Padres can't afford Adrian Gonzalez?
Adrian Gonzalez - 1B - San Diego Padres
Feb. 3, 2010 - 1:30 PM ET
Adrian Gonzalez's agent John Boggs told Tim Sullivan of the San Diego Union-Tribune that the Padres can't afford to sign his client to a long-term contract.
"I don't ever want to speak for ownership because I have no knowledge of what they have and what they don't," Boggs said. "(But) the feeling we're getting is more than likely (the Padres) are going to have to trade Adrian Gonzalez because (they) can't afford him." Padres CEO Jeff Moorad didn't exactly deny this claim, saying "the early signals indicate his cost will be greater than our ability to pay." Gonzalez is owed a very reasonable $4.75 million with a $5.5 million club option for 2011, so there's no immediate pressure to pursue a trade. Conventional wisdom is that the Padres will wait until mid-season like the Rangers did with Mark Teixeira.
Source: San Diego Union-Tribune