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| 4th November, 2007 - 12:51 pm | San Diego Union-Tribune - Padres' General Manager Kevin Towers will try to trade for a center fielder this month. If he doesn't find the right deal, he'll look harder at free agents such as Andruw Jones and Mike Cameron, among others.
“I think there's a better chance of filling that position through a trade than free agency,” Towers said.
Starting Sunday night in Orlando, Towers will meet with other GM's as he tries to upgrade a Padres' club that went 89-74 last season and missed the playoffs for the first time in three years.
The Padres traded for young corner infielders Kouzmanoff and Gonzalez and now will try to swap for a young center fielder. The best defensive center fielder on the trade block is Coco Crisp, a Red Sox regular who is under contract through 2009 but who has lost his job to rookie Jacoby Ellsbury. The Padres aren't willing to trade Double-A third baseman Chase Headley for Crisp, who turned 28 Thursday. [READ] |
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