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February 12, 2009 Team Health ReportsSan Diego Padres
Trainer: Todd Hutcheson Trend: Negative. In 2008, the Padres added nearly a thousand days to their previous year's injury total. That could just be bad luck, because over the last three years they've rated as dead average, one of the best, and then one of the worst; their won/loss records in those years reflect those ratings, which just goes to show how important it is to keep guys on the field. If you discount the DL days of Mark Prior and Tim Stauffer, plus account for some bad luck as far as the injuries to Chris Young and Michael Barrett, the totals aren't quite as bad as they look in total, but they've got just as many possible days to look forward to in the coming season after having taken fliers on the likes of veterans David Eckstein and Cliff Floyd. If the Padres are going to have any shot at all, they'll need Hutcheson and his staff to get them back to average. Shape of the Season: 
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Why is Eckstein listed as a SS? Seems like the position change to 2B would be important for a Team Health Report. I'm guessing that it is being completely ignored because you list Edgar Gonzalez as the alternative to Antonelli, but Matt has a ticket to AAA this year as, according to Kevin Towers, Sandy Alderson and Bud Black, Eckstein is the starting 2B.
When the lists were originally put together, we didn't have the BP Depth Charts to work from. I used the Rotowire depth charts and those still list Eckstein as SS. A move to 2B isn't that big a deal for Eckstein since he's played both, so it wouldn't affect his rating.