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Grady Fuson: Proud Padre Leaves Full Farm

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by Craig on December 16, 2009

In a 619 Sports exclusive, outgoing Padres’ vice president of scouting and player development Grady Fuson talks for the first time publicly about his firing.  Who forced him out, Jed Hoyer or Jeff Moorad?  Was Fuson fired for his failed first-rounders?  And how proud is he of the system he leaves behind?  A wide-ranging interview with a good baseball man who’s on the outside looking in:

 

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New Media Roundtable: Padres Offseason Questions

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by Craig on October 11, 2009

Who should be the Padres’ next GM?  Should Grady Fuson stay as head of scouting & player development?  And what should be the Padres’ biggest offseason priority?  Geoff Young from Ducksnorts.com joins 619 Sports for part two of our roundtable discussion:

 

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KT: “A Gunslinger Shoots First, And He Wins The Battle”

October 4, 2009
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ShareKevin Towers was alternately emotional, thankful, and proud during his press conference today, after it was announced that he would be leaving the San Diego Padres.  KT ends a 14-year tenure as GM, the longest of any current GM.  Towers joked to start his prepared comments that after 47 years on Earth, he was fired [...]

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Grady Fuson One-on-One with 619 Sports

August 18, 2009
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ShareThe Padres VP, Scouting and Player Development joins us to talk about signing Donavan Tate, Everett Williams and Keyvius Sampson.  Fuson’s farm system is producing results and has more on the way:
 

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Clean Sweep: Padres Sign All Three

August 17, 2009
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ShareThe Padres announced during their game against the Cubs on Monday night that they had come to terms with first-round draft pick Donovan Tate, agreeing to a deal worth $6.25 million in bonus money.  This caps a day in which the Padres managed to sign their 1st, 2nd and 4th round picks, all prep players [...]

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Bob Melvin: Not A Padre

August 11, 2009
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ShareIt was widely reported at the start of July that Bob Melvin would accept a consultant’s position with the San Diego Padres, helping to evaluate minor league talent throughout the farm system.  However, Melvin never actually accepted the position, and in the end turned down the opportunity to join the Padres.  Vice President of Scouting [...]

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MadFriars.com’s John Conniff

July 24, 2009
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There’s not much to see at the top of the Padres’ farm system. In fact, most of Triple-A is already in the big leagues. But is there hope at the lower levels? John Conniff joins us from MadFriars.com and Baseball America to talk about the class of 2008, the rehab of Nick Schmidt, and what the Padres are doing right and wrong in player development:

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Grady Fuson On The Class of ‘08

July 1, 2009

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I had the opportunity to write an article for the latest Padres Magazine (available during the current homestand at Petco Park) profiling the gains made by the draft class of 2008, particularly at the plate.  As part of that story I got to sit down with Padres’ VP of Scouting and Player Development Grady Fuson [...]

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