The Morning Friar – 3/1/11

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Backup catching candidates Gregg Zaun and Rob Johnson won’t be appearing in games until later this week

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Despite nearly making the playoffs in 2010, the Padres cashed in their best player by sending Adrian Gonzalez to the Red Sox as the first baseman entered his contract year.  Like the Marlins with Dan Uggla and the Rays with Matt Garza, Padres GM Jed Hoyer built a team to win in 2011 despite a major subtraction.

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As far as samples go, Chase Headley’s two hits in Sunday’s 13-12 loss to the Mariners — the first game of the spring, no less — do not qualify as much.

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On his second day in the Major Leagues, Cameron Maybin, who at the time was 20 years, four months and 13 days old, wrapped his bat around a fastball in just his sixth at-bat, sending it over the wall at the old Yankee Stadium.

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The Padres scored twice in the first inning on an RBI single by Ryan Ludwick, and later an RBI double off the center-field fence by Orlando Hudson, which scored Bartlett after he singled earlier in the inning.

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