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Daily Friar 2.13.12

Prior to Saturday's FanFest the truck holding all the equipment for the team was making its way to Peoria. The team was taking pictures this morning at Petco and will then start making their way out as well. Just under 6 days to go before pitchers and catchers report. March will be here very soon and that means the spring training games will begin. This is a great opportunity...
Via Friarhood  |  12 hours ago
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A Modest Proposal For Huston Street's 9th Inning Music

During Saturday's Fanfest at PETCO Park, Huston Street addressed his Closer's Music for 2012 while sitting on a forum panel moderated by Mud Grant. He said it would be a surprise. I have an opinion on this . . .Since 1998 there have been two songs* San Diego Padres fans have heard in the 9th inning of a close game: Hells Bells for Trevor Hoffman and Heath Bell's Blow...
Via Avenging Jack Murphy  |  17 hours ago
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Street has closer’s nerve; will his song, effort show enough verve?

Huston Street's pitching career is a tribute to an open mind and an obliging arm; to early adaptation and late movement. The man is nothing if not malleable.
Via San Diego Padres Baseball Schedule, Roster, Stats ? The Union-Tribune  |  2 days ago
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Street has closer’s nerve; will his song, effort show enough verve?

Huston Street's pitching career is a tribute to an open mind and an obliging arm; to early adaptation and late movement. The man is nothing if not malleable.
Via Sign on San Diego  |  2 days ago
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Closer Look

On the heels of the top 20 closers for 2012 fantasy baseball — or heals if you’re talking strictly about Huston Street and Andrew Bailey — comes every closer for 2012 fantasy baseball.  This is the post you’ve all been waiting for since earlier this morning!  Sorry to put you through that hour and a half of anguish/anticipation or anguishipation.  You were...
Via Razzball  |  7 days ago
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Top 20 Closers for 2012 Fantasy Baseball

The 2012 fantasy baseball rankings have reached the next to next to next to last stop with the top 20 closers for 2012 fantasy baseball. These top 20 closers are different than all of the other rankings. The closers on the top of this list you should not draft and there are closers that aren’t on this list that you should be targeting. Shortly, there will be a list of every...
Via Razzball  |  7 days ago
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Byrnes Executing the Plan

Newly appointed Padres GM Josh Byrnes has been a busy bee so far this winter. Since assuming the leadership mantle from his predecessor, Jed Hoyer, Byrnes has: Traded Mat Latos, the club’s best starting pitcher; added power-hitting corner OF Carlos Quentin; brought in veteran OF-1B and clubhouse leader Mark Kotsay as a free agent; upgraded at backup catcher with John Baker; replaced...
Via Friarhood  |  14 days ago
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Roger Clemens pitches perfect inning in Texas alumni game

It appears that Roger Clemens still has it. Well, sort of. As is the annual tradition in Austin, Texas Longhorns baseball alumni, including Clemens, Huston Street, and Drew Stubbs went up against the 2012 Longhorns squad in the Alumni Game yesterday at Disch-Falk Field. Roger Clemens drew the assignment of pitching the first inning for the alumni, and was perfect, striking...
Via Rant Sports  |  15 days ago
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Rockies extend Betancourt's contract

Rafael Betancourt has a new deal to go with his new role as Colorado's closer. The Rockies' right-handed reliever agreed Wednesday to an $8.5 million, two-year contract that guarantees him an additional $4.25 million. The Venezuela native saved eight of nine games filling in for an injured Huston Street last August. The Rockies traded Street to San Diego in December. Betancourt...
Via AP on Fox  |  19 days ago
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Rockies agree to new deal with Betancourt

The Colorado Rockies and right-handed reliever Rafael Betancourt have agreed on a new contract that runs through 2013 with an option for 2014. The 36-year-old Betancourt was already under contract for this season and had a $4.25 million mutual option for 2013. The Denver Post reported recently that the Rockies would pick up that option and add a club option for the same salary for...
Via Fox Sports  |  19 days ago
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Grading the Bullpens: NL West

As we saw before, managers usually have a logical reason for using the bullpens the way that they did. However, sometimes logical reasons aren’t necessarily good enough reasons. We will take a look at how the NL West bullpens performed last season and whether the managers got the best utilization out of their bullpens. However, before we do that, let me introduce you to the...
Via hardballchat.com  |  24 days ago
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Closers: Most Overpaid Profession in the History of Time

What is it you say ya do here? This off-season, closers have been a hot commodity. Whether it was through trade, like Sergio Santos or Huston Street, or through Free Agency, like Jonathan Papelbon or Ryan Madson. My only question is – why? First, let’s take a common sense approach. If you told an economist, accountant, or anyone who works with numbers, that an organization...
Via Rant Sports  |  January 12, 2012
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Padres Off-Season in Review

“Hope springs eternal.” - Alexander Pope The Padres are pretty much done for this off-season.  Spring Training is closing in; the payroll is projected to be in the $50 million range, where Jeff Moorad said it would be.  One has to figure the Padres will now draw no more cards.  With a new GM seated at the table, never a better time to review Josh Byrnes’ first time cooking...
Via Friarhood  |  January 10, 2012
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Albert Pujols’ Contract in NPV

A month ago, Albert Pujols agreed to terms with the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim. It was a deal that the media and public mostly ignored due to the intense coverage of the trade that sent Nick Schmidt to the Colorado Rockies as the player-to-be-named-later in San Diego’s Huston Street acquisition. Who could  forget what a monumental day that was? Apparently desperate to get...
Via Fangraphs  |  January 09, 2012
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In wild NL West, it's anyone's game

San Diego began its offseason rebuilding plan last July, sending outfielder Ryan Ludwick and his contract to the Pittsburgh Pirates. Then, once the offseason officially began, they let closer Heath Bell leave as a free agent, despite his public proclamation he would take less money to stay with the Padres. And they dealt rotation ace Mat Latos to Cincinnati for prospects. Not totally...
Via Fox Sports  |  January 06, 2012
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Top Moment #15: Mayberry Keeps Game Alive

AP Photo/Chris SchneiderOne strike: that’s all Huston Street needed to finish off a victory for the Colorado Rockies.  One pitch: that’s all John Mayberry Jr. needed to change the flow of the game.An incredible 4-3 come-from-behind win lands fifteenth on our top moments list, and it was quite a thriller.  The Rockies led by two with two outs in the ninth inning.  With the...
Via Phillies Nation  |  January 06, 2012
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Daily Friar 1.4.12

  According to Corey Brock's newest article, the Padres roster is nearly all set. I can see them adding a couple bullpen arms as we are all suspecting Zumaya gets signed. Also once Fielder signs I still think Rizzo gets traded at some point. The third article down is from Baseball America and there is a list of who gets what draft pick in the upcoming draft. It's nice to...
Via Friarhood  |  January 04, 2012
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Player Profile #194: Joe Nathan | RP | TEX

It wasn’t a smooth transition back from Tommy John surgery for 37-year-old Nathan, who allowed 13 runs in his first 15 1/3 innings last season. However, after a month-long stint on the DL, Nathan came back fairly strong striking out 28 batters and walking just five in 29 1/3 innings. Now in Texas, Nathan should get first crack at closer’s duties, but they do have a fairly...
Via Baseball Professor  |  January 02, 2012
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Player Profile #195: Huston Street | RP | SD

For the third time in his career Street is switching teams, this time to the Padres. Street always delivered very solid strikeout numbers with great control, but Rockies fans will remember him for the home runs and injuries. Hopefully San Diego can fix one of those problems. Going from pitching in Coors Field to Petco Park is any pitcher’s dream and especially for one who...
Via Baseball Professor  |  January 02, 2012
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Daily Friar 12.29.11

  Andrew Bailey was traded yesterday from the A's to the Red Sox. Interesting to think about becauase the Padres were once linked to Baily right before the winter meetings. At that point the Padres went a different direction and traded for Huston Street instead. Chicken Friars has an analysis of it all which is below. Also our own Steve Adler will guest host on Josh and Charod...
Via Friarhood  |  December 29, 2011
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Daily Friar 12.26.11

  I hope that all of you had a wonderful Christmas yesterday and are enjoying time with family and friends. It's kind of ironic to me that the time that we start to get more hectic around the household, the baseball world takes a break. I'm sure there are discussions of stuff going on behind closed doors, but the activity that we have been hearing about has put on the breaks...
Via Friarhood  |  December 26, 2011
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GM Byrnes makes first big splash, deals Mat Latos to Reds

Newly anointed San Diego Padres General Manager Josh Byrnes has not been shy about pulling the trigger, trading for John Baker, Huston Street, and Cory Burns so far this winter. On Saturday, however, Byrnes made his first blockbuster deal as Padres GM, sending 24 year-old ace Mat Latos to the Cincinnati Reds for RHP Edinson Volquez, 1B Yonder Alonso, C Yasmani Grandal, and RHP Brad...
Via Friar Forecast  |  December 17, 2011
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How Quentin could make sense for the Padres

As the intensity of trade discussions increases, here’s an interesting notion to consider: The low-revenue Padres could add a pricey veteran hitter such as White Sox right fielder Carlos Quentin. Quentin, 29, is highly available as he enters his final season before hitting the open market. The Padres can’t afford free-agent hitters, not that many would even want to...
Via MLB BUZZ  |  December 16, 2011
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Cuddyer Allows Rockies to Shop Smith for Starting Pitcher

The Rockies working to finalize the contract with free-agent outfielder Michael Cuddyer on Friday was the latest in what figures to be a continuing series of moves by the team that are inter-related with the idea of improving multiple areas of the team without a major payroll increase. It’s all part of a plan the Rockies drew up in September and has slowly unfolded this offseason...
Via MLB BUZZ  |  December 16, 2011
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Walt Jocketty is Having Problems Improving the Reds

Frustrated by this Reds off-season? You have no idea. I’ve felt all along that based on the nucleus the Reds have in place, and relative MLB experience; 2012 would be the Reds ‘all in’ year. I’ve stated it multiple times. With Albert Pujols leaving St. Louis and Prince Fielder leaving Milwaukee–along with the problems that may arise from Ryan Braun’s 50-game suspension–this...
Via Diamond Hoggers  |  December 14, 2011
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