In Search For An Outfielder – San Diego Padres

In Search For An Outfielder –  San Diego Padres

So far, we have identified the following outfielders as possible targets for the Mets:

                Atlanta – Reed Johnson

                Arizona – A.J. Pollock

Baltimore – Nolan Reimold

                Boston – Jerry Sands

                Chicago Cubs – Brett Jackson

Chicago White Sox - Dayan Viciedo

Cincinnati – Chris Heisey

                Cleveland – Thomas Neal -

                Colorado – Dexter Fowler

Detroit – none

Houston – J.D. Martinez

Kansas City – none

Los Angeles Angels – Mark Trumbo

Los Angeles Dodgers – Alex Castellanos

Miami Marlins – Gorkys Hernandez

Milwaukee Brewers – Khris Davis

Minnesota Twins – None

Oakland Athletics – Grant Green

New York Yankees – None

Philadelphia Phillies - none

Pittsburgh – Jose Tabata

Seattle – Casper Wells

               

We now move on to the San Diego Padres, who currently  eleven (11)… yes, that’s right…  11 outfielders on their 40-man. There must be somebody here that is vulnerable:

                Yeison Asencio – righty – pre-ARB -  A – 350/AB, .323

                Kyle Blanks – righty –  $605K-2013 – ARB2-2014 – MLB, 5-AB -

                James Darnell – righty –  ARB1-2015  -  MLB, 17-AB -  AAA: 116-AB, .267

                Jaff Decker – lefty –  pre-ARB -   AAA: 174-AB, .201

                Chris Denofia – right –  $2.25 thru 2014 – MLB, 348-AB, .293 – RF -

                Mark Kotsay – lefty –  $1.3mil thru 2013 – FA-2014 – MLB, 143-AB, .259

                Rymer Liriano – righty –   pre-ARB -  AA:  465-AB, .280

Cameron Maybin – righty – $8.1mil thru 2016 – MLB, 507-AB, .243 - CF

Edinson Rincon – righty –   pre-ARB -  AA:  .494-AB, .291

Will Venable – lefty –   ARB2  -  MLB, 417-AB, .264, RF -

Carlos Quentin – righty - $8mil thru 2015 – MLB, 284-AB, 16-HR, 46-RBI

Carlos Quenton played his ass off in the backend of the season so he’ll be back. So will the contract of Maybin. And, the platoon of Denofia and Venable seems to be working just fine.

What they next have to do is figure out who the 5^th outfielder will be and what to do with the others. Two, Kotsay and Blanks (1B and IR ) are under contract for 2013.

Liriano is your top prospect, but he’s a year away. Strangely, they don’t have another outfielder in their top 20 prospects.

Mets target – San Diego is on record saying they are happy with their 25-man and three of their top four outfielders are right handed hitters.  

My target:  trade OF Corey Vaughn for OF James Darnell - San Diego needs OF help in the future, not now. Darnell may not be a top prospect but he’s MLB ready.  Excellent 2011 in AA ball: .333/.434/.604/1038, 17-HR, 62-RBI… 2012:  .267 in AAA… 116-AB, 7-HR, 21-RBI… Wiki: After being drafted by the Padres in 2008, Darnell was assigned to the Short-Season Eugene Emeralds of the Northwest League. In 16 games Darnell hit .373 with nine runs, 25 hits, six doubles, two home runs and 15 RBIs. Darnell was promoted to the Class-A Fort Wayne TinCaps of the Midwest League in 2009. He hit .329 with 17 doubles, seven home runs and 38 RBIs in 66 games with the TinCaps before his promotion to the Class-A Advanced Lake Elsinore Storm of the California League. With the Storm he hit .294 with 18 doubles, 13 home runs and 43 RBIs in 60 games giving him a combined total of a .311 average with 35 doubles, four triples, 20 home runs, 81 RBIs, eight stolen bases and 87 walks. At seasons end he was named as the Padres' Organizational Player of the Year by MLB.com