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Padres tap McLeod as assistant GM

Associated Press

The Padres have hired Jason McLeod as assistant general manager.

Story | Conversation | December 04, 2009

Breaking down market moves and chatter

Buster Olney

Let's pick through some recent developments in the market … Item A: The Phillies know Placido Polanco from his days with the team earlier this...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | December 04, 2009

Enberg aims to show he can still bring it

Associated Press

Dick Enberg was introduced Thursday as the San Diego Padres' new TV play-by-play announcer.

Story | Conversation | December 03, 2009

Average salary just short of $3 million

Associated Press

The average baseball salary fell just short of $3 million this year, with the percentage increase slowing to its lowest level since 2004.

Story | Conversation | November 30, 2009

My 2010 Hall of Fame ballot

Keith Law

I don't have a ballot for the Hall of Fame yet -- just nine years to go -- but if I did, my ballot would include: Tim Raines, Mark McGwire, Bert Bl...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | November 30, 2009

Free-agency side dishes (before the turkey)

Buster Olney

...to late December or early January this year. So it feels like a side-dish buffet of baseball information these days, with the big turkeys still to come. Some smaller servings collected: When Roy Oswalt...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | November 25, 2009

Putting the pieces back together

Jerry Crasnick, ESPN.com

Pitcher Justin Duchscherer has learned a lot about himself since undergoing treatment for clinical depression. Now he's ready to return to the mound.

Story | Conversation | November 24, 2009

Agent: Gonzalez's future up to Padres

Jerry Crasnick, ESPN.com

Adrian Gonzalez's agent met with San Diego general manager Jed Hoyer on Friday, amid ongoing speculation that the Padres might consider trade proposals for the two-time All-Star or offer him a multiyear contract extension this offseason.

Story | Conversation | November 20, 2009

Adrian Gonzalez suited for Fenway

Jeremy Lundblad, ESPN Stats & Information

Adrian Gonzalez could be a good fit at Fenway.

Story | Conversation | November 19, 2009

Those who favored King Felix and Verlander

Keith Law

The AL Cy Young Award went more or less as expected, with the very deserving Zack Greinke of the Kansas City Royals running away with it, nabbing 25 o...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | November 18, 2009

The market for those coming off injuries

Keith Law

...between price and value. Defensive value has recently represented a point of inefficiency in the market for baseball players, but after the Tampa Bay Rays went from worst-to-first by overhauling their defense, the...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | November 17, 2009

Money talks, but baseball won't listen

Howard Bryant, ESPN.com

Did the Yankees buy a World Series celebration? Their money didn't hurt, but that $207 million payroll is the least of baseball's competitive-balance problems.

Story | Conversation | November 17, 2009

Hoyer sure has opportunity in San Diego

Jerry Crasnick, ESPN.com

Recently hired Padres general manager Jed Hoyer is now the leading man in San Diego after spending the last several years in the background in Boston.

Story | Conversation | November 16, 2009

Chapman kept defection plans from kin

Associated Press

Aroldis Chapman simply left his room at the Domina Hotel in Rotterdam last July and went down to the lobby. The Cuban pitcher's defection during a tournament in the Netherlands lacked any of the drama a movie script writer would want.

Story | Conversation | November 13, 2009

Nats' Riggleman loses interim tag

Associated Press

The Nationals are sticking with Jim Riggleman after promoting him from bench coach midway through last season, announcing at a news conference Thursday that he'll be their manager in 2010.

Story | Conversation | November 12, 2009