Around this time last year, Padres Executive Chairman Ron Fowler gave an emphatic assurance that manager Andy Green’s job was not in jeopardy.
Given that same opportunity this month, Fowler declined to discuss the matter.
Multiple sources in the organization, speaking on the condition they not be identified, said Green’s status, among other personnel decisions, will be addressed at the end of the season.
Why the delay?
The best answer seems to be in the Padres’ decision makers’ desire to be deliberate in thoroughly examining the team’s condition and potential in the face of numerous factors that make numbers essentially meaningless at this point in time.