Episode 1673: Season Preview Series: Padres and Rockies

Summary[]

Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about how the absence of the injured Eloy Jiménez will affect the White Sox, follow up on their discussions from the preceding episode about distracting on-field animals and baseball terms named after teams or players, then preview the 2021 Padres (19:37) with Dennis Lin of the The Athletic and the 2021 Rockies (1:03:17) with Nick Groke of The Athletic.

Topics[]

San Diego Padres preview with Dennis Lin
Why are the Padres so aggressive in acquiring playesr?
How will all their pieces fit together?
Ha-Seong Kim
Tommy Pham and Austin Nola
Fernando Tatis Jr.
Eric Hosmer
Wil Myers
Player development during the pandemic
Prospect depth
Blake Snell usage plans
Dinelson Lamet
MacKenzie Gore
Chris Paddack
Bullpen
Being the only team in the San Diego market
Jake Cronenworth and Trent Grisham
Jayce Tingler's first year as manager
Colorado Rockies preview with Nick Groke
Nick's feature story about the front office
Can the Rockies retool under current ownership?
Lack of success in free agent signings and trades
How can the front office change?
German Marquez
Jon Gray
Brendan Rogers
Where will offensive production come from?
Trevor Story
Charlie Blackmon
Daniel Bard
Dick Monfort leading ownership in CBA talks
Death of Bobby Brown

Interstitial[]

The Shazam, "Turnaround"

The Delgados, "If This is a Plan"

Banter[]

Eloy Jimenez will be out for several months, possibly the season, with an injury. His absence moved the White Sox from 3rd to 27th in the FanGraphs positional power rankings for left field.
Episode 1672 follow-up: Several listeners wrote in with suggestions for baseball terms named after teams/players including: Baltimore Chop, Maddux, Texas Leaguer, and Mendoza line.
Episode 1672 follow-up: Listeners wrote in with suggestions about other animals (seagulls, pigeons) or objects (fighter jets) that could be used to distract an opposing team.

Notes[]

The Padres traded 42 players (29 that were prospects) in 17 months
Dennis predicts that the Padres will win 94 games.
Nick predicts that the Rockies will win 64 games.