Comments on: The cupboard ain't bare in San Diego

By: Tom

Tom — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 13:27:34 +0000

I’m a pretty big Kevin Towers fan but there is a pretty simple explanation on why he got fired:
http://www.baseball-reference.com/draft/?query_type=franch_round&team_ID=SDP&draft_round=1&draft_type=junreg
Now maybe some of those picks weren’t his fault but ultimately he was the person in charge so he has to take the blame for this near historic run of ineptitude. He’s really getting fired for his inability to talk the owner out of drafting Matt Bush instead of Jared Weaver — the franchise would look a lot different if he could have done that (possible playoff series victories in 2005 and 2006 plus maybe the NL favorites in 2007).

By: Mike Dark

Mike Dark — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 10:58:10 +0000

Another mention of the Padres 37-25 stretch. If I was the Front Office, I would spend some time addressing that stretch. On his way out, Towers pointed to it as an indicator of the Pads being ready to contend next year. Moorad talked to it as well as a positive sign and part of the excellent job done by Towers this season. But, it just screams SMALL SAMPLE SIZE. And, with runs scored of 275 versus runs allowed of 259, Pythagoras would have had them at 4 games over .500 during that stretch instead of 12. I bet the new GM comes in trying to manage expectations a little better than has been done so far.

By: JL

JL — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 10:15:23 +0000

Dumping salary doesn’t exactly take much skill. Building a winning roster just might, however.