The final rosters do not have to be finalized until Sunday afternoon, but looking at what we know today, here’s how I see it in the NL West: Pos Giants Rockies Padres Dodgers D-Backs C Molina Ianetta Hundley Martin Montero 1B Huff Helton Gonzalez Loney LaRoche 2B Uribe Barmes Eckstein DeWitt Johnson SS Renteria Tolowitzki [...]
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Projected NL West 25 Man Rosters
Posted in Diamondbacks, Dodgers, Giants, National League, Padres, Rockies, Rule5 on April 2, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Playing For Next Year
Posted in Indians, Padres on October 3, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
With just a weekend left in the regular season, the teams out of the running have started their planning for next season. Earlier in the week, the Cleveland Indians let manager Eric Wedge know his services would not be needed next season. The Indians had high expectations going into the season, but they turned into [...]
Gotta Take Unhittable Santana over 2 Questionable Aces
Posted in Cy Young, Marlins, Mets, National League, Padres, Rotisserie on April 19, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
For one of my NL only fantasy squads, how to approach the availability of several top tier starting pitchers was something I wrestled with leading up to the auction draft this April. With Santana available, I knew he would go for some big money. The thing I kept kicking around was would I be better [...]
Gaudin Eyes Petco
Posted in Padres, Rays, Steroids on April 12, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The Padres have signed former Rays farm hand Chad Gaudin to minor league contract. Gaudin made a wise move in selecting the Padres and Petco Park. As, it has given other pitchers a new lease on life. Take Scott Linebrink, who was released by Astros in Spring training as a starter all those years ago, [...]
What Can Ground Balls Do For You?
Posted in Around the Web, Braves, Cubs, Defense, Diamondbacks, Dodgers, Infield, MLB, National League, Padres, Pinto, Pitching, Sabermetrics on March 1, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
In 2007, Jake Peavy was rewarded with his first Cy Young award as a 19 time game winner, while pitching most of his games in pitcher friendly Petco Park. His progression from one of the best best power pitching prospects in baseball, to one of the best pitchers in all of baseball seemed to have [...]
Bonds Away?
Posted in Braves, Diamondbacks, Giants, Great Players of Past, Long Term Contracts, Mariners, MLB, MVP, National League, NL East, Orioles, Padres, Pirates, Rangers, Rays, Royals, Steroids, Tigers, Twins on February 25, 2008 | 7 Comments »
Early on in the baseball career of Barry Bonds, he was known as one of the Pittsburgh Pirates Killer B’s. With the numbers Bonds was putting up on scoreboards throughout Major League Baseball for the Pirates in the early 90′s , he won two National League Most Valuable Player (MVP) awards, and was proving to [...]
Where have you gone Joe Charboneau?
Posted in American League, Around the Web, fantasy, MLB, National League, Padres, Preview, Projections, Prospects on January 27, 2008 | 1 Comment »
This is not the Class of 96, nor is this an episode of Freaks and Geeks. We hope the players on this list will have a longer shelf life than those short lived but well known television series. Every year we talk about potential and prospecting as far as who will be the breakout player [...]
Cactus Spring Fever Day Two
Posted in Cubs, Mariners, Padres, Spring Training on March 9, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
The Seattle Mariners and the San Diego Padres both call the Peoria Sports Complex their Spring Training Home. This ballpark was the destination for the second day of the Cactus League tour as the Padres faced the visiting Chicago Cubs. On the mound to start the game for the Padres was future Hall of Fame [...]
Go West Young Man
Posted in Athletics, Diamondbacks, Giants, Padres, Rockies, Spring Training on March 3, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
I mentioned the other day about my upcoming Spring Fling. What I did not mention was the teams that I would get the opportunity to see. AL West Athletics Nation (A’s) NL West AZ Snake Pit (Diamondbacks) McCovey Chronicles (Giants) Gaslamp Ball (Padres) Purple Row (Rockies) NL Central Brew Crew Ball (Brewers) Bleed Cubbie Blue [...]
Spring Arizona Fever
Posted in American League, Athletics, Brewers, Cubs, Diamondbacks, Giants, MLB, National League, Padres, Rockies, Spring Training on March 1, 2007 | 3 Comments »
For the past ten years, I have headed South every March to catch the Grapefruit League’s Spring Training action. Over the past few years, more and more teams have headed west moving their Spring Training to Arizona playing in the Cactus League. In a Unprecedented move, I will not be watching the Devil Rays train [...]
