Straw in the Wind

[stoutfellow]

Me, a few days ago:

I can't wait for next year: Rizzo, Darnell, Decker and Tekotte will probably all be in the starting lineup, and I look forward to that.

Yesterday, Blake Tekotte got his first major-league start. He doubled, tripled, drove in a run and scored another as the Padres won 2-1.

Tekotte is probably the least promising of the four players I named. (Maybe it's five: there are two, unrelated, Deckers in the mix.)