From World Series games to the cellar of the league, David Eckstein has seen it all in his career. But with his production declining and his age increasing, where do we go from here? Eckstein is the guy who is easy to root for. If his small stature doesn’t impress you, his [...][...]
Posts Tagged ‘San Diego Padres’
March 4th, 2010 - 7:49 am § by Friarhood § in Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, San Diego Padres, St. Louis Cardinals
Ok David, where do we go from here?
March 4th, 2010 - 7:42 am § by Friarhood § in San Diego Padres
Beckham, a new Beginning?
An article about the possibility of the White Sox trading Gordon Beckham to the Padres. A breakdown of Adrian Gonzalez's struggles in Petco and why it make sense for the Padres to make a deal now.[...]
February 7th, 2010 - 10:11 am § by WEBSOULSURFER § in Los Angeles Dodgers, NL West, San Diego Padres
Brian Giles signs with Dodgers
Sunday February 7, 2010 According to a Twitter post by Ken Gurnick of MLB.com, former Padre Brian Giles reportedly signed a minor league deal with the NL West rival Los Angeles Dodgers with an invitation to spring training. Giles is a career .291 hitter with a .400 OBP, .502 SLG , .902 OPS. His car[...]
January 30th, 2010 - 11:16 pm § by WEBSOULSURFER § in NL West, San Diego Padres, Washington Nationals
Whats Next for the Padres?
Saturday January 30, 2010 So what is next for the Padres? Well…They have been rumored to be interested in Orlando Hudson. Hudson himself commented on the Padres interest in an interview with MLB.com’s Bill Ladson. “There is good progress going on every day,” Hudson said. [...]
January 27th, 2010 - 3:27 am § by WEBSOULSURFER § in Arizona Diamondbacks, Los Angeles Dodgers, NL West, San Diego Padres
Padres Sign Jon Garland
Tuesday January 26, 2009 Padres sign Jon Garland If you were wondering what was next for rookie Padres GM Jed Hoyer, then you have your answer today. As was reported by Corey Brock of MLB.com and Ken Rosenthal of Fox Sports via Twitter, the San Diego Padres signed southpaw starting pitcher Jon Garl[...]
January 23rd, 2010 - 6:10 am § by WEBSOULSURFER § in NL West, San Diego Padres
2010 Padres Payroll
Friday January 22, 2010 Been hearing lots of talk about what the Padres have left in payroll. Talk from Hoyer and Moorad. Talk from Correy Brock and others. Talk of just $5-6 million being available to spend. I thought it best to take a look myself. Math was never my strong point, but spreadsheets [...]
January 19th, 2010 - 6:32 am § by WEBSOULSURFER § in NL West, San Diego Padres
Padres corner the market on Hairstons
Monday January 18, 2009 The San Diego Padres cornered the market on Hairston’s today by signing Jerry Jr., the big brother of new (old?) Padre Scott, to a $2.125 million one year deal. Over the past 25 years the Padres have been the league leaders in brothers. The Alomars, Gwynns (even hired [...]
Dodgers Ng interviewed by Padres?
MLB.com – Padres interviewed Kim NG Saturday October 17, 2009 In a twitter post tonight, Corey Brock of MLB.com says that the San Diego Padres have interviewed Los Angeles Dodgers Assistant General Manager Kim Ng. Ng is one of two women to hold an Assistant GM position in MLB and the first t[...]
Padres finally get permission to interview Hoyer
According to an article from Adam Kilgore and Peter Abraham of the Boston Globe on Tuesday October 13th, now that the Boston Red Sox have been eliminated from the playoffs the Padres have finally received permission to interview Jed Hoyer of the Boston Red Sox. While there have been rumors up to no[...]
October 16th, 2009 - 4:09 am § by WEBSOULSURFER § in 2009 Season Awards, Florida Marlins, NL West, Pittsburgh Pirates, San Diego Padres
NL Rookie of the Year – The BBA Version
Thursday October 15, 2009 NL Rookie of the Year Award As I spoke about earlier this week, the Baseball Bloggers Alliance is doing their own version of the BBWAA end of season awards. We have chosen as a community of bloggers to vote using the same criteria as the Baseball Writers’ Association[...]
