Friday, March 30, 2012

Padres ownership situation

So, its old news but Jeff Moorad has been put on hold. This situation, I feel, closely mirrors the Dodgers situation--I'm not sure if I'm happy or sad. Was Moorad going to mortgage the future? So far, the team has, I think, some real potential especially in the terrible NL West. A good amount of that potential is directly related to Moorad's leadership or the leadership of those who were hired by Moorad.

The payroll is low and without any long term deals or veterans figures to stay low. Rookie talent is cheap talent and the Padres (according to fangraphs and keith law) have the best farm system in the majors. Looking forward, it seems as though Moorad has guided the Padres to a brighter future at the very worst and I'm not completely sold that the current major league team is a bust either. Yeah, you wish Carlos Quentin was your #6 hitter not your #3 but you know, I'm going to live with that.

Anyway, I sort of hope Moorad sticks around, I was warming up to him and I really miss Jed Hoyer (he was my favorite). Josh Byrnes can lead the team and hopefully develop some young talent, too. I'd hate to see this blown up....

Thursday, March 29, 2012

Dodgers new ownership

So, apparently the Dodgers are getting new ownership for $2.1 billion dollars.

This is ridiculous. I, a Padres fan, hate the Dodgers and wish them nothing but ill will (in a business and sporting sense. No one needs to die). I honestly don't know how to take this news.

The Dodger deal, I'm assuming, has to mortgage the future by taking on assloads of debt in order to purchase the team. Frank McCourt leaves which is good for the Dodgers but I have to think that future baseball operations are going to be harmed by the debt burden the team will be forced to carry. Magic Johnson becomes the smiling face of ownership, that's good for the Dodgers I guess.

I suppose any situation where the McCourt debacle is finished is good for the Dodgers but I have to say as a Padres fan, this is probably the best case scenario--a new ownership group comes in and immediately cripples themselves.

Wednesday, March 28, 2012

First Post

This is my first post on this blog. I've created a few other Padres blogs but time constraints killed those. As I'm now employed, I feel as though I can stick with this one.

The goals of this blog are to introduce a more sabermetric slant to Padres blogs on the internet. Ducksnorts and Gaslampball are not exactly sabermetrically inclined and I feel that Padres fans need more in depth analysis.

As for me, I majored in mathematics at Drexel University with a minor in business. Those are my interests. That's what I'll be focusing on.