Baseball Historians

The Padres signed left handed starter Randy Wolf to a one year, $4 million deal.  Wolf was one of those guys with loads of potential but a ton of injuries and after a solid first half for the Dodgers in 2007, he was shut down and eventually went under the knife for shoulder surgery.  On […]

Everyone who’s watched Jake Peavy over the past few years expected a Cy Young at some point.  And while I wasn’t surprised that he won, I guess I’m a little surprised that he walked away with all 32 first place votes.  Brandon Webb took 31 of the 32 second place votes and Aaron Harang was […]

Just four days ago, there was a three way tie for first place in the National League West.  Now, after a three game sweep over the Dodgers and five wins in a row overall, the Padres have broken away from the pack, at least for the time being.
Jake Peavy looked mortal yesterday.  It was the […]

The last time I posted was almost three weeks ago and a big part of that was some system wide problems that I had with our network that made it extremely difficult to post.  Things have been fixed though so I’m hoping to get back into a regular schedule.
And it’s just in time because the […]

Geoff Young from Ducksnorts takes a great look at Jake Peavy at the Hardball Times.   It’s got  comparables, stats, and what the future might hold for the Padres ace.

Late January is a pretty fun time of year.  Spring training is on the horizon and the hot stove is winding down so most teams know what they have.  And it’s also the time that Baseball Prospectus puts out their PECOTA cards, which are really fun to check out.  It’s just one of the things […]