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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 .

New San Diego Padres general manager Jed Hoyer has inherited a valuable trade chip in All-Star closer Heath Bell.

More than any other hitter available on the free agent market, first baseman Adrian Gonzalez would be a perfect fit in the Mets lineup.A Due to salary limitations, San Diego will likely not be able to afford re-signing him when his contract ends after the end of the 2011 season.A Former Padre GM Kevin Towers speculates that Gonzalez will be traded.

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Part of the motivation for moving Gonzalez is they have Kyle Blanks waiting in the wings, and Blanks can only play 1B.

The obvious low point for the Padres offense occurred on July 10 in San Francisco when Giants pitcher Jonathan Sanchez tossed a no-hitter against San Diego, a fitful ending to a sour first half.

The San Diego Padre fans are done losing, they're done with empty promises that have yet to be fulfilled.

Fuson out as soon as Hoyer's in By Bill Center 8:34 p.m. October 26, 2009 SAN DIEGO a ' The executive responsible for drafting and developing many of the young players involved in the Padres' late-season resurgence this year is apparently one of the first victims of the franchise's change in leadership.

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

Corey, what makes you think Chris Young is capable of being a No. 1 starter for the Padres in 2010? He's been on the disabled list almost as much as he has pitched for the Padres since they acquired him and he's won, I believe, only 28 games in 4 seasons.

Quite fittingly, the Padres' season ended four days into October. Fitting, because there was nothing September-ish about the 2009 Padres.

They used 15 different starting pitchers, traded away a Cy Young Award winner and made a notable second-half push with an active roster of players who made a combined $26 million, many of whom started the season in the Minor Leagues.

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There is hope in San Diego, something that wasn't apparent a year ago at this time, on the heels of a 99-loss season.

The Padres apparently are prepared to part ways with general manager Kevin Towers, who has been the Padres' general manager since 1996.

In his last start, Padres pitcher Clayton Richard finished fast, tossing five shutout innings against the Rockies after allowing a three-run home run in the first inning.

It was during Interleague Play in 2004 when San Diego general manager Kevin Towers caught a glimpse of the future, or, at the very least, watched in wonder the kind of team he would like to preside over some day.

" It was probably not the way Luke Gregerson envisioned celebrating his first major league save.

Except for dealing ace of the staff and face of the franchise Jake Peavy to the at the July 31 non-waiver trading deadline, the Padres have been out of sight and out of mind in 2009.