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| Overthinking It: This Week in Catcher Framing, 5/10 | Ben Lindbergh | 2013-05-10 |
| BP Unfiltered: Sergio Romo's Slider and the Farthest-Outside Swings | Ben Lindbergh | 2013-04-09 |
| Collateral Damage: NL West Year-End Injury Summary | Stephani Bee | 2012-11-01 |
| Collateral Damage: NL West Year-End Injury Summary | Corey Dawkins | 2012-11-01 |
 | Playoff Prospectus: ALDS Game Two Recap: Orioles 3, Yankees 2 | Ben Lindbergh | 2012-10-09 |
| Raising Aces: Hocking LOOGYs | Doug Thorburn | 2012-08-10 |
| What You Need to Know: Tuesday, May 1 | Daniel Rathman | 2012-05-01 |
| Collateral Damage: The Season in Injuries: NL West | Ben Lindbergh | 2011-11-07 |
| Collateral Damage: The Season in Injuries: NL West | Corey Dawkins | 2011-11-07 |
| Divide and Conquer, NL West: This Is Not Surreal, Nor Is It Otherwise | Geoff Young | 2011-09-13 |
| Divide and Conquer, NL West: One Man's Sludge is Kevin Towers' Slugger | Geoff Young | 2011-07-05 |
| Collateral Damage: Loose Lips Lead to DL Trips? | Marc Normandin | 2011-05-04 |
| Collateral Damage: Loose Lips Lead to DL Trips? | Corey Dawkins | 2011-05-04 |
| Collateral Damage: Thoracic Park | Marc Normandin | 2011-04-29 |
| Collateral Damage: Thoracic Park | Corey Dawkins | 2011-04-29 |
| Collateral Damage: Cuffed Around | Corey Dawkins | 2011-04-08 |
| Collateral Damage: Cuffed Around | Marc Normandin | 2011-04-08 |
| Prospectus Hit and Run: NL Bullpen Blowout | Jay Jaffe | 2011-04-05 |
 | Team Injury Projection: San Diego Padres | Marc Normandin | 2011-03-29 |
| Team Injury Projection: San Diego Padres | Corey Dawkins | 2011-03-29 |
| Transaction Analysis: Nick Johnson, Chad Durbin, and Dregs | Christina Kahrl | 2011-03-03 |
| Expanded Horizons: No One Man Should have All that Glower | Tommy Bennett | 2011-01-26 |
| Checking the Numbers: The Meaningless Awards | Eric Seidman | 2010-10-13 |
| Overthinking It: Friar Men | Ben Lindbergh | 2010-09-09 |
| Overthinking It: Can't Get No Relief? | Ben Lindbergh | 2010-07-09 |
| Contractual Matters: The Undrafted | Jeff Euston | 2010-06-10 |
| Transaction Action: Double Your Pleasure | Christina Kahrl | 2010-05-12 |
| Transaction Action: National League Roundup | Christina Kahrl | 2010-04-23 |
| Transaction Action: NL East and West | Christina Kahrl | 2010-04-09 |
| Expanded Horizons: Closers To The Edge | Tommy Bennett | 2010-04-06 |
| Transaction Action: Turn of the Screw, NL | Christina Kahrl | 2010-04-04 |
| BP Unfiltered: Latest Projected Roster Updates 3/31, 12:30 a.m. ET | John Perrotto | 2010-04-01 |
| BP Unfiltered: UPDATED NL Projected Opening Day Rosters | John Perrotto | 2010-04-01 |
| Transaction Action: Lefty-less and Zedliness | Christina Kahrl | 2010-03-16 |
| Transaction Action: Winding Down the NL | Christina Kahrl | 2009-10-01 |
| Transaction Action: The Weekend Shuffle | Christina Kahrl | 2009-07-20 |
| Transaction Action: NL Add-Ons | Christina Kahrl | 2009-07-11 |
| Transaction Analysis: NL West Roundup | Christina Kahrl | 2009-07-02 |
| Transaction Analysis: Jiggering | Christina Kahrl | 2008-07-25 |
| Future Shock: Monday Ten Pack | Kevin Goldstein | 2008-04-14 |
| Prospectus Today: Division Series, Day Two | Joe Sheehan | 2007-10-05 |
| Playoff Prospectus: Padres versus Rockies | Christina Kahrl | 2007-10-01 |
| Prospectus Today: A Crowd of Heroes | Joe Sheehan | 2007-09-26 |
| Transaction of the Day: Contenders' Moves | Christina Kahrl | 2007-08-30 |
| Schrodinger's Bat: Putting the Pedal to the Metal | Dan Fox | 2007-08-16 |
BP Chats
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| 2010-10-14 13:00:00 | i'm assuming you dont think the padre bullpen will have anything like a repeat performance, right?
(nicety from ca) | It's probably hard to believe without accusing me of being a biased fanboy about it, but I see them performing pretty close to that level. Here's the thing--Bell/Adams/Gregerson are all legitimately excellent pitchers, and the kind of guys who can replicate their success from year-to-year. Edward Mujica was unlucky in 2010, and is much better than his ERA indicates--have a look at his K/BB ratio of 12.0 for proof of that. Ernesto Frieri is a young pitcher with some promise who did well in his first stint in the bigs, and I expect him to be a bit better. Joe Thatcher should be there all season long in 2011. Ryan Webb has some upside and is the last option in the pen. This is a collection of fantastic pitchers who, if they are all together again, can perform just as well.
Will they *definitely* repeat? I'm not saying that. But if you asked me to pick one pen that could replicate its previous season, my money would be on the one in San Diego. (Marc Normandin) |
| 2010-08-26 13:00:00 | Care to gush about how studly the Pads' bullpen is? They remind me of the stacked Angels pen of ought-two.
(Functionary from Grey Cubicle, DC) | Well, the other night was a great example. They used four relievers--Ernesto Frieri, Joe Thatcher, Edward Mujica and Tim Stauffer--for three scoreless innings of relief. None of those three relievers are the key pieces in the bullpen (Heath Bell, Mike Adams, Luke Gregerson). Their "worst" reliever by ERA is Mujica, who has a K/BB of 11.6 thanks to 58 strikeouts and just five walks. (Marc Normandin) |
| 2010-08-26 13:00:00 | D'oh! Addendum: Care to expand on your praise of Heath Bell, Mike Adams, and Luke Gregerson, and add lauds and exultates for Joe Thatcher and Edward Mujica?
(Functionary from Grey Cubicle, DC) | Joe Thatcher missed the beginning of the season, but in the 27 1/3 innings since he's returned, he's held lefties to a line of .149/.212/.255. Mujica is a beast in the K/BB department as I said. He's given up some homers but seems to have that little problem under control lately, and is flat out dominant at times despite being a back-end option.
Bell walks some hitters sometimes, but most of the hits against him are dinky singles, and he can bring it and whiffs plenty of batters. The only closer I trust more than Bell is Mariano Rivera. Luke Gregerson and Mike Adams would be closing for most of the other teams in baseball--even when Gregerson walks batters he's an ace reliever, but this year he's got the walks under control. This is not a Petco bullpen, this is a pen full of really, really good pitchers. (Marc Normandin) |
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