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 [...]
Archive for the ‘player movement’ Category
8 Aug
Gaudin to the Yanks
3 Aug
Mid-season moves
The Padres have made four ‘major’ in-season trades (I left out the Chris Burke deal):
Coming
Going
LHP Aaron Poreda (22)
SP Jake Peavy (28)
LHP Clayton Richard (25)
OF Scott Hairston (29)
RHP Dexter Carter (22)
RP Cla Meredith (26)
RHP Adam Russell (26)
OF Jody Gerut (31)
LHP Sean Gallagher (23)
RHP Craig Italiano (22)
RHP Ryan Webb (23)
INF Oscar Salazar (31)
OF Tony Gwynn Jr. [...]
2 Aug
Clayton Richard dazzles in debut
Clayton Richard, acquired in the Jake Peavy trade, pitched five and two-thirds innings last night against the Brewers, allowing one run, two hits, three walks, and striking out five.
According to PITCHf/x, Richard worked primarily with the four-seam fastball, throwing it 57 times. He averaged 91.8 miles per hour with the pitch, and topped 95 three [...]
1 Aug
Jake Peavy trade analysis
At the trade dealine, Jake Peavy was dealt to the White Sox for four pitching prospects. Peavy, who has been injured since June, may not pitch again this season until late August, at the earliest. Anyway, before we look at the details of this trade, I think it’s essential to touch on Peavy’s career in [...]
31 Jul
Peavy links
My analysis will come sometime between tonight and tomorrow night, but I figured for now I’d round up some links:
Padres’ sites
Inside the Padres: Tom Krasovic gives us Barry Axelrod’s take on the Peavy deal.
Gaslamp Ball: The guys at GLB discuss the trade.
WebSoulSurfer: Web’s analysis of the Peavy trade.
U-T Padres Blog: Jay Posner has some details [...]
31 Jul
Peavy dealt to White Sox
Jake Peavy has apparently been traded to the Chicago White Sox. The Padres pick up righties Adam Russell and Dexter Carter, and lefthanders Aaron Poreda and Clayton Richard.
Obviously a big move and one that probably caught people off guard, as Peavy trade talks appeared to have settled down. Discuss in the comments if you’d [...]
28 Jul
The face of the Padres
It is almost undoubtedly Adrian Gonzalez. He’s an offensive force, a solid defender, a cerebral player. He’s cheap and in the prime of his career.
He’s the face of the Padres, the franchise player.
That’s a little bit like being the face of the Bad News Bears (before they got good), though. It is tough [...]
20 Jul
Meredith dealt for Salazar
Yesterday the Padres traded reliever Cla Meredith to the Orioles for 31 year old utility guy Oscar Salazar.
I’ve been trying to come up with an angle for this one for a while … yeah, I don’t have one. The Padres traded a reliever who likely would not be a major piece on their next contending team for, [...]
10 Jul
Padres sign Russ Adams
Corey Brock, via Twitter, informs us that the Pads have signed Russ Adams and assigned him to AAA Portland.
Adams, the former Blue Jays shortstop, has a career .302 wOBA and –1 WAR. He’s a replacement level type player at best, and nothing more than organizational depth.
10 Jul
Couple of trades in MLB
Two trades were made today.
The M’s traded Yuniesky Betancourt to the Royals for two minor league pitchers, Danny Cortes and Derrick Saito. Baseball America has Cortes rated as the third best prospect in the Royals’ system in their ‘09 Handbook, saying he has “the ingredients to become a frontline starter.” Saito doesn’t appear in the [...]
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