baseballamerica.com - 2/2/2009
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Matt Eddy January 30, 2009 Baseball America's Top 10 Prospects lists are based on projections of a player's long-term worth after discussions with scouting and player-development personnel. All players who haven't exceeded the major league rookie standards of 130 at-bats or 50 innings pitched ...
bizofbaseball.com - 2/4/2009
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bizofbaseball.com —
Jeff Moorad and his investor group has moved
into an exclusive agreement to purchased 100% of the...
San Diego Padres. The San Diego Padres announced today an agreement to sell the team to a California-based ownership group led by Jeff Moorad, who resigned last month as CEO of the Arizona ...
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Jeff Moorad Reaches Agreement to Purchase 100% of Padres
baseballamerica.com - 2/8/2009
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baseballamerica.com —
There were 1,502 players selected in the major
league draft three years ago. Stephen Strasburg was not...
among them. All 30 major league teams passed on Strasburg coming out of high school. This year, 29 teams may not have a chance to choose him even if ...
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What A Difference Three Years Makes
mlb.mlb.com - 2/6/2009
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mlb.mlb.com —
SAN DIEGO -- If Matt Bush, the No.
1 overall pick in the 2004 First-Year Player Draft,...
is to make it to the Major Leagues, it won't be with the Padres. "The Matt Bush era is probably over," San Diego general manager Kevin Towers said on Thursday. ...
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Bush designated to clear room for Floyd | padres.com: News
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Baseball America’s Top Padres Prospects
Baseball in Fort Wayne —
... . Baseball America provided the list, Watson followed it with the research. I’ll publish my opinions and thoughts on a second post sometime later. Enjoy: ...
BA’s Padres top 10
Friar Forecast —
by Myron Logan
I don’t know how I forgot to link to this, but here it is (h/t: Baseball in Fort Wayne):
1. Kyle Blanks 2. Mat Latos 3. Jaff Decker 4. Kellen Kulbacki 5. Adys Portillo 6. Cedric Hunter 7. Will Venable 8. Allen Dykstra 9. Matt Antonelli 10. James Darnell
The surprises there are probably Portillo and Venable, who are on opposite sides of the prospect spectrum (Portillo is 17, Venable 26). I’ve mentioned this before, but I certainly don’t have a problem with Portillo ...
Tampa Bay Rays Claim Catcher Jose Lobaton Off Waivers; Move Troy Percival to 60-Day Disabled List
DRaysBay —
... in his short major league stint but that shouldn't worry you in the least. He's a switch hitter who spent his entire career in the Padres organization. Finally reaching Triple-A this year he hit .241/.292/.353 in a little under 150 plate appearances. The previous season he hit .259/.338/.422 in Double-A and in 502 High-A plate appearances hit .246/.341/.411. He walks, strikes out, and shows a little pop. B-Ref has his caught stealing rates at 27% and 25% over the last two seasons and Baseball America named him the best defensive catcher in the Padres ...
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goaztecs.cstv.com 2/19/2009 — Feb. 18, 2009 Complete Release in PDF Format Get Acrobat Reader WHAT'S ON TAP THIS WEEK IN AZTEC BASEBALL San Diego State opens its 2009 campaign at the MLB Urban Invitational at the MLB Youth Academy in Compton, Calif., with a contest against ...
Moorad reaches deal to buy Padres —
Major League Baseball News 2/3/2009
Padres majority owner John Moores has signed a contract with Diamondbacks general partner Jeff Moorad agreeing to initially sell about a one-third interest in the franchise. Moorad and his partnership will have up to three years to buy out the ...
