The AP is reporting that the San Diego Padres have traded starting pitcher Randy Wolf for minor league pitcher Chad Reineke.
Wolf, 6-10 with a 4.74 ERA will be a free agent at the end of the year and had a limited no trade clause which limited San Diego’s options when seeking trading partners. Houston, however, [...]

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The San Diego Padres have released veteran outfielder Jim Edmonds. The 37 year old Gold-Glover was acquired in the offseason from the St. Louis Cardinals along with $2 million in exchange for third base prospect David Freese. While Edmonds’ health concerns were a well known issue, the outfielder’s lack of production seemed to surprise the [...]

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I realize this isn’t exactly breaking news but that’s what the holidays do to a blogger. Anyway, Mark Prior has reportedly signed a one year deal with the San Diego Padres. The deal is apparently worth $1 million and with incentives could reach more than $3 million. Prior is hoping to re-establish himself to the [...]

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The list of teams interested in non-tendered Mark Prior is getting longer by the day. We already knew the list included the likes of the Reds, Astros, Padres, Nationals, and Rangers but today the Star Ledger is reporting that both New York teams are interested as well. Prior is still coming back from injury but [...]

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News reports out of St. Louis have the Cardinals shipping gold glove center fielder Jim Edmonds to the San Diego Padres for minor league third basemen David Freese. Cash is also reportedly part of the deal but there’s no word how much will change hands. This is essentially a salary dump for the Cardinals, however [...]

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With Fukudome unattainable, SignOnSanDiego.com has the Padres interested in adding an outfielder through a trade. One potential partner is the Pirates who might be willing to give up Jason Bay, Xavier Nady or Nate McLouth. Of course with free agent outfielders Mike Cameron and Geoff Jenkins still out there, it may be too early for [...]

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Japanese outfielder, Kosuke Fukudome, informed the media and the world that he will indeed sign with a team in Major League Baseball rather than continuing to play in Japan. As we’ve discussed in this space before, both Chicago teams as well as the San Diego Padres are interested in the 30 year old import. [...]

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The San Diego Union-Tribune’s website, signonsandiego.com is reporting (scroll down) that the Padres are interested in St. Louis Cardinal’s center fielder Jim Edmonds. The article states that the Cardinals would have to eat a portion of Jimmy’s salary and probably shouldn’t expect much in return, but really I’m not sure that wouldn’t be a good [...]

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