2008-2009 Offseason thread

[HollywoodLeo]

You think they can rebound and contend in 2009? Or is it time to blow the ship up and completely rebuild?

Stay tuned.

[HollywoodLeo]

Bard, Estes, and Hayhurst are gone.

ESPN - Bard, Estes now free agents; righthander Hayhurst claimed by Blue Jays - MLB

[padrefanforever]

I posted here this am........but now it's not here.......wtf ?

[love_that_reefer]

Get better contact hitters.

[padrefanforever]

-Trade for Uggla, I think the Marlins just want prospects which we actually now have.....
-Trade Kouz ( in a package if needed ) for a #2-3 type arm say Slowey
-Sign Furcal
-Trade/Dump Greene for whatever you can get or package him with someone for something
-P/U Giles contract and think about a 1 year extension
-Sign Gerut
-Sign Hoffy *********
-Sign Bell

SS- Furcal
CF- Gerut
RF- Giles
1B- AGon
2B- Uggla
3B- Headley
LF- Venable
C- Hundley
pitcher

Rotation
Peavy
CY
Slowey
#4 ??
Geer / LeBlanc

Bully
Hoffy
Bell
Adams
Meredith
load of guys to plug in .... and it's KT's specialty regardless of one down year it's still what he's great at.........

[padrefanforever]

Bush threw 30 pitches to live hitting w/o pain.......this is great news for his road to recovery

Baxter is getting some time behind the dish.......this is a great idea to explore this kind of option with him, since we're overloaded in the OF and at 1b.....who knows...maybe we'll end up with our own version of Russell Martin

Huffman and Blanks came out swinging......

and Jaff Decker picked right up where he left off raking.......Watch out for this kid.....he's a potential super stud......

[padrefanforever]

Stauffer, Stansberry & Cameron were outrighted........

Someone get a hold of Johnbr and tell him his boy is available and needs his support

[HollywoodLeo]

100 bucks says the Padres sign Garrett Anderson this offseason.

[padrefanforever]

WTFor ? The last thing we need to be signing are FA OFer's not named Gerut

[HollywoodLeo]

Not saying I want him, just saying I wouldn't be surprised if he's here.

[padrefanforever]

I'd be shocked

[love_that_reefer]

NBC 7/39 is reporting that Padres owner John Moores is going to sell 49 percent of the team as part of a divorce settlement with his wife Becky. This comes as a surprise, but it could ultimately be good news for the Padres franchise. There's been speculation that the Padres would severely cut back payroll this winter because Moores was going to potentially lose a major portion of his assets. Perhaps that will happen anyway -- these things rarely come together quickly -- but the Padres could be better positioned going forward with another owner.

Liek the article said, not good for this year but maybe next year.

[HollywoodLeo]

If he only sells 49 percent isn't he still essentially the owner?