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Sources: San Diego Padres closer to hiring Jed Hoyer as GM
The San Diego Padres are moving closer toward hiring Jed Hoyer, an assistant general manager with the Boston Red Sox, as their next general manager, according to major league sources.
Signs point to Hoyer as next Padres GM
Signs point to Hoyer as next Padres GM
www3.signonsandiego.com — SAN DIEGO – From all indications, the Padres seem nearly poised to take the wonder out of... everybody and name a new general manager, the best bet being Jed Hoyer of the Boston Red Sox. According to a reliable Union-Tribune source and several reports ... (more) Signs point to Hoyer as next Padres GM
Hoyer to be Padres' new GM
Hoyer to be Padres' new GM
sandiego.padres.mlb.com — By Thomas Harding / MLB.com 10/25/09 12:48 AM ET Red Sox assistant general manager Jed Hoyer has... been chosen the next general manager of the Padres, a club source told MLB.com on Saturday. The Padres were not prepared to make a formal announcement ... (more) Hoyer to be Padres' new GM
No major overhaul for Sox front office
espn.go.com — It is increasingly anticipated around the baseball universe that Red Sox vice president and assistant general manager... Jed Hoyer will be announced as the Padres general manager by the beginning of next week. But while Theo Epstein has extended offers ... (more) No major overhaul for Sox front office
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Report: Hoyer "Closer" To Becoming San Diego GM; Boston, New York For Towers?
MLB Rumors - MLBTradeRumors.com — ... and ESPN's Buster Olney are reporting that San Diego is moving closer to naming Boston Assistant General Manager Jed Hoyer as their next General Manager. ...

Link-O-Rama: Hoyer, Livan, Pedro, The Devil
Circling The Bases — [image] * Buster Olney of ESPN.com reports that the Padres "are moving closer" to hiring Red Sox assistant general manager Jed Hoyer as their new GM. Hoyer was still in college when the man he'd be replacing, Kevin Towers, started running the Padres in 1995. He's previously interviewed for GM jobs with the Nationals and Pirates, and has been with the Red Sox since 2002. * Livan Hernandez has earned over $50 million in salary during 14 seasons in the majors, including $5 million last year, but Robert Snell of the Detroit News ...

Is Hoyer the Man in San Diego?
FanGraphs Baseball — ... If Buster Olney’s latest report comes to fruition, then San Diego’s search for a new General Manager is all but over. The man pegged to replace Kevin Towers appears to be Boston’s assistant GM, Jed Hoyer. Besides being 35-years-old and working in the Boston front office for the better part of this decade, what else is known about Hoyer? ...

Padres close to hiring Hoyer as GM
MLB - Sports Rumors - Yahoo! Sports — The San Diego Padres didn't want Kevin Towers to be the general manager anymore so they canned him three weeks ago. And now it's looking like the team is close to bringing on 35-year-old Boston Red Sox assistant GM Jed Hoyer to take his place, according to ESPN. (Rumor has it that Towers could take Hoyer's place in Boston.) Hoyer, who has been employed by the Red Sox since 2002 when he was 28, has been interviewed by the Washington Nationals and Pittsburgh Pirates in years past for GM jobs but it looks like he's going to get the gig this time around. The former star pitcher for Wesleyan University (who reportedly still has the ...

A Trade in the Front Office
Fenway West - A Boston Red Sox Blog — ... in the front office.  He is currently taking some time off before making a decision.  Now the Padres are about to hire Red Sox assistant GM Jed Hoyer as their new general manager. ...

Hoyer to Padres… A-Gon to Boston?
The Bottom LineESPN's : Buster Onley is reporting that Jed Hoyer is close to signing on as the Assistant GM of the San Diego Padres. Here's an interesting angle on this story: If Hoyer ends up in San Diego, will he be able to help Theo Epstein trade for Adrian Gonzalez? Hoyer will have all the details on prospects Theo offers up. The question is: Is that a good or a bad thing? If Hoyer does his job properly, he'll do what's best for the Padres... but if Theo puts the right package together, Hoyer could be our "inside man" that helps push the deal through.

Padres Set To Name Jed Hoyer As New GM?
6-4-2 — an Angels/Dodgers double play blogESPN's Buster Olney reports that Boston assistant general manager Jed Hoyer is the most likely candidate to be named as the Padres' new general manager. ...

Hoyer "Closer" To Becoming Padres GM
MLB Rumors - MLBTradeRumors.com — ... and ESPN's Buster Olney are reporting that San Diego is moving closer to naming Boston Assistant General Manager Jed Hoyer as their next General Manager. ...

Report: Padres may pick Sox' Jed Hoyer as GM
Projo Sox Blog — ... ESPN's Buster Olney reports that the San Diego Padres "are moving closer" to hiring Jed Hoyer, the Red Sox' assistant general manager, as their GM. ...

You Don’t Think He’d…..Right?
VFTB — ... ) I don’t think we’ll see Bradley back in 2010, but I’m not 100% certain. There were rumors at one point that the Padres were possibly interested, but the GM at the time, Kevin Towers, is gone. There are rumors that the Padres are close to signing Jed Joyer as their new GM. Hoyer was an asst. GM in Boston, where they have said they value players who don’t make outs and play hard. Milton fits that bill. Perhaps Hoyer will want to take a chance. This entry was posted on Thursday, October 22nd, 2009 at 11:11 am and is filed under ...

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gaslampball.com 10/26/2009 — So, I'm looking over all of my Google News alerts and what not and it looks like it's a done deal. Jed Hoyer is our new General Manager. Kevin Towers is just taking up office space now. Keep in mind, I'm not positive that he's been hired, but everybody keeps kinda saying that there are ...
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The Padres have interviewed candidates to replace Kevin Towers as general manager, and the team could conclude its search before the start of the World Series on Oct. 28.