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FanGraphs: Latos' early struggles against lefties
friarforum.com - 8/3/2009
FanGraphs: Latos' early struggles against lefties
— friarforum.com — FanGraphs.com has recently published an early article about Mat Latos. You can read the full article at... FanGraphs.com (and you should spend some additional time there, if you don't know the site). To sum the post: What’s interesting about Latos to date is his platoon split. Small sample size ... (more) FanGraphs: Latos' early struggles against lefties

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Latos shows promise in debut
friarforum.com - 7/20/2009
Latos shows promise in debut
— friarforum.com — Yesterday Mat Latos made his Padre debut again the Colorado Rockies, going 4 innings while giving up... 2 earned runs, on 3 hits and a walk, and striking out 4. He threw 75 pitches in pounding the zone with 51 strikes and was lifted due to pitch count restrictions. While he didn't electrify the ... (more) Latos shows promise in debut

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Peavy Nixed Deal To ChiSox
friarforum.com - 5/22/2009
Peavy Nixed Deal To ChiSox
— friarforum.com — Jake Peavy will remain in San Diego, for now . The reason that the former Cy Young... winner is not packing his bags for a foursome of prospects is that Kevin Towers and the Padres continue to give up their leverage in order to sign players to a more discounted deal by giving players the power of ... (more) Peavy Nixed Deal To ChiSox

Comments vote down friarforum friarforum posted 5/22/2009posted this
Tony Gywnn Jr A Padre
friarforum.com - 5/21/2009
Tony Gywnn Jr A Padre
— friarforum.com — Amid all the Jake Peavy to the Chicago White Sox rumors on Thursday the Friars did pull... the trigger to bring Tony Gywnn Jr to San Diego in exchange for Jody Gerut . While FF has enjoyed watching Jody Gerut resurrect his career in a Padres uniform we are excited to have the son of Mr Padre ... (more) Tony Gywnn Jr A Padre

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Text Chat: May 19, 2009
friarforum.com - 5/20/2009
Text Chat: May 19, 2009
— friarforum.com — 1st Inning: Scott: Scotty top tank Ryan: Nice Scott: Hundley HR in second straight ab... walk off... and then this to straight away CF Scott: Go team 7th Inning: Ryan: That last pitch - WOW Scott: Not watching... what happened? Scott: Was it the Burke guy? He looks solid, goes right after people ... (more) Text Chat: May 19, 2009

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Draft Day Decision
friarforum.com - 5/15/2009
Draft Day Decision
— friarforum.com — The Padres own the 3rd overall pick in this June's draft and mlbtraderumors.com shuffles through a few... possibilities to help rebuild the Friars farm system. A silver lining after another road loss (now at 11 straight) is that the Padres are posturing for a very high pick in the 2010 draft as ... (more) Draft Day Decision

Comments vote down friarforum friarforum posted 5/15/2009posted this
SIGH
friarforum.com - 5/14/2009
SIGH
— friarforum.com — With the exception of the phenomenal talent of Adrian Gonzalez this team is unbearable to watch. The... End (more) SIGH

Comments vote down friarforum friarforum posted 5/14/2009posted this
Running Wild on Chris Young
friarforum.com - 5/4/2009
Running Wild on Chris Young
— friarforum.com — This topic has been covered extensively elsewhere (most notably on FanGraphs.com: " Chris Young's fatal flaw ").... Dave Cameron neatly sums up his article: "[q]uite simply, Young is worse at holding runners than anyone else in baseball is at any other skill." Of course, many great pitchers have ... (more) Running Wild on Chris Young

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Giles Rests, Friar Bats Follow Suit
friarforum.com - 5/3/2009
Giles Rests, Friar Bats Follow Suit
— friarforum.com — Harry "Bud" Black finally gave Brian Giles most of the night off (who did earn a walk... in the 8th, staying the game after pinch hitting), giving a nod to rarely utilized reserve Edgar Gonzalez. Reminiscent of the 2008 campaign, Edgar made the most of his opportunity, swatting a bomb off former ... (more) Giles Rests, Friar Bats Follow Suit

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Lead Off Out
friarforum.com - 5/1/2009
Lead Off Out
— friarforum.com — Padres RF, Brian Giles, is absolutely killing the Padres lineup by not getting on base in front... of Adrian Gonzalez. The 1st baseman broke his own team record by pounding 9 (previously 7) homers in the seson's first month in the clean-up spot in the order. Adrain produced more than just power he ... (more) Lead Off Out

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Gaudin & His Goatee Get A Go
friarforum.com - 4/28/2009
Gaudin & His Goatee Get A Go
— friarforum.com — The recently signed hurler, Chad Gaudin, has been called up to replace the injured Shawn Hill in... the Padres rotation. Gaudin was released by the Chicago Cubs in the spring after failing to make the squad in a bullpen role. The Padres were able to persuade the right handed pitcher by giving him ... (more) Gaudin & His Goatee Get A Go

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Hill Headed To DL
friarforum.com - 4/26/2009
Hill Headed To DL
— friarforum.com — After struggling trough two innings in San Diego's 10-1 throttling by the Pirates the Padres 5 th... starter Shawn Hill will be headed to the DL with some bicep issues. The Padres have already lost Baek , and Walter Silva. The back of the rotation was a question mark heading into the season, with ... (more) Hill Headed To DL

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Bolts Speaking English
friarforum.com - 4/25/2009
Bolts Speaking English
— friarforum.com — The San Diego Chargers held the 16 th pick in Saturday's NFL draft and were rumored to... do everything from draft another running back to trade down to acquire additional picks. When all was said and done AJ Smith selected an outside linebacker from Norther Illinois University Larry English . ... (more) Bolts Speaking English

Comments vote down friarforum friarforum posted 4/25/2009posted this
The Giles Hole
friarforum.com - 4/24/2009
The Giles Hole
— friarforum.com — Although the Padres are in the middle of a season-long 3 game skid, the team has been... nothing short of a pleasant surprise 15 games into the season. Young players, like Chase Headley , and Nick Hundley are starting to look very comfortable at the plate while putting together solid at bats. ... (more) The Giles Hole

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Burke Back
friarforum.com - 4/21/2009
Burke Back
— friarforum.com — The Padres reacquired Chris Burke from the Seattle Mariners Monday night in an effort to sure up... the infield depth after rookie speedster Everth Cabrera suffered a broken hand during Sunday's walk off loss in Philadelphia (FF pins the loss squarely on Bud Black's mismanagement of the bullpen, ... (more) Burke Back

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