The word is "Potential"

It's the potential of this years Padre team that we the fans need to look at. We all know they are just applying stop gaps until next year when the insanity of back loaded contracts comes to an end. So they went out and signed and traded for some serious veteran potential. Our lineup hasn't had a true power threat in years, and now has a few. This can be a blessing or could go down as a diseaster since the power hitters we have are all old men.

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-Potential output

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Mike Piazza 37 years old - 30+ HR's / 100 RBI / .290 BA

Vinny Castilla 38 - 25+ HR's / 90 RBI / .280 BA

Ryan Klesko 35 - 20+ HR's / 80 RBI / .290 BA

Brian Giles 34 - 20+ HRs / 90 RBI / .300+ BA

Mike Cameron 32 - 20+ HR's/ 75 RBI / .270 BA

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This is the potential of our "powerhitters" that we have to look at for this up coming year along with the young talent we already have in place like Kahlil Greene etc......... this team should score 200 more runs this year than we did last year, and if they aren't careful they will win back to back division championships...........of course that would be fine with me :)