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Padres Press Clips Friday, April 29, 2016 Padres Press Clips Friday, April 29, 2016 Article Source Author Page Norris focusing on present, not trade rumors UT San Diego Lin 2 Winfield cherishes first fan vote into ASG UT San Diego Sanders 5 On the farm: Corner infielders breakdown UT San Diego Sanders 7 Hoffman, Winfield named ASG spokespeople MLB.com Roberts 11 Vintage Upton on display this season in SD MLB.com Cassavell 13 Padres-Dodgers Preview STATS, LLC. DiBenedetto 15 1 Norris focusing on present, not trade rumors Padres catcher is off to slow start, could be moved this summer By Dennis Lin | 5:23 p.m. April 28, 2016 | Updated, 5:34 p.m. SAN FRANCISCO — On Monday night at windy AT&T Park, Padres left-hander Drew Pomeranz pitched poorly for the first time this season, and his catcher, Derek Norris, struggled to keep the ball in front of him. In the bottom of the first, Pomeranz uncorked his first wild pitch. The next inning, Norris allowed a passed ball. Then came another wild pitch, followed by a run for San Francisco. In the fifth, a fastball from Luis Perdomo bounded off Norris' glove. The Giants promptly scored on a sacrifice fly. They would go on to beat the Padres, 5-4. A few cross-ups behind the plate essentially had cost San Diego the game. Asked about that performance later in the week, Norris did not mince words. "It was horses--t," he said, "and I was horses--t." Norris' willingness to speak his mind has long been part of his rugged appeal. After being acquired from Oakland two Decembers ago, the big-bearded backstop with an equally noticeable tolerance for playing through pain became a fan favorite and an early contender for what would have been his second All-Star Game. That was before things went south. Friday, the Padres will arrive at Dodger Stadium as a 7-15 team, with a roster that could look quite different by the Aug. 1 trade deadline. Norris, who is making $2.925 million this year, is one of several candidates to be moved this summer. The start to this season has looked like the opposite of 2015, when Norris burst out of the gates before his production dropped off. The 27-year-old is batting just .145 with a home run and 20 strikeouts. A disillusioned fan base has harped on his defensive shortcomings — the three passed balls, for instance — while glossing over the positive contributions, such as the 33 percent caught-stealing rate or the fact that Pomeranz's first three starts, all successes, came with Norris behind the plate. 2 "Other than (Monday), my defense has been pretty damn good, actually," Norris said. "I’m not a big excuse guy. A couple balls got away from me the other night. ... I’ve come a long ways with my defense. I’m extremely confident in my defense." Regardless of differing perceptions about Norris' level of play, this is the reality of his situation: The Padres should have plenty of incentive to deal him in July. While Austin Hedges, the presumed catcher of the future, will miss at least a month following hand surgery, the club must consider its window for contention. Almost certainly, it isn't open in 2016 and perhaps longer. Meanwhile, Hedges and backup catcher Christian Bethancourt represent younger and cheaper options. Over the offseason, and especially during spring training, the Texas Rangers considered trading for Norris before finding the asking price too steep for their taste. It doesn't figure to be the last time another team comes calling. Has all the speculation affected Norris amid his slow start? If it has, he wouldn't say. "For me, it’s just control what’s controllable," said Norris, who's already been traded twice in his career. "You can’t control trades. You can’t control action or promotions, demotions. I think just focus on what’s in front of you, competing each and every day, going out there and doing your job to the best of your ability. And if somewhere down the road, an opportunity presents itself, just embrace it. Embrace change, embrace all that. As much as I would love to be here for 10, 12 years — hopefully, I can play this game that long, and I would love nothing more than to develop relationships with guys for that long — but the way the game is, people move a lot. Trade deadlines, offseason moves — I mean, baseball’s crazy nowadays "If something happens, it’s only for the betterment of me. Any club that trades for you or wants you, that’s a good thing, not a bad thing." With Hedges sidelined and Norris' current numbers, a move in the immediate future is unlikely. Norris' peripherals, however, suggest he's due for an uptick; his average exit velocity (91.38 mph, per Statcast) is the highest on the team, while his batting average on balls in play (.188) is more than 100 points below his career average. 3 "Eventually, it’ll even out for him if he keeps hitting the ball hard," Padres manager Andy Green said. "I actually love what he’s done, he made a slight adjustment mechanically where he dropped his hands. "We know the bat is not far off, we know it’s coming. It just hasn’t quite happened for him yet." When it does, Norris' value will climb, and the speculation may very well intensify. The catcher, as he said, is focused on what's in front of him. "It’s just living in the moment, embracing everything and trying to make the most out of every situation," he said. 4 Winfield cherishes first fan vote into ASG Dave Winfield, Trevor Hoffman announced as 2016 MLB All-Star Game spokespersons By Jeff Sanders | 1:04 p.m. April 28, 2016 Dave Winfield earned his first All-Star Game invite in 1977. He appeared in the first All-Star Game in San Diego the following year. Then he was voted into the Midsummer Classic as a starter by the fans for the first time in 1979. Yes, as a Padre. Don’t think that didn’t mean something to the star of a 68-win team. “When I was here, we hadn’t really won a lot,” Winfield said Thursday after he and Trevor Hoffman were announced as the spokespersons for this year’s All-Star Game at Petco Park. “To earn my stripes as one of the better players in the game and for fans to notice it, too, you could feel the growing momentum. First of all, that was an honor. OK, ‘How do you continue to bring this new visibility and respect to the organization, to the city?’ “I was all part of that. I know clearly the way I felt when all that stuff happened. I made that first All-Star Game (in 1977) and that second All-Star Game (in 1978). I was like, ‘I’m going to continue to do what is necessary to play well enough to always go to this if I could.” He did. All told, Winfield appeared 12 All-Star Games, including four before leaving the Padres to join the Yankees as the highest player in the game (10 years, $23 million). That put Winfield – the first Padre elected into the Hall of Fame – on the ground floor of the All-Star Game evolving from a one-day showcase into the week-long extravaganza featuring a fan festival, celebrity softball game, a ticketed workout day and a home run derby leading up to this year’s game on July 12. Ahead of the 1978 game at San Diego Stadium, Winfield remembers getting about 10 players to sign autographs at a party at a local hotel. Then they asked the Padres to open up the park for a workout to “let people see what’s going on.” 5 “And they did,” said Winfield, who later worked in the Padres front office for 12 years and is now an advisor to Major League Baseball Players Association Executive Director Tony Clark. “Times are different. They opened the park and let people come in and watch us practice – and that was the first time.” At least one person had his mind on creating a show: Whitey Wietelmann, a coach with the Padres from 1969-79. “He gave us these baseballs that traveled pretty well, you know,” Winfield said with a chuckle. “After the American League took batting practice – this is a fact – the National League took batting practice and we were hitting them second deck, out the runway. It almost created a sense of awe when the other team watched us take batting practice. “You have to remember how these little seeds of change happen.” 6 On the farm: Corner infielders breakdown By Jeff Sanders | 10 a.m. April 28, 2016 A ceiling-based, positional look at the prospects to know in the Padres' minor league system. In the last 33 years, just four homegrown players – drafted or signed as an undrafted free agent – have started on Opening Day at a corner infield spot for the Padres: Chase Headley, Sean Burroughs, John Kruk and Tim Flannery. As dire as that sounds, the Padres can take some comfort in knowing that they control their current corner men – 25-year-old first baseman Wil Myers and 28-year-old third baseman Yangervis Solarte – through 2019. Beyond those two, the Padres ought to feel some pressure to develop assets at positions that generally fortify offenses as the decision to sign the likes of James Loney and Mike Olt this year is indicative of just how barren the upper levels of the system is at the corners.
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