The Official San Diego Padres Thread! Whoo Ya!

Teams can make offers for Peavy. The Padres said in today's paper, that no one is safe on the roster.

Teams can make pitch for Peavy, but to Towers it's just fact-finding

Look for San Diego to even listen to trade offers for Adrian Gonzalez our power hitting first basemen. I like both he and Peavy. The payroll is going to be slashed. It's at like 75 million now. The rumor is any where from 40-60 million next year. That is due to John Moores the owner still going through a divorce. The fans out here are not really happy about this.:wink2:

"Fin Fan In Cali wrote:

Look for San Diego to even listen to trade offers for Adrian Gonzalez our power hitting first basemen. I like both he and Peavy. The payroll is going to be slashed. It's at like 75 million now. The rumor is any where from 40-60 million next year. That is due to John Moores the owner still going through a divorce. The fans out here are not really happy about this.:wink2:

Oh really....

For Salt in the wound....the D-backs have been between 35-50 mil for the last 5 years :up:

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"azfinfanmang wrote:

Oh really....

For Salt in the wound....the D-backs have been between 35-50 mil for the last 5 years :up:

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Bro but we can't get personnel right so we can go deep in the playoffs. I know you can have less payroll and still have a great team. The fans voted for the new stadium with the promise this club would be contending, and would bring good players in.:wink2:

The Padres are even going after a million dollars when he injured himself this year by stupidity. Kenny, our farm system is no where as good as yours in Arizona. That is why it is so important for us to hit on players.:up:

Peavy is available eh? Hmmmm, I might just entertain a trade just to keep him from playing against L.A. ever again. He kills us.

L.A. has Billingsley and Kershaw. Two very young talented pitchers who will be the front end of their rotation for a decade if they stay healthy.

I also think that they may go after C.C. Sabathia in the offseason so trading away talented minor leaguers (and you know San Diego would demand a king's ransom) is probably out of the question.

What is San Diego looking for in return? Pitching help? Positional players?

"Samphin wrote:

Pevy is available eh? Hmmmm, I might just entertain a trade just to keep him from playing against L.A. ever again. He kills us.

L.A. has Billingsley and Kershaw. Two very young talented pitchers who will be the front end of their rotation for a decade if they stay healthy.

I also think that they may go after C.C. Sabathia in the offseason so trading away talented minor leaguers (and you know San Diego would demand a king's ransom) is probably out of the question.

What is San Diego looking for in return? Pitching help? Positional players?

Probably bullpen pitching, some bats. Good young cheap players is my guess bro.

"Fin Fan In Cali wrote:

Bro but we can't get personnel right so we can go deep in the playoffs. I know you can have less payroll and still have a great team. The fans voted for the new stadium with the promise this club would be contending, and would bring good players in.:wink2:

You do have a great new stadium. You have a handfull of very good young players. Hopefully the FO will make some good moves and bring in some more good-young talent.

Seriously, I have always hoped nothing but good things for the Padres Bro. Even when they come in and whoop the D-backs, not a big deal.....same cant be said about the Giants :angry:

"Fin Fan In Cali wrote:

The Padres are even going after a million dollars when he injured himself this year by stupidity. Kenny, our farm system is no where as good as yours in Arizona. That is why it is so important for us to hit on players.:up:

I gotta say I LOVE Joe Garogiola (Sp?) Junior. He has taken some good advise from his father and REALLY produced this farm system.

OF COURSE it is VERY unfortunate for us that the Sidewinders (Triple A) is moving from Tucson to Reno this off-season. Quite honestly, the girls hate it as well. They LOVED going to the Sidewinders games.

Growing up near Albuquerque, I had the same type of atmosphere with the Dukes. I saw SOOOOO many big name players before they made it with the Dodgers.
Davey Lopes
Steve Yeager
Mike Soscia
Rick Sutcliffe
Mike Piazza
Steve Sax
Eric Karros
Rick Rhoden..

etc etc etc.
Saw them ALL with the Dukes, and it was a great atmosphere meeting the players in a small park.

Guess I should be a Dodgers fan, but...Nope hope they lose out the rest of the way at this point. :hi5:

"azfinfanmang wrote:

I gotta say I LOVE Joe Garogiola (Sp?) Junior. He has taken some good advise from his father and REALLY produced this farm system.

OF COURSE it is VERY unfortunate for us that the Sidewinders (Triple A) is moving from Tucson to Reno this off-season. Quite honestly, the girls hate it as well. They LOVED going to the Sidewinders games.

Growing up near Albuquerque, I had the same type of atmosphere with the Dukes. I saw SOOOOO many big name players before they made it with the Dodgers.
Davey Lopes
Steve Yeager
Mike Soscia
Rick Sutcliffe
Mike Piazza
Steve Sax
Eric Karros
Rick Rhoden..

etc etc etc.
Saw them ALL with the Dukes, and it was a great atmosphere meeting the players in a small park.

Guess I should be a Dodgers fan, but...Nope hope they lose out the rest of the way at this point. :hi5:

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"Fin Fan In Cali wrote:

Probably bullpen pitching, some bats. Good young cheap players is my guess bro.

We will need starting pitching too.

Peavy made available for a trade.

PADRES: Padres make Peavy available for trade : North County Times - Californian

The Padres' willingness to listen to offers for a player under contract through at least 2012 reveals a shift in the organization's direction caused by a 63-99 showing in 2008. When Peavy's extension was finalized last winter, the Padres had strung together four straight winning seasons with playoff appearances in 2005 and '06.

"Fin Fan In Cali wrote:

Peavy made available for a trade.

PADRES: Padres make Peavy available for trade : North County Times - Californian

The Padres' willingness to listen to offers for a player under contract through at least 2012 reveals a shift in the organization's direction caused by a 63-99 showing in 2008. When Peavy's extension was finalized last winter, the Padres had strung together four straight winning seasons with playoff appearances in 2005 and '06.

Willing to make him available for a certain rival in the division? :shifty:

"Regan21286 wrote:

Willing to make him available for a certain rival in the division? :shifty:

Bro they might if they got a lot in return that they couldn't pass up.:wink2:

"Fin Fan In Cali wrote:

Bro they might if they got a lot in return that they couldn't pass up.:wink2:

Andruw Jones then. Big hitter. :wink2:

"Regan21286 wrote:

Andruw Jones then. Big hitter. :wink2:

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Organization feeling out trade offers for Padres staff ace Peavy

Among the cities Axelrod mentioned were Atlanta, Chicago, Houston, Los Angeles and St. Louis.
Peavy and his wife Katie have three boys, one an infant, and this year moved into a home north of San Diego. Because of Peavy's intention to keep his family in San Diego for at least part of the year, Axelrod acknowledged that the Anaheim Angels are one AL club that would draw extra consideration.

Padres still waiting to hear back from Hoffman on contract offer.

Padres make a pitch to Hoffman, are still waiting to hear back

"Fin Fan In Cali wrote:

Organization feeling out trade offers for Padres staff ace Peavy

Among the cities Axelrod mentioned were Atlanta, Chicago, Houston, Los Angeles and St. Louis.
Peavy and his wife Katie have three boys, one an infant, and this year moved into a home north of San Diego. Because of Peavy's intention to keep his family in San Diego for at least part of the year, Axelrod acknowledged that the Anaheim Angels are one AL club that would draw extra consideration.

:shifty:

"Fin Fan In Cali wrote:

Padres still waiting to hear back from Hoffman on contract offer.

Padres make a pitch to Hoffman, are still waiting to hear back

Hoffman's been a pretty reliable closer and I don't think he's losing much steam. Who would the Padres use to replace him if he goes?

"FreeStyle wrote:

If they get Peavy, LA might rule out CC Sabathia.

Id rather have CC, though he'll cost a lot.

"Regan21286 wrote:

Hoffman's been a pretty reliable closer and I don't think he's losing much steam. Who would the Padres use to replace him if he goes?

They haven't even got a deal done for Bell yet there 8th inning set up man. The fans are really not happy with the direction of the club right now, and questions the recent bad moves that they made. A lot of the fans of fed up with "we are going to put a winning team on the field"crap. Now John Moores may have to sell some of the team off due to his divorce. It is not looking good for us right now.:no:

"Regan21286 wrote:

Hoffman's been a pretty reliable closer and I don't think he's losing much steam. Who would the Padres use to replace him if he goes?

His speed is down, and his placement of pitches is not what it once was.:wink2:

Organization focuses on pitching in trade talks for Padres ace

“I would say our preference is pitching,” Towers said. “Probably next, it would be middle of the infield. Pitching more than anything. If we moved Jake, we'd look for controllable pitchers, preferably starters in a significant enough package to where some are major league ready and some are close to being major league ready.

Towers has heard from AL clubs interested in Peavy, but the GM said he is focusing only on NL clubs. “Until Barry or Jake decides to be open-minded about going to one of those (AL) clubs, we're not going to do it,” Towers said of pursuing a trade with an AL team.

"Fin Fan In Cali wrote:

His speed is down, and his placement of pitches is not what it once was.:wink2:

Ehh..the times I've seen him, he has been "okay" certainly not the Hoffman from 5 years ago, but he still can get it done.

He may need a change of scenery though, it happens.

Ownership is such a mess at the moment though, and our young guys just did not perform well, except for Gonzalez, guys like K Greene just did not perform at all.

And Towers...sheesh..."middle infielders" is he crazy?