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- 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 ...
- Wed Mar 20, 2024 10:18 pm
- Forum: Transactions
- Topic: March 2024 Transactions
- Replies: 228
- Views: 1545
- 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...
- 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
Born: 7/23/2004
B/T: L/L
The Padres are done with 2024 IBC draft
- 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...
- 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
- 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
- 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...
- 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
Born: March 6, 2002
B/T: R/R
- 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...
- 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...
- Sat Mar 16, 2024 8:22 pm
- Forum: Transactions
- Topic: 2024 Draft Thread
- Replies: 170
- Views: 7070
- 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 ...
- 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...
- 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
Born: 7/24/2001
B/T: R/R
- 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 ...
- 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...
- 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
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
- 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
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
- 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...
- 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.
- 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...
- 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
Born; 8/1/2001
B/T: R/R
- 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...
- 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...