Top 75 Padres Prospects: End of 2016
The end of 2016 means an updated prospects list. There’s not a whole lot of movement up top, but some pretty significant movement once you reach the thirties. A few players […]
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Obituaries: Mike Dee
In a surprising but totally not surprising move, the Padres fired Mike Dee yesterday. It’s somewhat incredible that Mike Dee lasted as long as he did, especially when you consider […]
Obituaries: Padres Social Hour
Well, that was short-lived. Today, after much speculation, UT reporter Dennis Lin confirmed that the Padres pre-game show known as Padres Social Hour will cease to exist. Padres Social Hour's […]
Spanos gives Faulconer event revenue concession, still may screw Padres
The mayor of San Diego recently endorsed Measure C, putting his political clout behind the Chargers’ new stadium initiative. According to the Union Tribune, Faulconer’s decision to break his silence […]
Margot and unique prospects
When the Padres called up their “core four” last week, Fangraphs ran their KATOH algorithm to predict future value, and also calculated Mahalanobis Distance to produce historical comparables for the three […]
The Padres Top 75 Prospects
Earlier this season, I made a decision. Rather than spending three hours watching a below-average baseball team win or lose meaningless games, I decided to instead focus my attention on […]
Pedro Martinez? More like King Anderson
The Padres seem to have hit a homerun by trading Drew Pomeranz to the Boston Red Sox in exchange for 18 year-old pitcher Anderson Espinoza. They pretty much checked all the […]
Kevin Durant and Peter Seidler’s Quest for Fairness
At the beginning of July, Kevin Durant, one of the best basketball players on the planet, signed with the Golden State Warriors, one of the best basketball teams in the […]
On baseball ABCs, Dee earns F
Here we go again. Another year without a World Series title. Another bad baseball team with good baseball nowhere near the horizon. Another misdiagnosed arm injury turned Tommy John surgery. […]
Fowler opens mouth, throws away millions of dollars, and the Padres cannonball off the Titanic
By now, you’re probably familiar with the story. The San Diego Padres’ executive chairman, Ron Fowler, went on San Diego radio and called his ballclub – specifically, James Shields’ performance […]
