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Jeff Moorad is so enamored with the way the Boston Red Sox do business that he hired another one of Theo Epstein's assistants, this time to run the San Diego Padres.
Jed Hoyer was once co-general manager of the Boston Red Sox for 44 days after Theo Epstein walked away from the job.
Randy Ready, who remains a candidate to become manager of the Houston Astros, was one of six coaches agreeing to contracts to return to the San Diego Padres' staff.
Kim Ng interviewed for the San Diego Padres' vacant general manager's job on Saturday, giving her another chance to become the first female GM in major league history.
The Padres have outrighted right-hander Josh Geer, outfielder Drew Macias, infielder Luis Rodriguez and catcher Eliezer Alfonzo to Triple-A Portland.
The Oakland Athletics squashed speculation that assistant general manager David Forst is in the mix to become the next general manager of the San Diego Padres
Kevin Kouzmanoff of the San Diego Padres is willing to accommodate the Hall of Fame, to a point.
Randy Johnson made what could be the last appearance of his brilliant, 22-year big league career, pitching one adventuresome inning of relief in the San Francisco Giants' 4-3, 10-inning win over the San Diego Padres on Sunday.
Kevin Towers, a gunslinger if ever there was one, marveled at how he always managed to stay one step ahead of the posse.
Clayton Richard stopped the Los Angeles Dodgers from clinching the NL West title, throwing seven sharp innings to lead the San Diego Padres to a 5-0 victory on Wednesday night.
Augie Ojeda had three hits and drove in three runs, Chad Tracy hit his second home run in two games and Arizona beat San Diego 7-4 Sunday.
Nick Hundley homered to start the comeback and drove in the tiebreaking run with an eighth-inning single off Rafael Betancourt, and the San Diego Padres dealt the NL wild card-leading Colorado Rockies a disheartening 5-4 loss Thursday night.
Chase Headley's career-high fifth hit of the game drove in the go-ahead run in the 11th inning and the San Diego Padres won their third straight over the Pittsburgh Pirates, 11-6 on Monday night.
Everth Cabrera's game-ending single in the bottom of 10th inning gave the San Diego Padres a 6-5 victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks on Wednesday.
Tony Gwynn drove in the go-ahead run with a sacrifice fly in a three-run sixth inning, lifting the San Diego Padres to a 7-3 win over Jason Marquis and the Colorado Rockies on Sunday.
Adrian Gonzalez hit his career-high 37th homer and drove in three runs, helping the San Diego Padres beat the San Francisco Giants 4-2 Wednesday.
Kevin Kouzmanoff drove in San Diego's first three runs and Adrian Gonzalez homered, leading the Padres to a 4-3 victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers on Sunday night.
Kevin Correia allowed three hits in 7 2-3 innings, Adrian Gonzalez and Chase Headley hit two-run doubles, and the San Diego Padres beat the Washington Nationals 7-0 on Wednesday.
The San Diego Padres have placed outfielder Kyle Blanks on the 15-day disabled list, clearing a roster spot for left-hander Wade LeBlanc.
John Baker and Cody Ross each drove in two runs, leading Sean West and the Florida Marlins over the San Diego Padres 6-4 Sunday and ending their three-game losing streak.
San Diego right-hander Mike Adams has been placed on the 15-day disabled list with a right shoulder strain, his second shoulder injury in less than a year.
John Smoltz had a brilliant debut with the St. Louis Cardinals, striking out a season-high nine — including seven straight — and holding San Diego to three hits over five scoreless innings in a 5-2 victory Sunday.
Second baseman David Eckstein and the San Diego Padres agreed to a one-year contract extension on Saturday.
Matt Holliday hit a two-run homer, and Joel Pineiro extended his winning streak to five while the St. Louis Cardinals beat the San Diego Padres 7-4 Saturday night.
This is David Eckstein's second trip back to the town where he was a World Series MVP in 2006. Lingering resentment remains over his departure.
This probably won't come as a surprise to anyone, but Mark Prior has been released:
* Ozzie Guillen revealed yesterday that "the goal" is for Jake Peavy to come off the disabled list and join the White Sox's rotation as soon as August 28 against the Yankees.
Holy moly! Rosenthal: Jake Peavy has finally agreed to pitch for the Chicago White Sox.
* Some tidbits about Josh Geer's homer-allowing binge: He's allowed at least one homer in 16 of 17 starts.
General manager Kevin Towers revealed Thursday that Jake Peavy is "50-50" to return from his ankle injury to pitch again this season. "We'll know more when he comes out of the cast," Towers said.
Padres general manager Kevin Towers, on Jake Peavy's chances of returning from an ankle injury to pitch in the second half:
* Sam Mellinger of the Kansas City Star reports that MLB will announce soon that the All-Star game is headed to Kansas City in 2012. Mellinger adds: "It will be our first national sporting event since the Final Four in 1988, and it very well could be our last for decades."
* When last we checked in with Matt Bush the former No. 1 overall pick was pleading guilty to assault charges on draft day, which seemed fitting for one of the biggest busts in draft history.
Some time on the disabled list has kept Chris Carpenter off the NL leaderboards and All-Star team, but the St. Louis right-hander is pitching as well as ever in his comeback from significant elbow and shoulder injuries.
Sunday night Mariano Rivera joined Trevor Hoffman as the only members of the 500-save club, so I thought it would be interesting to compare their Hall of Fame careers:
John Manuel of Baseball America reports that the Padres are on the verge of calling up Kyle Blanks from Triple-A, which is interesting given that the massive first-base prospect appeared to be blocked by Adrian Gonzalez as recently as last month.
So much for all the trade talk. Jake Peavy will be sidelined for at least one month and as long as three months after an MRI exam revealed a slightly torn tendon in his ankle.
With the Nationals just hours away from making Stephen Strasburg the latest No. 1 pick, one of the biggest top-of-the-draft busts of all time is pleading guilty today to four misdemeanor counts of battery.
1. Eric Wedge (Indians) - The Indians might have been more justified in firing Wedge a month ago, before injuries to Grady Sizemore, Asdrubal Cabrera, Aaron Laffey and Anthony Reyes gave the team a better excuse for its poor record.
Tommy Hanson's much-anticipated MLB debut was a bust Sunday as Milwaukee got to the 22-year-old right-hander for seven runs, including three homers.
- The Yankees are returning Chien-Ming Wang to the rotation and shifting Phil Hughes to the bullpen.
Oswalt follows in Peavy's footsteps White Sox general manager Kenny Williams keeps trying to acquire a big-name starting pitcher and they keep spurning his advances.
* Carlos Gomez of the Twins is the leader in the clubhouse for most ridiculous injury of the season. LaVelle E.
* Prior to rejecting the trade to Chicago yesterday, Peavy called ex-teammate and current White Sox reliever Scott Linebrink to ask him about playing for manager Ozzie Guillen.
Reports surfaced Thursday afternoon that the Padres and White Sox had agreed to terms on a Jake Peavy trade that apparently would have sent Aaron Poreda, Clayton Richard, and two other players to San Diego.
Brewers acquire outfielder Jody Gerut from the Padres for outfielder Tony Gwynn Jr.
The Chicago Sun-Times is one of the sources reporting that Jake Peavy has rejected a deal that would have sent him to the White Sox for left-handers Aaron Poreda and Clayton Richard, as well as two pitchers to be named later.
Going to veto? Agent Barry Axelrod said this afternoon that Jake Peavy is unlikely to accept a trade to the White Sox because of his "strong preference" to remain in the National League:
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