Kevin Kouzmanoff News

The Orioles have not been particularly focused on third base during the first couple days of the Winter Meetings, but it appears they may be expanding their horizon at the hot corner.

Bob Nightingale of USA Today reported that the Twins and Padres have discussed a trade that would send Glen Perkins to San Diego in exchange for Kevin Kouzmanoff.

In the Giants ' perfect world, the blue-chip prospects would open next season at Triple-A Fresno, continuing to train for big-league life.

Like many MLB rumor-mongers, I have been staring almost non-stop at my Twitter feed today to soak in the up-to-the-minute Twins updates.

WITH A BLOCKBUSTER trade between the Yankees, D-backs and Tigers signaling the green flag on the Winter Meetings in Indianapolis this week, the Hot Stove league is shaping up to be as intriguing as ever.

Monday, December 7, 2009 at 4:26 p.m. Padres owner Jeff Moorad says any moves the Padres make now "will be baseball decisions and not financial decisions." He spoke durng the MLB owners' Winter Meeting in Indianapolis on Monday, Dec.

With the Winter Meetings less than 48 hours away, the San Diego Padres will be looking to add a right handed bat as well as pitching depth.

Young shortstops are getting a lot of focus these days, but the names generally mentioned are Alcides Escobar and Elvis Andrus.A Therea TMs a third speedster who belongs to be included in that group, the Padresa TM Everth Cabrera.

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.