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San Diego Padres general manager Jed Hoyer could be close to signing his first free agent of his tenure with the ball club. MLB.com's Corey Brock reported early this morning that the Padres have had discussions with Crisp and his agent Steve Comte, and that there was interest from both sides. "We have been talking to them. We see a real fit there, possibly," Comte told Brock, also acknowledging that there ...

There was no question that interest in first baseman Adrian Gonzalez would come from all different sides, but there was a question about whether the Padres would or could trade him. If you look at this from a public relations side of things, it would be San Diego's worst nightmare, especially with long time closer Trevor Hoffman now with the Milwaukee Brewers and young right-hander Jake Peavy with the Chicago White ...

With the arbitration deadline set for 8:59pm PST, the San Diego Padres are going to try and work out a deal with right hander Kevin Correia. If they're unable to do that, according to MLB.com's Corey Brock, the Padres will attempt to trade him instead of letting him go for nothing. Problem with that notion is, why would any team trade for Correia if they know they can sign him without ...

As the officials from every MLB team get ready to wrap up the annual winter meetings, there are still some rumors making their way around the hotel in Indianapolis. For the past few days, there had been reports that the San Diego Padres were looking into trading closer Heath Bell and third baseman Kevin Kouzmanoff. The rumors surrounding Bell died just as quickly as they started, but the rumors surrounding Kouzmanoff stuck ...

Day three of baseball's winter meetings has seen a lot more action within just about every team in either league. Things have even started to pick up for the San Diego Padres. There was talk yesterday that they'dáhad conversations with both the Giants and the Twins about a trade involving third baseman Kevin Kouzmanoff. According to several sources, the Giants were willing to give up Fred Lewis and Kevin Frandsen but the ...

The morning of day two of baseball's winter meetings has been quiet for the San Diego Padres. There had been news that the Padres were possibly looking to deal Heath Bell , but there has been no further developments since it came out. Now news comes out that the Padres are possibly talking to the San Francisco Giants about possibly sending third baseman Kevin Kouzmanoff to the Bay Area. USA Today's Bob ...

With baseball's winter meetings well underway in Indianapolis, the rumors are starting to fly and there are plenty of names getting a lot of interest. The San Diego Padres have their own names they've written on their list, a few of those names are on their own team. Over the past several months, there's been a lot of talk about the possibility that the Padres could trade All-Star first baseman Adrian Gonzalez ...

With the Winter Meetings less than 48 hours away, the San Diego Padres will be looking to add a right handed bat as well as pitching depth. Whether that comes by free agency or by trade is yet to be seen, but here are a few names that are being talked about. First off, gotta give credit to the Padres for doing something they needed to do in adding legendary announcer ...

Could it be? Could the prayers of many baseball executives, players, and fans across the country finally becoming true? According to a report from Phil Rogers of the Chicago Tribune , longtime Major League Baseball Commissioner Bud Selig plans to step down after the 2012 season. Since becoming commissioner of the league in 1992, Selig has had his good moments and moments he'd rather forget. He introduced the Wild Card, interleague ...

The San Diego Padres need a change of style in their television booth, a name that could bring the team more notoriety and bring fans back to the team . According to Tim Sullivan of the San Diego Union Tribune, that name could be Hall of Fame announcer, and San Diego resident, Dick Enberg. Sullivan writes in his article that Enberg had coffee back in August with Padres President Tom Garfinkel at ...