Padres fire Towers

[Post Count Padder]

The San Diego Padres will part ways with general manager Kevin Towers, according to Corey Brock of MLB.com (via Twitter). Brock tweets that, while no official announcement has been made yet, the Padres will let the longest-tenured GM in the majors go.

 

The ownership transition in San Diego, from John Moores to Jeff Moorad, likely spelled the end for Towers. ESPN.com's Rob Neyer speculated earlier today that Moorad wanted to bring in "his own guy" for the position.

 

Towers has been San Diego's GM since 1995, and saw the team win four division titles during the stint. The Padres made one World Series during Towers' tenure, losing to the Yankees in 1998.

 

It remains to be seen if Towers is the only casualty in San Diego, or if more of the staff will follow him out of town.

[DuCross Brothers]

heard that it was coming, but no official word has came down today and Moorad said that they are still evaluating the situation. He said there will be a announcement on Monday.

[Keener98]

Perfect replacement for Hendry

[UMFan83]

Jim Hendry must be devastated. That was his BFF in the game.

[Rob]

Okay, now we fire Hendry. Towers would be an amazing replacement.

[Guest]

Will they also fire his assistant? Cause I'd rather have him than towers.

[Clem Fandango]

Will they also fire his assistant? Cause I'd rather have him than towers.

 

Beat me to it... +1

[Tracer Bullet]

Depo or Towers. Though I assume Towers was fired to the Padres could hire DePo before some other teams come calling. Just a guess.

[DuCross Brothers]

14 yrs and your going to finally fire a guy that he did everything that was asked of him. He changed his style when it was asked of him, he wasn't the reason why Cameron, Hoffman, Roberts were let go. He was told to not go after him. Bad move I hope Moorad knows what he's doing.

[Grit amp Heart]

man so many good gms i want, depo, ricciardi, or towers

[DiamondMind]

I really don't understand this move.

[Transmogrified Tiger]

I don't see the appeal of Towers. I know he had his payroll slashed to nothing, but even prior to that he hadn't built teams that were all that spectacular.

[Magnetic Curses]

who is moorad bringing in?

 

man, we've gotta get rid of hendry now.

[ISUCubsFan]

man so many good gms i want, depo, ricciardi, or towers

 

Ricciardi? I know he's a stats guy, but he seemed pretty terrible over the last few years. The Vernon Wells contract alone would eliminate him from my wishlist.

[Vanilla Ice]

Supposedly, the Wells contract came from above him and he disagreed with the decision.

 

But yea, I wouldn't want him over Hendry.

[J.R.]

Corey Brock was on XM/Home Plate this morning and he said no current Padres employees are under consideration for the GM post.

[Tracer Bullet]

Paul DePodesta. Please

[mhuber92211]

I would rather have Kim Ng than any of these retreads...

[Vanilla Ice]

I would rather have Kim Ng than any of these retreads...

DePo isn't really a retread.

[Clem Fandango]

I would rather have Kim Ng than any of these retreads...

 

DePo a retread? Really? The guy who played a part in having the foresight to draft players like Andre Ethier, Jonathan Broxton, Chad Billingsley, Matt Kemp, Russell Martin, and James Loney doesn't strike you as the kind of guy you'd be interested in helming the Cubs? He makes good decisions, is sabermetric minded, and has a good eye for talent. He's kind of exactly what the Cubs could use in the front office.

[BCVM22]

Ethier was acquired from Oakland in the Milton Bradley trade.

[Clem Fandango]

Ethier was acquired from Oakland in the Milton Bradley trade.

 

DOH! My mistake.... well...

 

You wouldn't want a guy who had polished a turd into a diamond by trading Bradley for Ethier?

[rocket]

Ethier was acquired from Oakland in the Milton Bradley trade.

 

DOH! My mistake.... well...

 

You wouldn't want a guy who had polished a turd into a diamond by trading Bradley for Ethier?

 

to be fair the credit for that trade clearly goes to the old scout, not depo.

[Tracer Bullet]

he turned LoDuca, Encarnacion, and something into Penny and, eventually, Russell Martin. And he didn't sign Andruw Jones and JP to stupid contracts.

[Tracer Bullet]

According to his blog, DePo is (for the time being) still working for the Pads, even though Towers is gone.