3rd Year under the Alderson Regime

This upcoming season is a very important one for the San Diego Padres Baseball Organization. I predict this is the year when Sandy Alderson's regime has a breakout out season in terms of farmhand talent arriving at the major league level. Barring any major injuries or setbacks down on the farm, I expect to see at the very minimum two out players having a profound impact on the major league ballclub. The two players in terms of my research are Chase Headley and Wade LeBlanc. Both players should give a good run at making the ballclub and perhaps forcing the Organization's Front Office into making some hard decisions.  In addition, I expect to see a trade happening either in the end of Spring Training or during the mid-season of this year. This is the year when the Sandy Alderson's regime provides some return on investments from the last two draft years in which the ballclub has re-stock the farm with college-laden talent. Ultimately, the report card on the Alderson regime will be based on the facts of what talent arises from the farm and what commodity or commodities that talent brings back in terms of player acquisition (trades) that will propel the major league ballclub to a championship caliber team.

Until the first game of the Spring, sit back and continue to digest all the information on the Padres through several mediums as such blogs, tv and radio sports talk segments. Soon enough the games will provide the real answers that will either confirm or negate our original assessment of the ballclub. Life as a fan is great and spring does indeed bring alot of hopes for a great season....