San Diego Padres: A New Hire and Injury Updates

After being fired as the manager of the Arizona Diamondbacks, former manager Doug Melvin will be re-united with new Padres' CEO Jeff Moorad and team president Tom Garfinkel, who were with Arizona as recently as the 2008 season. Melvin is expected to accept an unspecified position with the San Diego Padres as soon as Wednesday. According to Corey Brock of MLB.com, Melvin was in San Diego on Monday and Tuesday meeting with team officials including team general manager Kevin Towers. With Melvin's hiring come the rumors of him taking over as the manager of the San Diego Padres if current manager Bud Black can't turn this team around by the All-Star break or a few weeks after that. You have to believe Black is looking over his shoulder with this hiring and it is definitely suspicious when the team hasn't exactly named his position.  There's word that it could be an advisor or consultant to general manager Kevin Towers. I'm not exactly sure what to think of this hiring other than the fact that ... (link)