Edmonds Released By Padres

It is about time to get rid of him, but I don't know who in gods name we could get that would be reasonably priced. Coco is just going to cost too much in terms of money and prospects for this team. Besides if we are going to rebuild it should be with young guys with years of team control left.

That leaves the question of are the padres are going to rebuild, and if so who else is going to be leaving town. Personally i think getting rid of him works for the best, as we could do much better with someone else playing the field. Hariston scares me in CF, but honestly we were better off with him there.

The only two CF decent CF prospects in our system are at or below AA. SO unless they think that Hunter could handle that kind of jump we are going to have look for outside help, and like i said before I don't like the options out there, mainly cause they are going to be over priced.

The Padres are 11.0 games back of Arizona right now. Yes, it's only May, but that's an incredible deficit to over come, regardless of the time of year. If the rest of the NL West plays .500 baseball for the rest of the season, the Padres still finish last in the division. I don't think it's time for a fire sale, but it's certainly time to examine the organization closely and figure out a plan for the future. They can do that by first cutting dead weight -- and let's face it, Edmonds is at the end of a very good career -- and trying to make the most out of what's left of the 2008 season.

Regardless how far back they are, SOMEBODY's gotta play CF.

So Joe, response to your Steve Phillips commentary was so negative you just deleted it? Cool.

Yeah, but what do the padres really have in the minors, that they could give up which would intrigue the Angels. Pitching is something that SD has some depth in the minor leagues, but I know they would rather not trade Inman, Leblanc or Miller, thus removing the top tier pitching talent from the equation.

On the other hand the article made note that they would simply call up Greut from AAA Portland to fill the gap, since he is hitting well right now. But we all know that would simply be a short term solution at best. Which would mean they would either have to trade for a center fielder or simply promote one of Macias (AA) or Hunter(A), but like i said before thats a hell of a jump. Plus Hunter is only 19 so I would believe it would hurt is development. But something has to be done.

How about an NBA style trade?

SD doesn't want to increase budget too much I imagine, so how about the Giants trade Randy Winn for Edmonds, and then just release Edmonds....

SD gets a switch-hitting CF (OK defensively, not great, but reliable) with no known health issues, who can bat more or less anywhere in the lineup and the Giants get an opportunity to see its young guys in RF regularly - Bowker, Schierholtz and to a lesser extent, Ortmeier.

or just trade Winn for a PTBNL...

They should have traded a PTNL for J-Mike; he can spell CF, brings a great attitude, costs nothing, and cant be any worse than what they are currently using.

So much for the guessing, time to find out what the padres will do.

Mathews is not an option for the padres man, too old and too expensive, we are looking for younger players with team control left, thus lower salaries.Winn, thats the dumbest idea of i ever heard, mainly cause they could simply release Winn in that case. Why would they want to trade with a rival.

Mathews has 3 years and 33 million on his deal after this year. And Winn has another year and 8.25 million. Screw both those ideas.

Short list:

Reggie Willits - been supportive of him for a while

Eric Patterson Jr - Blocked in Chicago, how much could they want?

Felix Pie - Can't hit but great at defense

Ryan Freel - not sure if he can stay healthy long term

Can I start my "Jim Edmonds is much closer to a Hall of Famer than he'll likely ever get credit for so please don't just dismiss him offhand" campaign here and now?

I agree with Not Joe Morgan - Edmonds will get overlooked for the Hall but man did he ever have a great career patrolling CF.

Eric Patterson Jr. is on the Double A DL at the moment. But the Cubs don't like his attitude so he could be had cheaply.

oxfrat1665 - Eric Patterson (no Jr) was on the AAA DL (not AA DL) and he is now back playing.