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PADRES: Towers on Hoffman - "We just don't have the money"

getin2thegame posted 1/8/2009 from www3.signonsandiego.com

(from the San Diego Union-Tribune) It appears the Padres will allow Trevor Hoffman to leave without putting an offer back on the table for the all-time saves leader. --- Blame it on a budget squeeze, under orders to slash the payroll to $40 million, near its 1997 level, says GM Kevin Towers...