PT TOMORROW: NL West—Offseason Position Battles

San Diego Padres

The San Diego outfield picture is certainly crowded as the Padres have enough players on their roster to conceivably field two teams. With such a long list of candidates, how is the SD outfield projected to shake out at this early stage? (2013 statistics)

Hitter           AB   xBA  vL/vR OPS   PX  Spd  BPV  
==============  ===  ====  =========  ===  ===  ===
Will Venable    481  .277  .833/.786  142  131   68
Chris Denorfia  473  .271  .834/.663   79  123   47
Seth Smith      368  .243  .621/.748  113   87   35
Kyle Blanks     280  .233  .829/.596  108   85    7
Carlos Quentin  276  .277  .863/.852  149   70   83
Cameron Maybin   51  .249  .435/.481   75  101   16

Carlos Quentin (OF, SD) easily has the best skills of...

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