The Brian Giles situation should be resolved today.  New take on it this morning: Michael Silverman of the Boston Heraldhas a baseball source indicating “the Red Sox claimed Giles out of legitimate interest and not as an attempt to keep another team from claiming him.”

2:17pm: Nick Cafardo of the Boston Globe says Giles would have vetoed a deal to the Rays as well.  Cafardo believes the Red Sox will continue to monitor the waiver wire for a bench bat.  Amalie Benjamin says the Sox weren’t broken up about Giles’ decision, and trade talks didn’t get too far.

12:55pm: It’s official - Giles has blocked the deal.  The window has closed.   You may recall he originally took less to sign with the Padres back in ‘05.

12:35pm: ESPN’s Buster Olney says Giles plans to block a trade to Boston.

Ken Rosenthal wrote yesterday, “the move was apparently designed as a block to prevent the Tampa Bay Rays from claiming Giles, sources say.”

4:34pm: Tom Krasovic has further musings on the Giles situation.  He wonders if the Red Sox could rent Giles for the rest of the season and then let him go back to the Padres as a free agent.

THURSDAY, 11:06am: Interestingly, the Red Sox won the claim on Giles.  Their intent was to block the Rays, according to Ken Rosenthal.  Giles can veto a trade to Boston, and he might simply because his playing time could be reduced.  Also, I have learned that Giles would still be able to veto a straight salary dump.  The Padres can’t use this situation to sneak around Giles’ no-trade clause.

Boston winning the claim means all NL teams passed on Giles, as well as most AL teams.

On a Thursday afternoon The San Diego Padreslose again as the Mets David Wright hits a walk-off home run to end it in the bottom of the ninth, when in the inning prior to thatJody Gerut hit a home run to tie it up!

Also Chase Headley hit his 8th homer of the year off of Santana, his second in two games. Another notes Adrian Gonzalez had a hit an RBI one BB and two strikeouts, brother Edger Gonzalezhad a pitch-hit appearance with a hit and a run scored, Brian Gileshad one too but was not successfulwith a ground-out in the 8th inning.

Pitching: Josh Banks went 5 innings gave up 9 hits 3 runs all earned one walk 4 strikeouts. Cla Meredith and Byan Corey combinedtwo throw up 3 innings of shutout baseball with one hit and one strikeout a peace. Heath Bell on the other hand pitched two thirds of an inning giving up two hit 2 run both earned, one being the home run by D.Wright to walk-off with it.

Tomorrow’s game the Padre will be take on the Rockies in Coors Field with their ace Jake Peavy(8-7) vs. ex-Padre(still on payroll) Glendon Rusch(4-3) at 6:05pm pt/7:05pm ct/9:05pm et. One one unhappy note both  Bud Black and bench coach Craig Colbert were ejected in today’s game in the 8th inning. 

CHICAGO — Maybe Jason Bay wasn’t the last of Red Sox general manager Theo Epstein’s acquisitions to bolster the club for the stretch run.

In a development that was first reported by the San Diego Union-Tribune and then confirmed by several other media outlets, the Red Sox claimed veteran outfielder Brian Giles off of waivers from The San Diego Padres. According to the Boston Globe, the claim was put in on Wednesday. The Red Sox have exclusive negotiating rights with the Padres for 48 hours, meaning the situation should be resolved by Friday.

If a trade can’t be worked out, the 37-year-old Giles would stay with the Padres.

Giles confirmed the report to media members at Shea Stadium following San Diego’s 5-3 loss to the Mets on Thursday afternoon, saying he had spoken by phone with Padres general manager Kevin Towers, and added that he might know more by the time the Padres landed in Colorado late Thursday night.

“They are a good team,” Giles, a left-handed hitter, said of the Red Sox.

Joe Bick, who represents Giles, declined to comment on the matter. Teams are not allowed to comment publicly on waiver claims, otherwise they face a severe fine from Major League Baseball.

Though Giles wouldn’t start for a Boston team that has Bay in left, Jacoby Ellsbury in center, J.D. Drew in right and David Ortiz at designated hitter, he would give the team an established bat off the bench, not to mention injury protection.

Ortiz came off the disabled list on July 25 after missing seven weeks with a torn tendon sheath in his left wrist. Though the left-handed slugger felt some “clicking” in the wrist in his last at-bat on Monday, he was fine in the ensuing two games against the Royals.

Adding another wrinkle to the situation is that the Red Sox are one of eight teams Giles can veto a trade to.

“It just comes down to comfort, you know?” Giles said. “This thing could go in a million different directions. … Right now, it’s very general.”

Conceivably, the Red Sox could have simply put in the waiver claim to block their fellow postseason contenders — the Angels and Rays — from getting Giles. But the Boston Herald, citing a baseball source, reported that the Red Sox have legitimate interest in Giles and that was their only motive for making the claim.

The Padres hold a club option of $9 million on Giles for 2009, which comes with a $3 million buyout.

Giles said that one factor he would weigh as it pertains to a trade to the Red Sox is how he would fit into the club’s plans for 2009. That could be a sticking point, as Bay, Ellsbury and Drew are all under contract for 2009, as is backup center fielder Coco Crisp.

Giles is batting .295 with six home runs and 37 RBIs this season. Currently in his sixth season with the Padres, he has become comfortable in San Diego.

“It’s a business — main thing,” Giles said. “Like I said, it’s so general right now, there is nothing to report other than I have been claimed, and that’s it.”

Giles, a two-time All-Star, has played in 1,742 games, hitting .293 with 279 homers and 1,029 RBIs.

Ian Browne is a reporter for MLB.com. Jon Blau, an associate reporter for MLB.com, contributed to this report from New York. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs

Brian Giles Claimed On Waivers
By Tim Dierkes [August 6, 2008 at 8:56pm CST]
According to Ken Rosenthal, Padres right fielder Giles was claimed on waivers by an unknown team. Giles has about $2.7MM left on his contract this year. He also has a $9MM option for ‘09 with a $3MM buyout (which logically should be exercised). Giles gets another $2MM if traded. Rosenthal adds that Giles can block deals to the Orioles, Red Sox, Tigers, Rays, Marlins, Brewers, Pirates, and Nationals.
Rosenthal says the Padres will attempt to make a deal with the claiming team, though it won’t be a salary dump. Giles, 37, is hitting .318/.405/.438 away from PETCO this year. Not too many players are capable of a .400 OBP.
Players Who Cleared Waivers
By Tim Dierkes [August 6 at 9:59pm CST]
I will make this post a permanent sidebar link. This is a running list of players who have cleared waivers, based on published reports. Once a player clears waivers, he can be traded to any team (barring a no-trade clause).
• Greg Maddux - Maddux is earning $10MM this year and will only accept a trade to a West Coast team. The Dodgers wanted him but asked the Padres to pay more than 80% of his remaining salary according to Peter Gammons.

Greg Maddux $10,000,000
Brian Giles $9,666,666
Jim Edmonds $8,000,000
Trevor Hoffman $7,500,000
Jake Peavy $6,500,000
Randy Wolf $4,750,000
Khalil Greene $4,500,000
Tadahito Iguchi $3,850,000
Michael Barrett $3,500,000
Chris Young $2,625,000
Josh Bard $2,237,500
Mark Prior $1,000,000
Tony Clark $900,000
Adrian Gonzalez $875,000
Glendon Rusch $850,000
Jody Gerut $700,000
Wilfredo Ledezma $620,000
Heath Bell $420,000
Cla Meredith $415,000
Clay Hensley $410,000
Kevin Kouzmanoff $410,000
Scott Hairston $406,000
Justin Germano $404,500
Justin Hampson $402,500
Joe Thatcher $393,000
Paul McAnulty $391,250
Tim Stauffer $391,200
Callix Crabbe $390,000
Enrique Gonzalez(not Edger Gonzalez) $390,000
Carlos Guevara $390,000
Justin Huber $390,000
Total $73,677,616
Source: USA Today, LoHud.com

Here is something pretty big that is stuck in my throat that is hard to swallow as a Padres fans! Can you find the holes where the money is going. One thing its not going too the players that are performing well this year Adrian or Edger, oh but wait I can’t even find him on this list. Because he on a minor league contact, if I was going to guess and I know the Padres either splitting a contact with someone or a few; or he’s making under 50k. 

A run that could have been prevented and a missed opportunity. Two plays. In a game full of great plays and each team getting and giving opportunities, those two plays really hurt The San Diego Padres as they lost to the Giants, 3-2, on Friday night in front of 33,926 fans.
The first, a passed ball by catcher Nick Hundley on a delivery from starter Josh Banks led to a run scoring from third.
The passed ball was just some miscommunication between the pitcher and his catcher. One thought splitter, the other thought fastball.
“We just got crossed up on the signs,” Hundley said. “He threw a split when I thought a fastball was coming. Just bad timing. He shouldn’t have to worry about not being able to see the signs. That’s unacceptable on my end to have that happen.”
The second one ended the game. Three straight singles by Edgar Gonzalez, Brian Giles and Adrian Gonzalez made it a bases-loaded situation, with one out in the bottom of the tenth inning. Kevin Kouzmanoff was coming to the plate. With a 2-2 count, Kouzmanoff hit a hard grounder to I.Ochaoa, the shortstop, who made a great play to touch the bag to get Adrian and then threw out Kouzmanoff at first. Game over.
“It’s one of those things where that’s the way it’s gone for us,” Adrian said. “Kouz hits it in the right spot, at the right speed and he gets thrown out by one step. In other years, he might’ve hit it just off or he beats it out. We tend to hit the balls at the wrong place at the wrong time. And that goes for all of us, the entire year.”
The air of the game seemed like the Padres would get some at-home magic working for them, as the Giants could never really separate themselves. J.Banks did a solid job, allowing two runs one earned on eight hits. Even while T.Lincecum was on the other side throwing 95-mph fastballs that helped him rack up 11 strikeouts during his seven innings of work.
A sacrifice fly by F.Lewis that scored R.Winn gave the Giants a 1-0 lead in the top of the first.
But the Padres answered in the bottom of the second inning, on an RBI single by Luis Rodriguez. On the play, Giants’ first baseman J.Bowker made a great snag, but couldn’t decide where he wanted to go with the ball. As Kouzmanoff charged toward home, Bowker realized that his best play would be to go to first, but Rodriguez slid headfirst into the base and was called safe.
The play tied the game at 1.
The passed ball by Hundley gave the lead back to the Giants, and it would stay that way until the eighth inning.
Coming up in the bottom of an inning that saw center fielder Jody Gerut double-up Bowker at third to prevent an one-out man-on-third situation for the Giants, Adrian walked up the plate. He went through his approach, saw the first pitch from Giants’ reliever J.Taschner and liked it. A lot. So much that he sent it over the left-center-field wall to tie the game.
“When I hit it, I told myself it was out of here,” Adrian said. “But then two steps into it, I was like, ‘it might not get out.’ Just the whole PETCO fear of the ball not getting out.”
That’s what felt different about this game. Moments where it seemed like it wouldn’t, it would. Arian tied the game and Mike Adams and Heath Bell would pitch the Padres into extra innings.
In the tenth, Padres manager Bud Black called on future Hall of Fame closer Trevor Hoffman to, at the very least, preserve the tie. But after getting the first two outs, E.Burriss hit a blooper single over the head of Rodriguez. The Giants’ sent pinch-hitter Eugenio Velez to the plate and he hit a 2-0 fastball to right to score Burriss.
That put the Giants ahead, 3-2.
“Same parameters,” T.Hoffman said of pitching in the 10th instead of the ninth, “you gotta put up a goose egg and give your team a chance.”
There was no goose egg this time, but his team did have a chance, with the bases loaded in the tenth for Kouzmanoff. But it just wasn’t their night.

The San Diego Padres found an unlikely suitor for lefty starter Randy Wolf in The Houston Astros. Here are the reactions: Paul DePodesta thinks Chad Reineke might be able to help the Padres soon. Richard Justicecalls it a stubborn move for the Astros, who “threw $3.5MM at a lost season.” MLB.com’s Jim Molonywonders if the Astros could shop Wolf in August if the team falls further out of contention. An Ed Wadequote reveals part of the motivation for the acquisition - the GM says the Astros get their foot in the door in case they want to sign Wolf  for the seasons to come.

A late move this afternoon as The San Diego Padresmade their second move before the trade deadline as for the second time they sell low. I didn’t think their first move was right when they sold Tony Clarkto a team we have to compete with, unless they don’t think they have a chance this year, but the thing is that no one is running away with it in the NL west so why would you trade a player known for killing you in big time situation!
So on a bitter note the padres made a similar move today, but they at least didn’t trade within the division but they did sell pretty low for a left-hand veteran that they could of used down the stretch.
Well it went like this the padres acquired RHP Chad Reineke from The Houston Astros in exchange for LHP Randy Wolf.
R.Wolf with the line of 6-10 4.74 ERA IN 21 games 119.2IP 123 hits 69 runs 63 of them earned 14HRs 8 hit batters 47 BB and 105 strikeouts. For in-exchange for:
C.Reineke a RHP starter for The Round Rock Express(AAA) the Houston apparent club, with a line of: 5-9 4.41ERA in 20 games 19 of them started one complete game 112.1 innings pitched giving up 112 hits 62 runs 55 of them earned 15HRs 35BB 100 strikeouts. one bright note he is only 26 years old so we’ll see what becomes of him.

On the first game back from the All-Star Break The San Diego Padres lose a close one as Jake Peavygets toss around as he gave up back-to-back jacks the 4th inning by R.Ankiel and T.Glaus had two the day,

one more too J.Mather in the 7th inning. All-n-All he still didn’t do to bad with a line of 7 IP on 8 hits 4 runs all earned by HR 7 strikeouts and 0 BB. Mike Adamspitched a scoreless 8th inning only giving up one hit and got one strikeout.

Offensively they didn’t could not get it done scoring 3 runs on 9 hits with 6 left on base. The Highlights of the offence were as followed. Edger Gonzales had 2 runs 2 hit 1 RBI and 2 strikeouts,

brother Adrian Gonzales had 2 hit 1 BB 1strikeout, while Kevin Kouzmanoff had 1 run 2 hits 1 RBI 1BB 1 strikeout, Chase Headley had 1 hit 1 RBI, And don’t forget about Jake Peavywith 2 hits. They really do need to found away to get more run support for pitchers or no one will want to take the mound for us.

On another note Tony Clark was traded too The Arizona Diamondbacks for Minor League RHP Evan ScribnerI kind of thought they went in wrong direction on this one, there were a lot better talent in their farm league like C Sean Coughlin with 10 HR 58 RBI 38/39 BB/SO ratio OBP .367/SLG.489/AVG.262/OPS.856 or there’s

RF Derrick Walkerhitting a line of 7 HR 40 RBI 37/83 BB/SO ratio with 6 SB and OBP.366/SLG.414/AVG.249/OPS.780 either one of those would have been worth it,both play with The South Bend Silver Hawks(A). By the way I can’t seem to find stats on E.Scribner, maybe it was a phantom trade just to get ride of Tony C. well if they were going to do that could they at least phantom trade him to the AL, not within our division!

On the day The Yankees Stadium/Polo Grounds said fare-well to the last All-star Game it will ever see, it sure seemed like it didn’t want too say good bye. Going to the bottom of the 15th inning was Michael Young one out sacrifice-fly scoring the homerun derby winner Justin Morneau from third.
The San Diego Padres side of things they have a lot too be proud when it comes to their 1st baseman
Adrian Gonzalez has one hit, one RBI, one strikeout on three at bats; defensively he was great just like we’re use to. He was clutch in the big situations; his sac-fly in the top of the 8th was though to be the winning run until Billy Wagner gave it up the next inning to Evan Longoria ground rule double scoring Grady Sizemore.
One note to point out The Florida Marlins 2nd baseman Dan Uggla had three errors that had big roles in both times The American League, came back or when they on it.
Two in the 8th and one in the 15th.Other notes: Matt Holiday started off the scoring with a single homerun his first All-Star homerun. Also Lance Berkman scored Hanley Ramirez on a
Sac-fly in the top of the 6th. But it wouldn’t hold up as the bottom of the 7th inning
J.D Drew hit a two run shot (first in an All-Star Game) scoring J.Morneau.
It was a Mid-Season Classic and Homerun Derby for the times and good ones to send the Yankees Stadium/Polo Grounds off on a memorable note. Thank You for the memories since the being of time!