Considering A Padres Fire Sale

The Padres are 8.5 games out, and it’s only April 28th.  It’s not a good place to be.  Obviously they aren’t throwing in the towel yet, but if they have a similarly ugly May a fire sale could be in order.  Let’s speculate on some trade possibilities.

• Greg Maddux.  The Padres’ highest paid player at $10MM, Mad Dog is calling his own shots at this point.  I imagine he’d prefer to stay put.
• Brian Giles.  The team’s leadoff hitter still knows how to draw a walk.  He doesn’t hit lefties much but his overall numbers would look a lot better away from Petco.  He earns $9MM this year and has a $3MM buyout for ’09.  He can block trades to eight teams and gets a $2MM increase if dealt.
• Jim Edmonds.  He’d have to shake off the slow start and remain healthy.  Makes $8MM with no-trade protection; the Cards are paying $2MM of his salary.
• Trevor Hoffman.  Even if Hoffman loses the closer gig a trade seems unlikely.
• Randy Wolf.  He might be one of the Padres’ more tradeable commodities.  He’s signed reasonably and just needs to remain healthy.  Everyone needs pitching.
• Khalil Greene.  Greene gets $4.5MM this year and $6.5MM in ’09.  Trading him only makes sense if a good young shortstop comes back.
• Others: Tadahito Iguchi, Tony Clark, Glendon Rusch, Michael Barrett (if healthy).