Good Morning San Diego - December 30, 2021

San Diego Padres News

Padres roster review: Emilio Pagán (San Diego Union-Tribune)

One Year Ago Today, the Cubs Traded Yu Darvish to the Padres - Do You Think Differently About It Now? (Bleacher Nation)

Padres’ Eric Hosmer and fiancée Kacie McDonnell inch closer to lavish wedding (New York Post)

MLB News

Seager retires after 11-year career with Mariners (ESPN.com)

Best of ‘21: Ohtani named AP’s top male athlete (ESPN.com)

Sources: Bellinger, Dodgers agreed to $17M deal (ESPN.com)

Yanks unsure of injury progress due to lockout (ESPN.com)

Former Gold Glove 3B Chavez part of Yanks’ staff (ESPN.com)

Report: MLB payrolls drop 4%, back to 2015 level (ESPN.com)

Showalter joins Mets with World Series the goal (ESPN.com)

Padre of the Day

Khalil Greene

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Greene spent six of his seven MLB seasons in San Diego from 2003-08. He served as the team’s starting shortstop and finished second in the NL in Rookie of the Year voting in 2004 behind Pittsburgh Pirates outfielder Jason Bay. Greene would hit .248 in his Padres tenure before spending the final year of his career in St. Louis.