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Dave Stewart threw 130 pitches for a complete game loss and 7 earned runs. Definitely a different time (not to mention $4)

but that's just about getting on base. The oWAR difference is I think largely about superior baserunning.

2.4 oWAR vs 1.2 oWAR isn’t so identical

he’s better than Arraez as is, so there’s that

I am now in love with Josh Naylor

fingers crossed. I've just come to see him as someone who should hit low in the order

Bogaerts OBP last year was .328 and the year before was .307. He should not be leading off. Tatis' OBP last year was .368.

he would’ve fit perfectly in Barney Miller

because he had a high level of control and high level of being an asshole? I was focusing on the former

Maddux

the San Diego Chicken arriving in style

the butt jokes are flying on social media. The clubhouse will also be a pain in the ass for Waldron

the Padres looking at the remaining free agents

I think my biggest takeaway from ABS so far is that people really, really, really do not give umpires enough credit for how great they are at a truly difficult job

it’s all just a dad joke. A 50 year old dad in 1967 was like, “Looks like a corn ski, we call it Cornski, GET IT? GET IT?!?!”

Jesse and Tony with a hot mic

I just got home and put on a hoodie when @jesseagler.bsky.social said “not many hoodies here.” Charlotte is moving toward spring but not quite there.

right—actually I didn’t think of adding the PCL Padres, which opens it up in interesting ways

all Padres except obviously the Negro Leagues. I need to know more of those players.

I was your peanuts and Cracker Jack guy. The scoreboard helpfully tells me this was 5/13/88. One HOFer per team that day

learn it, know it, live it

this card actually has a cool 3D effect that a phone doesn’t capture very well

it’s well known that if you lose the first spring training game then all hope is lost

now life is getting better

imagine this is the back of your baseball card

I find this puzzling

days until the Padres first spring training game

Help Wanted: Union Leader Untainted by Scandal This is an awful time for the MLBPA to lose its leader to scandal, but this is an even worse time time for the MLBPA to have a leader it can’t trust.

I hadn't known Cronenworth was on the MLBPA executive subcommittee blogs.fangraphs.com/help-wanted-...

"We don’t know what, exactly, “inappropriate” means here, but whatever it is, it’s almost certainly something that most people don’t do with their sister-in-law" is an excellent sentence.

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