Poreda Gone and a Quick Look Back at the Peavy Deal
The Padres lost P Aaron Poreda in the Rule 5 Draft to the Pittsburgh Pirates this past week. For those of you that didn’t know who Aaron Poreda is, he was one of the prospects that San Diego received…Read More
Anthony Bass to make debut, Harang to DL, Poreda DFA
The Padres will introduce another youngster tonight with the debut of pitcher Anthony Bass. Bass will fill in for pitcher Dustin Moseley who went down with a shoulder injury. Bass has a 3.41 ERA in 68.2…Read More
Portland Pounds Out 21 Runs on 32 (!) Hits
The Padres’ AAA Portland affiliate is the worst team in the 16-team Pacific Coast League, at 39-62. You wouldn’t know it from their game against 48-54 Las Vegas Sunday night, as they absolutely…Read More
Jake Peavy and Deadline Duds
The big news of yesterday was the huge Cliff Lee trade, in which the Mariners shipped out there ace lefthander as a three-month rental for four young players, including possible future star first baseman…Read More
Portland’s Interesting Pitching in Saturday Night’s Game
A few days ago, the Portland Beavers lost to the Sacramento River Cats 5-3. The Beavers’ batters were flummoxed by 38-year-old Jamie Moyer-esque lefty John Halama most of the night, leading to the…Read More
How ‘Bout That?
So I take a couple of days off from writing here at Chicken Friars, and the Padres extend their winning…Read More
Poreda’s Wildness Continues
Control problems landed major league hopeful Aaron Poreda in the Double-A bullpen to open the year, and…Read More
Poreda To Start Year in AA, Carter in Low-A…Peavy Trade Looking Bad in Hindsight
I was perusing the nearly-finalized rosters of the Padres’ minor league affiliates. I’ll…Read More
Seven Padres Sent Down
Sorry I’ve been out the last two days–college gets busy sometimes. I should be getting several…Read More
Aaron Poreda’s Wildness and the Meaninglessness of Spring Training Stats
Padres fans may have noticed the boxscore of one of the team’s spring training games today contained…Read More
San Diego Padres Top 10 Prospects–A Quick List
Here’s my top 10 prospects for the Padres going into 2010: 1.) Jaff Decker, LF–Decker absolutely…Read More


