Padres sign Micah Owings to a minor league contract

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  1. xelance Member

    By Ben Nicholson-Smith [February 1, 2012 at 2:41pm CST]

    The Padres have agreed to sign Micah Owings to a minor league contract that includes an invitation to Spring Training, Dan Hayes of the North County Times tweets. Legacy Sports Group represents the 29-year-old right-hander.

    Owings spent the 2011 season with the Diamondbacks, posting a 3.57 ERA with 6.3 K/9, 3.3 BB/9 and a 38% ground ball rate in 63 innings. A former starter with the Diamondbacks and Reds, Owings has pitched mostly out of the bullpen since 2010. At the plate, he has nine homers and an impressive .286/.313/.507 batting line in 217 career plate appearances. Kirk Gibson let Owings bat for himself regularly last year and asked him to pinch hit on one other occasion.

    http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2012/02/padres-to-sign-micah-owings.html#disqus_thread

    Good addition to the lineup, err.... I mean bullpen :D We should keep him on the squad as a pinch hitter ha.

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    xelance, Feb 1, 2012
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  2. Greeney03 Administrator

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    I don't love this signing, but good enough as e-surance. Perhaps he can be a DH too. lol
    Greeney03, Feb 1, 2012
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  3. xelance Member

    not a bad signing, its only a minor league contract...no biggie.
    xelance, Feb 1, 2012
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  4. PadreFanForever Member

    Very interesting....He could lead the team in HR's
    PadreFanForever, Feb 1, 2012
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  5. Greeney03 Administrator

    Owings batting line is better than Hudson's batting line (Home split, 221 AB). :rofl: I understand that it is Petco, but cmon.
    Greeney03, Feb 1, 2012
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  6. SDSUBaseball Go Blues!

    There's the big bat we have been looking for.

    .583 hitter at Petco

    Also this is a major league deal I think.
    SDSUBaseball, Feb 1, 2012
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  7. xelance Member


    you are right SDSU.

    new update - 4:29pm: The agreement is for a one-year, Major League deal, Ken Rosenthal of FOX Sports tweets.

    impressive petco numbers haha!
    xelance, Feb 1, 2012
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  8. PadreFanForever Member

    So he'll compete for a rotation spot ...... hmmm
    PadreFanForever, Feb 1, 2012
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  9. xelance Member


    Id rather have him make the rotation than Moseley, at least Owings can hit.
    xelance, Feb 1, 2012
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  10. Greeney03 Administrator

    SDSU is ON IT! Nice! If he ended up being a starter, at least now we have a offensive threat in the bottom of the line up. lol
    Greeney03, Feb 1, 2012
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