Khalil Greene

Baseball Prospectus | Prospectus Q: Bruce Bochy DL: What the Giants need more than anything is a couple of players at the top of the batting order who can get on base. True or false? BB: Yeah, I'd say true. You know, our leadoff hitter, [Eugenio] Velez, there's no question we'd like to have a little higher on-base percentage between him and [Andres] Torres. That's an area that we're looking at. www.baseballprospectus.com  

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 formally introduced as the Padres' general manager on Monday. He was hired during the weekend after spending eight seasons with the Red Sox. He'd been an assistant to Epstein since the end of the 2003 season.  

FoxSports.com is reporting that the Red Sox are making a hard push for San Diego Padres first baseman Adrian Gonzalez. With the Sox planning to announce their latest...  

Bruce Bochy checks in from the winter meetings in Indy *VIDEO* Giants Manager Bruce Bochy spoke with CSN's Leslie Gudel at the winter meetings in Indianapolis on Tuesday and the Skipper gave some clues about what the Giants might be looking to add to the club for the 2010 season.  

John Shea from the winter meetings in Indianapolis . . . Manager Bruce Bochy envisions a possible lineup starting this way: 1. Eugenio Velez or Andres Torres 2. Edgar Renteria 3. Freddy Sanchez 4. Pablo Sandoval Regarding the leadoff spot: "We discussed our leadoff spot quite a bit the...  

Here's a hysterical animation about Major League Baseball player Dock Ellis and his infamous 1970 no-hitter game against the San Diego Padres while under the influence of LSD. "Dock Ellis and the LSD No-No". Thanks Mason! From www.dangerousminds.net. Posted by jamesk.  

Pressure is mounting on the Red Sox front office to make a splash this offseason. APIs Adrian Gonzalez still on the radar for the Red Sox? Will they make the deal, or not? As this young baseball offseason progresses, that's the question Red Sox fans everywhere are asking about Adrian Gonzalez, the supremely talented first baseman on the San Diego Padres. Chad Finn, man of the people over at Boston.com, is one of the latest to...  

Don't know if you caught this, but eight of the 32 writers who cast ballot for National League Manager of the Year included Bruce Bochy on their ballots. He got five second-place votes and three third-place votes and finished fourth overall, behind winner Jim Tracy of Colorado, Tony La Russa of St....  

Carroll earns minor league honorLouisville Courier-JournalFormer University of Kentucky All-American outfielder Sawyer Carroll was selected as the San Diego Padres' Minor League Hitter of the Year. ...Sawyer Carroll Named Padres Minor League Hitter of the YearUKAthleticsall 2 news articles »  

CBC.caLincecum wins 2nd straight NL Cy Young Award; Carpenter 2nd, Wainwright 3rdBelleville News DemocratTom Glavine of the Atlanta Braves won the award in 1998 even though Trevor Hoffman, the closer for the San Diego Padres, had more first-place votes. ...Tim Lincecum goes back-to-back with tight winMLB.comLincecum nabs second straight NL Cy YoungMiamiHerald.comDigging into Cy ballotingESPNThe Cardinal Nation (subscription) -Bloombergall 566...  

I finally got some free time to type in what I had written almost two months ago. Some are dated - will Sabean/Bochy be re-hired? - but others are not, so I thought, why not? I'm following Andy Baggarly's transcript, and will note my comments with a "OGC:".1. Bruce Bochy, on what the Giants accomplished...OGC: That was one of the things I wanted the young players to experience, playing games when they mean that much more, particularly in the...  

Verbatim: Mix of familiar, new to lead TinCaps in 2010Fort Wayne Journal GazetteFORT WAYNE, Ind. – The San Diego Padres on Tuesday announced Jose Flores will manage the 2010 Fort Wayne TinCaps. Pitching coach Bronswell Patrick comes to ...Three tincaps Highlighted By Mlb.ComOurSports Central (press release)all 2 news articles »  

Kennedy named Beavers' managerGo-Ems.comThe San Diego Padres today announced that Terry Kennedy has been named manager of the Portland Beavers for the 2010 season. It was also announced that Orv ...Padres announce minor league staffMadFriars.com (subscription)all 2 news articles »  

Baseball: Agreste Signs with PadresWest Virginia University MountaineersFormer West Virginia University baseball player Joe Agreste has signed a free-agent deal with the San Diego Padres. “I'm very excited and grateful for the ...  

Jon Heyman>DAILY SCOOPCNNNo National League team has anywhere near a roster of free agents like this (Holliday, Mark DeRosa, Joel Pineiro, Ankiel, Troy Glaus, Khalil Greene). ...and more »