The Padres have announced that outfielder Franchy Cordero has been activated from the disabled list and will lead off and play center field in today’s day game at Coors Field. He’ll take the place of Manuel Margot, who is going on the DL with bruised ribs.
Cordero, 23, has been on the 40-man roster since late in 2016, so no further roster maneuvers will be required to facilitate his arrival. The toolsy youngster entered the season rated tenth by MLB.com among the prospects in a deep San Diego farm system.
This will be the second attempt at the big leagues for Cordero, who received a thirty-game run last year. He’ll obviously need to improve upon the .276 OBP he carried in that short sample. Despite his less-than-excellent first look at the majors, Cordero posted a big 2017 season at Triple-A, with a .326/.369/.603 batting line and 17 home runs in 419 plate appearances, and is off to a hot start there again this year. (He had technically opened the season on the MLB disabled list and was playing on a rehab assignment.)
Meanwhile, Margot is set for an early-season respite after taking a pitch to the chest. He was already cleared of any fractures, so it seems likely this’ll be a relatively short stay. Margot has struggled to post just seven hits through his first 49 plate appearances, only two of which have gone for extra bases. The organization will surely exercise patience, though, with a player who is already a premium asset in the field. Margot showed a fair bit of promise last year, when he slashed .263/.313/.409 with 13 home runs and 17 steals in his 529 plate appearances.
Franchy Cordero won NL ROY in my OOTP game
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I’m excited to see what he can do, as a Padres fan. He looked bad last year but he is really young. Certainly he’s a better option than Pirela at this point.
I really don’t like pirela either, especially with our crowded outfield now (Margot, Myers, renfroe, Cordero)… you need hose four players to get at bats… not sit on the bench. Unfortunately…. pirela is really our only consistent hitter right now (aside from hosmer). I was hoping he would struggle so it would be easy to play Cordero/renfroe more… but he’s actually been hitting, so hard to see how they take him out of the lineup. I think it’s just a matter of time before pirela comes back down to earth though
Then why dislike Pirela? He provides better consistent offense than any other Padre, and league average defense. Why hate on the guy?
My dislike for pirela has more to do with the roster spot he is taking up. He is not a long-term piece, and we have a crowded outfield as is. I would much rather trade him and get at bats for our young prospects who are now without a position, and wasting any development on the bench. The Padres are nowhere near competing yet, so a league average defender and league average hitter, really isn’t a huge loss to me right now. I’d much rather see if any of our alleged “talent lava” prospects will pan out in the majors, instead of seeing them sit on the bench because pirela plays league average?? Doesn’t make much sense to me. Not so much hating on Pirela, just think he creates a roster problem now.
Pirela is 28 and is an awful defensive player anywhere. He might be a useful bench guy.
What about Pirela’s defense would be considered “league average?”
We need Pirela to keep hitting so we can trade him to the Red Sox, Angels, Indians, or the Yankees. All of them could use help at 2nd base or in the outfield. Pirela is playing way better then Nunez, Neil Walker, Ian Kinsler (hurt, but will suck for the future), Kipnis…Pirela is and will be better options for these teams this year and next year. Padres will be sooo incredibly deep next year we probably won’t have room for him on the 25-man or he’ll make it as the 24th or 25th guy, so we need to trade him.
Cordero’s defense was horrible last season too.
Wow, there’s no way Cordero is a better option than Pirela “at this point” Pirela and Hosmer are our life’s blood right now. I don’t understand how anybody can say that Pirela should be traded. Without him we would have no offense. You realize he was 6-10 with an outfield assist in the first two games of the Colorado series. Name 1 person who is even close to that? Not Renfroe, not Margot, Not Myers( I get it, he’s hurt) Franchy has not prove a thing this year. Last year, he proved he could not handle major league pitching. NO way should we trade Pirela
Pirela is a DH playing for a NL team like Matt Kemp.
Hopefully this time off will help Margot focus a little bit. He has looked absolutely lost at the plate this season… I had some fears at the beginning of the year that he may regress quite a bit from his rookie campaign. While it’s still early, it’s certainly not looking good. I’m not just talking about the results…. I’m talking about the at bats themselves, he literally looks lost and overmatched right now. Should be interesting to see what happens when he comes back, if Cordero plays well…
Knowing the Padres, they will keep Cordero on the bench, letting him play every four days or so, and wasting his progression I.e. Hunter Renfroe… (the guy that hit all the way through the minors, and they only play against left handed pitching). Also, renfroe starts last night against a lefty, strikes out twice, faces a righty (Shaw, good relief pitcher) later in the game…. three run homer. They HAVE to let him see more at bats if he is ever going to improve. I really hate the roster management of this team and it’s young players
Renfroe is probably not playing because the defense was so very bad. And his offense always has had a ton of swing-and-miss. He’s a low-average power guy without a ton of upside.
He was only a low average guy last year as a rookie. His numbers through the minors were at or above .300… yes, the swing and miss is part of his game. As it is for several power hitters. Judge, Stanton, etc. even Myers has a ton of swing and miss. But the get the at bats to provide more opportunity to do damage… renfroe isn’t getting that opportunity.
Across more than 500 Major league PA’s he has a .289 OBP and barely walks at a 6% clip. His problem is he’s boom or bust. If he walked more, it’d be different, but he never has and clearly never will. He’s supposedly not a very hard worker and looked like Matt Kemp in the outfield last year. He’ll get his chances, to hit, but at this point he probably is what he is.
Yeah; it’s hard to play a player with that kind of defense regularly.
And, yeah, if he could hit like Judge or Stanton the swing-and-miss might be acceptable. Renfroe isn’t that kind of hitter, though, at all.
Renfroe has yet to receive 500 plate appearances in a season…. that’s my point. He isn’t currently at 550 plate appearances spread out over three seasons. Whereas, typically, you like to see a regular starter receive about 600 plate appearances in ONE season. 2017, when he received his most consistent playing time, he hit .231 with 26 home runs…. AS A ROOKIE. By comparison, wil Myers in 2017?? Hit .240 with 30 home runs. Myers has multiple seasons in the majors, yet he is viewed as a regular starter, correct? So 9 batting average points and 4 more home runs than a rookie (renfroe) should relegate renfroe to the bench? Not sure the logic there. Renfroe is only going to get better with at bats. my opinion is that it has been the management of renfroes playing time that is going to hurt his development. I think it’s far too early to say “he is what he is” after only 550 plate appearances spread out over three years.
Agreed. You can’t right renfroe off after 500PA’s. Guys with swing and miss like him often don’t pan out but making him a short side platoon player before his 600th mlb AB isn’t very good for development. Padres have nothing to lose if he crashes and burns.
Um, Wil Myers .has a career OBP that’s 40 points higher than Renfroe’s and he’s capable of swiping 20-25 bags a year. You really need to stop focusing on batting average.. It’s not 1992 anymore.
Career OBP?? Myers now has 6 seasons in the majors! Renfroe was a rookie last year! So Myers has 40 points higher OBP than renfroe’s rookie season? And didn’t you JUST say “if he could hit like Stanton or judge, the swing and miss could be acceptable?”…. ummm know who’s swing and miss was right there with judge? Wil Myers! Second most strikeouts to judge. So are you saying Myers produces like Stanton and judge? So his swing and miss is acceptable?
And i need to stop focusing on batting average?? Thank god you aren’t running a team…. yea…. batting average…. who needs it… Chase Headley, sweet OBP…. makes sense now. Start him!!
Done with this one. The “stop focusing on batting average” just ended it. this isnt 1992?? This also isn’t the movie moneyball…
Well, we can focus on Renfroe’s defense, which was awful last year.
You either have to have not seen Matt Kemp in the last six years or not understand baseball very well to make that comparison.
According to who is he not a hard worker?
Renfroe reminds me of old Matt Kemp as well. pretty much a one trick pony with terrible defense in his stay with the padres. Renfroe taking over RF wasn’t that much different at all.
You mean current Matt kemp? Old Matt kemp was an all star.
His defense has improved if you hadn’t noticed. But we all know that once you say a guy sucks nothing will change your mind about it.
Meaningful data would change a mind; I believe in numbers
You will never find “meaningful data” over a 12-game sample. Especially not for fielding.
Just not batting average apparently…
No, I used the season data for 2017
Renfroe has a lot to learn…He has a great arm but I already watched him this season try to make a throw to home plate from the outfield trying to stop a run only thing was the play was near impossible. He should of ( absolutely needed to) hit the cut off man at 3rd base. Just simple baseball stuff it seems like he forgets or just ignores. That is just not winning baseball and thats what Andy Green wants on the field consistently.
Andy green doesn’t want ANYTHING on the field consistently…. he changes his lineups more than a baby needs a diaper changed. Green is the worst manager we’ve had in a long LONG time.
How many lineups (excluding pitchers) do you think a really good MLB manager puts on the field in a year?
Well Andy green isn’t going to be putting winning baseball on the field in 2018 or 2019.
The rebuild is going to take a lot longer with his management.
In all honesty Renfroe needs the at bats I can live with alright defense if the guys going to put up 40 plus homers a year and knock in about 80-100 RBIs and sacrifice a bit for his strikeouts. Margot isn’t a lead off hitter and that should be addressed right away as he’s more of a 2nd or 3rd hitter with Galvis killing it the way he is, would look better leading off. Galvis Margot Myers Hosmer Renfroe would be a a great start for the lineup everyday. The problem is Green is overthinking crap
Trade a few players that are on the upside right now like Pirela and Spangenberg maybe pick up a true 3 and 4 starter that way it clears room for Urias and Tatis (starting at third) and wait this year out and bring and have Our young pitchers come up and develop for next year and I think we could have a legit rotation in the next year or two and be in the playoffs
Cordero looks good, Renfroe is hitting for power when he gets at bats (which he isn’t getting enough of)… Padres have a problem on their hands with an over crowded outfield. First, why the hell does andy green keep playing spangenberg in the outfield over renfroe? Renfroe will NEVER get a chance to show improvement against right handed pitching if he doesn’t get a chance! Spangenberg brings NOTHING to the table, not youth, not upside, he’s not gaining any trade value…. dump him for a low level minor leaguer. As it stands now, Myers Margot Pirela are our starting three. Problem is, Margot has looked TERRIBLE at the plate this year, and Cordero has looked much better. Cordero has FAR more offensive upside than Margot. However, they will ultimately give the starting job back to Margot after his injury heals. So then renfroe and Cordero will both be bench players, getting spot starts and inconsistent at bats. That is just about the worst possible situation for a prospect with upside. I understand pirela is probably our best hitter right now… but he is not part of the future and probably has the greatest trade value right now. They HAVE to clear a space for renfroe/Cordero to play regularly.
Agree with a lot of that but we can’t have renfroe and Cordero both playing with will in right that’s going to kill most of our defense so keeping Margot in center is a better option with Renfroe and Myers at the corners and Cordero to spot start when needed would be ideal. But trading Pirela right now for a nice number three or four starter would be the best thing to do with how the padres pitching is looking our offense shows we would probably be good with out someone like pirela and make some good progress with the others