SAN DIEGO -- For the first time in nine years, the Padres are looking for a full-time manager.
General manager A.J. Preller, about to enter his second offseason, said Monday that the directive he and his baseball operations staff will take during this search comes with one implicit rule.
"The focus is going to be trying to find someone in the managing spot that brings a winner to San Diego," said Preller, addressing reporters at Petco Park.
"I think the baseball operations group is ready to talk to the best and brightest we can find in the baseball world.