Offense Explodes as Padres Cement Series Split with 13-4 Victory Over Nationals
Wow! I knew that the ball traveled better at Petco Park in the daytime, but the Padres put on an incredible offensive display today as they beat the Nationals by a score of 13-4. How well did San Diego’s…Read More
Cashner is Money
The Miami Marlins visit San Diego on a rainy day and run into a buzzsaw in Andrew Cashner, who goes 7 1/3 innings, giving up no runs, allowing 4 hits and striking out 4. My heart is singing on the…Read More
Observations from the Cubs Series
After losing the first game of the four game series at Wrigley Field against the Cubs on Monday night, the Padres managed to take two of the final three games to earn a split. The Padres now head back…Read More
Will Andrew Cashner Now Move to the Padres Starting Rotation?
Let the “San Diego Starting Rotation Shuffle” begin! On Saturday night, Clayton Richard was scratched from his start in San Francisco due to an illness, and jack-of-all-trades starter/setup…Read More
Padres Weekend Roundup: Porcello, Garcia, Tommy John Curse
This past weekend, the Padres lost to the Mariners 1-3 on Friday and were out-slugged by the Rockies 4-10 on Saturday, but did manage to cap the weekend off with a 6-4 win over the Brewers on Sunday.…Read More
Padres Weekend Roundup: Headley Hurt, Garcia Struggles
On Friday, the Padres split two split-squad games vs. the Dodgers, winning 8-7, and the Royals, losing…Read More
The Race For The Fifth Spot In The Rotation
The race for the fifth spot in the rotation is heating up. With a little over three weeks a way there…Read More
Cashing in Cashner
On Sunday for his first spring start, Cashner threw eleven pitches for eleven strikes. While still…Read More
Padres Weekend Roundup: Cashner, Blanks, Gyorko
It was a little bit of a slow weekend around camp in Peoria. It was also a rough weekend for the Padres…Read More
Lee Bosch’s 2013 National League West Predictions
The National League West is expected to be one of the toughest divisions this year. You have…Read More
Spring Training Position Battles: Relief Pitching
In the last installment of the Spring Training Position Battles series I will feature the relief corp.…Read More
What has to go right for the San Diego Padres in 2013
I have no delusions that the Padres can win a division title this year. The Giants (gag), Dodgers,…Read More
More Good News Concerning the Padres Starting Rotation
When the offseason began, the Padres’ Starting Rotation had more questions than answers surrounding…Read More
The Padres Starting Rotation and the Evaporating Free Agent Market.
The San Diego Padres have approximately 1.37 legitimate starting pitchers. Volquez being the “1”…Read More
Promotions I Wanna See In 2013
The Padres have not announced their promotional schedule for 2013, but I am hoping for some exciting…Read More
Recap Of Latest Padres Chat With Bill Center
I enjoy reading through the information that the U-T’s Bill Center provides each week in a weekly…Read More
Padres Apparently Showing Interest in More Starting Pitching Help
As we have documented on Chicken Friars multiple times over the last two months, the Padres have been…Read More
Andrew Cashner Becomes The Hunted
With the events that transpired today, it is apparent that Padres pitcher Andrew Cashner is aware of…Read More
Spots in Padres Starting Rotation Could Be Up For Grabs in 2013
Last week, the injury-plagued Tim Stauffer and Dustin Moseley elected to become outright Free Agents…Read More
Padres Cashner Coming Back and Has Big Chance
The competition for spots in the Padres’ 2013 starting rotation has already begun, and some San Diego…Read More





















