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Wednesday, May 25, 2005

Padres - DLed Loretta

San Diego Padres - Placed 2B
Mark Loretta on the 15-day DL; recalled P Brian Falkenborg.

Loretta tore out his thumb and should be out 2-3 months. Any consolation
that Padre fans feel from Loretta losing all his power this year is
unfortunately wiped out by the fact that
Geoff Blum
and Damian
Jackson will be sharing the position until August. Josh Barfield isn’t
an option; he’s not hitting at all this year I’d personally just say the
hell with it and give Bobby Scales a shot, but 1st place teams like to go
with the “safe” option even if it’s a bad one.

Dan Szymborski Posted: May 25, 2005 at 01:03 PM | 20 comment(s) Login to Bookmark
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1. Eli Walque Squad Posted: May 25, 2005 at 01:17 PM (#1360203)

Retrosheet and the Padres' media guide list Falkenborg's middle name as Thomas, making him (as far as I know) the only major leaguer with the initials BTF. I'd be up for adopting the dude as one of our own.

For some reason, BB-Ref omits Falkenborg's middle name. Might be the only error on the whole site.

2. IronChef Chris Wok Posted: May 25, 2005 at 01:39 PM (#1360218)

Damn. Mark Loretta is one of my favourite players.

3. Nobody ##### with DeJesus Posted: May 25, 2005 at 01:43 PM (#1360223)

Free Junior Spivey?

4. fracas' hope springs eternal Posted: May 25, 2005 at 01:57 PM (#1360234)

Roberts
Giles
Klesko
Nevin
Hernandez
Greene
Burroughs
Blum/Jackson
Pitcher

Time to push the rest of the lineup forward instead fill the 2-hole with a rally-killer. Although I'd be okay with slotting Greene there once he finds his stroke again.

5. fracas' hope springs eternal Posted: May 25, 2005 at 02:00 PM (#1360238)

...instead of filling...

Nice English this morning. D'oh!

6. My guest will be Jermaine Allensworth Posted: May 25, 2005 at 02:10 PM (#1360250)

Okay, this is getting stupid. I've lost five guys to injury in the past 10 days.

7. The Answer to the TWolves (GMoney) Posted: May 25, 2005 at 02:57 PM (#1360316)

Guys on Baseball tonight the other day said the Phillies called the Padres not too long after hearing about Loretta's injury.

8. The Answer to the TWolves (GMoney) Posted: May 25, 2005 at 02:59 PM (#1360320)

Guys on Baseball tonight the other day said the Phillies called the Padres not too long after hearing about Loretta's injury.

9. AK47 Posted: May 25, 2005 at 03:14 PM (#1360344)

What about Josh Barfield (Triple A Portland)?

10. Nobody ##### with DeJesus Posted: May 25, 2005 at 03:23 PM (#1360361)

Josh Barfield isn't an option; he's not hitting at all this year

11. Latnam's first name is Bob Lemon's middle name Posted: May 25, 2005 at 03:32 PM (#1360380)

And my Fantasy team takes another hit. Vlad, Loretta, John Thomson, Bobby Crosby. Thomson and Loretta got injured in the same series. Argh

12. WillieMays Haze Posted: May 25, 2005 at 04:39 PM (#1360540)

Damn. And I was about to hop onto the Padres bandwagon. This sucks.

13. WillieMays Haze Posted: May 25, 2005 at 04:41 PM (#1360546)

Or is it "banwagon"?

Jackson and Blum have a combined 81 OPS+ for their careers. This could get ugly.

14. Boots Day Posted: May 25, 2005 at 04:43 PM (#1360549)

Loretta tore out his thumb and should be out 2-3 months

Two to three months is a pretty speedy recovery for a guy with no thumb.

15. Robert in Manhattan Beach Posted: May 25, 2005 at 05:00 PM (#1360574)

Yet another cautionary tale on why sliding into first base is the stupidest thing you can do in sports. It's amazing players still do it.

16. MM1f Posted: May 25, 2005 at 06:47 PM (#1360873)

What about J.J Furmaniak?

17. fracas' hope springs eternal Posted: May 26, 2005 at 05:08 AM (#1362568)

sliding into first base is the stupidest thing you can do

My first thought, too, Robert. In Loretta's defense, I later learned that he was trying to avoid the tag on a 3-1 putout. Which is defensible, and less wussy than giving the pitcher a forearm chop.

18. Harold Posted: May 26, 2005 at 06:14 AM (#1362647)

What about J.J Furmaniak?

If the Padres were really interested in giving Furmaniak a shot, they never would've signed Blum in the first place.

Gee, that Gautreau-for-Corey-Smith deal looks grrrreat now, doesn't it? The Goat is hitting 283/329/545 at AAA Buffalo.

19. robinred

Posted: May 26, 2005 at 06:34 AM (#1362663)

Wonder of Bochy would deal with D'Angelo Jimenez again.

Probably not.

The Phillies are obvious; it also seems to me the Padres and Cubs might be trade-compatible. Walker hit .216 in the rehab at Iowa and I heard whispers he might not be ready, but he is back. Seems unlikely the Padres would give up Linebrink, Otsuka or Hammonds for him, though. Still, if I were Hendry I would least want to talk to Towers.

20. JoeHova Posted: May 26, 2005 at 01:33 PM (#1362809)

Junior Spivey ruined his season last year by sliding into first too. It would be kind of funny if the Padres traded for him, just for that reason.

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