Through tonight’s game the Padres are now carrying only four sub-replacement level performers having cut ties with Callix Crabbe, Colt Morton and Jim Edmonds. Their replacements, Edgar Gonzalez, Luke Carlin and Jody Gerut are all out-performing their predecessors thus far.
Relative to replacement level, Gonzalez has been worth 2.4 runs more than Crabbe was, Carlin 3.0 more than Morton and Gerut 4.8 more than Edmonds.
The four sub-replacement level players still on the active roster are Josh Bard, Justin Huber, Khalil Greene and Tony Clark all of whom are within one run of replacement level. Huber and Clark have both only had about a week’s worth of PA’s. Greene has shown substantial improvement recently and Bard had caught far too many games without rest. Things are certainly looking up.
