Padres' owner Jeff Moorad introduces new GM Jed Hoyer/(619 Sports photo)
Jed Hoyer was introduced today as the new general manager of the San Diego Padres at a Petco Park news conference. 619 Sports caught up with the new GM afterwards to ask about his goals in tailoring the Padres to Petco Park, the challenges of moving from the Red Sox to a mid-market team, and his plans for the current front office:
If Jed Hoyer is indeed to become the next Padres’ general manager, who is he and what type of GM would he be? CBS Sports’ baseball insider Scott Miller spent time with Hoyer recently in Anaheim. He joins Craig to talk about Hoyer’s possible move to San Diego, if Kevin Towers would take Hoyer’s job in Boston, and the possibility of an Adrian Gonzalez trade to the Red Sox:
ShareIt’s long been imagined but has never happened. Could this be the year the Dodgers and Angels finally meet in the World Series? Plus, did the Red Sox jinx themselves by messing with the Hendu karma? Craig and Chris talk playoff baseball:
ShareJuly 31st is baseball’s non-waiver trading deadline, and contending GM’s are calling Kevin Towers looking for help. The Red Sox are interested in Adrian Gonzalez, while many teams covet the power arm of Heath Bell. Craig and Chris debate what move Towers should make:
ShareCraig and Chris talk about what it would mean to the Padres as an organization if they were to deal their best, most marketable player in the prime of his career:
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RT @ChristianD_HOC: @619sports beginning of the year, I dnt think St Marys wld B as good w/out Simpson & Mills. <-I still like last yr's tm 41 mins ago
Well now I don't feel so bad about that shalacking the #Aztecs took frm Saint Mary's earlier this season. 1 hr ago