Before delving into the latest installment of Deadline Deals of Days Done (by the way,forgive the unabashed use of alliteration; I can't help it sometimes), I've got a few observations on the current state of the Friar franchise. Some are just interesting while others are flat out sad. That shouldn't be too surprising given the Padres place in the NL West standings right now.
Power Outage
If the Friars follow through and trade OF Ryan Ludwick, will the Padres end up without a single player with a double-figure HR total? Ludwick has 11 currently. Chris Denorfia and Cameron Maybin are tied for second with five. Yes, I said five. I was listening to the first game of the Marlins series the other day and when Florida OF Mike Stanton was announced as the next hitter by longtime Padres radio voice Ted Leitner, he casually mentioned Stanton led the Marlins with 20 HR. The realization that our best power guy barely had half of that total caused me a momentary but sharp ...
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