November 09, 2006
Snorting the Moves
Ducksnorts reviews the Padres' busy Wednesday and reminds me of something involving the newly created hole at second base. After reviewing the free agents:
This doesn't include guys like Atlanta's Brian Marcus Giles, or the Padres' own Todd Walker. So, really, we're looking at five relatively useful guys, one of whom (Durham) stands out a bit from the others.
There's been talk about Giles brothers playing together for a while. Marcus would certainly fill the hole of second baseman and leadoff man quite nicely.
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From one of my readers, the U-T reports that Craig Counsell and Nomar Garciaparra also are being considered at second base.
Gotta disagree with the Marcus Giles assessment. I remember reading earlier this year that he really didn't like it, and felt far more comfortable batting 2nd, where he's been most of his career. I know it's an extremely small sample...but he hit much better in (very) limited 2-hole ab's in 06 then he did leading off.
I guess he could leadoff for SD, but I don't think he's an ideal candidate.
What about Soriano moving back to 2B for the Padres? It's where he wants to play and they could sure as hell use his bat. Of course, his D could take a toll on the pitching staff.
