With the free-agent shortstop market red-hot, the Padres have been on hold for now their plans to trade incumbent Khalil Greene. "I don't anticipate anything happening with Khalil anytime soon,'' general manager Kevin Towers said by phone.
Rafael Furcal, the top free-agent shortstop, is drawing interest from the Giants and A's, among others. Orlando Cabrera is believed to have at least the Dodgers and Tigers interested. And Edgar Renteria is being considered by the Giants and his old Cardinals teams. The Royals and Orioles are still more teams with unsettled shortstop situations.
Still, Greene will have to wait. The Padres are in a rebuilding stage (though they don't use the word "rebuilding'') and are hopeful of trading star pitcher Jake Peavy, whose market is limited by his full no-trade clause. (Towers said he is talking most now about Peavy to the Cubs but probably needs a third team to consummate a trade with them.)
Greene hit just .213 with 10 home runs and 35 RBIs, so he won't be so easy to trade either. One person with Padres ties suggests Greene isn't one for mingling in their clubhouse and doesn't appear to fit. But Towers said, "He's a very good person. He's just a very quiet kid. He's not a bad guy at all.''
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