What Fire Sale?....Padres are bound to get better....

This past week has been very interesting in San Diego, as the fans had witness Trevor Hoffman era coming to an end and the possibilities of Jake Peavy putting on a different uniform as well. I agree, the Padres could have handled the Hoffman situation far more better then they did. Though, it kinda reminded me of when Larry Lucchino, Dr. Charles Steinberg and Theo Epstein left back in 2002. Basically, right then John Moores had lost his baseball club in regards to well knowledgable baseball people in the Front Office. Basically, Petco Park wouldn't be here if it wasn't for Larry Lucchino and Trevor Hoffman. Both of these two people are well deserving some type of special gratitude for their well deserve and professional services they brought to San Diegans.

Now onto a different topic, the Fans in San Diego have been voicing their displeasure about the possibilities of trading Peavy. During the season, I have been mentioning the Padres need to get better and in order to receive good talent, good talent must be sacrifice. The Padres Front Office is just getting a feel of the net worth of the players on the roster. This is common sense and determine if someone is willing to bite the bait and provide the Padres with additional talent that can make a difference in 09 and following years. I expect to see Khalil Greene, Kevin Kouzmanoff and perhaps Jake Peavy as ex-Padres. Only time will tell, though this Winter season expects to be a very exciting one for San Diegans.

I heard people on XX 1090 (Padres Flag station) ,KNBC 7/39, and Union Tribune voicing their displeasure about the possibilities of having a Triple A club in Petco Park next year as rumors about a 40 million dollar roster continues to fly around San Diego. Let's talk about facts here now, from 1995 to 2004, the Padres only developed FOUR players (Derek Lee, Xavier Nady, Jake Peavy and Khalil Greene) that are major league caliber. Okay, fast forward to 2005 to 2008, the Alderson's Regime has produced FOUR players (Will Venable, Chase Headley, Nick Hundley, and Josh Greer). Granted, from 2005-2008, the 1st round draft picks have endured arm injuries (Cesar Carrillo, Nick Schmidt, Matt Bush), but that could of happened to any franchise. It's just a streak of unfortunate luck, it happens ! So those who feel the Padres Front Office are not close to turning around this organization, surely does not know about baseball. It takes time, enormous time to rebuild and revamp the minor league system. I say this on record, the Padres will be okay for 2009 and 2010 could be contending for NL West Division. All hinges on what transpires in 2008 Winter Season, this is a key off-season in terms of laying down the last piece of the foundation. Sometimes, taking two steps back before taking one huge step forward is necessary. Successfull franchises makes bold moves to become better, they do not sit and rest on their laurels. Give the Alderson's regime some credit as they are trying to make a difference despite the circumstances they are being handed down from the Owner. We can only hope as fans if Moores needs to sell the team, he does so and moves on. In either case, the Padres will get better, time is on our side and hang in there Fans.....