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Post by junior on Sept 3, 2024 10:47:42 GMT -8
The White Sox couldn't win if you brought back Nellie Fox and Eddie Collins. That is a lost franchise. Painful. Or Early Wynn and Louis Aparicio … looking in the wrong direction. "Shoeless Joe" Jackson is really behind all these losses … Say it ain't so, Joe…
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Post by aardvark on Sept 3, 2024 13:17:26 GMT -8
Darvish gets the start Wednesday night.
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Post by azson on Sept 3, 2024 13:54:29 GMT -8
Darvish gets the start Wednesday night. And hopefully HSK back Friday (per IR). Ryan, does that still look possible?
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Post by aztecryan on Sept 3, 2024 14:10:12 GMT -8
Darvish gets the start Wednesday night. And hopefully HSK back Friday (per IR). Ryan, does that still look possible? Possible, yes. Haven't heard anything definitive, he hasn't thrown across the diamond yet.
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Post by junior on Sept 4, 2024 18:42:25 GMT -8
Good to see Darvish make it to 63 pitches tonight. A little trouble with location, but just getting him back in there is a win. Hope he feels good tomorrow. With 21 games left, he might get up to four more starts if all goes well - and depending on how they want to set rotation for WC - provided they make it that far.
Unfortunately, the offense hasn't recovered from their day off yet.
Good news from the Big A, 6–0 Angels - halfway through.
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Post by junior on Sept 4, 2024 18:54:10 GMT -8
Matsui gives up another HR. Three in his last four appearances…
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Post by junior on Sept 4, 2024 19:08:10 GMT -8
Merrill breaks Benito's record for HRs as a Padres rookie.
21 games left, too.
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Post by johneaztec on Sept 4, 2024 21:12:06 GMT -8
Go ahead and walk Arraez to get to me b**ch!!! I got something for you!!! So happy for Fernando!!!!
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Post by johneaztec on Sept 4, 2024 21:12:42 GMT -8
Merrill breaks Benito's record for HRs as a Padres rookie. 21 games left, too. There's not enough superlatives to go around for that guy. Simply Amazing!!!
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Post by johneaztec on Sept 4, 2024 21:13:09 GMT -8
Matsui gives up another HR. Three in his last four appearances… Yeah, I cringe when he pitches.
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Post by docmm on Sept 4, 2024 21:30:37 GMT -8
Merrill breaks Benito's record for HRs as a Padres rookie. 21 games left, too. Renfro has the Padres rookie HR record with 26. Merrill beat Benito Santiago's Rookie RBI total of 79 with 82.
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Post by junior on Sept 4, 2024 21:38:38 GMT -8
Merrill breaks Benito's record for HRs as a Padres rookie. 21 games left, too. Renfro has the Padres rookie HR record with 26. Merrill beat Benito Santiago's Rookie RBI total of 79 with 82. d'oh!
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Post by docmm on Sept 4, 2024 21:39:25 GMT -8
Merrill in the NL is: 5th in Triples 8th in Batting Average 10th in Hits 13th in Total Bases 14th in RBI 15th in OPS 28th in HRs 30th in SB He also tied a Padre Rookie record with his 4th hit with the bases loaded this season. Merrill Update in NL: 5th in Triples 6th in Batting Average 9th in Hits 12th in OPS 14th in Total Bases 14th in RBI 24th in Stolen Bases 27th in HRs He seems to be running more lately and taking advantage of his speed. He's most likely going to be a 20-20 guy. He has 16 SBs with an 84.2% success rate. Merrill update in NL: 5th in Batting Average 6th in Triples 9th in Hits 10th in OPS 11th in Total Bases 12th in RBI 17th in HRs 25th in Stolen Bases Not only will he win Rookie of the Year, he'll get some MVP votes. The writers put 10 players on their Vote, Merrill could get put in th Top Ten by any number of writers, especially if the Padres keep playing like this.
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Post by aztecryan on Sept 4, 2024 22:12:32 GMT -8
Made a ton of mistakes tonight and found a way to win. Mark of a quality team.
Team needs to figure out that Matsui isn't sharp when he goes out for another inning, but they were kinda forced into it tonight with the short outing by Darvish.
Offense stepped up, but the execution needs to be a whole lot better as the teams behind them continue to pile up wins.
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Post by aardvark on Sept 4, 2024 22:15:43 GMT -8
The Padres are now 19 games over .500--the last time they were 19 games over .500 was on October 2nd, 2010.
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Post by johneaztec on Sept 4, 2024 22:31:03 GMT -8
The Padres are now 19 games over .500--the last time they were 19 games over .500 was on October 2nd, 2010. Wow!!! Incredible.
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Post by docmm on Sept 5, 2024 5:21:34 GMT -8
Made a ton of mistakes tonight and found a way to win. Mark of a quality team. Team needs to figure out that Matsui isn't sharp when he goes out for another inning, but they were kinda forced into it tonight with the short outing by Darvish. Offense stepped up, but the execution needs to be a whole lot better as the teams behind them continue to pile up wins.This streak the Padres, Dodgers and Diamondbacks have been on is pretty incredible. To have won so many games and still be so far behind the Dodgers and just barely ahead of the Dbacks is really unusual. Getting very hot this time of year often insures that you pull away from teams in your own division at least. Wish we could play Milwaukee instead of Arizona or Atlanta but it sure keeps looking like that's who we'll play. Didn't realize that the top Wild Card team would get all three games at home in the first series. That's such a huge advantage.
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Post by aztecryan on Sept 5, 2024 8:04:00 GMT -8
Made a ton of mistakes tonight and found a way to win. Mark of a quality team. Team needs to figure out that Matsui isn't sharp when he goes out for another inning, but they were kinda forced into it tonight with the short outing by Darvish. Offense stepped up, but the execution needs to be a whole lot better as the teams behind them continue to pile up wins.This streak the Padres, Dodgers and Diamondbacks have been on is pretty incredible. To have won so many games and still be so far behind the Dodgers and just barely ahead of the Dbacks is really unusual. Getting very hot this time of year often insures that you pull away from teams in your own division at least. Wish we could play Milwaukee instead of Arizona or Atlanta but it sure keeps looking like that's who we'll play. Didn't realize that the top Wild Card team would get all three games at home in the first series. That's such a huge advantage. Arizona and Milwaukee still have to play seven games against each other. That story isn't fully written.
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Post by docmm on Sept 5, 2024 8:25:21 GMT -8
This streak the Padres, Dodgers and Diamondbacks have been on is pretty incredible. To have won so many games and still be so far behind the Dodgers and just barely ahead of the Dbacks is really unusual. Getting very hot this time of year often insures that you pull away from teams in your own division at least. Wish we could play Milwaukee instead of Arizona or Atlanta but it sure keeps looking like that's who we'll play. Didn't realize that the top Wild Card team would get all three games at home in the first series. That's such a huge advantage. Arizona and Milwaukee still have to play seven games against each other. That story isn't fully written. But wouldn't we have to sneak in as the final Wild Card team to even play Milwaukee? That's cutting it too close. And then we'd have three game there, although we do play well on the road. Atlanta's Sale-Fried-Lopez troika scares me in a short series. I guess there's always the chance that the DBacks fade hard and the Mets replace them. I'd be ok playing the Mets three games here. And finally, that pie-in-the-sky dream all of us Western Division teams have dreamt for so long: the Dodgers fade and one of the two teams behind them take the division crown. Not likely though.
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Post by aztecryan on Sept 5, 2024 8:40:52 GMT -8
Arizona and Milwaukee still have to play seven games against each other. That story isn't fully written. But wouldn't we have to sneak in as the final Wild Card team to even play Milwaukee? That's cutting it too close. And then we'd have three game there, although we do play well on the road. Atlanta's Sale-Fried-Lopez troika scares me in a short series. I guess there's always the chance that the DBacks fade hard and the Mets replace them. I'd be ok playing the Mets three games here. And finally, that pie-in-the-sky dream all of us Western Division teams have dreamt for so long: the Dodgers fade and one of the two teams behind them take the division crown. Not likely though. Just get in and let the chips fall where they may.
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