PADRES RUMORS & GOSSIP
Rookie Cory Luebke, Padres Sweep Dodgers
A night after their young stud starter Mat Latos had another dominant performance, the San Diego Padres sent another young hurler to the bump against the Los Angeles Dodgers. Cory Luebke made his second professional start Wednesday night and he was awesome.
Luebke was stellar over six shutout innings, allowing just two hits and one walk, while striking out seven. The 25-year-old...
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Luebke wins first as Padres pad West lead
Cory Luebke tossed six shutout innings to earn his first Major League victory while helping the Padres complete a sweep of the Dodgers and add to their NL West lead with a 4-0 win on Wednesday.
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Padres GM Hoyer thinks it'll take 91-92 wins to win the NL West
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XX Sports Radio: Jed Hoyer Interview (MP3) with Darren Smith
There is no silver lining when losing 10 games in a row. The way he rationalizes is it the Padres are 15...
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Random thoughts from last night's Padres Victory
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San Diego Padres' Adrian Gonzalez, right celebrates with catcher Nick Hundley after getting the final out during the ninth inning of a baseball...
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The streak is OVER
All I can say it thank GOD! I’m not extremely superstitious but when your first place team goes on a losing streak of that magnitude somethings had to be changed. The lineup changed, the rotation changed, people torched old lucky socks (maybe just me), and still others began to think of other things that they could change to make the Padres win again. Did me having a ritualistic...
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San Diego Padres maintain lead in West
The San Diego Padres maintained their one game lead in the National League West Monday night with a 4-2 victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers.
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Padres DFA Steve Garrison and promote Mike Baxter
According to Corey Brock of MLB.com, the San Diego Padres have designated Steve Garrison for assignment. Garrison was acquired from Milwaukee back in 2007. Garrison holds a career 4.05 ERA at Double-A.
Garrison was designated to make room on the 40 man roster for the left-handed hitting Mike Baxter. Baxter hit .301 with 58 extra-base hits with Triple-A Portland this season...
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Upcoming Series: @ San Diego Padres
Game 1: Monday, September 6th, 7:05 PM
Vicente Padilla (6-4) 3.96
1-0 with 1.38 ERA in 2 starts vs Padres
0-0 with 4.50 ERA @ PETCO
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Tim Stauffer (3-3) 1.68
2nd start this season
0-0 with a 0.00 ERA in 2 games no starts vs Dodgers
Game 2: Tuesday, September 7th, 7:05 PM
Clayton Kershaw (11-9) 3.01
2-0 with 1.26 ERA in 2 starts vs Padres
1-0 with 1.29 ERA @ PETCO
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Kevin Correia...
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Mark Prior and the Cubs Reunited
Everyone knows how Mark Prior went from future and present phenom to just another injured pitcher with the Chicago Cubs. He had shoulder surgery, was not tendered a contract, signed with San Diego, had another shoulder surgery and was out of baseball as quickly as he got into it. Let’s fast forward.
Prior has endured 2 painful shoulder injuries, and 2 long and strenuous rehabs...
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Adam LaRoche pranks Kelly Johnson during Tuesday’s game
As I browsed through some tweets last night, I came across a story that was too funny not to pass along. According to Steve Gilbert, the Arizona Diamondbacks beat writer for MLB.com, Adam LaRoche changed Kelly Johnson’s hitting music to prior to the start of Tuesday night’s game against the Padres.
As Johnson stepped to the [...]
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San Diego Padres designate RHP Cesar Carrillo for assignment
MLB.com’s Corey Brock tweets that the San Diego padres have designated right-handed pitcher Cesar Carrillo for assignment.
Carrillo, 26, pitched three games in the Major Leagues (all in 2009). He was 1-2 in 3 starts with a 13.06 ERA. The right-hander was originally a first-round selection in the 2005 First-Year Player Draft.
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Call-Ups or Hang-Ups: San Diego Padres and Mike Baxter
Once again it is collaborative post time here on Call to the Pen. This month’s topic is September call-ups. To get the ball rolling, I posed the following question to each of our Lead Writers, “Which player do you want your team to call-up in September and why?” It is a simple question but I think you will find the responses to be very diverse.
Taking the path less traveled...
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The San Diego Padres Top 100 Prospects: #93–Yefri Carvajal, RHP/OF
Name: Yefri Carvajal
Position: Outfielder (undergoing possible conversion to right-handed reliever)
DOB: 1/22/89
2010 Level(s): Lake Elsinore (High-A), San Antonio (AA)
Perhaps no player in the system was more difficult to rank than Yefri Carvajal.
Once considered one of the best hitters in the system, Carvajal never really got it going outside of the AZL, typically hitting an...
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FRIARS ON FIRE
Padres Match Win Total From Last Season Already
Raise your hand if before the season you had the Padres down as one of your sleeper teams. Okay, all you liars can now put your hands down.
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WHAT'S THE HOLD UP?
A Story of Draft Failure
Padres first rounder Karsten Whitson thought he was going to sign a Major League contract. So did the Padres. But he didn't. So what happened?
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THE PADRES HOT 25
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