Season in seven words: “Borderline triumphant, given the talent on hand.” …

Hero: Adrian Gonzalez. Just think of the numbers he would put up if he played his home games in a wisp of a ballpark like the new Yankee Stadium …

Loserhead: New owner guy Jeff Moorad, or whatever jackass was responsible for firing GM Kevin Towers. Listen, when I get around to buying a team, I plan on hiring “my own guys,” too: there will be key administrative roles for Eddie Van Halen and Snuffleupagus, among others. That said, I don’t get why the Padres discarded Towers like a soiled napkin. He did all the heavy lifting that will allow the team to turn things around fast — shedding most of the big contracts, handling the Trevor Hoffman divorce — and this is the thanks he gets? Baseball is a mean sport sometimes …

Key needs: Everything except a first baseman, basically …

Prognosis: Once they deal Heath Bell, the rebuilding begins in earnest.

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