Padres....nine in a row baby

So my Padres just won nine in a row. With a suicide squeeze thrown in! Lovely. And Peavy exercised his no-trade rights. I think it was a good thing all around. The Padres don't really have to trade Peavy. There's no real need except payroll which doesn't make a whole lot of sense, really. New ownership is in town. I think Moores might need the money but in the end he'll still be a millionare anyway...what's another five!(right? anyone?)

Plus, for Jake, the ChiSox are quite possibly the most terribly run team in the majors. Ozzie Guillen for fucks sake. Scott Podsednick. For fucks sake. In the AL no less. In a home run park. Good choice. Jake ball needs to go to a hitter ugly park and dominate.

About the streak....pitching pitching pitching!! In nine games (one of which went 16 innings) the Padres allowed a total of 18 runs. 1 shutout, four one run games, two two run games. And only one game over the magical four run barrier that DePo keeps talking about. And that one game was the 16 inning game. That's what the streak was about. Pitching.

Peavy go bye bye?

I mean....meh. There goes an offer for Peavy.

I can't see all the prospects offered but from the two pitchers mentioned, man....I mean, I wish we could get at least like a Matt LaPorta or something.

(Not Matt LaPorta specifically, but someone of his caliber who I could hope and dream on)

I mean, lets trade with the Giants! Everyone should recall the Nathan-Liriano-Bonser deal they did.

I guess what I'm saying is look what Cleveland got for Sabbathia. Look what Baltimore got for Bedard. The Padres really should get something of value for Peavy and "Richards is a sinker-slider kind of guy, with good stuff. I'd project him as a middle-of-the-rotation or bottom-of-the-rotation kind of guy." Not really that good enough.

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I'm glad Manny's suspended but really just don't give a shit enough to comment. Yup. He took 'roids. No, I don't really care. Glad he's gone for a bit. Although Verducci had quite the interesting outlook. Really? the Gigantes?

Right....but as you quote in your article...they just gave up 7 runs twice to the Natinals (yar har, me too).

Not exactly a ringing endorsement. Also: SF--last in the NL (by a lot) with .679 (!) TEAM OPS. Last with a .363 slugging. 13 out of 17 in the NL in OBP with .317. -12 run differential.

They == terrible. They are not winning the division. Not not not. I mean, they don't even have any hope of young players developing, really. Lets not get too excited.

Meow

The Padres are terrible. I don't get to watch much of them. DePo's suggesting that sample size is Giles' problem and he makes a compelling argument.

Still. I mean while trading Peavy seems to be what everyone thinks is going to happen Giles seems like a better trade for Diego. For four reasons.

1: He still hits (except for this season) for a high average. Meaning he still has "young player's skills" to go with his old player skills of high OBP. So he still actually has some decent value.
2: He's an old veteran. Meaning he really really really doesn't fit in with the Padres at this point.
3: He's expensive--$9 million.
4: He's a hitter, not a pitcher. Pitchers are notoriously hard to project and while Peavy has projectable numbers (9.0 k/9, 1.188 WHIP Career) Giles has a longer track record of above average play. He has some value.

I suppose the trouble with Giles is that he is an outfielder. Do the Yankees, Red Sox, Angels, Dodgers need an outfielder? I mean, its not like Oakland is going to pick up the rest of that 9 mill. So...no, right?

Whatever. He needs to move. And for something better than "A player to be named later"