Around the Mission: 12/7 Padres Links II

by jbox on Dec 7, 2009 9:12 PM PST Comment 13 comments

Hoyer hunkers down, fields calls in Indy | padres.com: News
Hoyer takes questions with MLB Hotstove (Video)
Gwynn promoted to personnel director | padres.com: News
The Padres continued to add to their baseball operations department Monday when they promoted Chris Gwynn from professional scout to director of player personnel.
Moorad: Baseball decisions come before financial ones - Sports - SignOnSanDiego.com
Padres owner Jeff Moorad today said any moves the Padres make now "will be baseball decisions and not financial decisions."
Juices flow again for ex-Padres GM Towers - Columnists - SignOnSanDiego.com
"When I got let go, Moorad said he wanted a department head," Towers said. "They hired Jed (Hoyer), and he had never run a department. He’s been in Theo’s shadow (with the Red Sox) for about five years. Wherever Theo went, he went. He wasn’t managing people or overseeing the draft. I don’t think he has a very extensive network."
PADRES: Another Gwynn moves up the Padres' ladder
"It means a lot and that they've taken notice of my hard work," Gwynn said by phone from Indianapolis., where he is attending baseball's winter meetings. "Philosophically, it's pretty much the same (job), and I think it's going to be fun."
It Might Be Dangerous... You Go First: Winter Meetings
In fact, you're wasting your time right now by reading this sentence.
Friar John's Blog: Roberts rejoins Padres as two get promotions in baseball ops
Roberts talks the talk and walks the walk.

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"will be baseball decisions and not financial decisions."

cool we need a 2B and a starting pitcher.

Somehow I doubt this means we will be trading for Uggla and or Halladay.

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by wrveres on Dec 7, 2009 10:47 PM PST reply actions

"He wasn’t managing people or overseeing the draft."

which is of course why you were let go …. 14 years of overseeing the draft … a draft that produced one player.

Jake Peavy.

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by wrveres on Dec 7, 2009 10:49 PM PST reply actions

Don't forget Sean Burroughs!!!

he was a stud.

by Dugout Dude on Dec 8, 2009 12:14 AM PST up reply actions

Ummm...?

Interesting Comment ..

I felt this system was underrated entering 2009, and things are really looking up here. They’ve got a good mixture of polished bats and upside arms, and adding additional athletic upside in the ‘09 draft just makes things even better. Although they went with more athleticism at the top (Tate, Williams, Sampson) this year, they continued to draft polished college guys in the latter rounds, and I think this strategy will help them. It should also be noted that even the "skill" drafts before 2009 included good athletes like Darnell, Forsythe, Cumberland, Pelzer, and Zawadski. This was never a “tools don’t matter” organization, no matter what people said.

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by wrveres on Dec 8, 2009 3:55 AM EST reply actions 0 recs

by Drama on Dec 8, 2009 7:54 AM PST up reply actions 1 recs

A direct quote from Sickels there.

Bolts from the Blue // "I have got to be the most boring GM in the league." - A.J. Smith
Bloody Elbow // "I win again. Engrish is my bitch." - Steven Zucconi

by Richard Wade on Dec 8, 2009 9:21 AM PST up reply actions

I stand corrected.

12 years of overseeing the draft .. then, rightfully so, his duties were stripped of him, and given to people who knew what they were doing.

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by wrveres on Dec 8, 2009 3:56 PM PST up reply actions

I find it fascinating that the fat prick that raped our franchise because he couldn’t keep his dick in his pants gets a free pass on our draft failures when he was the one that refused put any significant amount of money towards the draft.

It’s also pretty amazing to me that KT was such a bumbling idiot at evaluating high school and collegiate talent – but seemed to do so well evaluating major league talent in the trade market.

Interesting.

by Drama on Dec 9, 2009 7:33 AM PST up reply actions 1 recs

That second paragraph

Might actually be accurate.

Wisdom can not be cultivated through ignorance of information.

by Wonko on Dec 9, 2009 12:27 PM PST via mobile up reply actions

why are we jerking around with Correia?

Sign him to a 2 year/10mill deal with a club option and be happy you have a #2/#3 pitcher at 5 million.

Hoyer sees value in a backup catcher yet lets Blanco leave? i think that if Bell leaves he will be bringing back a reserve catcher along with the CF’er.

If I pick it, I flick it

by Duke Street Kings on Dec 8, 2009 6:18 AM PST reply actions

Moorad looks so ominous back there

I bet he hears Emperor Palpatine cackling in his head.

Isn't it enough to know that I ruined a pony making a gift for you? ◔ヮ◔
Uncommon Sportsman :: Absurdity in play

by Axion on Dec 8, 2009 11:37 AM PST reply actions

doobie brothers brrooo

Big kid tested, mother fucker approved

by CurbEnthusiasm on Dec 8, 2009 3:08 PM PST up reply actions

After watching that Hoyer video and the Hotstove one

I get the feeling (especially after watching the Hotstove video) that the rumors we see right with Adrian, Bell, Correia and to a lesser extent Kouz might be the other teams trying to put pressure on the first time GM. They know the Padres can’t have the biggest payroll and might want to move some guys so they are getting the word out that Hoyer should be moving this guy or non-tendering that guy and seeing if he’s his own man or if he will make a move because he thinks that’s what’s expected of him. I think Hoyer is doing the smart thing and taking time to evaluate things and not making any rash decisions and he’s definitely doing a better job at spin control than Alderson or KT ever did (especially compared to the Hoffman and Peavy situations last year and the Bradley and Cameron ones before that).

Wisdom can not be cultivated through ignorance of information.

by Wonko on Dec 8, 2009 11:24 PM PST reply actions