The San Diego Padres

10/19/2008-5:00pm est:the news that a certain NL ace (some guy named “J.Peavy…” heard of him?) is likely to be traded in the coming weeks. Let’s take a look back at the Peavy-mania and other notable stories of the past week:

• October 13, 2008: Peavy-Mania officially begins. Since then it’s been Peavy, Peavy, Peavy, and, oh yeah… more Peavy. The current frontrunners appear to be the Braves, with possible centerpieces including Yunel Escobar, Tommy Hanson, and Jason Heyward. A combination of those would certainly be appealing, but it sounds unlikely that more than one is available. Peavy would like to remain in the NL, and other possibilities have included the Dodgers, Astros, and Cardinals, though none seem to match up nearly as well as Atlanta. Earlier today, Ken Rosenthal analyzed some of Peavy’s suitors, and seems to be leaning towards the Braves as well. Braves fans don’t seem thrilled with the concept of giving up Escobar, Hanson, or Heyward. Personally, Peavy leaving PETCO wouldn’t worry me. He’s posted three dominant seasons away from PETCO, and clearly has the stuff to be dominant in any park. Facing the facts, any team is going to have to give up more than they’re comfortable with to land Peavy, because otherwise Kevin Towers won’t pull the trigger. This isn’t Johan Santana giving his team an ultimatum like we saw last offseason; Towers is in the driver’s seat.

10-13-2008-8:34pm est:

10-20-2008 9:16am est:not a fan of the American League or New York, so don’t look for him to land with the Yankees or Mets.  The Mets don’t seem interested anyway.

10-20-2008 4:14pm est:

According to Bernie Miklasz of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, the Cardinals are not a serious player for J.Peavy.  Miklasz’s Cardinals sources downplayed the idea and noted that they’ve only had one conversation with the Padres.

As Miklasz says, it could be the money, the prospects, or both.  Viva El Birdos believes it would limit roster construction.  If the Cardinals take a pass and the Astros don’t have the goods, it might be down to the Braves, Dodgers, and Cubs.

9-21-08:Padres 6,The Nats 2. Cha Seung Beak moved to 6-10 with a 4.87 ERA. Adrian Gonzalez hit his 35th homer run of the season.Kevin Kouzmanoff went 3-4 with three RBIs.

9-22-08:NO GAME

9-23-08:The Dodger 10, The Pads 1 enough said.

9-24-08:Dodger 12, Pads 4 almost but worst copycat game.

9-25-08:The Pads 7, Dodger 5. Jake Peavy earned his 10th win of the year.A.Gonzalez hit his 36th homer of the year,plus Brian Giles got his 12th homer of the year.Will Venable went 1-4 with 2 RBI in the game.

9-26-08:The Pirates 6, The Pads 3. home runs by Nick Hundley his 5th of the year.

9-27-08:The Padres 3, The Pirates 2. Chris Young earned his 7 win of the season,leaving him at 7-6 with a 3.96 ERA on the year.A two run blast off the bat of Kouzmanoff his 23 of the year.

9-28-08:The Pirates 6, The Padres 1. The last RBI of the season went to Giles his 36th on the year.
This make the conclusion of The Padres season,one of the worst year ever in Padres history, from going possible contenders too, possible contenders for the first round pick next year;but they couldn’t even lose right or constantly. In the next following weeks I will giving report cards on the Padres player, and updated on the farms.

9-17-2008: The Rockies 1, The Padres 0.

9-18-2008: no game

9-19-2008: The Padres 11, The Nationals 6, Justin Hampson got the win moving him to 2-1 with a 3.25 ERA. Homers from Kevin Kouzmanoff (22), and Will”Max”Venable (2).

9-20-2008: The Padres 6, The Nationals 1. Chris Youngwent 7 innings only giving up 2 hits no runs 4 BBs and 5 SO, moving him to 6-6 on the year with an 4.11 ERA. Plus CY came up with his first homer run of his career, Edger Gonzalez also had one taking him to 7 on the year.

Tomorrow’s game will feature Cha Seung Beak (5-10) vs. Perez (7-10).

Bard strained his right triceps on Monday, a relapse of the same injury that he suffered last month, also in Denver.

“It’s weird and frustrating with the way the season has gone,” Bard said before the Padres faced the Rockies on Tuesday at Coors Field.

In a season in which Bard has been hampered by injuries, this injury effectively ends his season with 11 games remaining, manager Bud Black said.

“He’s more than likely out for the year,” Black said.

The injury means Bard, acquired in 2006 from the Boston Red Sox with reliever Cla Meredith, has played his last game with the Padres.

A team source indicated Tuesday that the Padres won’t offer him salary arbitration after the season, rendering him a free agent.

With rookie Nick Hundley figuring to get the majority of starts at catcher next season, the Padres will either fill their reserve catcher role internally with someone like Luke Carlin, who started Tuesday, or through free agency.

One option for a backup could be 39-year-old Brad Ausmus, who lives in Del Mar. Ausmus, who played for San Diego from 1993-96, has said this will be his last season in Houston and that he wants to play closer to home.

The Padres’ catching situation is certainly a far cry from where the team was when it broke Spring Training when it had two veteran catchers — Bard and Michael Barrett — it felt comfortable with.

But Barrett missed 41 games earlier this season with a strained elbow ligament and has been out since July 4 with a fractured nose.

“It’s a tough situation,” Black said. “That’s a position we thought we were well covered. It just goes to show you never know.”

Bard suffered a strain of the right triceps taking batting practice at Coors Field on Aug. 8 and missed 13 games. He suffered a similar injury on Monday doing another hitting drill.

Bard, who missed 54 games earlier this season with a high ankle sprain, will now miss more games this season than he’s played in (57). He finishes the season hitting .202 in 178 at-bats with one home run and 16 RBIs.

Bard hit .338 in 93 games with the Padres following the trade from Boston and .285 last season with five home runs and 51 RBIs.

Corey Brock is a reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.

The San Diego Padres

9/7/08: Padres 10, Brewers 1, Chris Young nearly a perfect game get the win.Moving him to 5-5 on the year.

9/8/08:Padres  4, Dodgers 0, Cha Seung Beak get the win, moving to 5-10 on the year.

9/9/08:Dodgers 2, Padres 6, with Heath Bell blowing the save and picking up the the loss.

9/10/08:Dodgers 7, Padres 2, with Shawn Estes gaining the win, making him 2-2 on the year.

9/11/08:Padres 11, Giants 3, with Josh Geer collecting his second win in 3 starts.Plus Adrian Gonzalez hit two homer and brother Edger Gonzalez hit a pitch-hit home run, and Drew Macias hit his first of his career. 

9/12/08:Giants 5, Padres 2, with Jake Peavy collecting his 11th loss of the season,making him 9-11.

9/13/08:Giants 7, Padres 0, shutout by Tim Lincecum making him 17-3 on the year, every well might be the CY Young winner in the NL,despite the Popularity vote that C.C Sabathia will get.

9/14/08:Giants 8, Padres 6, with a platoon of relief pitchers nine total, with Beak starting going only two innings, before being pulled with an injury. Mike Adams earned the blown save and Dirk Hayhurst getting the loss.

9/15/08:Padres 11, Rockies 5, Wade LeBlancearned is first win of his career, with a win at Coors Field that should give the rookie the confidence he’ll need going in too next year.

9/16/08:Rockies 10, Padres 3, Estes took his second straight loss in two starts.

Next Game: 12:05pm pt/2:05pm ct/3:05pm et. at Coors Field. No T.V  RADIO: XPRS 1090/105.7 FM , XEMO 860,

J.Geer (2-0) vs. Livan Hernandez (11-11).

San Diego Union Tribune’s Bill Center talked to Padres manager Bud Black about Brian Giles, who could be a free agent after the season.

And do you pick up Giles $9 million option for 2009 or let him walk into free agency with a $3 million buyout?

“Brian still gets it done,” Padres manager Bud Black said last night after the Brewers snapped a four-game losing streak and inched to within four games of the plummeting Chicago Cubs in the National League Central race.

“Brian is a mainstay player.”

While Black thinks Giles is a mainstay, the Padres front office obviously feels differently. Buster Olney says he heard that “the Padres were livid when Giles vetoed the trade that they pursued with the Red Sox in August.”

Will The San Diego Padres buy out Giles after this season? If you believe the rumors that the franchise is looking to cut payroll, then it makes sense that they would.

Coley Ward writes for Umpbump.com. You can reach him here.

Jake Peavythe Padres ace faired pretty well, considering he went 7 innings giving up only 5 hits one earned run 4 BBs and 5 SO. Cla Meredith went one inning giving up only one hit and 2 SO.

As the title mentions the Padres where shut out, so I’ll tell you who just hit the ball. Luis Rodriguez went 3-4 with 3 out of five Padre hits. Also Chase Headley went 2-4 with the rest of the Padres hits.

Tomorrow’s game will give the Padres a chance to at least split the series with the Brew-Crew as the Padres send Big Ole Chris Young(4-5) vs. Parra(10-6). Game starts 11:05am pt/1:05pm ct/2:05pm et