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bluedog Perennial All-Star

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IIRC, SD is up against their budget constraints. I'm thinking even Guts' couple mill would be hard for them to take on. Something to consider.

If the O's eat most of Guts salary, they should be able to get more value back in terms of prospects. This is absolutely a strategy they should consider.

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wildcard Hangout Grand Counsel

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This whole rumors make very little sense to me.

1) The Padres are #1 in pitching in the NL. They are 12th in hitting. So the rumors is they want to add pitching??????

2) Jerry Hairston is the Padres starting SS. So the speculation here is that the Padres, who normally value their prospects, are going to trade their #1 draft choice, Cumberland, who is tearing up the California league. Doesn't sound like the Padres at all.

3) With Adrian Gonzalez a prime suspect to be traded at some point in the next year. The are going to trade Blanks because he is having a down year.

I am not saying any of this is not right because strange thing happen in baseball, but this may rank up there with the strangest.

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twoBshorty Major Leaguer

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Yea, its time to start making some things happen.

This could be quite an interesting pairing. Hoyer is much younger than AM and a fast-paced workaholic. AM's usual style may cause him to get fed up and look elsewhere.

I guess the Padres are looking for pitching because their rotation is pretty young and may be up against innings limits. They may have also decided that the bat they need would have to be so big that it's hopeless and they should work on preventing even more runs.

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This could be quite an interesting pairing. Hoyer is much younger than AM and a fast-paced workaholic. AM's usual style may cause him to get fed up and look elsewhere.

I guess the Padres are looking for pitching because their rotation is pretty young and may be up against innings limits. They may have also decided that the bat they need would have to be so big that it's hopeless and they should work on preventing even more runs.

That and they have some guys likely pitching over their heads IMO.

Their pen is very good.

The talk was that they would use Bell to go get a bat..Maybe they still will but they have made it a 6 inning game right now. They should keep Bell until the offseason unless he fetches them a young stud bat under control for a while.

So, go get guys like Scott who are still big upgrades but won't cost you any of the main pieces of your team.

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What is SD going to do about Adrian Gonzalez? That has a huge impact on whether they would trade Blanks.

Not to worry. No way in hell is Blanks coming here for a someone like Guthrie. I just don't understand the rationale of people on this board who think Guthrie is going to net us a solid prospect. It's not happening my friends:)

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Sports Guy Hangout Grand Counsel

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Not to worry. No way in hell is Blanks coming here for a someone like Guthrie. I just don't understand the rationale of people on this board who think Guthrie is going to net us a solid prospect. It's not happening my friends:)

Shocking! :eektf:

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Not to worry. No way in hell is Blanks coming here for a someone like Guthrie. I just don't understand the rationale of people on this board who think Guthrie is going to net us a solid prospect. It's not happening my friends:)

While you're right that Guthrie is not going to land us Blanks straight up, you're way undervaluing Guthrie. Guts has been a producer in a small ball park in the most difficult division in the most difficult league. That's nothing to sneer at. The Padres are smart to be targeting him.

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SammyBirdland Hangout Grand Counsel

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Why so venomous?

I think it's because Guthrie always seems to lose, whether it be a great performance with no run support, or his own doing. So, all of the losing (whether his fault or not), plus always at or near the top in homers allowed, hit batters, etc, has made him kind of a downer to watch.

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