Saving San Diego, an MLB The Show 09 Franchise Dynasty

[DeToxRox]

This is going to be run on All Star settings, with a few slider tweaks. I have let the CPU run with the Owner based things such as Marketing and Facilities. I am using Ridin's roster set from OS. Strasburg started as a FA so I put him on the Nats.

I will play one game per series to keep this moving along.

[DeToxRox]

San Diego Shakeup!
Jake Peavy dealt to Texas!

It didn't take long for new San Diego Padres GM Buster Stallworth to realize the mess he inherited when he took over the reigns of GM for the Padres. With Ace Jake Peavy's bloated contract on the books, and a hazy financial future on the horizon thanks to an Owners ongoing divorce, the Padres had little recourse but find a suitable deal for Peavy, and that they did in a mega deal with the Texas Rangers.

The Padres sent Peavy to Texas and acquired in return SS Elvis Andrus, a 20 year old slick fielder with unlimited potential, 1B Justin Smoak, a pure hitting 1B who could eventually move into a replacement for Adrian Gonzalez should a deal come available for Adrian, and 22 year old SP Derek Holland. Holland will join 4 other rookies on the Padres opening day pitching staff which could spell disaster for the upcoming year, but potentially give some hope to the Padres in the future.

[DeToxRox]

San Diego Padres Opening Day Lineup

1. CF Jody Gerut
2. SS Elvis Anrus
3. 1B Adrian Gonzalez
4. 3B Kevin Kouzmanoff
5. LF Chase Headley
6. RF Brian Giles
7. C Nick Hundley
8. 2B David Eckstein
9. SP Chris Young

Bench:

C Henry Blanco
SS Evereth Cabrera
CF Scott Hairston
LF Cliff Floyd
2B Chris Burke

Rotation

1. Chris Young
2. Chad Gaudin
3. Shawn Hill
4. Josh Geer
5. Derek Holland

Long Reliever

1. Luke Gregerson

Middle Relievers

1. Edward Mujica
2. Luis Perdomo
3. Scott Patterson

Setup Men

1. Duaner Sanchez
2. Clay Meredith

Closer

1. Heath Bell

[DeToxRox]

Game 1: Padres vs Dodgers
Chris Young (0-0) vs Chad Billingsley (0-0)

This was a game I played and it was quite a pitchers duel as Young and Billingsley each tossed gems, and each team played flawless D.

LA had a chance to score early with runners on 1st and 2nd and one out with James Loney at the dish, but he was robbed by a diving Elvis Andrus at short, who then flipped to Eckstein at 2nd for the double play. It'd be the one time Loney got out all day as he finished 3-4 for LA.

The game was tied 0-0 in the bottom of the 7th, when Brian Giles hit a bomb to right field to give the Padres the 1-0 lead. From there Chris Young went back into shutdown mode, finishing up 8 strong innings, before turning it over to Heath Bell in the 9th for the save.

Final Line

SD: 1 - 8 - 0
LA : 0 -7 - 0

Game MVP

Chris Young (SD) 8 IP, 7 H, 9 K, 1 BB

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Game 2: Padres vs Dodgers
Chad Gaudin (0-0) vs Clayton Kershaw (0-0)

LA 4 - SD 1

A simmed game that saw the Padres offense scuffle with 1 run on 3 hits, while the Dodgers had 4 runs on 9 hits, including 4 doubles. James Loney again killed us with 2 RBI on 2 more hits.

Clayton Kershaw picked up the W with 6.2 IP, 3 H, 1 ER, 9 K and 4 BB.

Chad Gaudin only went 4 IP giving up 6 H, 3 ER, 5 BB and 3 K. Our rookie long reliever Luke Gregerson worked 3 perfect innings of relief with 3 K which was nice to see.

Elvis Andrus notched his first hit as a Padre as well.

Final Line

LA: 4 - 9 - 2
SD: 1 - 3- 0

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Game 3: Padres vs Dodgers
Shawn Hill (0-0) vs Randy Wolf (0-0)

LA 8 - SD 2

Another sim game sees the Padres hurting to score runs, only managing 2 runs on 8 hits, while LA put up 8 runs on 11 hits, and once again James Loney kills us with 2 HR and 6 RBI.

For the Padres, Chris Burke hit a PH HR and Kouzmanoff knocked in his first RBI of the year but it wasn't nearly enough as the Dodgers hammered us.

Randy Wolf picked up the win going 6.2 IP, 6 H, 1 ER, 1 BB, 4 K.

Shawn Hill picked up the loss going 4.2 IP, 7 H, 4 ER, 2 BB, 4 K.

Final Line

LA: 8 - 11 - 0
SD: 2 - 8 - 0

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Game 4: Padres vs Dodgers
Josh Geer (0-0) vs Eric Stults (0-0)

LA 10 - SD 7

A disappointing end to our four game opening series, as LA continues pounding us, this time to the tune of 10-7. Guess who had 4 more hits, including a HR and 3 RBI? Yep, James Loney. Add in 2 HR from Orlando Hudson and a HR from Andre Ethier and our staff was just put to sleep by the Dodgers.

Chase Headley had a HR and 4 RBI for us, while Kouzmanoff added his own HR and 2 RBI, but we're still lacking production from Andrus and Gonzalez, who're hitting .187 and .125 respectively, though only four games in. Andrus did have 2 hits today which was nice, but we need him to be elite to do anything at all.

Eric Stults picked up the win for LA going 6.2 IP, 5 H, 2 ER, 1 K.

Josh Geer took the loss for us, going 4 IP, 4 ER, 4 BB, 2 K.

Final Line

LA: 10 - 13 - 0
SD: 7 - 10 - 0

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Game 5: Padres vs Giants
Derek Holland (0-0) vs Barry Zito (0-0)

SF 1 - SD 0

Two games I've played, two 1-0 scores. This time I was on the flip side as Barry f'ing Zito just shut us down. He went 8.1 IP, 2 H, 2 BB, 7 K. We couldn't solve him. Lots of weak grounders. Usually I am better then this, but our offense is pretty terrible.

Derek Holland went 6 IP, 7 H, 1 ER, 8 K for us. He looked good, and our pen did a solid job but we just cannot seem to get our offense going. It's going to be a very long season it looks like.

Final Line

SF: 1 - 10 - 0
SD: 0 - 3 - 0

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Game 6: Padres vs Giants
Chris Young (1-0, 0.00 ERA) vs Jonathan Sanchez (0-0, 0-00 ERA)

SD 4 - SF 1

We finally have a solid game offensively as we pound out 11 hits, but only 4 guys scored. Thankfully Chris Young was dealing for us and the lack of runs didn't bite us today.

Chris Young threw a CG, 3 H, 1 ER, 1 BB, 11 K performance for the win.

Jonathan Sanchez went 6 IP, 7 H, 2 R, 1 ER, 3 BB, 8 K for the loss.

Elvis Andrus had 2 doubles, while Cliff Floyd added 2 RBI on a triple in relief of Chase Headley who was given the night off.

A nice win to end a 4 game slide.

Final Line

SF: 1 - 3 - 1
SD: 4 - 11 - 1

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Game 7: Padres vs Giants
Chad Gaudin (0-1, 6.75 ERA) vs Tim Lincecum (0-1, 3.00 ERA)

SD 4 - SF 3

4 more runs gets the job done tonight, though it was against a team with an offense probably more anemic then ours.

Evereth Cabrera, filling in for Andrus who needed a night off, had 3 hits, two of which were triples, and 2 RBI. Adrian Gonzalez also added 2 hits, including a HR, and our other 2 RBI to complete our scoring.

Chad Gaudin went 7.1 IP, 6 H, 3 ER, 1 BB, 5 K for the win.

Tim Linecum went 5.2 IP, 8 H, 4 ER, 2 BB, 7K for the loss.

Final Line

SF: 3 - 6 - 1
SD: 4 - 8 - 0

[DeToxRox]

Game 8: Padres @ Mets
Shawn Hill (0-1, 7.71 ERA) vs John Maine (1-0, 1.42 ERA)

NYM 4 - SD 1

Another simmed game that sees our offense scuffle. Hundley had an RBI double to give us our own run, while the Mets had a balanced attack that saw 4 different players knock in RBI, including the usual suspects in Wright and Reyes.

Hill went 6 IP, 3 H, 2 ER, 4 BB, 4 K for the loss

Maine went 6.1 IP, 7 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 7 K for the win

Final Line

SD: 1 - 7 - 2
NY: 4 - 7 - 1

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Game 9: Padres @ Mets
Josh Geer (0-1, 9.00 ERA) vs Mike Pelfrey (1-0, 2.25 ERA)

NY 7 - SD 2

Things are getting frustrating as we just cannot do anything right at the dish. Adrian Gonzalez 2 hit game puts him over .200 for the first time all season, while Hundley adds a HR, and Headley knocks in our only other run.

Meanwhile Daniel Murphy hits two triples, and Ryan Church has two solo shots as the Mets pound out 7 runs on 9 hits.

Josh Geer goes 3 IP, 7 H, 5 ER, 3 BB, 3 K for the loss.

Mike Pelfrey goes 8.1 IP, 5 H, 2 ER, 1 BB, 4K for the win.

Final Line

SD: 2 - 6 - 0
NY: 7 - 9 - 0

[DeToxRox]

Roster Move

After the game we send down Josh Geer and call up Kevin Correia to take his spot in the rotation.

[JetsIn06]

I'll definitely be following this. I've considered starting an MLB09 dynasty and probably will in a few days.

[Eaglesfan27]

Originally Posted by JetsIn06

I'll definitely be following this. I've considered starting an MLB09 dynasty and probably will in a few days.

Ditto on both accounts. I just can't decide whether to dynasty my franchise or my RTTS career, which will probably get the most frequent play.

[DeToxRox]

Game 10: Padres @ Mets
Derek Holland (0-1, 1.50 ERA) vs Oliver Perez (1-0, 1.35 ERA)

NY 1 - SD 0

Unbelievable. I have never been this bad offensively as I am with this team. We are once again blanked 1-0, as Oliver Perez and K-Rod combine to hold us to two hits. We manage 5 walks, but we just can't get hits to drop. I am speechless.

Fernando Tatis provided the only run of the game with a solo jack off a bad slider I left over the plate but other then that Holland was a stud.

Holland went 7 IP, 5 H, 1 ER, 2 BB, 8 K for the loss.

Perez went 7.1 IP, 2 H, 3 BB, 7 K for the win.

Final Line

SD: 0 - 2 - 0
NY: 1 - 5 - 0

[DeToxRox]

Game 11: Padres @ Phillies
Chris Young (2-0, .53 ERA) vs Jamie Moyer (1-0, 0.00 ERA)

PHI 7 - SD 2

We pound out 10 hits but nothing comes of it. Andrus and Gonzalez both had two hits which is nice, but we need guys to drive in runs or else we're never going to win.

Chris Young went 7 IP, 6 H, 2 ER, 2 BB, 10 K for a No Decision.

Jamie Moyer went 6 IP, 9 H, 2 ER, 1 BB, 2 K for a No Decision.

Final Line

SD: 2 - 10 - 0
PHI: 7 - 10 - 0

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Game 12: Padres @ Phillies
Chad Gaudin (1-1, 4.76 ERA) vs Cole Hamels (2-0, 0.00 ERA)

PHI 5 - SD 1

Adrian Gonzalez is heating up a little bit with a solo HR, but 3 Phils HR put us away early. We just can't compete with Rollins, Utley and Ibanez all going yard in the same game.

Chad Gaudin goes 5 IP, 6 H, 4 ER, 1 BB, 6 K in the loss.

Cole Hamels goes CG, 7 H, 1 ER, 2 BB, 7 K in the win.

Final Line

SD: 1 - 7 - 0
PHI: 5 - 8 - 1

[DeToxRox]

Game 13: Padres @ Phllies
Shawn Hill (0-2, 5.06 ERA) vs Brett Myers (0-0, 3.38 ERA)

SD 10 - PHI 8

I make some drastic lineup changes and they result in a 5 run 6th and 4 run 7th. Scott Hairston started in CF and hit leadoff, and was 4-5 with a HR and 4 RBI. Evereth Cabrera hit 8th, and played 2B and was 3 for 5 with an RBI. Elvis Andrus hit 5th and was 3-4 with 2 runs scored. All in all things worked and the lineup will stay in tact for the series finale.

Shawn Hill went 3.2 IP, 5 H, 7 ER, 4 BB, 5 K in the ND.

Brett Myers went 5.2 IP, 10 H, 6 ER, 3 BB, 6 K in the ND.

Final Line

SD: 10 - 15 - 0
PHI: 8 - 9 - 1

[DeToxRox]

Game 14: Padres @ Phillies
Kevin Correia (0-0, 0.00 ERA) vs Joe Blanton (0-1, 14.73 ERA)

SD 6 - PHI 2

Finally a game I play that has some offense. Scott Hairston was nails again leading off, going 4 for 5. Headley was the only other guy with multiple hits though, as he had 2. Thankfully we saved hits for the 9th.

It was a 2-2 game in the 9th, when Adrian Gonzalez uncorked a low fastball off Scott Eyre to make it 3-2. Cabrera and Blanco single, and then David Eckstein pinch hitting for the pitcher hits a 3 run bomb to make it 6-2 and put the game away. This new lineup is here to stay at least for the time being.

Kevin Correia went 6.1 IP, 5 H, 1 ER, 1 BB, 6 K in the ND.

Joe Blanton went 6 IP, 5 H, 2 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 2 K in the ND.

Final Line

SD: 6 - 11 - 1
PHI : 2 - 8 - 2

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Game 15: Padres @ Giants
Derek Holland (0-2, 1.38 ERA) vs Randy Johnson (1-0, 2.92 ERA)

SD 4 - SF 2

Four different guys get RBI's as a balanced attack from the Padres stops the Giants in their tracks 4-2. Scott Hairston continues to rake with a 2 for 5 night including a solo HR, and Adrian Gonzalez goes 3-4 to raise his average to .252. He also had another RBI. Andrus and Kouzmanoff provided the other two runs. Another nice performance from the offense.

Derek Holland goes 5 IP, 4 H, 2 ER, 1 BB, 3 K in the ND.

Randy Johnson goes 6.2 IP, 9 H, 3 R, 2 ER, 7 K in the L.

Final Line

SD: 4 - 10 - 0
SF: 2 - 7 - 1

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Game 16: Padres @ Giants
Chris Young (2-0, 1.13 ERA) vs Barry Zito (1-1, 2.03 ERA)

SF 7 - SD 6

Oof. Played this one out and had the game in hand, up 6-3 in the 9th, when Heath Bell came in and gave up 4 runs, including a walk off two run double to Bengie Molina to give SF the win.

Hairston had 2 more hits, and Kouzmanoff had 2 HR and 4 RBI in the losing effort.

Chris Young went 6 IP, 7 H, 3 ER, 3 K for a ND.

Barry Zito went 4.1 IP, 7 H, 4 ER, 2 BB, 4 K for a ND.

Final Line

SD: 6 - 11 - 1
SF: 7 - 12 - 0

[DeToxRox]

Game 17: Padres vs Pirates

PIT 11 - SD 7

Another tough loss. We just got shelled early giving up 5 first inning rungs, and then the bullpen couldn't keep us in it after we took the lead. Scott Hairston is a machine though. 4 more hits. 3 doubles and a HR and 4 RBI.

Chad Gaudin went 4 IP, 5 H, 6 ER, 4 BB, 1 K for the L.

Paul Maholm went 5 IP, 9 H, 7 R, 5 ER, 3 BB, 3 K for the W.

Final Line

PIT: 11 - 12 - 1
SD: 7 - 10 - 1

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Game 18: Padres vs Pirates
Shawn Hill (0-2, 8.16 ERA) vs Zach Duke (0-2, 5.63 ERA)

SD 7 - PIT 0

We pounded out 15 hits, and Scott Hairston added another 4 hit performance along with a hr and 3 RBI to raise his average to a whopping .513 since he got into the lineup. Even Shawn Hill had 3 hits today.

Meanwhile Shawn Hill was nails as we held PIT to just 2 hits in the win.

Shawn Hill went 8.1 IP, 1 H, 2 BB, 7 K for the W.

Zach Duke went 4.1 IP, 12 H, 5 ER for the L.

Final Line

PIT: 0 - 2 - 0
SD: 7 - 15 - 1

[BYU 14]

Are you playing all the games that you don't indicate your simming out or are you simming most of them now?

[DeToxRox]

Originally Posted by BYU 14

Are you playing all the games that you don't indicate your simming out or are you simming most of them now?

I play one per series. I'll start putting sim into the games that are simmed to make it a little more clear.

[DeToxRox]

Game 19: Padres (7-11) vs Pirates (7-11)
Kevin Correia (0-0, 1.42 ERA) vs Jeff Karstens (0-1, 7.71 ERA)

PIT 2 - SD 1

Oof. Bats were silenced again. Outside of an Adrian Gonzalez solo shot in the bottom of the 9th off Capps we couldn't do much. We had 6 hits, but twice we stranded guys on 2nd with 1 out. Just can't do that.

Kevin Correia went 8 IP, 3 H, 1 ER, 3 BB, 8 K for the L.

Jeff Karstens went 6.1 IP, 4 H, 2 BB, 2 K for the W.

Final Line

PIT: 2 - 5 - 1
SD: 1 - 6 - 1

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Padres (7-12) @ Rockies (2-15)
Derek Holland (0-2 2.00 ERA) vs Jason Marquis (0-3, 11.91 ERA)

COL 3 - SD 0

For some I just can't score with this team. I had 7 hits, and the bases loaded with 1 out, and nothing came of it. We have a lot of problems with this team but this is absurd. Colorado is flat out terrible, but a bloop RBI single and a 2 run HR from Baker gave them all they needed to win.

Derek Holland went 5.1 IP, 8 H, 3 ER, 1 BB, 3 K for the L.

Jason Marquis went CG, 7 H, 0 BB, 0 K for the W.

Final Line

SD: 0 - 7 - 0
COL: 3 - 9 - 1

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Game 21: Padres (7-13) @ Rockies (3-15)
Chris Young (2-0, 1.80 ERA) vs Jorge de la Rosa (1-1, 3.94)

SD 4 - COL 3

Took 11 innings but we did enough to in. Four different players knocked in runs, including the winning PH Double by Gerut in the 11th to give us a much needed win vs the Rockies.

Chris Young went 5 IP, 7 H, 3 ER, 1 BB, 5 K for a ND.

Jorge de la Rosa went 6.2 IP, 5 H, 2 ER, 6 K for a ND.

Final Line
SD: 4 - 12 - 2
COL: 3 - 9 - 2

W - Perdoml (1-0)
L - Rusch (0-2)
S - Bell (5)

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Game 22: Padres (8-13) @ Rockies (3-16)
Chad Gaudin (1-3, 7.08 ERA) vs Franklin Morales (0-2, 4.42 ERA)

SD 10 - COL 5

An 8 run third gives us the breathing room we need as we pound out 10 runs on 15 hits for a huge 10-5 victory over the Rockies. Kouzmanoff had 3 hits and 3 RBI, and Gerut and Hundley each also added 2 RBI apiece to give us some support from guys who've struggled. Scott Hairston continues his nice approach with 3 BB though no hits.

Chad Gaudin goes 5.0 IP, 2 H, 3 R, 2 ER, 1 BB, 3 K for the W.

Franklin Morales goes 2.1 IP, 6 H, 8 ER, 3 BB, 1 K for the L.

Final Line

SD: 10 - 15 - 2
COL: 5 - 4 -1

W - Gaudin (2-3)
L - Morales (0-3)

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Game 23: Padres (9-13) @ Dodgers (16-6)
Shawn Hill (1-2, 5.16 ERA) vs Randy Wolf (2-1, 2.92 ERA)

LA 3 -SD 0

Wolf shuts down our offense outside of 3 hits from Hundley, and one apiece from Cabrera and Gonzalez, and we end the month of April with a tough 3-0 Loss.

Shawn Hill goes 5 IP, 6 H, 3 ER, 1 BB, 1 K for the L.

Randy Wolf goes 8 IP, 5 H, 4 BB, 9 K for the W.

Final Line

SD: 0 - 5 - 0
LA: 3 - 7 - 0

W: Wolf (3-1)
L: Hill (1-3)
S: Broxton (13!)

[DeToxRox]

Padres April Stat Leaders

AVERAGE

1. Hairston - .404
2. Headley - .288
3. Kouzmanoff - .280

RUNS

1. Hairston - 13
2. Gonzalez -12
3. Kouzmanoff - 10

HR

1. Gonzalez - 4
1. Kouzmanoff - 4
1. Hairston - 4

RBI

1. Kouzmanoff - 14
2. Hairston - 12
3. Gonzalzez - 10

WINS

1. Young - 2
1. Gaudin - 2
2. 5 tied with 1

LOSSES

1. Gaudin - 3
2. Hill - 3
3. Holland - 3

ERA

1. Correia - 1.26
2. Young - 2.31
3. Holland - 2.70

SAVES

1. Bell - 5

STRIKEOUTS

1. Young - 38
2. Holland - 22
3. Hill - 21

[DeToxRox]

MLB Leaders

AVERAGE

1. Hanley Ramirez (FLA) - .422
2. Esteban German (TEX) - .403
3. Torii Hunter (ANA) - .400

HR

1. Mark Reynolds (ARI) - 9
1. Lance Berkman (HOU) - 9
1. Albert Pujols (STL) - 9

RBI

1. Torii Hunter (ANA) - 25
2. Lance Berkman (HOU) - 24
2. Evan Longoria (TB) - 24

SB

1. Jacoby Ellsbury (BOS) - 12
2. Michael Bourne (HOU) - 10
3; Chone Figgins (ANA) - 8

WINS

1. Cole Hamels (PHI) - 5
2. 6 tied at 4

SAVES

1. Jonathan Broxton (LA) - 13
2. Jonathan Papelbon (BOS) - 11
3. Scott Downs (TOR) - 10

ERA

1. Gavin Floyd (CHA) - .84
2. Kevin Slowey (MIN) - 1.32
3. Cole Hamels (PHI) - 1.38

STRIKEOUTS

1. Jon Lester (BOS) - 39
2. Cole Hamels (PHI) - 38
2. Chris Young (SD) - 38

[JetsIn06]

Keep it up DTR. Really enjoying following along to this. Hope you don't mind that I completely ripped off your format.

[DeToxRox]

Originally Posted by JetsIn06

Keep it up DTR. Really enjoying following along to this. Hope you don't mind that I completely ripped off your format.

Not at all man. I am enjoying yours a lot. Glad its keeping people entertained.

[DeToxRox]

April Standings

AL East

1. Boston (17-5)
2. Tampa (15-8) 2.5 GB
3. Yanks (15-8) 2.5 GB
4. Jays (15-9) 3 GB
5. Orioles (8-14) 9 GB

AL Central

1. Chicago (12-10)
2. Cleveland (11-11) 1 GB
3. Detroit (9-13) 3 GB
4. Minnesota (9-13) 3 GB
5. KC (8-14) 4 GB

AL West

1. Texas (12-10)
2. Anaheim (10-12) 2 GB
3. Seattle (8-14) 4 GB
4. Oakland (7-15) 5 GB

NL East

1. Atlanta (15-6)
2. Mets (14-7) 1 GB
3. Phillies (10-12) 5.5 GB
4. Florida (9-13) 6.5 GB
5. Nats (8-14) 7.5 GB

NL Central

1. Cubs (17-5)
2. Cards (14-10) 4 GB
3. Brewers (13-9) 4 GB
4. Reds (12-10) 5 GB
5. Pirates (8-14) 9 GB
6. Astros (7-15) 10 GB

NL West

1. Dodgers (17-6)
2. Diamondbacks (11-11) 5.5 GB
3. Giants (8-12) 7.5 GB
4. Padres (9-14) 8 GB
5. Rockies (3-17) 12.5 GB

[DeToxRox]

Padres April Farm Update

Kellen Kulbacki: Hitting .338 in AAA with 3 HR and 11 RBI, he is probably our top prospect but he has a ways to go. At 24 though he is looking like he needs about 1.5 more years in the Minors before he is our every day LF.

Matt Latos: 22 year old SP is currently 1-1 with a 3.63 ERA in AA. He is going to be a stud. Probably 2 years away from cracking our rotation, but he could earn a AAA call up eventually this year and then have an outside shot at the big club next year in ST.

Justin Smoak: The 23 year old 1B is currently hitting .250 with 3 HR and 12 RBI in AAA. He was a big piece of the Jake Peavy trade and should eventually be our 1B, or be used again to acquire some depth elsewhere. 1B is one position where we're set for live.

Kyle Blanks: The other 23 year old 1B we have is hitting .299 with 5 HR and 14 RBI in AA. He is blocked by Smoak and Gonzalez obviously, but a position change isn't out of the question. Chances are though we trade him in an effort to help fill some holes.

Jaff Decker: Decker is a 19 year old phenom RF prospect who is currently hitting .317 with 1 HR and 7 RBI in AA. He is a can't touch type player who along with Kulbacki could be an amazing LF - RF combo for us for the next 10 years.

Cedric Hunter: Hunter is a 21 year old speed demon CF who is going to complete our OF of the future sooner rather then later. Only hitting .231 in AAA, he still has 1 HR and 5 RBI, along with 12 runs and 6 SB. He mighnefit from a trip to AA for a bit but he is a guy who can be a prototype leadoff man for us in the future.

[DeToxRox]

Scouting Update

With the third pick in the MLB Draft in June our focus right now is to add some quality pitching depth, but we will go BPA at #3. Currently we have 3 guys right now we're really looking at.

SP Mitchell Croft: He is a 19 year old righty from the Western US. He has a solid breaking ball, great stamina and the tools to be a superstar according to our scouts.

SP Marks Beato: A 20 year old righty from the Central US, he seems like he has a lot of potential but struggles with stamina and some control issues. Doesn't seem the prospect Croft is but it's still early.

SP Anastacio Guerrero: A 21 year old lefty from the Eastern US, he would be my guess to go #1 at this point. Has control issues, but also has the tools to be a Superstar. Has a great splitter but needs to find another pitch to K guys with. If the draft were today he'd be our pick if available at #3.

We continue to focus on SP and IF but one player I am intrigued with is LF Conor Thorman. We haven't scouted him yet but he has the highest caliber rating so far. I doubt we look at him if we rate a pitcher his equal but if it turns out he's our highest player on the board we'd snatch him up asap.

[DeToxRox]

Game 24: Padres (9-14) vs Dodgers (17-6)
Kevin Correia (0-1, 1.26 ERA) vs Eric Stults (2-1, 4.15 ERA)

SD 9 - LA 6

A big win as our offense had 9 runs on 15 hits, headlined by 2 hits including a HR and 3 RBI from Hairston, 3 hits, including a double and 2 RBI from Kouzmanoff and 2 RBI from Hundley. This was a that was huge for us as we were tied 5 all going into the 9th and we pounded out 4 huge runs for the win.

Kevin Correia went 4 IP, 8 H, 5 ER, 2 BB, 1 K for a ND.

Eric Stults went 3.0 IP, 7 H, 5 ER, 3 BB, 1 K for a ND.

Final Line

SD: 9 - 14 - 0
LA: 6- 14 -0

W - Pedromo (2-0)
L - Kuo (3-1)
S - Bell (6)

[DeToxRox]

Game 25: Padres (10-14) @ Dodgers (17-7)
Derek Holland (0-3, 2.70 ERA) vs James McDonald (2-1, 4.91 ERA)

SD 10 - LA 9

The bats once again were on fire for us tonight, pounding out 10 runs on 13 hits, though our pitching allowed 17 hits, and still we somehow prevailed. Catch Nick Hundley is heating up big time as he had 3 hits including 2 doubles and 5 RBI. Chase Headley add 2 more RBI and Derek Holland even had one to help his own cause for us.

Derek Holland went 4.2 IP, 11 H, 8 ER, 1 BB, 2 K for the ND.

James McDonald went 3.2 IP, 5 H, 5 R, 4 ER, 3 BB, 3 K for the ND.

Final Line

SD: 10 - 13 - 0
LA: 9 - 17 - 1

W: Sanchez (2-1)
L: Ohman (1-1)
S: Bell (7)

[DeToxRox]

Game 26: Padres (11-14) @ Dodgers (17-8)
Chris Young (2-0, 2.21 ERA) vs Chad Billingsly (1-1, 2.53 ERA)

LA 14 - SD 3

LA gets 12 RBI from their 3-6 hitters, including a HR and 3B from Russel Martin, and HR's from Manny and Loney, and they just destroy with 11 runs combined in the 5th and 6th.

Adrian Gonzalez and Hundley had two hits for us, and Kouzmanoff hit a solo HR, but that was the only notable offense we had.

Not sure the last time I was thrashed like this in a game I played.

Chris Young goes 3.1 IP, 8 H, 8 R, 6 ER, 1 BB, 2 K for the L.

Chad Billingsly goes 6 IP, 7 H, 1 ER, 4 K for the W.

Final Line

SD: 3 - 9 - 2
LA: 14 - 12 - 0

W: Billingsly (2-1)
L: Young (2-1)

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Game 27: Padres (11-15) vs Rockies (4-19)
Chad Gaudin (2-3, 6.39 ERA) vs Jorge de la Rosa (1-1, 3.57 ERA)

SD 5 - COL 0

We crank out 5 runs on 13 hits, with 4 solo HR's from Gonzalez, Kouzmanoff, Headley and Blanco, and 2 doubles from Gerut to make up our offense. Eckstein and Gerut each had 3 hits in starts for Cabrera and Hairston who needed a day off.

Gaudin goes CG, 4 H, 5 BB, 7 K for the W.

de la Rosa goes 4.2 IP, 7 H, 3 ER, 2 BB, 1 K for the L.

Final Line

COL: 0 - 4 - 1
SD: 5- 13 - 0

W: Gaudin (3-3)
L: de la Rosa (1-2)

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Game 28: Padres (12-15) vs Rockies (4-20)
Shawn Hill (1-3, 5.20 ERA) vs Franklin Morales (0-3, 7.40 ERA)

SD 6 - COL 4

We show a lot of resolve in this game, as it takes 11 innings, and Colorado had struck first with a run in the top of the 11th, but Brian Giles puts out a 3rd run walk off HR to give us a big win over the Rockies. Adrian Gonzalez had 3 more hits, including another solo HR, and Evereth Cabrera was 4 for 4, following a HR short of the cycle.

Shawn Hill goes 5 IP, 6 H, 3 ER, 4 K for the ND.

Franklin Morales goes 5.1 IP, 8 H, 2 ER, 3 BB, 4 K for the ND.

Final Line

COL: 4 - 11 - 0
SD: 6 - 13 - 1

W: Meredith (2-0)
L: Corpas (0-2)

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Game 29: Padres (13-15) vs Arizona (14-13)
Kevin Correia (0-1, 3.44 ERA) vs Max Scherzer (1-1, 5.20 ERA)

ARZ 5 - SD 2

We give up 16 hits but only give up 5 runs. Still our offense went silent and we couldn't make a run at the win. Nick Hundley had 3 hits,and Brian Giles had our only RBI with a 2 run HR, but that's about all we managed to do.

Kevin Correia goes 3 Ip, 11 H, 4 ER, 1 BB, 5 K for the L.

Max Scherezer goes 7 IP, 5 H, 2 ER, 2 BB, 7 K for the W.

Final Line

ARI: 5 - 16 -0
SD: 2 - 6 - 0

W: Scherzer (2-1)
L: Correia (0-2)
S: Qualls (8)

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Game 30: Padres (13-16) vs Arizona (15-13)
Derek Holland (0-3, 4.82 ERA) vs Jon Garland (1-1, 3.48 ERA)

ARI 5 - SD 4

Arizona has 19 hits this time, in 11 innings, but only scores 5 again. But again our offense doesn't do much and we drop a tough one 5-4. Chris Burke, filling in for Kouzmanoff hits a HR and knocks in 2 RBI, and Giles homers his 3rd game in a row, but it's not enough in the end.

Derek Holland goes 4.1 IP, 11 H, 2 ER, 4 K for ND.

Jon Garland goes 6 IP, 6 H, 4 R, 2 ER, 1 K for the ND.

Final Line

ARI: 5 - 19 - 3
SD: 4 - 7 - 0

W: Slaten (1-3)
L: Mujica (1-1)
S: Qualls (9)

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Game 31: Padres (13-17) @ Astros (9-20)
Chris Young (2-1, 3.52 ERA) vs Russ Ortiz (1-3, 7.20 ERA)

SD 5 - HOU 3

We get a balanced effort today hit wise with 9 hits, and Hundley and Chris Young (helpin his own cause!) knock in 2 RBI apiece. Adrian Gonzalez, on a night off, pinch hits with an RBI single to complete the scoring. A good game with 3 regulars (Andrus, Gonzalez and Giles) all resting.

Chris Young goes 6.1 IP, 6 H, 3 ER, 5 K for the W.

Russ Ortiz goes 5 IP, 4 ER, 4 BB, 3 K for the L.

Final Line

SD: 5 - 9 - 0
HOU: 3 - 7 - 0

W: Young (3-1)
L: Ortiz (1-4)
S: Bell (8)

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Game 32: Padres (14-17) @ Astros (9-21)
Chad Gaudin (3-3, 4.72 ERA) vs Roy Oswalt (2-1, 1.89 ERA)

HOU 7 - SD 2

Tough loss. Oswalt was sharp but I had two terrible innings where they scored 3 runs apiece on stupid pitches to power hitters. Pence hit a 3 run bomb in the first and Lee hit a bases loaded double in the third to give Houston an early 6-0 lead, and from there Oswalt was dealing. Outside of one bad pitch to Adrian Gonzalez which he turned into a 2 run bomb Oswalt was filthy for 8 innings.

Chad Gaudin goes 2.2 IP, 7 H, 6 R, 4 ER. 1 BB for the L.

Roy Oswalt goes 8 IP, 5 H, 2 ER, 2 K for the W.

Final Line

SD: 2 - 5 - 2
HOU: 7 - 10 -0

W: Oswalt (3-1)
L: Gaudin (3-4)

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Game 33: Padres (14-18) @ Astros (10-21)
Shawn Hill (1-3, 5.23 ERA) vs Wandy Rodriguez (0-4, 10.08 ERA)

HOU 4 - SD 2

We pound out 8 hits but can't turn them into runs, and we fall 4-2 to a bad Houston team. Kouzmanoff and Andrus had our only RBI today. Andrus had 2 hits, the only Padre with 2 or more hits on the day.

Shawn Hill goes 4.1 IP, 7 H, 4 ER, 1 BB for the L.

Wandy Rodriguez goes 7 IP 7 H, 2 ER, 2 BB, 7 K for the W.

Final Line

SD: 2 - 8 - 0
HOU: 4 - 8 - 2

W: Rodriguez (1-4)
L: Hill (1-4)
S: Valverde (6)

[DeToxRox]

Roster Moves

After the game vs Houston we send down Shawn Hill and Scott Patterson to Triple A Portland, and recall Cha Seung Bak and Mike Adams. Bak will replace Hill in the Rotation and Adams will become our primary MR.

[DeToxRox]

Padres (14-19) @ Cubs (24-8)
Kevin Correia (0-2, 4.64 ERA) vs Ted Lilly (4-0, 5.94 ERA)

SD 8 - CHN 4

A huge win for us as we pound out 16 hits and get some big contributions from guys we need, like Gonzalez who had 3 hits, including a HR and 3 RBI. Hairston had the same exact stat line himself, and also Brian Giles went deep for us. A big win that hopefully sparks our offense some.

Kevin Correia goes 1 IP, 1 H, 1 ER, 1 BB for a ND.

Ted Lilly goes 4 IP, 9 H, 3 ER, 1 K for a ND.

Final Line

SD: 8 - 16 - 0
CHN: 4 - 8 -0

W: Adams (1-0)
L: Samardzija (0-1)