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More Padres Roster Changes On The Way

Baseball 03 Sep 2011

Jed Hoyer and he Padres continued to prowl the waiver wires yesterday and claimed RHP Drew Carpenter from the Phillies.

Carpenter, 26, has gone 0-0 with a 7.71 ERA (8 ER/9.1 IP) and 10 strikeouts against four walks over six relief appearances for Philadelphia this season. Over 34 relief outings for Triple-A Lehigh Valley this year, he is 5-1 with a 1.79 ERA (12 ER/60.1 IP), a .213 (48-for-225) opponents batting average and 65 strikeouts against 11 walks.

Anthony Rizzo and James Darnell are both expected to be called up soon as well.

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2,210 Comments

Andy Hochman via Facebook
September 3, 2011 at 6:55 pm

Are you sure KT was fired?

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Byron Lovelace via Facebook
September 3, 2011 at 6:57 pm

What are we doing?

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Raymon Garcia via Facebook
September 3, 2011 at 6:57 pm

Hey Bob let me ask you this. This late in the season whats the point of Jed aquiring all these arms and bench players. I mean I don’t think we are equipt (if thats how you spell it) to making a run.

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Wayne Hamburger via Facebook
September 3, 2011 at 7:04 pm

I was hoping it was chris carpenter

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Bob Scanlan via Facebook
September 3, 2011 at 7:12 pm

Raymon – This has nothing to do with making a run of any kind this year. I see it as simply a chance to accumulate players with generally limited MLB experience that someone else has already invested the time and expense to develop and give them to try out. If one or two of these pieces work out, then it really cost you nothing, and if not again no loss. You can do this when you have guys on your 40 man roster that you are not afraid to part with, or can make room with 60 day DL guys. It;s about possibly adding depth for next year as far as I can tell.

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Raymon Garcia via Facebook
September 3, 2011 at 7:16 pm

Thank you for that bob.

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Sergio Chavez via Facebook
September 3, 2011 at 8:37 pm

In a related story, uppon learning the news, Carpenter jumpped off a bridge.

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Brad Jones via Facebook
September 3, 2011 at 8:40 pm

not doin’ back flips here…

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Brad Jones via Facebook
September 3, 2011 at 8:41 pm

more dumpster diving

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Ken Saul via Facebook
September 3, 2011 at 9:41 pm

Bob you deserve better, the fans deserve better….. this budget ball is boring and not worth a free ticket………CHARGERS !

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Hector Gastelum via Facebook
September 3, 2011 at 10:09 pm

everybody starts somewhere, remember when the Padres drafted Mike Adams, Scott Linebrink and Heath Bell in the first round? No, these guys were dumpster dives that had shown enough ability to give them a chance, and they did.

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Daniel Garcia via Facebook
September 3, 2011 at 11:32 pm

Quit hating

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Bob Scanlan via Facebook
September 4, 2011 at 12:25 pm

These moves are not intended to be organizational changing moves. They are rolls of the dice that cost almost nothing. Hector makes a good point about guys who were castoffs elsewhere that proved to be valuable pieces with Pads. Does this always happen? Of course not, and most of the time a guy is who he is no matter the uniform on his back. But nothing ventured nothing gained in at least trying. If just one of these guys sticks, that is one less guy you would have paid higher dollars for in free agent market for maybe same results.

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