On Wed, 12 Dec 2007 16:42:33 -0800 (PST), sdpadrebob
<sdpadrebob@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
Hi SD Bob:
The Padres have a good-hitting 2nd baseman named CRAIG STANSBERRY
at ****tland (PCL) where he excelled last year.
How does that guy not get a chance st starting?
>Got this from the Padres website:
>
>
>SAN DIEGO -- The Padres have agreed to a one-year deal for free-agent
>second baseman Tadahito Iguchi, according to his agent, Rocky Hall.
>Iguchi hit .267 with nine home runs and 43 RBIs for the White Sox and
>the Phillies last season.
>
>Signing Iguchi allows rookie second baseman Matt Antonelli time to get
>more at-bats in the Minor Leagues.
>
>The Padres didn't want to sign a veteran second baseman to anything
>more than a one-year deal because they feel Antonelli is ready or
>close to being ready to assume the starting job at the Major League
>level.
>
>Also, Kosuke Fukudome, the highly regarded Japanese outfielder, won't
>be playing in San Diego next season.
>
>Fukudome's agent, Joe Urbon, confirmed late Tuesday that the 30-year-
>old decided not to accept the Padres' offer of a multiyear contract
>offer.
>
>Fukudome instead agreed to a four-year, $48 million contract with the
>Chicago Cubs.
>
>It was early Tuesday when Fukudome announced his intention to come to
>the United States to play in 2008, refusing a multiyear deal from the
>Tokyo-based Yomiuri Giants and his former team, the Chunichi Dragons.
>
>"I won't be playing for a Japanese club next season, I'll play in the
>Majors," Fukudome told the Associated Press in Tokyo. "I appreciate
>the fans who sup****ted me for nine years. I hope that the fans
>continue to root for me when they see me playing in the United
>States."
>
>The Padres are believed to have offered Fukudome a three- or four-year
>deal in excess of $10 million per season.
>
>San Diego CEO Sandy Alderson told the Associated Press last week that
>the offer was "one of the two or three biggest deals" in franchise
>history.
>
>The team will now likely turn its attention to free agents Mike
>Cameron or Geoff Jenkins to fill their outfield needs.
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