Olney : Reyes Is The Mets’ Mark Prior

Bottom 9th: Going into the ninth, the Pads were back 6-1, but the Pads got Adrian Gonzalez home on a Chase Headley single, and then Nick Hundley drove in his same-named consort from third on another RBI single. Chris Burke bounced into a fielder's choice that left runners at the corners, and David Eckstein snuck a longball into the left-field Western Metal Supply seats to tie the...

On this date nine years ago, the Marlins selected Adrian Gonzalez with the first pick of the amateur draft. The 16-year-old would sign a deal later that day that included a $3MM signing bonus. Two trades later, Gonzalez leads the National League with 22 home runs. The 2009 draft is in four days, let's take a look at what is being written in the Blogosphere... Goat Riders of the Apocalypse...

The Wikifeudia over Rich Rodriguez’s original hometown may have ended as I noticed this morning that his current entry has changed his birthplace to Chicago, IL from Grant Town, WV.   Readers of this site may recall a couple posts last year on this mess, prompted by author John U. Bacon’s piece in Michigan today on [...]

At his column for ESPN Insider Buster Olney takes a look at Jose Reyes and discusses whether he has peaked. Olney compares Reyes to Mark Prior, who seemingly held the Cubs hostage to his untapped potential for years before finally becoming a disappointment.I'll admit that I'm not the biggest Reyes fan ( more for his knuckle headed mistakes and focus issues than his skills), but with...

Jake Peavy's next start has been moved back to Monday night so that the San Diego Padres can allow their ace to recover from an upper respiratory infection.

SAN DIEGO (AP) -Tony Gwynn Jr. reached base a career-high five times and scored the go-ahead run in the six-run sixth inning to help the San Diego Padres beat the Arizona Diamondbacks 6-4 on Saturday night, snapping a four-game losing streak.

PADRES REPORT: It sure didn't appear to be an accident, that pinch-hit homer David Eckstein hit with two outs in the ninth that tied a game most had simply given up for lost.

Mark Reynolds hit a three-run homer off infielder Josh Wilson with two outs in the 18th inning, sending the Arizona Diamondbacks to a 9-6 win over the San Diego Padres on Sunday in the longest major league game this season.

Diamondbacks 9, Padres 6: Mark Reynolds hit a three-run homer off infielder Josh Wilson with two outs in the 18th, sending visiting Arizona past San Diego in the longest major league game this

I have to give credit to Diamondbacks manager A.J. Hinch for the way he handled his bench and pitching staff in the 18-inning win over the San Diego Padres. Hinch could be criticized for some of his moves with the pitching staff this year, but today he easliy out-managed Padres skipper Bud Black. Dan Haren started [...]