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Black, Hoyer Ready For Season To Start

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by Jason Owens on February 11, 2010

Padres manager Bud Black announced the 2010 lineup and starting pitching rotation on Wednesday.

Well — sort of.

At a Padres luncheon at the San Diego Hall of Champions, Black and general manager Jed Hoyer talked with fans about offseason moves, keeping Adrian Gonzalez, the start of Spring Training and what the lineup would look like if the season started today.

Black also noted that pitcher Chris Young appears healthy and ready for Spring Training.

“Chris Young is feeling great,” Black said of the starter, who missed much of the 2009 season with a shoulder injury. “He’s throwing off the mound. He’s going to be ready for full activity in the spring. We’re looking forward to him bouncing back.”

Black expects Kevin Correia, newcomer Jon Garland and Clayton Richard to round out the top four of the rotation while second-year fire-baller Mat Latos will compete with Sean Gallagher, Tim Stauffer, Wade Leblanc and Cesar Ramos for the fifth spot.

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Padres Impress With Modest Moves

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by Craig on January 23, 2010

Nobody’s going to send out Peter Gammons for a special report on the Padres’ trade of Kevin Kouzmanoff and signing of Jerry Hairston Jr., but Chris and Craig have taken notice!  The 619 Sports guys talk about the small moves Jed Hoyer has made so far as Padres’ GM, and the potential positive impact of putting the Happy Hairstons in the lineup and moving Chase Headley to third base:

 

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A Neat Start For Jed

January 16, 2010
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ShareJed Hoyer’s first trade as Padres’ general manager is in the books, and Jeff Moorad should be pleased.
Kevin Kouzmanoff and Eric Sogard to the A’s for Scott Hairston and Aaron Cunningham is clean and simple.  No gunslinging here.  More like reorganizing the closet.  A couple little changes, add a shelf, voila!  A more balanced roster [...]

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Padres’ Director of Player Personnel Chris Gwynn

December 9, 2009
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From the MLB Winter Meetings, Chris Gwynn joins 619 Sports to discuss his promotion to director of player personnel in the Padres’ front office. How tough was it to see KT and Grady Fuson go? Should Will Venable play center or right field? Is Chase Headley a third baseman or an outfielder? And where do Nick Hundley and Everth Cabrera need to improve? Some of the questions we tackle in this interview from Indianapolis:

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Padres Hitting Coach Randy Ready

October 28, 2009
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ShareHe was up for the Houston managerial job, but Randy Ready is instead back with the Padres for another year as hitting coach.  Randy joins Craig Elsten from 619 Sports to talk about the Astros interview, working with Bud Black, and what hitters like Chase Headley, Everth Cabrera and Tony Gwynn Jr. will be working [...]

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3 Questions For: 619 Sports!

September 3, 2009
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ShareYou follow us on Twitter and Facebook, and we get great comments and questions all the time.  Today, Chris and Craig answer three of those questions:  Keep Kouz & Headley for 2010?  Eckstein getting hot?  And how about a little fantasy football/Brandon Marshall talk?
 

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New Media Roundtable Part Two: Padres

August 18, 2009
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ShareHow should the Padres react to yet another Kevin Kouzmanoff second-half tear?  Re-sign Eckstein, good or bad idea?  And who’s the most exciting young player on the team?  Part two of our New Media Roundtable with Mike from Avenging Jack Murphy:
 

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Padres Would Like Your Attention

August 14, 2009
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This is the Padres’ ironic lot: the curtain is coming down on them right as the team is getting their act together. While San Diego turns away, their baseball club is just now showing some stick, some speed, a collection of interesting arms and an identity all their own. Nobody may notice, but the Padres are going to be worth watching down the stretch.

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Black Is Back

August 7, 2009
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How can it be a good thing when a last-place team, on pace for back-to-back 90+ loss seasons, extends their manager’s contract? How could a skipper with a career 198-236 record deserve further commitment? From the outside looking in, the San Diego Padres’ extension of Bud Black’s contract might raise some eyebrows, but a closer look reveals that Black has proven himself the right man for a tough job.

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A Homegrown Rockpile

July 18, 2009

ShareFriday night’s game between the Rockies and the Padres at Petco Park brought forth an interesting mini-discussion between the Channel 4 announcers, Mark Neely and Mark Grant.  Grant noted that the ENTIRE Rockies lineup, from pitcher to RF, was drafted and developed in the Colorado farm system.  Neely then tried to pump up the Padres’ [...]

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