This Weeks Mail-day Part:1

I finally got my 2 packages from eBay. Got some great deals on some awesome cards. Now all these cards are Padres. Lets Start with the first package.

Aaron Poreda, 2007 Bowman Sterling Prospect Auto
(2) Adam Russell, 2008 Bowman Sterling Rookie Auto

Kevin Kouzmanoff, 2007 SPX Rookie SIgnatures
Kevin Kouzmanoff, 2007 Bowman's Best Auto
Steve Garrison, 2008 Donruss Threads Auto, and Serial #'d 1861/1999!

Picked up all these cards for less than $6, talk about a steal. Now the extra Poreda and the SPX Kouz are up for trade.

Tonys Home

A new addition to my collection and my new favorite card. Believe it or not this is my first card purchase from eBay. It was a total of $6(shipping included). It's in good quality, nicely centered with slightly damaged corners. Nevertheless it's still an awesome card.

The Fifth Man

Although, the free agent is barley heating up the Padres are looking to barley make any signings.

With Correia signing a 1 year/3.6 mil. contract the Padres rotation is set for the 2010 season.

The Padres rotation is Peavy less this year, but with all the young talented starting pitcher the rotation is going to surprise many people.

I'll try to give you non-Padre fans a little info on these pitchers

Chris Young

Was injured most of the last 2 seasons. His last full season was back in 2007 when he posted a 3.12 ERA. He's not ace material, but he will be leading the rotation offering some mentoring for the young pitchers.

Kevin Correia

Had a breakout season last year leading the Padres in wins with 12. His ERA was 3.91, but post the All-Star break he had a 3.26 ERA.

Mat Latos

Latos is one of my favorite Padre next to only Adrian Gonzalez. His fist year in the big leagues was an exciting one, in 7 outta 10 starts he allowed 2 or less earned runs. I can't wait for is 1st complete season, he learned a lot during the 09 season.

Clayton Richards

Came over from the White Sox's in the Peavy deal. He's not going to be an ace, but a back of the rotation guy. Don't expect an amazing season,but a solid one. Leaving U.S. Cellular Field and the American League will drastically improve his statistics.

This fith spot in the rotation up for grabs. Unless the Padres sign a starter or trade for one, they'll probably have Wade Leblanc or Tim Stauffer fill in the hole.

Card of the day:Mat Latos

Being a padre fan its hard to find a reason to watch them. Peavy out on dl Adrian has been on a cold streak and the future looks dim, but there must a light somewhere. Well Sunday there will be something to look forward to the Debut of Top Padre Pitching Prospect Mat Latos. Hopefully Latos has a good debut not a disaster which would make this season much of a failure.

Card: 2007 Donruss Elite Extra Edition

Player: Mat Latos

Mat Latos has been amazing in minor leagues were he hasn't struggled at any level. He is a bit of a power pitcher with his 97 mph and good slider. In his 184 innings in the minors he had 216 strikeouts. Latos has very good numbers a 0.71 Whip this year and has only allowed 1 homer in 70 innings. But the most eye popping stat is his low ERA 1.91 in 47 innings this year.

Features: Autograph & Serial #'d/25

Price: price set at $250

Series Breakdown: 6/3-6/5 Padres Vs Dodgers

Dodgers win series in the 13th inning by a Home Run by James Loney

Series: Fri: 6-3 Dodgers, Sat: 7-4 Padres, Sun: 7-6(13th inning) Dodgers

Top Players:

Everth Cabrera- 5 for 11, 5 RBI

Amazing series for Cabrera against the dodgers this July 4th weekend.Clutch hits and great defensive plays when the padres needed. Saturday was his best game of his rookie season played saving 2 runs defensively and came up big with his 2 RBI hit in the bottom of the 7th when down by 1 point. Great rule-5 pick by the Padres it was a steal. Its amazing that he's never played above single-A ball before being a MLB starting Shortstop.

Random Stat- He had 73 steals in Single-A in 07

Randy Wolf- 6.0 IP, 1 ER, 4 Hits, 8 K

Even though the Dodgers lost the game he pitched Wolf had a great game only allowing 1 earned run and 4 hits.

Overall Thougths: The Dodgers offense played well hitting 4 HR and 36 hits in 3 games. Pitching was good until they got to the bullpen. The bullpen was good on friday not surrendering a hit for 4 innings. Troncoso & Belisario lost it for the Dodgers in the 7th & 8th inning allowing 6 runs on saturday. On sunday Broxton blew a save and lost the lead in the bottom of the 9th allowing 3 runs. Broxton completly lost his control giving up 3 walks. The Padres offense heated up this weekend scoring 16 runs. Eckstein has been great having

.398 AVG with runners in scoring position, Eckstein could be great for any team needing a lead off hitter and is in the playoff race. Eckstein,Gwynn, and Gonzalez are a great combo but are lacking consistent players all around.