A Sadly Realistic Plan for the Padres’ Offseason
At the start of the offseason, Marver posted an aggressive plan that the Padres could pursue to produce an actual playoff season in 2015. The keystone of the argument was […]
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The Myth of the Padres Extension
Perhaps the largest complaint from Padres fans about their favorite team is how they failed to extend Adrian Gonzalez, arguably the best hitter the Padres have had in the past […]
BREAKING: Padres team president actually tells the truth, Padres pay for scoreboard
At first, I wasn’t sure if this should be part of the ‘Alternate Universe Padres‘ series, but after pinching myself once or twice, I can confirm to you that this […]
Podcast #6: Free Agency Primer & The Offseason
The agenda: Goodbye 2014! 40 man roster cuts Arbitration raises Listener questions: payroll, trades, and a #FMK Odds segment Relevant links: The Padres cut four players from their 40-man roster […]
Ranking the Padres: 6-10
Continuing the series from where we left off and its predecessor… 20. Nick Vincent 19. Michael Gettys 18. Taylor Lindsey 17. Joe Ross 16. Joaquin Benoit 15. Jace Peterson 14. […]
Max Fried: Bust
Scratch Max Fried off your prospect lists. He’s not a top 100 prospect in baseball and probably shouldn’t even be listed above anyone the Padres took in the first five […]
Recently in Bullshit: Ted Leitner on Bruce Bochy & Bud Black
Anyone who knows Ted Leitner knows he has a penchant for excessively utilizing superlatives to describe individuals who don’t deserve those superlatives. If you catch a standard, three-game Padres series on […]
10/20/2014 Podcast: A Season Recap / Free Agency Primer
Topics: Yasmany Tomas Free agency and trades Andrew Friedman in Los Angeles (and Josh Byrnes, too!) The World Series You listen at the direct .mp3 link here: click Subscribe on […]
How to offseason: a coherent plan to compete in 2015
Before I get to how I would offseason – it’s a verb now – if I were the Padres, let me lay down some ground rules for this exercise. The […]
Handicapping the Yasmany Tomas (Excuse) Race
For the last week or so, Padres land has been inundated with Padres fans (and its media) begging the Padres to sign Cuban defector Yasmany Tomas. I won’t delve into […]
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