San Diego Padres News

A's general manager Billy Beane enjoys pushing baseball's boundaries, but there are baseball truisms that he doesn't question.

In recent years, and for whatever reason, general manager Josh Byrnes has done most of his offseason shaping of the roster after the annual Winter Meetings.

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The Winter Meetings are six days away, but one would've thought they not only started today - but that general managers around baseball were all taking speed as well.

The Oakland Athletics continued to bolster their bullpen on Tuesday, acquiring relief pitcher Luke Gregerson from the San Diego Padres in exchange for outfielder Seth Smith.

In one active afternoon, the Tampa Bay Rays acquired a closer and a frontline catcher in a three-team trade involving the Cincinnati Reds and Arizona Diamondbacks.

Pat Murphy has been named the first manager of the El Paso Chihuahuas. The Chihuahuas' inaugural 2014 season will be Murphy's fifth in the San Diego Padres organization and second as the Triple-A manager.

The Arizona Diamondbacks have officially named Mike Harkey as Pitching Coach and Mel Stottlemyre Jr. as Bullpen Coach, as announced by D-backs Executive Vice President & General Manager Kevin Towers.

It doesn't happen at a ballpark, but Cyber Monday has become its own phenomenon within the world of Major League Baseball these days.

The trade stream of consciousness between the Cubs and Padres continues. Earlier I talked about Chicago and San Diego matching up to trade James Russell and Nate Schierholtz to the Friars for pitching prospects.

The Chicago Cubs and San Diego Padres have been interacted with each other off of the field on a regular basis in recent off seasons under Theo Epstein.

For the first time in history, online shopping is poised to be the No. 1 method for gift buyers in a holiday season.

He looks at the ball while he fields it, which is a practice the White Sox should employ.

Yankees second baseman Robinson Cano gets loose during pre-game warmups for an MLB inter-league baseball game against the San Diego Padres in San Diego.

President Lincoln first declared a national day of Thanksgiving 150 years ago. In honor of this anniversary, I was going to write a list of 150 things for Padres fans to be thankful for, but that wouldn't have been done until the 160th anniversary of Thanksgiving.

MLB.com asked big leaguers, coaches, broadcasters and execs what they like to see on the menu at Thanksgiving and for memories of their favorite dishes.

The 2014 Hall of Fame ballot was announced today . I don't know why the official "unveiling" is a big deal since everybody already knew who was eligible but, whatever, I'll just take that as my cue to single out the one-time Padres the voters will have to consider.

I must say, there are absolutely zero rumors surrounding Kelly Johnson coming to the Padres .

The rumor mill for the Padres has been awfully quiet so far this offseason. Are we still in the market for a left-handed bat? I was wondering if you could give me some potential targets for us -- who could potentially be a fit for us via trade or free agency.

Greg Maddux is a candidate on the National Baseball Hall of Fame ballot for the first time.