Sandy Alderson

The Padres CEO is going to be on the show tonight and tomorrow night talking about...among other things...Jake Peavy, Trevor Hoffman and the direction of the Padres. We taped the interview this afternoon (originally scheduled to run 4 min. but there was so much to talk about we went 7 and a half) and decided to cut it up into two parts.

For the record we are going to do this every week on Postgame on Tuesday's. The reason I'm blogging about it is to tell you what you're not going to hear in the interview.

First, the payroll. It's going to be down from $72-$73 million to around $40 million next year. Like it or not the Padres and their ownership are subject to the same market forces that you and I are, and that's where they say the payroll will be for 2009.

Second, alot has been made about the Padres not granting Trevor Hoffman an audience with John Moores. I get the feeling that has everything to do with Trevor's agent (who I have never met or spoken to) and the acrimony that has lingered since the last time these two parties negotiated. Obviously I have only heard one side of the story but it doesn't take a rocket scientist to know that Trevor's agent and the Padres brass do not like eachother...at all. Why Trevor never responded or countered the Padres $4 million offer I do not know, but the reason he never got to talk to John Moores was because the Padres were unwilling to set that meeting if Trevor's agent wanted to attend.

Agents are an easy target, but in this case I don't think Trevor's representation did him any favors. Just my opinion.