November 2,
2017
Last night the Houston Astros won
the 2017 World Series. First time in
their 55-year history. Probably the
first team to have played in more than one World Series and represented both
the National and American Leagues.
A few former Padres played in the
series Logan Forysthe, Luke Gregerson and Brandon Morrow. Astro pitching coach
Brent Strom played for the Padres in the late 70’s and LA Manager Dave Roberts
(the third Padres Dave Roberts) played for the Padres. Even the son of a former Padre was involved
Lance McCullers, Jr, whose Dad played for the Padres from 1985-1988.
Today the Padres made several minor
league transactions releasing two guys I have never heard of and assigning
nineteen players to the various winter leagues.
In the past week the Padres have
named a new hitting coach, Matt Stairs, who played with the Padres in
2010. They also named a new first base
coach, Skip Schumacher, who never played with the Padres but has been in the
front office for the last two years.
The big questions between now and April
2018 are will Brad Hand still be the closer, will Yangy still be a Padre and
who will be playing shortstop? What will
A.J. Preller do this offseason.
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