Padres’ 1b Kyle Blanks drove in the winning run as the Padres defeated the Mariners by the score of 4-3 in 10 Innings. Is this a sign of things to come for 2009 season ? I surely hope so ! Maybe Kyle Blanks will make some noise and force the hand of the Padres Baseball Operations to keep him on the big league roster. Hey it’s Spring and everyone can be optimistic !

On Thursday, that will be when they begin to keep the official records of Spring Training as the Padres face Mariners once again. I am looking forward to see how Cesar Carrillo, Cesar Ramos, Nick Schmidt, and Ernesto Frieri fare against the Mariners. The Padres will have some pitching depth when Carrillo and Schmidt begin to throw without any lingering affects from their surgeries. I have enormous amount of confidence in the Padres minor league system and this will be the breakout year when dividends come through for the parent ballclub.

Kudos to Padres’ Beat writer Corey Brock for providing indepth interview with promising Padres pitching prospect Mat Latos. You can check it out at Corey’s blog