The Padres placed Michael Barrett on the disabled list today after he suffered an injury while throwing the ball back to Greg Maddux in today’s game. Barrett said he heard a “pop” in his elbow when he made the throw to Maddux.
A stress test administered by a Giants’ team doctor raised a red flag, […]
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Today’s Winners:
Xavier Nady: Nady opened the year by going 4-for-7 with two homeruns in the Pirates 12 inning win over the Braves. His first homer gave the Pirates a 5-4 lead in the eighth inning. He then hit a three-run homer in the twelfth inning to put the Pirates on top 12-9, […]
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By running the bases yesterday without pain, Brian Giles has put himself back on track to return to the lineup by Opening Day. Giles is attempting to return from a microfracture surgery to his right knee.
“Everything is going good,” Giles said. “I’m going through full workouts. No setbacks so far since the surgery and […]
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This winter, the Padres and Greene agreed to a two-year deal that would take him through his arbitration years. Today, Greene stated that upon becoming a free agent, he’s not looking to play for anyone except for the Padres.
“There’s nowhere else I would really rather play than San Diego,” Greene said.
There were reports that […]
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As we get closer to arbitration cases going to a hearing, it shouldn’t be much of a surprise to see a lot of one-year deals being handed out during the first week of Spring Training. The first one to take place after pitchers and catchers report is that of the Padres and catcher Josh […]
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The San Diego Union-Tribune suggests that Triple-A catcher Nick Hundley could be a trade chip in a possible trade as the team is still searching for a left fielder. Tom Krasovic reportes that the Padres have been asking around and paid special interest to three right-handed hitters — Xavier Nady and Jason Bay of […]
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Barry Rozner is reporting that in a recent conversation he had with Greg Maddux, it sounded as if Maddux was ready to hang them up.
When asked about how much longer he planned to pitch, Maddux caught him off guard when he paused and said, “My son, Chase, is gonna be 11 here pretty soon and […]
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UPDATE (2-11-08; 8:43 PM): The deal that has been in waiting for a little over a week now has finally been made official. Greene and the Padres agreed to a two-year contract worth $11 million.
Padres general manager Kevin Towers said the two sides agreed in principle to a deal 10 days ago, but […]
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The San Diego Union Tribune reports that switch-hitting, first baseman, Tony Clark, has agreed to a one-year contract valued somewhere around $900,000. The newspaper is reporting that they have only agreed to the basics of the deal and it could take a few more days to work out all of the details.
Arizona had offered […]
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The Marlins Anibal Sanchez is scheduled to meet with Dr. James Andrews on Monday in hopes of getting an idea of when he will be ready to rejoin the starting rotation.
The Cincinnati first base job is expected to be Joey Votto’s to lose. Scott Hatteberg still figures to get a good amount of playing time.
Cardinals’ […]
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