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Waiver wire will be buzzing – any lefties out there?

On 31 Mar 2010, In Baseball, by Bob Scanlan, 32 Comments

For the next few days, the waiver wire will be buzzing. Now is the time when teams will be keeping their eyes open for tasty scraps being thrown away from another organization’s table.

Thatcher’s cranky arm may be Russell’s good break.

On 29 Mar 2010, In Baseball, by Bob Scanlan, 3,362 Comments

He pitched in 10 games this spring, throwing 9 1/3 innings and allowing only 1 run to cross the plate for a sterling 0.96 ERA. Usually that would be more than enough to seal up a

Padres 2010 “IF” list: Part II – bullpen

On 11 Mar 2010, In Baseball, by Bob Scanlan, 11 Comments

What a difference a year makes! This time last year the “if” about the Padre bullpen was pretty straightforward. The bullpen would be fine IF Kevin Towers could find 6 new faces to fill it.