Dan Hayes tweeted not too long ago that top pitching prospect Casey Kelly is scheduled to have an MRI on his throwing elbow after he had reported soreness during his last start on Wednesday.

For those who don't know, Kelly was off to a fantastic start in Tucson so far this year. SSS applies but several scouts who were perviously down on Kelly have raved about him recently after seeing him this year. Over the winter the Padres' had made small changes to Kelly's delivery and his fastball has reportedly touched 96mph this year, though it typically sits in the low - mid 90s.

Pitching line at Tucson:

2 GS, 2.25 ERA, 1.60 FIP, 12 IP, 14 K, 0 BB, 3 ER, 52% GB%, 0 HR

"It’s easy/lazy to criticize any deal in which the Padres acquire a hitter by citing Petco’s park effects without digging a little deeper. The Padres have done as much, and are acquiring talent that fits their ballpark. It’s something that we need to consider when evaluating their future deals instead of just assuming the Padres were dumb to acquire another hitter."

Fangraphs has completely remodeled their minor league leaderboards and added a bunch of new features. It is fabulous. Go check it out.

SBNation's John Sickels posts his Padres' prospect list over at minorleaugeball.com. Safe to say that he is a fan of this farm system.

"I love when folks give me story ideas, and this is a fun one… if a bit easy to debunk."

I thought you guys would like this.

Well... This puts a kink in things.

John compares San Diego's top prospects Simon Castro and Casey Kelly over at Minor Leauge Ball.

"I know he looked awful last year, but given the injury, given the totality of his track record in the minor leagues, and what I've seen him do in person when he's healthy, I still think he's going to be a fine power hitter."

'[according to Ken Rosenthal] Joe Saunders, Scott Kazmir, Wade LeBlanc, Clayton Richard and Gio Gonzalez are among the possible targets some Yankees people have "kicked around."'

Not going to happen. I would be curious to see what Cashman would offer for LeBlanc but, despite me not being a LeBlanc fan, I would rather have the starting pitching depth.

Mediocre offseason for the MFY.

Four-Star Prospects
1. Casey Kelly, RHP
2. Simon Castro, RHP
3. Anthony Rizzo, 1B
4. Jaff Decker, OF
5. Donavan Tate, CF
Three-Star Prospects
6. Drew Cumberland, SS
7. Reymond Fuentes, CF
8. Jedd Gyorko, 3B
9. Matt Lollis, RHP
10. Cory Luebke, LHP
Two-Star Prospects
11. Jonathan Galvez, SS

Nine More:
12. Jason Hagerty, C
13. Keyvius Sampson, RHP
14. Zach Cates, RHP
15. James Darnell, 3B
16. Adys Portillo, RHP
17. Johnny Barbato, RHP
18. Edinson Rincon, 3B
19. Logan Forsythe, 2B
20. Blake Tekotte, OF

"Documents in San Diego Superior Court show that Padres chairman John Moores and wife Becky have submitted a signed settlement agreement to finalize the dissolution of their marriage. The terms of the settlement were contained in a "confidential envelope" and returned to their attorneys.

As a result, their public divorce trial scheduled for May 9 has been canceled."

"Pitcher Simon Cadro says, 'It's the first program they had here and its awesome. It's amazing to be here for everybody right now; its very exciting.'
Donavan Dace -who prides himself able to fill post any position on the field- had similar feelings."

I wonder if Everth Cabrea was there.

The Padres will apparently announce Monday that they agreed to sign Bud Black through 2013 with a club options for both 2014 and 2015.

Hoyer inquired, but Sullivan says the Padres' GM was "dismissed with some variation of, 'Go away, kid, you bother me.'"

Pads still get no respect.

"...three teams are now expressing interest in free agent slugger Jermaine Dye according to Ken Rosenthal of FoxSports.com. Those clubs: the Rangers, Rockies, and Padres."

/sigh

"Several contenders could use a boost in the slugging department, especially the Padres and A's. Let's take a look at potentially available power bats for the trade deadline."

The commentary surprised me.

Could they finish with .500? It wouldn't surprise them.

Could they be contenders? They aren't seeing that. At least for now?

Adrian Gonzalez and Heath Bell may not be traded and other teams should hit the panic button in regards to it?

Wait, I thought this was an ESPN article. Nothing makes sense anymore!

One of San Diego's top prospects will be shifting over from a position with extreme depth in the minors to a position in dire need of any kind of depth.

Sounds good to me!

Thought this was very interesting.

Dan Hayes over at North County Times reports that apparently, according to a Padres source, no team had actually approached San Diego about a trade involving Adrian Gonzalez during the past winter off season.

Also, Kevin Towers just about pulled the trigger on a 6-for-1 trade involving Gonzalez and the Seattle Mariners. The deal apparently fell through because KT was holding out for one more player.

Huh. How about that?

Here are the Padres prospects that are listed

#53 - Donavan Tate
#57 - Simon Castro
#82 - Jaff Decker
#90 - James Darnell

LH Starting Pitcher Hisanori Takahashi has turned down offers from the San Francisco Giants, Baltimore Orioles, and the New York Mets.

Has remaining offers from Red Sox, Dodgers, Pirates, and the Padres.

Evidently Takahashi has a problem with the Dodger's offer as they wont offer him a guaranteed roster spot.

Takahashi has a strong preference to pitch in the NL West.

Did our chances of signing this guy just increase? What do you think of him? Do you even care if we land him or not? He seems to have a strong track record with the Giants over in Japan.

35 year old Hisanori Takahashi went 10 - 6 over 25 games last season with the Yomiuri Giants and complied a 2.94 ERA over 144 IP with 126 SO.

The Dodgers, Giants, and Red Sox have also made minor league offers.

More at npbtracker.com

Well, that didn't take long.

Geez, these Adrian rumors just can't seem to die, can they?

Padres would get Clay Buchholz, Ryan Westmorland, 1 or 2 mid level prospects

Boston would get Adrian Gonzalez, Ryan Theriot

Cubs would get Jacoby Ellsbury

San Diego Padres sign OF Chris Denorfia to a Minor League contract with an invitation to Spring Training.

Hit .271, 9HRs, 49 RBIs, 15 SBs over half of last season in Oakland's AAA affiliate.

.279/.356/.380 over 208 MLB PAs with both CIN and OAK.