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Padres youth and talent pitch can be tough sell
19 hours ago - signonsandiego.com
... are that the fan base understands. The feedback I get is that spending for spendings sake does not make sense. And I certainly believe that.? Responding to reports projecting that the Padres could have the lowest payroll in the big leagues in possibly as low as $. million the Home Team was quick to point to its investments in a Dominican academy and amateur talent and an expanded scouting department as evidence of its commitment to quality. Executive Vice President Paul DePodesta said yesterday that the Padres have spent more than $ million on amateur signing bonuses ... Read More »
5. Slimmer Matt Stairs Step From Record
1 day ago - mlb.fanhouse.com
... "but I love the game. I love playing. I think there are a lot of guys who have their ego step in and aren't willing to take the big pay cut. "But I still wanted to play, even though I was all set for retirement if it happened.'' That would include helping to coach the University of Maine hockey team. A Canadian with a passion for hockey, Stairs spends his winters playing in two different men's recreational hockey leagues -- and coaching his daughters. Then the Padres came calling. Manager Bud Black has a young team, and GM Jed Hoyer wanted to get Black a solid veteran presence for the ... Read More »
6. Erratic Weaver, Angels beat Padres 4-3
1 day ago - miamiherald.com
. -- Long after Jered Weaver and Jon Garland were gone, San Diego Padres outfielder Aaron Cunningham provided the afternoon's highlights with two spectacular diving catches. Read More »
7. Yankees hire former Padres GM Towers
1 day ago - miamiherald.com
... Towers was named a special assignment scout for the New York Yankees Tuesday after spending the last years as the general manager of the San Diego Padres. Towers spent seasons total with the Padres, guiding the team to a National League title in . The team went to the playoffs four times during his tenure with the club but had won just and games, respectively, in the past two seasons. Before his firing during the offseason, Towers was the game's most tenured general manager. The Miami Herald ... Read More »
8. Padres swipe six bases in loss
1 day ago - sandiego.padres.mlb.com
... and a Peter Bourjos sacrifice fly. Three consecutive singles in the fifth off reliever Tim Stauffer, including an RBI shot by Kendry Morales, generated the third run. In the sixth, they took the lead on Gary Patchett's sacrifice fly. Padres at the plate: Matt Stairs, in his quest to make the team as a left-handed pinch-hitter, had the first hit of the game -- a one-out single in the bottom of the first off starter Jered Weaver. David Eckstein's two-out, bases-loaded single in the second plated the first two runs of the game. Stairs followed with an RBI single. He was -for- with a ... Read More »
9. Padres focused on Latos arm
1 day ago - signonsandiego.com
... focused on Latos arm (and workload) Tuesday, March , at : a.m. Padres GM Jed Hoyer says the team will be extremely cautious in rationing the number of innings and pitches young fireballer Mat Latos throws. PEORIA, Ariz. ? Mat Latos is lightning on a leash. His stuff is electric, but not elastic, and could be subject to stringent rationing when the Padres start playing for keeps. This ... Read More »
10. Pumped about Pads' young blood
1 day ago - signonsandiego.com
... particularly happy with Padres prospects Tuesday, March , at : a.m. "I really like some of the younger talent we've seen this spring," Padres manager Bud Black says. PEORIA, Ariz. More than preparing his team for the season, manager Bud Black is also using spring training as an opportunity to take a look at many of the younger players in the Padres system. Almost daily, Black has been going over to the minor league side of the Padres complex and grabbing two or three players for a cameo with ... Read More »
11. Headley happy to take Vols vs. Aztecs
1 day ago - signonsandiego.com
... Tennessees making its fifth straight appearance in March Madness. Until this year, the Aztecs had been in only five NCAA tourneys in their history, and the Aztecs have never won a game in one. As soon as I found out State was playing Tennessee, I was gonna make that bet, regardless,? said Padres teammate and SDSU product Tony Gwynn Jr., declining to specify the amount of his wager with Headley. I think I got a shot.? The Padres sent out seven players, including the optioning of left-handed pitchers Cesar Ramos and Aaron Poreda to Triple-A Portland. Ramos had been in the many-man mix for ... Read More »
13. Latos, LeBlanc stellar against Giants
1 day ago - sandiego.padres.mlb.com
. Monday, March Padres at the plate: The Padres got singles from Will Venable (second inning) and Everth Cabrera (third) and then stolen bases by each. Read More »
14. Blanks owes much to Padres scout
2 days ago - mlb.mlb.com
... nd round of the First-Year Player Draft and, at the time, essentially knew he wouldn't sign. Blanks had signed a letter of intent to play for the University of New Mexico but settled on Yavapai Junior College in Arizona. Since the Padres controlled his rights, he couldn't sign with another team unless he opted to go back in the Draft in . These were the old draft-and-follow rules that have since been abolished. Blanks blossomed as a player at Yavapai, hitting . with doubles and RBIs in a wood-bat league. Before the June Draft, the Padres signed Blanks to a $, ... Read More »
15. Padres shortstop Cabrera climbed out of poverty
2 days ago - sports.yahoo.com
. Before he was signed by the Colorado Rockies for $,, before the San Diego Padres made him a Rule prospect, before he stuck for the season and broke his hand and then returned to play in major league games, he was them, he says. Read More »
17. Mound yields impressive view of Young, Bell
2 days ago - signonsandiego.com
... today and three or four went for strikes. I only left one changeup. If Ive got the change, its going to make my fastball and curve better.? Bell said he is developing the changeup this spring because this is the first time Ive actually come to spring training without worrying about making the team or last year about being the closer.? Left-hander Cory Luebke, , who could start for Triple-A Portland this season, threw two scoreless innings against the Indians yesterday and allowed one hit. It was more meaningful to Luebke because Cleveland was televising the game in Ohio. Luebke is an ... Read More »
19. Gwynn looking to add speed to Padres
3 days ago - mlb.mlb.com
. -- It was a Tony Gwynn kind of day Saturday against the Oakland Athletics, or at least the one the Padres outfielder would like to have more of -- in Spring Training and the regular season. Read More »
Padres breaking down language barrier
