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Originally Posted by Jokes
What do you guys think of the Adrian Gonzalez situation? You have him on the cheap this year and next year. It was looking like he was going to be traded this year, but obviously with you guys contending that's not going to happen.
He's a local kid who I've heard is interested in staying with the club if they can come to some sort of agreement. Is there any change the Padres open up the wallet for the hometown kid the way the Twins did it with Mauer?
How has attendance been this year during the surprising run?
Do you guys want to see Bell traded for a couple of prospects, giving the closer role to Gregerson (or someone else) who has been lights out?
I was hoping someone else might chime in but I'll bite.
I think Adrian wants to stay and may even play for a hometown discount, but I'm not sure that the hometown discount will be low enough for us to keep him. Hopefully Moorad will open up the check book seeing that the club is doing better and can really succeed with a little help(and spending some money).
Attendance is lower then normal, but then again the weather has been, imo, better then normal. We have been at a constant 73-77 degrees so people are out doing other things. Thats one of the reasons San Diego is so hard to draw fans to the ballpark, we have such great weather and there are a ****ton of other things to do. The other thing that hurts attendance is the city is a destination city for alot. Realistically I would bet that not even half the people who live here are native San Diegans. We have such a large military presence here so we have people from all over the country and they don't go to games regularly, unless their hometown team is playing.
I would be willing to trade Bell if we get the better end of a deal. We could really use a outfield bat, but I can't think of a team that needs a closer that can give up a outfield bat. I think Gregerson would do fine in the closer role(He has 2 saves this year) but at the same time, I like the chemistry of Adams in the 7th, Gregerson in the 8th, and Bell in the 9th. I don't know the statistics off hand but from eyeballing it, if we go into the 7th with a lead, our relief pitchers have been pretty lights out. If Bell were to be traded I think everyone moves up a spot and Ryan Webb will become the new 7th inning guy.