Hot links for Wednesday, Oct. 28

ESPN.com's Rob Neyer talks about Padres general manager Jed Hoyer as part of an online chat. ...

Hoyer's 1994 college baseball team is being inducted as a group into the Wesleyan Athletic Hall of Fame. ...

Bill "Chief" Gayton, who has run the past nine Padres drafts as scouting director, will take on another scouting role with the team as Hoyer reshapes his baseball operations staff. ...

On his North County Times blog, Dan Hayes weighs in with some thoughts about the baseball ops changes. ...

Some of Hoyer's first hires might come from his former employer, the Boston Red Sox. ...

A familiar name in Padres land predicts 1B Adrian Gonzalez will be dealt. ...

Cbssports.com's fantasty baseball writer spotlights the top Padres prospects. ...

OF Cedric Hunter had a walk-off sacrifice fly as the Peoria Saguaros defeated Mesa 6-5 on Tuesday in the Arizona Fall League. ...

Former Padres OF/1B John Vander Wal, now a Padres scout, talks postseason baseball.

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