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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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There are some in the Padres organization who believe Nick Hundley will develop into the club's catcher of the future, even if the 24-year-old was hitting only .232 with 12 homers at Triple-A Portland.

But Hundley, the Padres' second-round pick in 2005 out of the University of Arizona, was rapidly improving at Portland. And the feeling in the organization was that a full season at Portland might make Hundley major league ready by the start of the 2009 season.

The timetable was dramatically moved forward Wednesday when Michael Barrett fouled a ball off his face in Denver.

With No. 1 catcher Josh Bard already on the disabled list through at least the All-Star break with a high ankle sprain and Barrett now out for up to six weeks, the Padres had no option than to promote Hundley sooner than hoped.

Hundley made his major league debut Friday night in Arizona as the fifth catcher employed by the Padres this season -- Bard, Barrett, Colt Morton, Luke Carlin and Hundley.

Hundley and Carlin opened the season as Triple-A Portland's two catchers.

Not only did Hundley get his first hit Friday night, he also tagged out a runner at the plate on a perfect throw from left field by another recent call-up (Chase Headley).

Working up to the standards of the catchers who have preceded him shouldn't be that difficult. On the season, the Padres' catchers are hitting a combined .187 (58-for-310) with two homers and 19 RBI in 86 games. And rival runners have stolen 107 bases on the Padres.

PADRES 5, DIAMONDBACKS 1: RHP Cha Seung Baek pitched 5 1/3 scoreless innings and threw a shutout over six innings Friday to become the Padres' first starting pitcher to record a victory since Jake Peavy won No. 5 on June 12. The victory was only the Padres' third in their last 18 games.

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November 10, 2009 7:04 pm

I have been browsing around on the tubes lately and I have noticed a few rumors about how Mike Cameron would be a perfect fit for the Padres at a luxurious $7 million a year. Now, don't get me wrong I think Mike Cameron is a fine baseball player who would fit in the mold o ...(more)

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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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