... with the Padres. Good luck to him!
"We have a good organization already. I think he makes a good organization great," said Moores, who initiated contact with Alderson in February. "My expectations for Sandy are modest: I want him to turn this into the best baseball franchise in America."
Referring to his A's days, Alderson said, "I think that will serve as experience and perspective on things, but I don't expect it to be a blueprint. There's no question that I believe in a melding of subjective and objective measure. I'm sure that exists to some extent here today."