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by Padres
Wed Mar 20, 2024 10:24 pm
Forum: The Dumpster
Topic: Spring Training Legend 2024
Replies: 0
Views: 29

Spring Training Legend 2024

Giancarlo Stanton crushed three homers and finished with eight RBI on Wednesday in the Yankees’ blowout win over the Pirates in Grapefruit League action. Stanton put on a legendary performance that will surely be enshrined into Grapefruit League lore for decades to come with a trio of tape-measure ...
by Padres
Wed Mar 20, 2024 10:18 pm
Forum: Transactions
Topic: March 2024 Transactions
Replies: 228
Views: 1545

Re: March 2024 Transactions

Yankees wrote: Wed Mar 20, 2024 7:44 pm He didn’t skip and I did it with another pick last year.
To clarify, I released the pick to be roster complaint. It passed through waivers and Z signed it ... Perfectly legal in my mind. And any team could have done it.
by Padres
Wed Mar 20, 2024 2:34 pm
Forum: Musings from Maine
Topic: 2024 Padres Prospect News and Notes
Replies: 71
Views: 1712

Re: 2024 Padres Prospect News and Notes

31. Christian Oppor , LHP Chicago’s 2023 fifth-rounder is a projectable lefthander with athleticism and an intriguing three-pitch mix. The juco product has a fastball and slider that project as above-average offerings and a changeup that could get to fringe-average. Oppor ties it all together with p...
by Padres
Wed Mar 20, 2024 2:25 pm
Forum: Transactions
Topic: 2024 Draft Thread
Replies: 170
Views: 7070

Re: 2024 Draft Thread

Christian Oppor, P

Born: 7/23/2004
B/T: L/L

The Padres are done with 2024 IBC draft
by Padres
Tue Mar 19, 2024 12:40 pm
Forum: ExCo General
Topic: Intl signings
Replies: 20
Views: 136

Re: Intl signings

I think Bauer is clearly ineligible to be signed NOW (although I fully expected someone would attempt to sign him when I posted his recent "Mexican signing with hope to sign with MLB club later posting). To clarify - I think the IBC ZiPs bidding process should end 24 hours prior to the first of...
by Padres
Tue Mar 19, 2024 11:40 am
Forum: Transactions
Topic: March 2024 Transactions
Replies: 228
Views: 1545

Padres released Brent 0-Headrick

Padres released Brent 0-Headrick
by Padres
Tue Mar 19, 2024 11:39 am
Forum: Transactions
Topic: March 2024 Transactions
Replies: 228
Views: 1545

Padres released 2023 Draft Pick 145

Padres released 2023 Draft Pick 145
by Padres
Mon Mar 18, 2024 9:23 pm
Forum: Musings from Maine
Topic: 2024 Padres Prospect News and Notes
Replies: 71
Views: 1712

Re: 2024 Padres Prospect News and Notes

18. Zach Levenson , OF Ht: 6'2" | Wt: 210 | B-T: R-R Age: null BA Grade: 45/High Track Record: After one season with Seminole State (Fla.) JC, Levenson transferred to Miami, where he spent two seasons with the Hurricanes and hit .295/.406/.546. He was selected to the all-Atlantic Coast Conferen...
by Padres
Mon Mar 18, 2024 9:11 pm
Forum: Transactions
Topic: 2024 Draft Thread
Replies: 170
Views: 7070

Re: 2024 Draft Thread

The Padres select OF Zach Levenson

Born: March 6, 2002
B/T: R/R
by Padres
Mon Mar 18, 2024 1:59 pm
Forum: IBC Forum
Topic: Players signed to play overseas (2024)
Replies: 66
Views: 1828

Re: Players signed to play overseas (2024)

Yasiel Puig has signed with El Aguila de Veracruz of the independent Mexican League. There were rumblings earlier this offseason that Puig was generating some interst from big-league teams, but no deal ever came to fruition. The 33-year-old former standout will take his talents back to the independ...
by Padres
Mon Mar 18, 2024 1:58 pm
Forum: IBC Forum
Topic: Players signed to play overseas (2024)
Replies: 66
Views: 1828

Re: Players signed to play overseas (2024)

Trevor Bauer said Monday that he’ll open the season pitching for the Diablos Rojas of Mexico. Bauer will face the Yankees in a scheduled exhibition game on March 24 and then will start in five regular-season games in Mexico, the last coming on May 8. He hopes to land with an MLB club afterwards. Ba...
by Padres
Sat Mar 16, 2024 8:22 pm
Forum: Transactions
Topic: 2024 Draft Thread
Replies: 170
Views: 7070

Re: 2024 Draft Thread

Rockies wrote: Sat Mar 16, 2024 6:35 pm Sorry guys, I've been battling a migraine since about 4am this morning. Please just skip my last pick.
We did skip it already ... Why don't you wait until you feel better before you decide to dump it altogether ...
by Padres
Thu Mar 14, 2024 9:29 pm
Forum: Musings from Maine
Topic: ‘You’re Not Screwing Me on This One, Are You?’: Big League GMs Reflect on Their First Trades
Replies: 1
Views: 28

‘You’re Not Screwing Me on This One, Are You?’: Big League GMs Reflect on Their First Trades

by Zach Buchanan (Fangraphs) March 14, 2024 For one awkward beat, there was silence. Just like always, everyone in the room had offered an opinion. The December 2022 move the Royals were discussing was hardly a blockbuster – right-handed reliever Wyatt Mills to the Red Sox for relief prospect Jacob ...
by Padres
Thu Mar 14, 2024 8:35 am
Forum: Musings from Maine
Topic: 2024 Padres Prospect News and Notes
Replies: 71
Views: 1712

Re: 2024 Padres Prospect News and Notes

15. Nolan McLean , RHP Ht: 6'4" | Wt: 214 | B-T: R-R Age: null BA Grade: 55/Extreme Track Record: McLean starred in baseball and football in high school outside Raleigh, n.C., and briefly played both sports at Oklahoma State before dropping football. He continued as a two-way player for the Cow...
by Padres
Thu Mar 14, 2024 8:28 am
Forum: Transactions
Topic: 2024 Draft Thread
Replies: 170
Views: 7070

Re: 2024 Draft Thread

With pick 123 the Padres select RHP Nolan McLean

Born: 7/24/2001
B/T: R/R
by Padres
Sat Mar 09, 2024 8:33 pm
Forum: Musings from Maine
Topic: 2024 Padres Prospect News and Notes
Replies: 71
Views: 1712

Re: 2024 Padres Prospect News and Notes

Top prospect Jacob Melton cleaned up his swing. “That was a big thing this offseason, to try to clean up the swing, simplifying a lot of things,” Melton said. “I just want to be in a better position coming into this season.” With that in mind, Melton worked on his swing in the offseason, looking to ...
by Padres
Fri Mar 08, 2024 11:20 am
Forum: Musings from Maine
Topic: 2024 Padres Prospect News and Notes
Replies: 71
Views: 1712

Re: 2024 Padres Prospect News and Notes

Nick Nastrini , RHP, White Sox: The White Sox acquired Nastrini from the Dodgers before last season’s trade deadline. He split his time post-trade between Double-A Birmingham and Triple-A Charlotte, making three starts respectively for each. Nastrini is off the 40-man roster and is likely behind Ja...
by Padres
Thu Mar 07, 2024 10:16 pm
Forum: IBC Forum
Topic: Players signed to play overseas (2024)
Replies: 66
Views: 1828

Re: Players signed to play overseas (2024)

Jose Peraza has signed with Leones de Yucatan of the independent Mexican League.

Peraza spent last year at Triple-A Syracuse in the Mets’ minor-league system and hasn’t appeared in the majors since the 2021 campaign.

https://www.nbcsports.com/mlb/jose-peraza/50158
by Padres
Thu Mar 07, 2024 10:15 pm
Forum: IBC Forum
Topic: Players signed to play overseas (2024)
Replies: 66
Views: 1828

Re: Players signed to play overseas (2024)

Abraham Almonte has signed with Olmecas de Tabasco of the independent Mexican League.

Almonte got into eight games last year for the Mets and will attempt to keep his playing career going in Mexico.

https://www.nbcsports.com/mlb/abraham-almonte/50173
by Padres
Thu Mar 07, 2024 8:50 pm
Forum: Musings from Maine
Topic: Padres Trades
Replies: 10
Views: 352

Re: Padres Trades

Rockies traded 2023 Draft Pick 97 to Padres for Cristian 0-Mena Mena is young and shows a lot of promise (he reached AAA when he was only 20) and I think he will become a major league starting pitcher. He was the 12th SP om my depth chart for this season but might have been somewhere between 4th to...
by Padres
Thu Mar 07, 2024 5:00 pm
Forum: ExCo General
Topic: 2023 Draft
Replies: 10
Views: 84

Re: 2023 Draft

2/1 is fine with me.
by Padres
Thu Mar 07, 2024 12:39 pm
Forum: Musings from Maine
Topic: 2024 Padres Prospect News and Notes
Replies: 71
Views: 1712

Re: 2024 Padres Prospect News and Notes

Teddy Sharkey , RHP, Orioles: Few college relievers saw the success that Sharkey did at Coastal Carolina. After striking out 74 batters over 49.2 innings, the Orioles selected Sharkey in the seventh round and assigned him to Low-A after a single appearance in the Florida Complex League. Sharkey mix...
by Padres
Wed Mar 06, 2024 8:04 am
Forum: Transactions
Topic: 2024 Draft Thread
Replies: 170
Views: 7070

Re: 2024 Draft Thread

With pick #97. newly acquired via trade, the Padres select RHP Teddy Sharkey

Born; 8/1/2001
B/T: R/R
by Padres
Tue Mar 05, 2024 10:43 am
Forum: Musings from Maine
Topic: 2024 Padres non-prospects news and notes
Replies: 10
Views: 266

Re: 2024 Padres non-prospects news and notes

Damn ... here we go again ... these guys are joining Alex Cobb on the season opening IL Astros manager Joe Espada told reporters Justin Verlander will begin the season on the injured list. Verlander has been dealing with shoulder soreness this offseason and ultimately the club decided to have him ge...
by Padres
Mon Mar 04, 2024 1:06 pm
Forum: IBC Forum
Topic: Players signed to play overseas (2024)
Replies: 66
Views: 1828

Re: Players signed to play overseas (2024)

Former Yankees slugger Greg Bird has signed on to play with the Charros de Jalisco in the Mexican League. The 31-year-old hasn’t played in the big leagues since the 2019 season. He had been playing with the Melbourne Aces in the Australian Baseball League, where he was slashing .277/.348/.539 with 1...

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