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WILL VENABLE RUMORS & GOSSIP
Padres Injury Update: Will Venable out with back issue
The San Diego Padres entered Saturday night's game against the Arizona Diamondbacks with a record of 68-78,. third in the National League West. The Padres have struggled all season offensively, ranked 30th in the Major Leagues in runs scored. One of the many Padres who have had off seasons at the plate is Will Venable, who is out with a back injury.#455058744 / gettyimages.comOur...
Via Sports Injury Alert
September 14, 2014
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Will Venable leads Padres past White Sox, 4-2
CHICAGO (AP) -- Tyson Ross would have liked to have had better command when he faced what has been a tough Chicago White Sox lineup Saturday. Yet the San Diego Padres' right hander had no trouble handcuffing a White Sox offense that is suddenly scuffling.
Ross limited the White Sox to two runs -- one earned -- on five hits in six innings, and Huston Street remained perfect in 17...
Via Fox Sports San Diego
June 01, 2014
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Marlins comeback falls short in loss to Padres
SAN DIEGO -- Will Venable homered and the San Diego Padres beat the Miami Marlins 5-4 on Sunday for their first three-game winning streak of the season.
The surging Padres offense, which has scored 24 runs in the three games, also got two hits and two RBIs from Chris Denorfia.
Robbie Erlin (2-4) scattered five hits in 6 1-3 scoreless innings before giving way to three Padres relievers...
Via Fox Sports Florida
May 11, 2014
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Venable gives Padres 6-5 win over Royals in 12
SAN DIEGO -- Will Venable hit a two-run single in the 12th inning to give the San Diego Padres a 6-5 win over the Kansas City Royals on Monday night.
Venable singled off Tim Collins (0-2) and over the head of right fielder Lorenzo Cain to score Chris Denorfia with the tying run and Yonder Alonso with the winning run from second base.
Denorfia led off the inning with a single off...
Via Fox Sports Kansas City
May 06, 2014
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Fantasy Roundup: I’m Selling Venable
I wasn’t buying Will Venable entering the 2014 season because he was older player coming off a career year that was heavily influenced by a fluky performance in August (table below).
Time
BA
OBP
SLG
BABIP
HR
HR/FB
Rest
.239
.304
.422
.280
14
14.4%
August
.367
.395
.697
.432
8
36.4%
This year his strikeout rate increased nearly six percentage points (to 28.7%) and his...
Via Baseball Professor
April 30, 2014
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WATCH: Will Venable goes full extension to make diving catch
Defense is a pitchers best friend. So in this case, the San Diego Padres speedy right fielder Will Venable is Ian Kennedy’s new best friend. Venable completely robs Washington Nationals slugger Jayson Werth from at least two bases, maybe three on a full diving catch just inside the right field line. Watch the robbery (via MLB.com). Your browser does not support iframes.The...
Via Reading Between The Seams
April 27, 2014
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Is Will Venable vulnerable to regression?
Being an East Coast writer sometimes makes it difficult to appreciate or notice players from the other coast. After all, most of their games are starting just when I am thinking about going to bed. I would like to think that I keep track of what's going on pretty well still. But I question that when looking at Will Venable's 2013 season and being surprised at the numbers I saw there...
Via The Flagrant Fan
February 26, 2014
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And Jerry Walked Past
In the spring of 2012 I stood on a sidewalk that connected the backfields of the Peoria Sports Complex. By virtue of a friendship with Rick and Beau of RJ’s Fro I had come impossibly close to the white lines which our Padres crossed each sun-baked Arizona morning.
As we stood chatting in a protective circle, Jerry Coleman walked right past us. This simple action of walking had...
Via Padres Public
January 09, 2014
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