Ok all we're here and having a blast.....wifey and son are taking a nap right now so I figured now was as good a time as any to give an update....
Today I spoke with Darren Balsey for approx. 5 min.....it was early in the day and the Padres were running a split squad away from Peoria, so there were really no people on the Padres side of the spring training facility, and he gave me some time.....He was working with Clay Hensley in a side session and I asked him how Carillo was doing. Balsey said that Cesar's arm was 100%, and the only thing he's got going on right now is a slight hammy strain...nothing big, just a strain.....I asked him if he thought that if the pieces fell into place whether or not Carillo would be up with the club, and he said that he felt his chances were very good this year.....Clearly not to start the season, but near the break is the feeling I was getting.....so great news on the Carillo front.....
We got to see the Sledge GSHR and that was nice nice....too bad it was in a losing effort.....thanks Hoffy

.......One thing I will say about Sledge is that I wasn't really aware of how much power this guy can generate....the ball he hit was crushed, and had some arc to it as well.....it was a booming shot.....if he can do close to what he's doing now during the regular season, we're all going to be eating crow and saying Dave Roberts who ???
Got to watch Maddux, Peavy, CY and Stauffer take BP.......one thing is for sure....it's clear that Peavy wants to distinguish himself as a hitter, and not just a hitting pitcher....should be interesting to see if he can take the same types of cuts during a game that he was taking during BP......oh and during this session......Trevor was playing SS.....lol....it was kinda strange watching him take grounders out there....
I got a chance to see our upcoming stud Cedric Hunter taking BP and fielding balls on one of the side fields.....he looks very smooth for someone so young, and the ball seems to jump off his bat fairly well.....of course it's pretty much soft toss BP for these guys so take it for what it's worth.....
Still have no idea how to upload a pic to this damn site, so no pictures of anyone for you guys......sorry.......I'm setting up a blog and will just post that link at another time....
Padres vs. Rockies tomorrow......gonna be 89-91 degrees.....whew !!!
GO PADRES !!!!