Padres GM Hoyer: Padres have offers out to 3 free agents

by jbox on Jan 12, 2010 10:00 AM PST

XX Sports Radio: Jed Hoyer Interview Part 1 (MP3) with Lee "Hacksaw" Hamilton

Very confusing team last year. Trying to build on the success at the end of the year. "Playing well for 2 months is wonderful, but I think it's time for a lot of these guys to come in with expectations."
Padres have offers out to three free agents.
"What we see right now as an everyday line up is going to be pretty much what we're going to get." The Padres are searching for veteran bench players that they will fill shortly with free agency.
The farm system is talented but it's not ready to contribute right now.
The goal is to be as young and as talented as possible.
Hoyer wants to see how this young team can play over a full season.
"Right now we don't have any active conversations with him [Adrian Gonzalez] going on, so I think it's very likely that he'll start the season with us."
Hoyer values players exactly how Theo Epstein does, which makes a trade with the Red Sox difficult.
So many people get caught up in Moneyball or scouting and it's best not to get stuck in just one camp. You have to look at all the information.
Chris Young is on schedule. Bud Black says ball is coming out of Young's hand really well. Hoyer is optimistic that Young will be ready for Spring Training and Opening Day.

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these answers look like the others from his past 5 interviews

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by Duke Street Kings on Jan 12, 2010 10:08 AM PST reply actions

Payroll.

The last number that everyone came up with (I think) was $33 million. Right?

Now, we obviously don’t know exactly who the three free agents are that we have offers out to…but if they’re just going to be bench guys…does anyone think those three guys will add up to another 7 million on the payroll?

That whole “start with a 4” thing is looking more and more like horseshit to me.

by Drama on Jan 12, 2010 10:14 AM PST reply actions 1 recs

You got double or nothing riding on it

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by Sam (sdsuaztec4) on Jan 12, 2010 10:25 AM PST up reply actions

Damn right!

by Drama on Jan 12, 2010 10:36 AM PST up reply actions

Three guys for $2.5m ea.

Yeah, we could do that. It’ll get you some nice bench players and a not-so-nice veteran catcher.

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by Axion on Jan 12, 2010 10:36 AM PST up reply actions

You honestly believe that?

by Drama on Jan 12, 2010 10:37 AM PST up reply actions

Why not? Is that crazy talk?

Three free agent catchers I wouldn’t mind:
Ausmus was $1m last year, Torrealba was $3.75m, Bengie Molina was $6.5m. Stab somewhere in the middle there.

We could even be daring enough to not be outbid by the stupid A’s.

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by Axion on Jan 12, 2010 10:51 AM PST up reply actions

OK...I'll give you the $2.5 for a catcher.

But another $5 mil between two bench guys? I don’t see that happening.

by Drama on Jan 12, 2010 11:15 AM PST up reply actions

Like I said

Two nice bench players for $2.5m each. They’ll be the Rolls Royce of bench players, but we could do it.

I’ll just throw out some more pretty names on my shopping list.
Orlando Hudson backing up the middle infield: He was $3.36m last season.
Jerry Hairston, Jr. made $2m and he can play all over.

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by Axion on Jan 12, 2010 12:45 PM PST up reply actions