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Khalil Greene injuries hand on storage chest

By john • Jul 31st, 2008 • Category: khalil green, major leagues, san diego padres

San Diego Padres shortstop Khalil Greene injured his left hand while hitting a storage chest Wednesday night.
Greene was already stumbling though a horrid season hitting just .213 with 10 home runs. There had been more then a few reports that suggested that the Padres were trying to ship the 28 year old but nothing had [...]



Maddux waters the dessert

By john • Jul 29th, 2008 • Category: greg maddux, major leagues, san diego padres

Winless in his last 14 starts and facing Arizona a team in which he was just 2-11 with an ERA over 5 the chances of Greg Maddux picking up career win 351 looked bleak Monday night.
Baseball however is a game of uncertainty and the Padres offense scored eight runs off of Diamondbacks starter Micah Owings [...]



Padres recent struggles doom season

By john • Jul 3rd, 2008 • Category: adrian gonzalez, brian giles, edgar gonzalez, greg maddux, major leagues, matt antonelli, michael barrett, nick hundley, san diego padres

After dropping 10 of their last 11 and having the worst record in baseball it’s clear the San Diego Padres will be sellers at the trade deadline.
However the problem for the team is that they don’t have a ton of talent they can trade.
The only productive pieces of the Padres lineup do not figure to [...]



Headley starts to contribute as Padres get swept

By john • Jun 19th, 2008 • Category: chase headley, major leagues, san diego padres

The Padres may have been swept by the New York Yankees but the team can take solace in  the solid start Chase Headley has desplayed with the team.
Headley was 4-for-12 in his three games since his call up hitting a home run on Wednesday night and notching a double Thursday,



Headley continues to hit in Portland, awaits call

By john • May 19th, 2008 • Category: chase headley, minor leagues, san diego padres, texas league

Chase Headley continues to hit. It’s a short but true statement about the 24-year-old number one prospect of the San Diego Padres.
After winning the Texas League player of the year award last season Headley was moved from his natural position of third base to left field. Despite a decent spring the Padres opted to send [...]



Maddux wins 350th game

By john • May 10th, 2008 • Category: greg maddux, luke carlin, san diego padres

It may have taken him five tries but Greg Maddux achieved his 350th win Saturday night as the San Diego Padres defeated the Colorado Rockies 3-2 in San Diego.
Maddux retired the Rockies on five pitches in the first and was helped in the fourth when Adrian Gonzalez hit a three run home run to score [...]



Panic Signs: Padres move Estes into rotation

By john • May 10th, 2008 • Category: san diego padres, shawn estes

To say the San Diego Padres are in panic would be easy to prove as they recently announced a change in their rotation involving Shawn Estes. Estes will take over the fifth starters spot in the San Diego Padres rotation which was held by Justin Germano to start the season. Germano was 0-3 with a [...]



A reason to like each team

By john • Mar 23rd, 2008 • Category: arizona diamondbacks, atlanta braves, baltimore orioles, boston red sox, chicago cubs, chicago white sox, cincinatti reds, cleveland indians, colorado rockies, detroit tigers, florida marlins, houston astros, kansas city royals, los angeles angels, los angeles dodgers, milwaukee brewers, minnesota twins, new york mets, new york yankees, oakland a's, philadelphia phillies, pittsburgh pirates, san diego padres, san fransisco giants, seattle mariners, st. louis cardinals, tampa bay rays, texas rangers, toronto blue jays, washington nationals

This is one tough task but I’ve decided to try and fine a reason to like each of the 30 teams in major league baseball. Now some were easier to find then others and while some will disagree for the reasoning I’ve done my best I think.
I hope to continue this series by creating a [...]



Non Roster Invitee: Jody Gerut - Padres

By john • Feb 29th, 2008 • Category: jody gerut, san diego padres

Heading back out to the west coast we’ll stop down in San Diego to take a look at Jody Gerut. Normally missing the last two seasons will just about kill your chances to make a team but considering the competition he faces, well, uh… we’ll just leave it at that.
Gerut has seemingly aged rapidly right [...]



Former Slugger Ryan Klesko retires

By john • Feb 9th, 2008 • Category: atlanta braves, ryan klesko, san diego padres, san fransisco giants

 After spending the off season looking for employment and not finding a full time gig Ryan Klesko has decided to retire according to former teammate Chipper Jones.
Klesko spent most of his 16 year career bouncing back and forth from first base and the outfield to accommodate other players on his teams.
A fifth round pick pick [...]



Padres take gamble on Wolf

By john • Dec 2nd, 2007 • Category: randy wolf, san diego padres

Randy Wolf hasn’t lasted a full season in the majors since 2003 and in his nine year career he had made 30 or more starts just three times. He is 78-66 with a 4.25 ERA since breaking into the majors with the Phillies in 1999.
Despite early success with the Phillies, Wolf has been a constant [...]



Chase Headely: A deeper look

By john • Oct 27th, 2007 • Category: chase headley, san diego padres, tennessee volunteers

Chase Headley has been one of the Padres top prospects since being drafted in the second round of the 2005 amateur draft. Headley has done little to cast doubt on him. Instead the former standout at Tennessee has showed vast improvement throughout his climb up the minors.
Headley graduated Valedictorian from Fountain-Fort Carson High School in [...]



Managing from the couch, Padres @ Rockies

By john • Oct 2nd, 2007 • Category: bud black, clint hurdle, colorado rockies, jamey carroll, managing from the couch, matt holliday, san diego padres, trevor hoffman

Watching this game on TBS there were a handful of things that stood out. From personnel changes to umpire calls and even to decisions that have long ago been made by Major League Baseball.
I’ll take a look at some of the points that I thought were critical in this playoff deciding battle between the San [...]