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Location: San Diego, Calif. | Ballpark: PETCO Park (42,685) | Spring Training: Peoria, Ariz.
Owner: Jeff Moorad | GM: Jed Hoyer | Manager: Bud Black | World Championships: 0
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Padres report: Inside pitch
 

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Inside pitch · Notes, quotes · Roster
 

 

Are Adrian Gonzalez's days with the Padres numbered?

The All-Star first baseman, who hit 40 homers with 99 RBIs this season, became the subject of trade rumors during Jed Hoyer's first week as the Padres' general manager.

Hoyer certainly knows the value of Gonzalez.

Before the trade deadline last July, Hoyer was helping put together a package to acquire Gonzalez while serving as an assistant general manager of the Boston Red Sox. Nothing came of that overture.

But Hoyer is now calling the shots for the Padres and is well aware of both the outside interest in Gonzalez and the market value of the 27-year-old who has 130 homers and 400 RBIs with a .287 average plus a Gold Glove in four seasons with the Padres.

Gonzalez is scheduled to make $4.75 million next season, and the Padres hold a club option for 2011 at $5.5 million. With the Padres needing an everyday center fielder and a possible upgrade at catcher, Gonzalez might be traded to fill those needs -- particularly with Kyle Blanks available to play first.

Despite his prominence, the first baseman is conspicuous by his absence from the promotional material the Padres recently mailed to prospective season-ticket buyers.

And in early November, Gonzalez's older brother, Edgar, opted for free agency after being outrighted to Class AAA Portland. Edgar Gonzalez spent the previous two seasons with the Padres after playing nine seasons in the minor leagues with other organizations.

"I think this is the end of my run as a Padre," Edgar Gonzalez said. "It's too bad because I love San Diego and this organization, but my future is probably elsewhere."

Like Adrian, Edgar played for Eastlake High in Chula Vista, which is between San Diego and the Mexican border. The Gonzalez brothers were popular on both sides of the border.

Trading Adrian Gonzalez promises to unleash a backlash against the new Padres administration given the first baseman's status as the club's most dangerous hitter and most visible player since the July trade of right-hander Jake Peavy to the White Sox.

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October 27, 2009 9:33 pm
I have heard from more than one media source the Padres are entertaining offers once again from the Red Sox for Adrian Gonzalez, and not just from Hacksaw on 1090.

If given the chance to get guys like Cla
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October 5, 2009 12:52 pm
Hey guys. I'm going to be trying to update this thread as often as I can with anything I see or hear, and always my always great thought on the Padres. Let's try to keep this thing going all offseason.

Milton Bradley's name has come up a lot in ties with the Pa
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October 25, 2009 1:09 pm
It's official: Jed Hoyer is the Padres' new GM.  One of the league's younger front office leaders at age 35, Hoyer played a critical role in building the Red Sox championship team of 2007.  It was he, and not Theo Epstein, who engineered the trade that brought ...(more)
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October 27, 2009 8:22 pm
***Mark McGwire's Five-Step Approach To Hitting***
The Mac is back!  Big Mac, Mark McGwire is back with the Cardinals to be their hitting coach.  McGwire has always been a fan favorite in St. Louis, but it’s almost a written fact that he t
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October 20, 2009 1:09 am
I am happy to be living in beautiful San Diego right now and this year have taken a greater interest in the Padres.  Growing up as a Yankee fan, I still like to follow teams that have to do what they do with limited resources, and whose fans don't freak out if the team doesn't win the World Series every year, but who are happy with a co ...(more)
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October 7, 2009 2:59 pm
Kevin Towers has built the '96 division winner, '98 pennant team and the back to back division winners in 2005 and 2006. He did all this on a very restricted bydget. I dont understand how you fire the best budget gm in baseball. No one knows this franchise better then KT. Look what he was able to do this year and get the pieces we needed. I would of liked to see KT stay and help build this team ba ...(more)
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September 2, 2009 8:10 pm
Assuming we have the same guys next year, what do you think we should do with the Padres outfield? I think we should do a 5 man rotation between the 3 outfield spots and 3rd base. Tony Gywnn, Kyle Blanks, Ch ...(more)
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October 3, 2009 12:36 am

Padres source: Towers out as general manager


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October 4, 2009 10:47 pm
.......in a Nordstrom world was what Kevin Towers was asked to do each year by the Padres & I for one believe that there isn't a GM in baseball that could have do any better than K.T.

Being GM of the Padres was like asked Lance Armstrong to win the Tour de France with only one leg, Michael Phelps to win swimming gold med
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September 1, 2009 10:03 pm
Can i get a what what?
Why does evryone blame all of the Padres struggles on KT? Explain to me how it is his fault that Moores had a divorce and in the years before that, was way too cheap? KT has had to make some poor deals and trade away players such as Jake Peavy,
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October 3, 2009 1:51 pm
Just watch!   Within 45 days I predict the Dodgers of Los Angeles will hire Kevin Tower as General Manager (and he will shuffle off Manny "I guess the pills did work" Ramirez to some other team)!
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September 22, 2009 9:45 pm
I'm sitting here watching my Rockies host the Padres, 6-5 SD right now, and realized that your boys are showing some serious heart down the stretch.  It would be easy for a team that is way out of it to just take a seat and stop caring but the Pads are definitely showing some fig ...(more)
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September 7, 2009 3:52 pm
Kevin Towers said that statement to Buster Olney about the 2010 Padres. It does sound like it would seem like it would take a mircale, but let's take a closer look.

The rotation the Padres started with this year had 4 of the 5 go down due to injuries. This year not only will we have a stronger staff, but much more depth. Yes, w
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August 10, 2009 9:43 pm
(POLL)

Rookies only, I'm not including TG Jr. though he is young, he debuted in 2006

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September 10, 2009 3:54 pm
The Pads are finally out of the N.L. West cellar, by surpassing the Diamondbacks. Young players are stepping up, next year looks promising concidering the past two seasons.

I would love to see the Rockies surpass LA within the next few weeks, even if it means the Pads los
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