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Analysis of Free Agents Linked To Padres

Although the Padres didn’t make a significant move last off-season they were linked to several players. So far most of the players have not found success. However, there is one player who is having…Read More

Holding On To Prospects Could Be Detrimental To Padres

Somewhere in January it was reported the Padres had a big trade on the table, where if Byrnes would have pulled the trigger, the trade would have “knocked our socks off” or “blown our…Read More

Good Bye Justin Upton: What Justin Upton’s Trade Means To The San Diego Padres

Today’s news of Kevin Towers dealing his star player, Justin Upton, to the Atlanta Braves is bittersweet. It is bitter in the sense that Upton wasn’t sent packing to San Diego. Any one who…Read More

Chicken Friars’ Fans Would Rather Have Giancarlo Stanton Over Justin Upton

Whoa! The results weren’t even as close as I had thought they were going to be. Because of the recent trade rumors that were circulating among the Padres, Giancarlo Stanton and Justin Upton,  I posted…Read More

Justin Upton Is A Good Fit In San Diego

Justin Upton was this close to being traded to the Seattle Mariners. But, Kevin Towers’ arch enemy got in the way. After struggling to find a trade partner for Jake Peavy in 2009, because Peavy had a…Read More

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Poll: Who Would You Rather Have?

Although the Padres haven’t made any big moves this off-season, the team finds itself this week at…Read More

Headley for Upton and the Move for the Sake of the Move

Are we really so desperate that we’re looking at creating a hole to fill another hole with a player…Read More

The Padres Have Discussed a Headley-Upton Swap?

Here is an interesting story from the fine folks at mlbtraderumors.com: The Padres have discussed a trade…Read More

Ian Kennedy – Padre Killer

At the start of each series, we at Chicken Friars will zero in on an opposing player known to be a “Padre…Read More

Justin Upton – Padre Killer

At the start of each series, we at Chicken Friars will zero in on an opposing player known to be a “Padre…Read More

Let’s Talk About MVP

  Let’s talk about you and me…and how we may never see an MVP in San Diego, but we can…Read More