Quote from WindsorUK on April 30, 2023, 11:17 am

Our old friend Taylor Trammell off to a good start.

https://www.mlb.com/player/taylor-trammell-666211

Already out producing Nola....in 1 AB!

Quote from BoosterSD on May 1, 2023, 2:19 pm

Not a big fan of Bryce Harper, but gotta give credit were credit is due. 5 months after having TJ surgery, and he will be back in the line up tomorrow night. Props for nutting up and getting back to help his teammates.

Hate to say it, but Tatis might have a thing or two to learn from Harper. Although Tatis is handling himself well this season with the jeers from opposing crowds.

Quote from MrPadre19 on May 1, 2023, 7:08 pm

Remains to be seen if coming back this quickly is a good thing.

Harper is good for the game so I hope he stays on the field but even for position players his return was quick

 

Quote from WindsorUK on May 11, 2023, 10:29 am

Jack Suwinski looks similar to Trent Grisham.

Plays a good CF defense, hits the long ball, good speed on the basepaths.

Bad trade then, looking worse now.

Quote from LynchMob on May 12, 2023, 1:48 pm

From Joe Posnanski's blog ... looks like the Padres missed a hitter ...

So, let’s see if we can follow the path. The Twins drafted Brent Rookie late in the first round in 2017 out of Mississippi State (he won the SEC triple crown) He looked terrific at the plate in his first minor league season — showed a lot of power — and made himself into a top-100 prospect. He kept on hitting home runs, but his strikeouts climbed and the Twins struggled to find a defensive position for him. But, still, he got his first shot in the big leagues in 2020 (homered off the marvelously named Daniel Ponce de Leon) and he got into 58 big-league games in 2021. And he kept on hitting in the minor leagues.

Then in April last year, the Twins traded him to the Padres.

Less than four months later, the Padres traded him to the Royals.

About three months later, he was released by the Royals and picked up by the A’s.

The Royals released Rooker because of some sort of complicated roster thing. He was only getting paid $725,000. And since he hit .338/.424/.775 with nine homers in 20 games in Omaha, you certainly could make the argument that a going-nowhere team like Kansas City might keep him on the off-chance that he could put something together.

But they didn’t. He’s in Oakland. And at the moment, he leads the American League in slugging percentage and OPS. He’s hitting .315/.424/.648 with 10 home runs. And look, I don’t know if he’s going to keep up that kind of hitting all year. But it turns out Rooker is a big-time analytics guy, so he has really worked hard on making the physical and mental adjustments. When you listen to him talk about hitting, you can see him really stepping up. He reminds me of Jose Bautista after he figured things out in his late 20s.

There’s nothing good happening in Oakland right now. The organization seems to have given up. The fans have completely stopped showing up (and who can blame them). They seem ready to make some sort of Bugsy Siegel deal in Vegas so they can play their games in the Tropicana Casino, near the roulette wheels. It’s ugly.

But, hey, Brent Rooker is a lot of fun.

Quote from WindsorUK on May 13, 2023, 10:57 am

Quote from LynchMob on May 12, 2023, 1:48 pm

From Joe Posnanski's blog ... looks like the Padres missed a hitter ...

So, let’s see if we can follow the path. The Twins drafted Brent Rookie late in the first round in 2017 out of Mississippi State (he won the SEC triple crown) He looked terrific at the plate in his first minor league season — showed a lot of power — and made himself into a top-100 prospect. He kept on hitting home runs, but his strikeouts climbed and the Twins struggled to find a defensive position for him. But, still, he got his first shot in the big leagues in 2020 (homered off the marvelously named Daniel Ponce de Leon) and he got into 58 big-league games in 2021. And he kept on hitting in the minor leagues.

Then in April last year, the Twins traded him to the Padres.

Less than four months later, the Padres traded him to the Royals.

About three months later, he was released by the Royals and picked up by the A’s.

The Royals released Rooker because of some sort of complicated roster thing. He was only getting paid $725,000. And since he hit .338/.424/.775 with nine homers in 20 games in Omaha, you certainly could make the argument that a going-nowhere team like Kansas City might keep him on the off-chance that he could put something together.

But they didn’t. He’s in Oakland. And at the moment, he leads the American League in slugging percentage and OPS. He’s hitting .315/.424/.648 with 10 home runs. And look, I don’t know if he’s going to keep up that kind of hitting all year. But it turns out Rooker is a big-time analytics guy, so he has really worked hard on making the physical and mental adjustments. When you listen to him talk about hitting, you can see him really stepping up. He reminds me of Jose Bautista after he figured things out in his late 20s.

There’s nothing good happening in Oakland right now. The organization seems to have given up. The fans have completely stopped showing up (and who can blame them). They seem ready to make some sort of Bugsy Siegel deal in Vegas so they can play their games in the Tropicana Casino, near the roulette wheels. It’s ugly.

But, hey, Brent Rooker is a lot of fun.

Traded for....Cam Gallagher?

Obviously AJ has made some great trades( FTJ, Yu, Musgrove) but unfortunately the stinkers far outweigh those( Grandal, Fried, Turner, France, Suwinski, Quantril, Naylor, and now Rooker)

Oh well......we have a great team regardless.....wait a minute.....

Quote from MrPadre19 on May 15, 2023, 4:08 pm

CJ Abrams has 22 RBI.

That’s more than any Padre.

I’ll repeat….CJ Abrams has more RBI than Juan Soto,Manny Machado or any other SD Padre player.

 

Quote from MrPadre19 on May 15, 2023, 8:24 pm

Anyone else think Tim Anderson will be a dodger this year?

The Sox have a Club option on him for 2024….I assume that transfers and the dodgers can just pick that up for next year…..yes?

 

Quote from Henry Silvestre on May 15, 2023, 9:56 pm

Quote from MrPadre19 on May 15, 2023, 8:24 pm

Anyone else think Tim Anderson will be a dodger this year?

The Sox have a Club option on him for 2024….I assume that transfers and the dodgers can just pick that up for next year…..yes?

 

Sometimes team options get forfeited (written in contracted) when a player is traded.. sometimes not..