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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.

Older San Diego clubs that failed to make the playoffs in 2007 and 2008 gave way to a younger cast of players in the second half of 2009.

Do the Padres see Tony Gwynn, Jr. as an everyday center fielder or a fourth outfielder? If they're leaning to the latter, I think it's too soon to give him that label just because the Brewers did.

The youth movement continued in San Diego in 2009, and there were a few reasons for Padres fans to truly believe things are moving in the right direction.

With the Winter Meetings just around the corner, the San Diego Padres are in a position to possibly make a few moves to turn this team into a contender in the National League's West Division.

Perhaps one of the oddest moments from the 2009 season was the 52-minute delay in the Padres game on July 2 against the Houston Astros at PETCO Park because of a swarm of bees that congregated in left field.

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.

Ken Rosenthal has been the senior baseball writer for FOXSports.com since Aug. 2005. He appears weekly on the FSN Baseball Report and MLB on FOX.

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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