http://www.padreslocker.com Daily Blog for San Diego Padres Mon, 08 Mar 2010 16:25:29 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en 29-year old righty swinging Scott Hairston didn't play at all in RF last season but that is where he will be penciled in to start in 2010. He played in 116 games for the Padres & A's last season in which he was 114 of 430 (.265 avg, .763 ... http://www.padreslocker.com/2010/03/08/scott-hairston-is-the-likely-starting-rf-for-the-san-diego-padres-in-2010/ 27-year old lefty swinging Will Venable likely has a slight edge over fellow 27-year old lefty swinging Chris Gwynn for the starting job in CF heading into spring training. Venable played in 95 games for the Padres last season and he was 75 of 293 (.256 avg, .763 OPS) ... http://www.padreslocker.com/2010/03/08/center-field-could-be-a-timeshare-for-the-san-diego-padres-in-2010/ 23-year old righty swinging Kyle Blanks will be the starting LF for the Padres in 2010 and he gives the team some big time power. Blanks played in 54 games for the Padres last season in which he was 37 of 148 (.250 avg, .868 OPS) with 24 runs ... http://www.padreslocker.com/2010/03/08/lf-belongs-to-kyle-blanks-in-2010-for-the-san-diego-padres/ The Padres have signed 32-year old lefty swinging Eric Munson to a minor league deal. Munson played in only 1 game for the A's last season and he was 0 for 1. Munson also played in 99 games in AAA-ball last season and he was 93 for 351 ... http://www.padreslocker.com/2010/02/25/the-san-diego-padres-sign-eric-munson/ 25-year old switch hitting Chase Headley is a natural 3B who learned how to play the outfield because the Padres had Kevin Kouzmanoff entrenched there. With Kouzmanoff off to the A's in a trade, Headley will return to his natural position and the Padres hope that sparks his offense. ... http://www.padreslocker.com/2010/02/19/chase-headley-will-be-returning-to-his-natural-postion-in-2010-for-the-san-diego-padres/ 23-year old switch hitting shortstop Everth Cabrera will look to build on his solid rookie season in 2010. Cabrera played in 103 games for the Padres last season and he was 96 for 377 (.255 avg, .703 OPS) with 59 runs scored, 2 homers, 31 RBIs and 25 stolen ... http://www.padreslocker.com/2010/02/19/the-san-diego-padres-will-be-sticking-with-everth-cabrera-at-ss-in-2010/ The Padres have signed 27-year old righty swinging 2B Josh Barfield to a minor league deal. Barfield played in 17 games for the Indians last season and he was 8 for 20 (.400 avg, .850 OPS) with 5 runs scored and 2 RBIs. He also played in 73 ... http://www.padreslocker.com/2010/02/19/the-san-diego-padres-sign-josh-barfield/ The Padres have signed 29-year old righty reliever Scott Munter to a minor league deal. Munter pitched in 46 games (0 starts) in AAA-ball last season and he was 4-6 with 1 save, a 4.88 ERA and a 1.52 WHIP. Munter last pitched in the majors in 2007 ... http://www.padreslocker.com/2010/02/13/the-san-diego-padres-sign-scott-munter/ The Padres have released 27-year old righty reliever Greg Burke to make room on the roster for Yorvit Torrealba. Burke pitched in 48 games (0 starts) for the Padres last season and he was 3-3 with a 4.14 ERA and a 1.56 WHIP. He also pitched in 13 ... http://www.padreslocker.com/2010/02/10/the-san-diego-padres-release-greg-burke/ 35-year old righty swinging 2B David Eckstein is back as the likely starting 2B for the Padres in 2010. He played in 136 games for the Padres last season and he was 131 for 503 (.260 avg, .657 OPS) with 64 runs scored, 2 homers, 51 RBIs and 3 ... http://www.padreslocker.com/2010/02/08/the-san-diego-padres-are-going-with-veterans-at-2b-in-2010/