Padres hire Sandy Alderson

by Dex on Apr 18, 2005 9:39 PM PDT in News Comment 1 comment

Continuing in their effort to become the Oakland A's of southern California, the UT reports that Sandy Alderson has been hired as CEO of the Padres. Alderson is a former A's president and GM and current MLB executive vice president of baseball operations.

What does this mean for the Padres? Hmmmm... I'm not sure. I doubt Alderson will make any moves in the front office, aside from changing Freeman's title from "CEO and president" to just "president" (does that come with a pay cut you think?). In addition, Alderson notoriously dislikes the rising salaries around the league, so that view fits in with the current Padres philosophy.

The A's did win a few rings while Alderson was around, so there's a track record there. I'm kind of excited, but I'm not sure if that's not just leftover excitement from the Padres beating the Giants.

I guess it also means that the Padres hiring M.O. can be summed up as follows:

Southern California natives
Ex-Padres
Underachieving Astros
Former Athletics executives

And that's about it.

Thoughts, anyone? Share some thoughts? Penny for some thoughts? Got some thoughts?

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a good thing

Hiring Alderson is a very good thing. One of the best general managers of the past couple decades. Not sure what he will do right off, but what a guy to have around.

by brewer09 on Apr 19, 2005 12:17 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs