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Improving the Padres Attendance

While the Padres are no slouch at drawing fans, the team is hardly leading the league in yearly attendance figures. Attendance has been adequate, but not impressive. So why fix something that’s not…Read More

Padres and Expected Run Value

Grit your teeth, shut your eyes tight, and let’s just get through the next couple of sentences because I know you’re tired of hearing it.  The Padres offense often ranks at or near the bottom…Read More

Baseball Mirrors Life

I feel like a broken record, but I again have to talk about small-market teams like the Padres playing in a league with absolutely no competitive balance in terms of payroll.  I’ve said it before,…Read More

What Matt Moore’s Deal With the Rays Means for the Padres’ Latos and Maybin

On Friday, news broke that the Tampa Bay Rays had signed Matt Moore to a contract extension.  The stud lefty was drafted in the 8th round of the 2007 draft and has developed into so much more than the…Read More

Position Analysis: Shortstop

The Padres prospects at shortstop are not much better than second base.  We’ve covered the club’s desire to trade Bartlett.  We’ve covered Evereth Cabrera and his up and down career. …Read More