Bourn CF Atlanta Braves 93. Craig Kimbrel CL Atlanta Braves 92. Ryan Madson CL Cincinnati Reds 91. Shin-Soo Choo RF Cleveland Indians 90. Madison Bumgarner SP San Francisco Giants 89. Adam Wainwright SP St. Louis Cardinals 88. Gio Gonzalez SP Washington Nationals 87. Kevin Youkilis 3B Boston Red Sox 86. Alex Rodriguez 3B New York Yankees 85. Howard Kendrick 2B Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim 84. Dan Uggla 2B Atlanta Braves 83. Rickie Weeks 2B Milwaukee Brewers 82. Carlos Beltran OF St. Louis Cardinals 81. Ben Zobrist 2B/OF Tampa Bay Rays 80. Joe Mauer C Minnesota Twins 79. Carlos Santana C Cleveland Indians 78. Heath Bell CL Miami Marlins 77. John Axford CL -Milwaukee Brewers 76. Brian Wilson CL San Francisco Giants 75. Jhonny Peralta SS Detroit Tigers 74. Brett Lawrie 3B Toronto Blue Jays 73. Eric Hosmer 1B Kansas City Royals 72. Yovani Gallardo SP Milwaukee Brewers 71. Tim Hudson SP Atlanta Braves 70. Adam Jones CF Baltimore Orioles 69. Alex Gordon LF Kansas City Royals 68. Cole Hamels SP Philadelphia Phillies 67. David Freese 3B St. Louis Cardinals 66. Aramis Ramirez 3B Milwaukee Brewers 65. Ricky Romero SP Toronto Blue Jays 64. Zack Greinke SP Milwaukee Brewers 63. David Price SP Tampa Bay Rays 62. Jose Valverde CL Detroit Tigers 61. Jonathan Papelbon CL Philadelphia Phillies 60. Buster Posey C San Francisco Giants 59. Ryan Howard 1B Philadelphia Phillies 58. Shane Victorino CF Philadelphia Phillies 57. Josh Beckett SP Boston Red Sox 56. Chris Carpenter SP St. Louis Cardinals 55. Mark Teixeira 1B New York Yankees 54. Carlos Gonzalez OF Colorado Rockies 53. David Ortiz DH Boston Red Sox 52. Derek Jeter SS New York Yankees 51. Lance Berkman 1B St. Louis Cardinals 50. Jon Lester SP Boston Red Sox 49. Ian Kennedy SP Arizona Diamondbacks 48. Miguel Montero C Arizona Diamondbacks 47. Brian McCann C Atlanta Braves 46. Matt Cain SP San Francisco Giants 45. James Shields SP Tampa Bay Rays 44. Pablo Sandoval 3B San Francisco Giants 43. Matt Holliday LF St. Louis Cardinals 42. Andrew McCutchen CF Pittsburgh Pirates 41. Giancarlo Mike Stanton RF Miami Marlins 40. Brandon Phillips 2B Cincinnati Reds 39. Alex Avila C Detroit Tigers 38. Yadier Molina C St. Louis Cardinals 37. Dan Haren SP - Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim 36. Hunter Pence RF Philadelphia Phillies 35. Nelson Cruz RF Texas Rangers 34. Mike Napoli C Texas Rangers 33. Paul Konerko 1B Chicago White Sox 32. Asdrubal Cabrera SS Cleveland Indians 31. Ian Kinsler 2B Texas Rangers 30. Josh Hamilton LF Texas Rangers 29. Michael Young UTIL Texas Rangers 28. Justin Upton RF Arizona Diamondbacks 27. Mariano Rivera CL New York Yankees 26. CC Sabathia SP New York Yankees 25. Jose Reyes SS Miami Marlins 24. Hanley Ramirez 3B Miami Marlins 23. Curtis Granderson CF New York Yankees 22. Ryan Zimmerman 3B Washington Nationals 21. Evan Longoria 3B Tampa Bay Rays 20. Felix Hernandez SP Seattle Mariners 19. Tim Lincecum SP San Francisco Giants 18. Cliff Lee SP Philadelphia Phillies 17. Jacoby Ellsbury CF Boston Red Sox 16. Adrian Beltre 3B Texas Rangers 15. Joey Votto 1B Cincinnati Reds 14. Adrian Gonzalez 1B Boston Red Sox 13. Jered Weaver SP - Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim 12. Dustin Pedroia 2B Boston Red Sox 11. Albert Pujols 1B - Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim 10. Prince Fielder 1B Detroit Tigers 9. Ryan Braun LF Milwaukee Brewers 8. Robinson Cano 2B New York Yankees 7. Roy Halladay SP Philadelphia Phillies 6. Jose Bautista RF Toronto Blue Jays 5. Clayton Kershaw SP Los Angeles Dodgers 4. Troy Tulowitzki SS Colorado Rockies 3. Miguel Cabrera 3B Detroit Tigers 2. Justin Verlander SP Detroit Tigers 1. Matt Kemp CF Los Angeles Dodgers
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Re: How bout them Padres????? « Reply #23 on Apr 22, 2012, 10:39pm »
The minor league system is indeed FLOURISHING........
In a perfect world, wed have guys in the minors pushing and saying, Hey, take a look at me, Padres General Manager Josh Byrnes said before Fridays 4-1 loss to Philadelphia. In reality, weve got a lot of (prospects) who are either banged up or are not off to great starts.
Now today's article seems to say that most of the top prospects are looking just like the big boys. Lots of whiffs, low averages and OBP. And the Blanks project has been derailed for another year.
Now today's article seems to say that most of the top prospects are looking just like the big boys. Lots of whiffs, low averages and OBP. And the Blanks project has been derailed for another year.
3 weeks isn't very long in baseball. Lake Elsinore started 2-7 but is 7-1 since. It doesn't look great but it is early.
Imagine if a year took a century to unfold and you were born in the dead of winter; the coming of summer would seem a frightening change, with temperatures rising dramatically and seemingly without limit.
Re: How bout them Padres????? « Reply #26 on Apr 23, 2012, 1:35pm »
The big league club is just awful offensively. Calling the Padres a "AAAA" club offensively is accurate. Chase Headley has the skill set to start for many teams, but lacks the power you would want from a 3B (which I can live with). Other than that, there's not much, though I do like Maybin's potential.
Mark Kotsay was batting 2nd when I was there Sat night (thats horrible). Nick Hundley was hitting cleanup. Jason Bartlett (a utility infielder for most any other team), and O-Dog are the middle infielders. Jeremy Hermida was hitting cleanup at one point last week.
Will Venable is a "decent" player. He can hit .250, steal some bags, and occasionally go yard. So in other words, he is a 4th outfielder for any contender.
This is going to be a long season. I'm just glad I got to see a victory. Luebke has a bright future, and I like the SD rotation just fine. It's just the offense is full of stiffs.
Now today's article seems to say that most of the top prospects are looking just like the big boys. Lots of whiffs, low averages and OBP. And the Blanks project has been derailed for another year.
3 weeks isn't very long in baseball. Lake Elsinore started 2-7 but is 7-1 since. It doesn't look great but it is early.
Who effing cares about the won/loss record of a minor league team? We're looking for impact players that can help the Padres. If they come from AA or AAA, that's fine. You have been talking about the Lake Elsinore W/L record for 4 years now, dude.
I'm sure you will retort that the W/L record is the overall judge of the talent....but, it's NOT. It's nice to win down on the farm, but players come and go, and demoted, promoted, rehab stints....we just want to see players PRODUCE, at any level.
3 weeks isn't very long in baseball. Lake Elsinore started 2-7 but is 7-1 since. It doesn't look great but it is early.
Who effing cares about the won/loss record of a minor league team? We're looking for impact players that can help the Padres. If they come from AA or AAA, that's fine. You have been talking about the Lake Elsinore W/L record for 4 years now, dude.
I'm sure you will retort that the W/L record is the overall judge of the talent....but, it's NOT. It's nice to win down on the farm, but players come and go, and demoted, promoted, rehab stints....we just want to see players PRODUCE, at any level.
Actually two years ago I was most excited by "A" ball having the best record in baseball. a Year ago it was "A+", and last year "AA" had the best record in baseball...notice a pattern?
Imagine if a year took a century to unfold and you were born in the dead of winter; the coming of summer would seem a frightening change, with temperatures rising dramatically and seemingly without limit.
Who effing cares about the won/loss record of a minor league team? We're looking for impact players that can help the Padres. If they come from AA or AAA, that's fine. You have been talking about the Lake Elsinore W/L record for 4 years now, dude.
I'm sure you will retort that the W/L record is the overall judge of the talent....but, it's NOT. It's nice to win down on the farm, but players come and go, and demoted, promoted, rehab stints....we just want to see players PRODUCE, at any level.
Actually two years ago I was most excited by "A" ball having the best record in baseball. a Year ago it was "A+", and last year "AA" had the best record in baseball...notice a pattern?
At least they're finally open to moving the fences in again. That's a win for the future.
Moving the fences in won't help the Padres and only marginally increase scoring.I was at the game last night. The first play the shortstop bobbled the ball enough to allow the runner to be safe on a play that was somewhat close but an obvious out. A guy three seats from my yelled, "come on blue". I asked him if that was the shortstops nick name. I don't think he liked that.
Imagine if a year took a century to unfold and you were born in the dead of winter; the coming of summer would seem a frightening change, with temperatures rising dramatically and seemingly without limit.
At least they're finally open to moving the fences in again. That's a win for the future.
Fences aren't the problem. I hope they don't mess with them. We did just fine at home the first 6 seasons or so at Petco. Easier to build a winning team around pitching and defense then pricey sluggers.
I'm not saying that it's a hitter's park. It's not. What I'm saying is that other teams would benefit more from a change in configuration than we would (at least under the kinds of owners we've had for the last 30 years or so.)
And yet, since it was opened the Padres have had the lowest home field advantage in the NL West. The Padres are the only team in MLB that has a better road record than home record over the past 2 years.
Note: home field advantage is the difference between wins at home and wins on the road.
Imagine if a year took a century to unfold and you were born in the dead of winter; the coming of summer would seem a frightening change, with temperatures rising dramatically and seemingly without limit.
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Re: How bout them Padres????? « Reply #37 on May 29, 2012, 7:25pm »
And now in their latest attempt to secure next June's #1 draft pick, we not only snap the Cubbies 12 game losing streak but send them on a two game winning streak! I sure hope that whoever the new owners are, they won't be salvating over the next Matt Bush type pick. "Help wanted. Bring bat."
Imagine if a year took a century to unfold and you were born in the dead of winter; the coming of summer would seem a frightening change, with temperatures rising dramatically and seemingly without limit.
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