Sports Illustrated’s Jon Heyman reported that the San Diego Padres may be interested in taking a look at either Troy Glaus or Jorge Cantu.
Troy Glaus played his high school baseball in Carlsbad. He would be a strong right handed bat that can play both 1B and 3B. He is a 13 year veteran and still showed some pop in his bat last season. He would be able to split time with Chase Headley and Brad Hawpe at first and third. Last season he played for the Atlanta Braves and hit .240, with 16 home runs and 71 RBI.
Year Tm G AB HR RBI SB BA OBP SLG 1998 ANA 48 165 1 23 1 .218 .280 .291 1999 ANA 154 551 29 79 5 .240 .331 .450 2000 ANA 159 563 47 102 14 .284 .404 .604 2001 ANA 161 588 41 108 10 .250 .367 .531 2002 ANA 156 569 30 111 10 .250 .352 .453 2003 ANA 91 319 16 50 7 .248 .343 .464 2004 ANA 58 207 18 42 2 .251 .355 .575 2005 ARI 149 538 37 97 4 .258 .363 .522 2006 TOR 153 540 38 104 3 .252 .355 .513 2007 TOR 115 385 20 62 0 .262 .366 .473 2008 STL 151 544 27 99 0 .270 .372 .483 2009 STL 14 29 0 2 0 .172 .250 .241 2010 ATL 128 412 16 71 0 .240 .344 .400 13 Seasons 1537 5410 320 950 56 .254 .358 .489 Provided by Baseball-Reference.com: View Original TableGenerated 1/7/2011.
Jorge Cantu spent last season with both the Florida Marlins and the Texas Rangers. He can play defense all over the infield (1b, 3b, and 2B) and would add a nice right handed bat to the bench to give either Hawpe or Headley a break against lefty pitchers, just like Glaus would.
Generated 1/7/2011.
If the Padres are able to pick up either Glaus or Cantu, it would strengthen the Padres bench and would also strengthen the Padres lineup against left handed pitchers. Both players would also give the Padres an experienced first baseman, Brad Hawpe has only started 8 games at first in his major league career.
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