OT: Padres new outfield

[Luke]

I can't. It's pretty cool for their fans. Weird how none of their deals have included their current OFers. So they still have Smith, Venable, Maybin, and Quentin (I think they're all under contract but I could be wrong). The word up here in Seattle is that we may be trading a prospect for Smith and platooning him in RF. The Pads are going to have trouble getting value for their OFers since everyone knows they have to move a few of them.

[Econteachert205]

I'm hopeful for padres fans but very skeptical of the three players in question.

[sycks22]

They picked up Derek Norris from the A's as well. Another All-star added to the list, not bad

[Fred]

The Puds have a new GM and he realizes that you need to score more runs than the opposition to win games. Petco has been challenging to RH power hitters, so what's the new GM do? He picks up nothing but RH power hitters... It's a vast improvement over what they had so if Kemp isn't hurt too often and Wil Myers improves over last year then they have a good chance to score some runs. Upton should be a good addition. Defense should be intersting. That ballpark is pretty big and I'm not sure just how much ground those guys will cover. There are no gold gloves in the new OF.

Wow, Norris and Middlebrooks also picked up. This should be interesting. They have too many OFs and now they'll have to probably deal a few or move someone from OF to 1B because Yonder (No HR) Alonso has only 22 HRs in 1150 at bats while playing for the Puds. That just doesn't cut it for a corner IF without offering something else like BA or RBIs.

Overall, at least they seem more committed to improve for 2015 than they have in more years than I can remember.

[Jobu]

Both Kemp and Upton have played a lot of games in Petco with each having resided for many years in the NL West. Kemp's career OPS (214 ABs) at Petco is .867 while Upton's (172 ABs) is an even better .900. So Petco may be tough on righties, but these two guys seem to hit pretty well there.

As a fan of the Brewers, I am always happy when teams that struggle more often than not push all their chips in and go for it.

[pgellis]

Thank Santa Claus that Will Middlebrooks is gone. What a Stiff!

[Peter_Spaeth]

Originally Posted by pgellis

Thank Santa Claus that Will Middlebrooks is gone. What a Stiff!

Yeah his star sure diminished.

[irishdenny]

It's Nice to See the Padre's So Active!
Last year I kept my eye oN one of their Top Out Field Prospects,
RYMER LARIANO
They Brought him uP at the end of the year... I was lookiN forward to seeiN him Crush the Ball... Now, Their OF iS More than Full!!!

[boneheadandrube]

[QUOTE=Jobu;1356849]Both Kemp and Upton have played a lot of games in Petco with each having resided for many years in the NL West. Kemp's career OPS (214 ABs) at Petco is .867 while Upton's (172 ABs) is an even better .900. So Petco may be tough on righties, but these two guys seem to hit pretty well there.QUOTE]


Too bad they won't be batting against their own pitching staff...just a thought.