Kevin Kouzmanoff News

Free agency is set to begin at 9:01 p.m. Thursday, though if history is any indication, the Padres will likely be quiet on that front again this offseason.

Ending their search for a manager right where it began, the Washington Nationals on Wednesday named Jim Riggleman, their interim manager since July, to the full-time post, according to two sources familiar with the deliberations. The terms were not immediately available, but an announcement is expected Thursday.

The finalists were informed of the Nationals' choice on Wednesday, according to one source, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because the team has not confirmed the decision. Besides Riggleman, the Nationals were considering former Texas Rangers and New York Mets manager Bobby Valentine and former Florida Marlins third base coach Bo Porter.

Adrian Gonzalez has certainly made plenty of noise with his bat in four seasons with the Padres.

To the serious students of baseball defense, Kevin Kouzmanoff has the hands of a surgeon and the mobility of a corpse.

Ryan Zimmerman won his first Rawlings Gold Glove award on Wednesday, yet another affirmation of the finest season of the Washington Nationals third baseman's career to date.

San Diego rookie shortstop Everth Cabrera had more errors than any other National League shortstop, though the general consensus among teammates, coaches and even opposing managers was that he saved the team far more runs than he cost it.

The Padres have chosen Jed Hoyer as their new general manager, according to the San Diego Union-Tribune. Hoyer, 35, becomes one of the youngest general managers in baseball after serving in the Red Sox front office since 2002.

I only saw rookie outfielder Luis Durango for two weeks at the end of the 2008 season at Single-A Lake Elsinore.

Jake Peavy had one goal in mind after Saturday night's 16-inning game: Pitch a complete game.

Kim Ng interviewed for the San Diego Padres' vacant general manager's job on Saturday, giving her another chance to become the first female GM in major league history.

The first rainfall of the season has weather experts questioning an El Nino prediction this season.

What are the chances of selling high on Heath Bell early in the offseason? I feel like the Padres would be able to get a little bit more value out of him.

Padres' Kevin Kouzmanoff, who set an NL fielding record with a .990 percentage, hands over his glove to Hall of Fame President Jeff Idelson .

Dodgers' struggles continue in loss to Padres ; NL West title must wait Joe Torre tried to be philosophical after the Los Angeles Dodgers failed for the third consecutive game to clinch their second successive NL West title What's worthwhile is worth the wait," the manager said after his Dodgers lost 3-1 to San Diego on Tuesday night.

Glaus makes Cardinals' postseason roster: Troy Glaus will be on the St. Louis Cardinals' roster for their first-round playoff series against the Los Angeles Dodgers despite missing most of the season while rehabbing from shoulder surgery.

Before baseball pulled him in for life, before he could blow the $20,000 signing bonus the Padres gave him in 1982, Kevin Towers, the player, filled a bag with clothes and stowed away to Europe for a month.

Chase Headley and Kevin Kouzmanoff warm up together before a recent game. One may have to go over the winter because they both belong on third.

Kevin Kouzmanoff of the San Diego Padres is willing to accommodate the Hall of Fame, to a point.

The scoreboard tells the story, as Colorado wins to stay alive in NL West shortly before Andre Ethier and Dodgers lose in San Diego.

By his own estimation, Cesar Ramos figures he attended every Dodgers home opener from the time he was 8 to 18, which meant that a shift in plans from where he normally was supposed to be on those sun-splashed afternoons.