Overshadowed by the Adrian Gonzalez Trade Rumor Saga, the Padres have some other key decisions to make this offseason, like what to do with Kevin Kouzmanoff and Heath Bell. Kouzmanoff has quietly gone about his business, and posted three consecutive solid years, averaging just over 2.5 WAR per season (via FanGraphs).
His offense hasn’t taken off [...]
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17 Nov
Should the Padres trade Kevin Kouzmanoff?
12 Nov
No Gold Glove for Kevin Kouzmanoff
Did Kevin Kouzmanoff deserve the Gold Glove award for best NL fielding third basemen of 2009? That’s the only question I really care about. As a Padres fan, I certainly root for the Padres and their players, but when it comes to things like player analysis, I try to be as objective as possible, setting [...]
27 Oct
Hoyer in; Fuson out
Jed Hoyer was officially announced as the GM of the Padres yesterday. I watched the press conference on Padres.com. I’d say it was a good start for Jed. He’s very focused on the draft and development, which can never be a bad thing.
Everything I’ve read and heard about Hoyer so far has been good. Tom [...]
26 Oct
It’s Jed Hoyer
It looks like the Padres are going to announce Jed Hoyer, (soon to be) former Red Sox Assistant General Manager, as the new GM later today.
Hoyer graduated from Wesleyan University, where he played baseball for four years. After that, he worked in the admissions office for his alma mater and Kenyon College, and also was [...]
7 Sep
Kouzmanoff’s fielding
Websoulsurfer compares Kevin Kouzmanoff’s fielding to some great all-time third basemen. He also makes the case that Kouz has been better with the glove this season than Ryan Zimmerman.
I just don’t see it. If we look at THT’s advanced fielding stats, we see that Zimmerman has a substantial lead over Kouzmanoff in plays made. He [...]
21 Aug
Draft talk
Tom Krasovic gives us a bunch of quotes and info regarding the Padres’ draft and their philosophy.
Seriously, great stuff – well worth a read.
17 Aug
Williams and Sampson signed, Tate close
Today is the deadline to sign players from the 2009 amateur draft. According to Baseball America, the Padres have signed second round pick Everett Williams for $775,000 and fourth round pick Keyvius Sampson for $600,000 (not verified).
The Pads are also apparently getting close to signing top pick, Donavan Tate, for $6+ million, spread out [...]
11 Aug
Eckstein is who we thought he was
Year
PA
Hits
Singles
Doubles
Homers
Walks
HBP
SF
SH
GDP
2008
376
86
63
21
2
31
9
3
9
7
2009
368
86
64
19
1
24
8
3
9
6
Seriously, I could go on and on. Anyway, I was just browsing his stats at Fangraphs, and thought it was remarkable how similar his last two years have been.
It shouldn’t be too hard for the Padres to determine how much on-field value Eck will bring to the team in 2010. He’s basically been the [...]
8 Aug
Gaudin to the Yanks
On Thursday night, the Padres traded right-hander Chad Gaudin to the Yankees for a player to be named later or cash considerations.
The 26 year old starter is under contract through 2011. Gaudin’s strengths are his strikeout rate (8.97 k/9 this year; 7 per 9 for his career) and his ability to keep the ball [...]
5 Aug
Quick hits: 8/5
Three heavyweights, Geoff Young, Rich Lederer, and Mike Rogers, all weigh in on the Jake Peavy trade.
Geoff makes a good point, one that I tried to make in my last post:
Snark aside, the larger point is that the trading of established stars for unproven youngsters is not the hallmark of a bad baseball organization. [...]
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