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Monday, December 7, 2009 at 12:43 a.m. INDIANAPOLIS A a ' Add catching to the Padresa TM need list.

Like every general manager, new Padres GM Jed Hoyer will arrive in Indianapolis for the start of the Winter Meetings next week with a wish list of players, needs and areas of improvement he could like to address.

OUTFIELDER : New general manager Jed Hoyer heads to Indianapolis looking for a right-handed-hitting outfielder.

San Diego Padres catcher Henry Blanco could be joining the New York Mets. The Mets appeared to be closing in on a deal with free-agent catcher Henry Blanco .

The World Series may still be fresh in your mind, but MLB GMs are already focusing on next season.

As the San Diego Padres approach the Winter Meetings under new owner Jeff Moorad and new general manager Jed Hoyer, there are decisions that this team will need to make to shape the 2010 squad.

Do you see the Padres keeping pitcher Kevin Correia? Or do you think the Padres are staying away from him because of what they did with Kevin Jarvis in the past? -- Chris S., San Diego Well, Chris, I think the Padres are hoping for a better return than what Jarvis gave them over three seasons .

The approach of open free agency serves as a reminder that outfielder Brian Giles' seven-year tenure with the Padres may have reached its end.

Related Terms: Brian Giles , Cha Seung Baek , Cliff Floyd , Heath Bell , Henry Blanco , Josh Geer , Kevin Correia , Kevin Kouzmanoff , Luis Rodriguez , Mike Adams , Nick Hundley , Padres , Petco Park , Shawn Hill Padres Awards 2:00 a.m. October 6, 2009 AWARDS MOST VALUABLE PLAYER Adrian Gonzalez: Before he injured his back, Kevin Kouzmanoff was ...

October 3, 2009, 5:28 p.m. GIANTS at PADRES 7:05 p.m. / Game 2 of 3/strong> TV: 4 San Diego > Radio: 1090-AM, 1700-AM; 860-AM The focus Saturday at Petco Park was not on the seasona s penultimate game.

Henry Blanco's bases-loaded sacrifice fly in the ninth was the difference, as the Padres pulled out a 2-1 victory against the Pirates in the second of four games from PNC Park.

SAN DIEGOa 'Colorado Rockies catcher Yorvit Torrealba, down to his team's last strike, belted a fastball from Padres closer Heath Bell into the gap in left-centre field.

In a game between two teams that are a combined 49 games under .500, two of the runs were scored without the benefit of a hit.

Henry Blanco hit a sacrifice fly in the ninth inning and the San Diego Padres beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 2-1 on Saturday.

Padres outfielder Kyle Blanks is day-to-day with soreness in his right heel after injuring it in Saturday's 7-0 loss to the St.

Afterward, the Padres were saying the incident was no big deal. But to hear Albert Pujols tell it, his confrontation with Will Venable Sunday at Petco Park might be continued next year.

7: Consecutive losses by the Padres at Busch Stadium. 18: Games in his past 20 in which shortstop Everth Cabrera has had at least one hit to raise average from .220 to .275. ST.

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Adrian Gonzalez finished with a career-best six hits, scored twice and drove in three as part of a 22-hit attack, as San Diego pounded Milwaukee, 13-6, at Miller Park.

Adrian Gonzalez homered and finished with three RBI to lead the San Diego Padres to an 8-3 win over the New York Mets in the opener of a four-game series at Petco Park.