2012 baseball previews

Spring training baseball previews continue today with the San Diego Padres. Just as TheSportsNotebook did yesterday with the Houston Astros, we’ll evaluate the Padres based on their ability to get on base, power, starting pitching and relief pitching, and then ask whether they can beat the Las Vegas Over/Under expectations on win totals. Final predictions in the standings will come in the days just before Opening Night on April 4. So without further adieu, let’s take a look at Bud Black’s Padres, as they try and improve on last year’s 71-91 campaign.