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Thursday's Frosty Mug
Brew Crew Ball —
... asks if DePodesta or Padres fans are delusional, leading to a conversation between he and I in the comments. Then, DePodesta gathered the responses and posted a follow-up note, clarifying some of the misconceptions commenters had about possibilities and taking a candid look at the situation at hand. I still think DePodesta is doing a good job of doing his due diligence with his fans before waving the white flag, and if all GMs did this when their teams were underperforming, they'd save themselves a fair amount of fan backlash. ...
Go Read Stuff
Ducksnorts —
... The Verdict Is In (It Might Be Dangerous… You Go First). Paul DePodesta discusses the art of making deadline deals. ...
THT Live:Midseason trade thoughts
The Hardball Times —
Midseason trade thoughts by Dave Studeman July 10, 2008 Paul DePodesta with some excellent philosophic and strategic notes about mid-season trades . I like this: The Volume Myth I have to address this one, because we always joke about it internally. Overwhelming teams with volume is not a recipe for bringing back quality players. Every team out there is smart enough to know that four times zero is still zero: "But what if we add this 4A guy AND this marginal prospect? No? Well then... what if we were to add this long reliever as well?" It takes quality, not quantity, to ...
Odds and Ends: Taveras, Kemp, Mota
MLB Rumors - MLBTradeRumors.com —
... us to a quality interview with Yankees beat writer Tyler Kepner over at NoMaas.org.
MLB.com's Jim Molony says the Marlins have renewed interest in Rockies center fielder Willy Taveras.
LEN3 thinks the Twins need a reliever more than anything.
Dave Cameron wonders if Matt Kemp is overrated.
Craig Brown of Royals Authority examines the team's trade candidates.
The Padres' Paul DePodesta runs through his team's top trade candidates as well as general ...
Trade deadline status update
FriarBall —
For anyone interested in what Front Office is thinking going into the trade deadline, head on over to Paul DePodesta's blog. Paul does a great job of breaking down what types of players will actually be traded and how the compensation system works for free agents to be. The most interesting part of this post, and the reason I am putting it here, has to be on the value and probability of three Padres that could moved at the deadline. While the Internet has been swirling with rumors that the top 3 candidates on he Padres to move are probably Greg Maddux , Randy Wolf and ...
The Starting Pitching Market Revisited
MLB Rumors - MLBTradeRumors.com —
... He did have shoulder tendinitis earlier this year though.
Tim Redding, Nationals. Redding has also been solid, posting a 4.06 ERA in 108.6 innings. The 30 year-old is under team control through 2010.
Randy Wolf, Padres. Wolf may prefer to stay in San Diego. Home ERA: 2.54. Road ERA: 6.66.
Greg Maddux, Padres. The Professor shows a similar home/road split, and he has a complete no-trade clause.
Erik Bedard, Mariners. He's ...
TD Recommends: Whiffle, Paul DePodesta, & Moonshots
Towel Drills: A Chicago Cubs Blog —
... I've known about ex-Billy Beane right hand man, Moneyball star, current San Diego Padres front office assistant, and fellow Blogger, um, blogger, Paul DePodesta's blog for a while now. But, until today, didn't see a whole lot of point in passing it along to be honest. But today, DePodesta has a nice little post up that gets you inside the head of baseball GM around the trade deadline. TD recommends giving it a look. ...
Tony Clark Available
MLB Rumors - MLBTradeRumors.com —
... According to Tom Krasovic of the San Diego Union-Tribune, the Padres' callup of first baseman Bryan Myrow increases the likelihood of a Tony Clark trade. Myrow, 31, hit .324/.455/.502 in 87 Triple A games. Granted, he's had multiple stints at Triple A. But Myrow is a Paul DePodesta favorite who has never gotten a legitimate shot in the bigs despite mastery of Triple A.
DePo had this to say about Clark on his blog:
Tony is the type of player that you'll often see moved at the deadline. He's a ...
Trade strategy: Propaganda and Paul DePodesta’s recent example
THT Fantasy Focus —
... direct communication with each other, they can send messages through the media or, in the case of Paul DePodesta and the San Diego Padres, by creating a blog. By sending messages through the media, the front office can send them under the guise of praise for the actual players or on-field management. By writing to a blog, these messages can be sent under the guise of informing the team's fan base. Paul DePodesta's example This brings us to today's topic. I absolutely loved this recent post at Paul DePodesta's blog. I highly recommend going over there and reading the entire ...
El Guapo's Ghost Rambles on about the Red Sox — ... 1) As the non-waiver trading deadline approaches, the mainstream media will bring up free agent draft pick compensation. First off, it is difficult to predict where your selection will be in the draft, so its value is volatile [read here for all the details]. If this last draft is any indication of ...
All-Star Breather: The Giants Catchers
El Lefty Malo —
... on what the Padres should do up until the trade deadline? No big surprise that a supermajority of comments were of the “sell now!” variety, but the surprise is that the Padres front office was willing to ask for its fans’ input, and that DePodesta followed up with a lengthy response. Can you imagine Brian Sabean or Dick Tidrow doing something like this? ...
Randy Wolf to Houston
Beyond the Box Score —
... . I suppose this is Ed Wade's idea of answering back to C.C. Sabathia and Rich Harden. Cute, if not effective. The price is a AAA pitcher by the name of Chad Reineke, more on him in a bit. First let's see what Paul DePodesta said about Wolf not too long ago: ...
Randy Wolf to Houston
Beyond the Box Score —
... . I suppose this is Ed Wade's idea of answering back to C.C. Sabathia and Rich Harden. Cute, if not effective. The price is a AAA pitcher by the name of Chad Reineke, more on him in a bit. First let's see what Paul DePodesta said about Wolf not too long ago: ...
