Chicken Friars » White Sox http://chickenfriars.com A San Diego Padres Fan Site - News, Blogs, Opinion and More Tue, 18 Jun 2013 13:00:33 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 Win Now or Build for the Future: What the Carlos Quentin Trade Means http://chickenfriars.com/2011/12/31/win-now-or-build-for-the-future-what-the-carlos-quentin-trade-means/ http://chickenfriars.com/2011/12/31/win-now-or-build-for-the-future-what-the-carlos-quentin-trade-means/#comments Sun, 01 Jan 2012 00:00:31 +0000 Justin Hunter http://chickenfriars.com/?p=5019 The Padres have been making national sports headlines all off-season.  Heath Bell left to sign with the Marlins, Mat Latos was traded to the Reds, and now San Diego picks up Carlos Quentin.  The moves have been a rare combination of building toward the future (grabbing draft picks and prospects) and trying to win immediately [...]

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]]> The Padres have been making national sports headlines all off-season.  Heath Bell left to sign with the Marlins, Mat Latos was traded to the Reds, and now San Diego picks up Carlos Quentin.  The moves have been a rare combination of building toward the future (grabbing draft picks and prospects) and trying to win immediately (getting a Major League-ready first baseman, getting a complimentary back-up catcher, and filling a huge void in the outfield).  The question is, can the Padres have both? Can they have their cake and eat it too?

Of course they can.  All the good teams do it, but they usually do it with a higher payroll than San Diego’s.  However, the moves made by Josh Byrnes have not been the shoot from the hip variety.  These moves have clearly been carefully calculated in an attempt to maintain a well-stocked farm system and to improve the Major League roster in 2012.  Let’s look at the Carlos Quentin trade, what it means, the realism of him being in San Diego more than one year, and how it shapes any additional off-season moves.
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]]> http://chickenfriars.com/2011/12/31/win-now-or-build-for-the-future-what-the-carlos-quentin-trade-means/feed/ 6 The Quentin Rumors http://chickenfriars.com/2011/11/28/the-quentin-rumors/ http://chickenfriars.com/2011/11/28/the-quentin-rumors/#comments Mon, 28 Nov 2011 16:06:28 +0000 Justin Hunter http://chickenfriars.com/?p=4727 Ive been trying to hold off, trying to bide my time. I still will, but with all the rumors swirling, I need to comment on the Carlos Quentin trade talks. Our friends at Southside Showdown were one of the many covering the rumors.  The trade would be complicated and would likely require three teams to [...]

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]]> Ive been trying to hold off, trying to bide my time. I still will, but with all the rumors swirling, I need to comment on the Carlos Quentin trade talks.

Our friends at Southside Showdown were one of the many covering the rumors.  The trade would be complicated and would likely require three teams to pull it off.  The Padres really don’t have any position players of interest to the White Sox, and while the White Sox may be interested in some bullpen help, I’m not sure how inclined Josh Byrnes would be to shop any more of the Padres one bright spot.  It could happen though.

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