Series Thread: Two days at the Padres, June 30 & July 1

[AceKeptic]

Not so much the question of who's pitching or how they fare, but more like how badly they'll score on us.

 

[cezero]

how long will it take MANgie Mentink or any of the other brain dead root personalities to talk about how the m's have THE BEST ERA IN THE HISTORY OF THE UNIVERSE AGAINST THE NL!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Anointed One]

We are sellers... Jack z needs to be fired at the break so we can focus on a new GM that can asses this team over the next 4 months to see what direction we should go after the season... This team in tact blows and they're not going anywhere...

We need to reload... We have some young studs so i'm not opposed to trading Felix at this point... He's on the downside of his peak...

 

[johnfree63]

We are sellers... Jack z needs to be fired at the break so we can focus on a new GM that can asses this team over the next 4 months to see what direction we should go after the season... This team in tact blows and they're not going anywhere...

We need to reload... We have some young studs so i'm not opposed to trading Felix at this point... He's on the downside of his peak...

You'd never get the value back for Felix so obviously he's not getting traded. I do agree, they have to decide on Jack Z soon. Nothing worse than a GM making panic moves. Trumbo is just the tip of the ice berg.

 

[NWinAZ]

 

[NWinAZ]

Ryan Divish ‏@RyanDivish 43s43 seconds ago

Paxton is now playing catch 60 feet. "This is going to be a slow process for Paxton," McClendon said. "Pax is going to be out for a while."

Ryan Divish ‏@RyanDivish 3m3 minutes ago

Plan for Hisashi Iwakuma is to throw six inning and around 85-90 pitches for Class AAA Tacoma. They'll re-evaluate his status on Wednesday

 

[Msfann]

Seems like no reason to rush Paxton now, let him heal up as long as he needs.

 

[NWinAZ]

Seems like no reason to rush Paxton now, let him heal up as long as he needs.

I never paid much attention to it before, but Paxton is only 3 years younger than Felix. It just seems like a bigger gap for some reason.

 

[wazzu31]

The big question is does Lloyd just let the pitchers hit since the bench can't do much better?

 

[AceKeptic]

No, the REAL question lies ahead:

Just got the opening run of the game, from what I saw online. How long can we hold whatever lead we get after the top of the third?

 

[Anointed One]

The big question is does Lloyd just let the pitchers hit since the bench can't do much better?

Mike Montgomery has looked like a better hitter than Cano this game so far...

 

[Anointed One]

You'd never get the value back for Felix so obviously he's not getting traded. I do agree, they have to decide on Jack Z soon. Nothing worse than a GM making panic moves. Trumbo is just the tip of the ice berg.

I agree that they'll never deal him... They won't trade him mainly due to the huge amount of revenue he brings in for the team when they play at home... He's the only guy on the team that can be marketed at this point... Sad but he'll more likely never get a shot at a WS ring as long as he plays here... Hopefully they trade him later in his career to a contender, just like they did for Jamie Moyer...

 

[Anointed One]

I like the lineup... Cano has sucked at hitting (.239) so let's move him up to #2 in the batting order and let's move the guy that's batting .263 to #6... Makes perfect sense... Vote McL for manager of the year...

 

[Msfann]

That strike out to Montgomery was like a foot away from the plate.

 

[Anointed One]

Good thing we traded our C, W. Castillo... Over the last 30 days, he's hit .274, 4 HR's, 12 RBI's... Trumbo has... Well... not going to waste my time looking up Trumbo's stats... Safe to say he's under the Mendoza line...

 

[Msfann]

I just don't get why they dumped Castillo, is it a rule that our catchers cant hit? It seems like if you get one that can hit ok KEEP HIM.

 

[Anointed One]

Wow... Back to Back complete game shutouts by Montgomery... What a great story... Very happy for this kid... He's a great guy on and off the field... He's been one of our few bright spots this year...

 

[NWinAZ]

Good thing we traded our C, W. Castillo... Over the last 30 days, he's hit .274, 4 HR's, 12 RBI's... Trumbo has... Well... not going to waste my time looking up Trumbo's stats... Safe to say he's under the Mendoza line...

Back to reality. He did none of that for us and there was no guarantee he ever would. He hit .160 for us for goodness sake. We didn't trade Dan Wilson it was Castillo. Sorry my AC went out Saturday and won't be replaced til tomorrow and it is 115 every day and I haven't slept much at all!!!!!

 

[unlvmariners]

Back to reality. He did none of that for us and there was no guarantee he ever would. He hit .160 for us for goodness sake. We didn't trade Dan Wilson it was Castillo. Sorry my AC went out Saturday and won't be replaced til tomorrow and it is 115 every day and I haven't slept much at all!!!!!

That is brutal!

 

[NWinAZ]

That is brutal!

Ya I slept 2 hours the other night then 4 hours (in 2 2 hour shifts) the next night and have been up since 5:30 this morning and can't sleep. Brutal is right.