A very interesting weekend for the Padres ended with a nice 5-4 win. On Thursday, when we walked-off against the Dodgers, we were all wondering whether Jed Hoyer was going to make a move before the deadline after all, and we were debating whether that would be a good or bad thing.

Today, three days later, we have acquired a veteran in Miguel Tejada who is 10 months removed from a 199-hit season and an All-Star berth and a second power threat in Ryan Ludwick that will help protect Adrian Gonzalez.

I was thrilled to hear about both acquisitions, especially Ludwick, for several reasons. First, it’s an awesome feeling in general to know the Padres are finally in a position to add to the team, not subtract. Second, both players have reputations as great players who know how to play the game and who give 100% every day. And finally, these acquisitions inject much-needed potential for offense into our lineup, which (as much as I love the Padres), before this weekend, really scared nobody.

Even better, both men have began to produce from day one. Though Tejada is still without a hit in his first 5 Padres at-bats, he has walked twice and made it count, scoring both times. Ludwick smacked a solid single in his first at-bat (pinch-hitting too!), and scored what ended up being the winning run in the game.

I look forward to more great performances by both of them, and I’m antsy to see who we can pick up from waivers in the next month. Hopefully another good starting pitcher. If we do so, I think we’ll have a great chance at a deep playoff run! The home stretch of the season is upon us- we started it off yesterday on the right foot beating Florida, now let’s knock LA out of the race for good over the next 4 days!!!