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2007 San Diego Padres Predictions
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San Diego Padres Predictions!
The Padres have won
consecutive NL West titles and have lost consecutive
playoff series’ to St. Louis. They’ll get their
disappointment much sooner in 2007 as the playoffs will
be a long shot. If the Padres actually think Greg Maddux
can make up for a pathetic offense, they have another
thing coming.
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Pitching was supposed to carry the Padres in the
playoffs. The starting rotation is by far the strongest
part of this team. Chris Young and Jake Peavy are,
perhaps, the best one-two punch in the National League.
Randy Johnson and Brandon Webb may have something to say
about that, but that is still to be determined. Maddux
joins San Diego’s two ace-quality pitchers. Clay Hensley
and Mike Thompson are nobodies. I would like to stay
positive, but I feel they’ll be dead weight on the back
end of this train. The games best closer ever, Trevor
Hoffman, can still get it done in the ninth. His NL-best
46 saves should have won the Cy Young last season as
Brandon Webb ran into some struggles down the stretch
for Arizona totaling just 16 wins for the season after
winning his first 8 decisions. Hoffy should be money in
the bag as usual in the ninth, but he likely won’t get
as many chances this season because of a weak lineup.
Terrmel Sledge takes over for fan-favorite Dave Roberts
in the leadoff spot. Marcus Giles will give the Pads
more strength up the middle defensively, and hopefully a
change of scenery will help him have a better year
offensively than he did in Atlanta. Brian Giles is among
those who does not like San Diego’s supposed hitter
unfriendly park. This guy has a good on base percentage
because of his eagle eye at the plate, but 14 homeruns
in 158 games is not going to get the job done. Adrian
Gonzalez looks to be the future star of this team. I
think he improves off his 24 homerun, 82 RBI season.
Mike Cameron burst on to the scene last season with the
Pads as well hitting 22 bombs. He and Gonzalez will
outshine the rest of this lineup.
The Pads only have two guys who eclipsed the 20 homerun
mark last season on this year’s squad and no one drove
in over 85 runs. Pitching has enabled San Diego to
compete in the mild west, but its lack of pop has gotten
the Pads embarrassed in the postseason. I think the
Giants and Dodgers leap frog them and maybe Arizona too.
The Padres are not going to be a profitable team on a
day-to-day basis. There are too many uncertainties
surrounding this club as we approach opening day. Our
best option could be to play some unders on this team in
their home park. They won’t score a lot of runs this
season, and their starting pitching will keep them in
most games at Petco Park where the long ball doesn’t
seem to fly out as well.
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