Padres decline contracts to Olivo, Brazelton and Breslow

by jbox on Dec 21, 2005 12:04 PM PST in News

"I doubt Miguel will be back," General Manager Kevin Towers said last night, shortly after the 9 o'clock deadline for tendering contracts passed.

"He was adamant about getting a guaranteed contract and we didn't want to offer him that. Had he been here a full season, things might have been different. But he was here two months."

So Olivo is pretty much gone, but Towers says he's going to get a deal together for Brazelton and Breslow.

"All the reports are positive," said Towers. "I think we can get something done with Dewon quickly. We want to re-sign both Brazelton and Breslow."

David Ross signed for a year:

The Padres signed catcher David Ross to a one-year contract worth $500,000 just before the deadline and offered catcher Pete Laforest a contract.

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Kottaras (sp?) is on the 40-man roster now...

so it could be a move towards youth. Plus, they may be building towards next years free agents when Chan Ho and Ryno are off the books and the likes of Zito would be available for the right price. Speaking of the A's, maybe a swap of big contracts such as Ryno and a PTBN for Kendall?

by ranger31 on Dec 21, 2005 2:33 PM PST reply actions

Molina

I could've sworn that I saw a rumor saying the Padres were interested in Molina. Otherwise having Mirabelli as the start at the very least means we traded a starter for a starter.

That's a glass half full perspective regarding that particular trade.

by Dex on Dec 21, 2005 4:27 PM PST reply actions