Trevor Hoffman

Trevor Hoffman

Trevor Hoffman is a professional baseball player. He's a right-handed pitcher for the San Diego Padres and wears number 51. He is managed by pitching manager Darren Balsley.

 
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SAN DIEGO (Reuters) - Jason Marquis became Major League Baseball's first 12-game winner this season when he led the Colorado Rockies to a 6-1 victory over the San Diego Padres on Sunday. Marquis (12-6), in addition to a strong eight innings on the mound, drove in two runs with a double in a four-run sixth inning. "I haven't swung a bat in the past week or so with the All-Star break, and I hadn't taken (batting practice) this road trip yet," Marquis told reporters. "I felt good, and I just tried to see it and hit it as hard as I could." The All-Star ... Read Full Story
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San Diego Padres pitcher Jake Peavy is expected to miss at least one month with an injured ankle, and may not be back until after baseball's All-Star break. "I was getting treatment and we were getting by," said Peavy, who was scratched from his start on Saturday against the Los Angeles Angels after an MRI showed that a tendon in his right ankle was torn. Peavy had made his previous two starts with the ankle taped. "Up until yesterday, I thought it was manageable," he said. "It could have gotten ugly if we didn't take the action that we did." Peavy, a right-hander, will ... Read Full Story
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By DON WINNER for Panama-Guide.com - This year the star closer for the New York Yankees Panamanian Mariano Rivera surpassed Lee Smith to take sole possession of the #2 spot on the all-time career saves list. Sitting at #1 of that same list is the star closer for the San Diego Padres Trevor Hoffman. Hoffman is in the last year of a three year contract with the Padres worth $21 million dollars, and he made $7.5 million this year. Right now Hoffman and the Padres are exploring the possibility of a contract for next year but nothing has been signed so far. This matters ... Read Full Story
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Trevor Hoffman should still be a Padre. Yes. He may have lost some velocity on his fastball and his change-up is may not be as effective as before but no one can deny the leadership and presence he brought to the clubhouse. He saved 30 games out of 34 chances on a 99 loss club. Hoffy would have been the perfect mentor to Heath Bell . Hoffy's role could have been a closer/set up man, gradually grooming Bell to be the closer. But then again, the Padres are a complete mess so saving games may not have come that often in 2009. There are ... Read Full Story
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The Trevor Hoffman era has officially ended in San Diego. Hoffman agreed to a one-year contract worth $6 million on Thursday, a person familiar with the negotiations told The Associated Press. The person spoke on condition of anonymity because the deal hadn’t been announced. Hoffman can make an additional $1.5 million in performance bonuses, based on games finished. The 41-year-old right-hander had pitched for the Padres since 1993, becoming the face of the franchise after Tony Gwynn retired. Hoffman converted 30 of 34 chances last season, increasing his saves record to 554. Hoffman became a free agent but still hoped to hear the gongs ... Read Full Story
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The San Diego Tribune is reporting that Padres General Manager Jed Hoyer will soon meet with the agent for Adrian Gonzalez to discuss his “future”. Gonzalez won his second consecutive Gold Glove yesterday and is entering the final year of a four year contract, with the Padres holding an option for $5.5 million in 2011. With regards [...]  
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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.  
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Nick Hundley homered to start the comeback and drove in the tiebreaking run with an eighth-inning single off Rafael Betancourt, and the San Diego Padres dealt the NL wild card-leading Colorado Rockies a disheartening 5-4 loss Thursday night.  
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Randy Johnson was encouraged after throwing batting practice on Monday and saw no reason why he couldn't be activated today, but Giants manager Bruce Bochy has a different opinion, saying the Big Unit isn't a candidate to be activated during this three-game series against the Colorado Rockies.  
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The San Diego Padres are moving closer toward hiring Jed Hoyer, an assistant general manager with the Boston Red Sox, as their next general manager, according to major league sources.  
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