Padres stirring on, planning in place of 2011



LAKE BUENA landscape, Fla. — It was pretty uncomplicated to pigeonhole Jed Hoyer’s date Monday by the side of the Winter Meetings: Chatting roughly the Adrian Gonzalez trade and working at the forefront on difficult to build a 25-man roster in place of Opening date.

Pretty even split, looking back and looking at the forefront.

To be located bound to be, it was a unique date in place of Hoyer, the Padres’ second-year broad-spectrum director, a date unlike at all others he’s had in the sphere of his relatively terse tenure in the sphere of San Diego.
Hoyer spent the morning chatting to the press roughly the Gonzalez deal with the aim of has been in the sphere of the mechanism in place of days and subsequently looked like it fell apart Sunday as soon as Gonzalez’s agent, John Boggs, couldn’t get through to an agreement on a contract addition with the Red Sox.

The deal eventually was consummated Sunday night and announced Monday, with Hoyer gone to explain with the aim of the team had rebuff hazard to preserve Gonzalez subsequently 2011 and with the aim of the Red Sox package of three prospects plus a player to be located named was too superior to pass on.

“We were able to secure three prospects we like a assortment in place of the opportunity,” Hoyer assumed. “… We think we’re in the sphere of perception someplace we need to perform with the aim of. We need to all the time be located looking towards ahead adolescent, convenient players in place of the Padres.

“One season of Adrian Gonzalez, it would be located tricky to lose with the aim of, but we gained a assortment. We felt like in the sphere of our economic perception with the aim of was something we had to perform.”

Hoyer spent the relaxation of the date with agents and other teams, chatting roughly players who might be located to be had to fill round about of the Padres’ hefty holes.

The team is at present looking in place of a earliest baseman to take Gonzalez’s place — even if it’s in place of a time — a shortstop, a back up baseman, a backup catcher and probably an alternative pitcher in place of the preliminary rotation, even subsequently the team agreed to a one-year deal with Aaron Harang in place of $3.5 million with a mutual option in place of 2012.


The holes are many; the asking worth is still superior in place of complimentary agents and additionally players who might be located to be had through trades, especially in place of a team with the aim of willpower arrange an Opening date payroll in the sphere of the vicinity of $40 million.

The relaxation of this offseason may well, in the sphere of a feeling, look a assortment like survive winter as soon as the Padres were able to count a only some bargain deals in the sphere of January, like they did with Jon festoon, Jerry Hairston Jr. And Yorvit Torrealba.

The Padres perform arrange Gonzalez’s $6.3 million in place of 2011 arrival inedible the books, so there’s a slight added wiggle space in the sphere of regards to dealing in place of complimentary agents. Pulling inedible a trade willpower still be located tricky in place of the Padres, prearranged they don’t arrange a assortment of Minor League talent raring to go to donate in the same way as the main League level.

The Padres still arrange fascinate in the sphere of St. Louis shortstop Brendan Ryan, who lost his preliminary duty as soon as the team recently traded in place of infielder Ryan Theriot. Hoyer assumed there’s fascinate in the sphere of bring back Hairston, who is a complimentary agent.

Near are a slew of earliest basemen with the aim of may well fit in the sphere of San Diego, by the side of smallest amount until Anthony Rizzo, single of the three players obtained from the Red Sox, is raring to go. Lyle Overbay, Russell Branyan and Adam LaRoche might be located names the Padres look into by the side of round about sense.

Hoyer indicated the Padres won’t likely trade closer moorland Bell sooner than the start of the season. It was speculated with the aim of subsequently Gonzalez, the Padres would look to deal their two-time All-Star closer. But Hoyer, who traded two relief pitchers survive month in place of Marlins outfielder Cameron Maybin, would like to keep the relaxation of their bullpen intact.

“I think we willpower be located able to sign round about complimentary agents and be round about moves,” Hoyer assumed.

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