San Diego, CA – Just one day after officially introducing look front office.
Hoyer, Chicago's new executive vice president and general manager, and McLeod, the club's senior vice president of scouting and player development, worked with Epstein in the Red Sox organization.
The Cubs agreed to send the Padres a player to be named later as compensation.
The Padres named Hoyer their general manager on October 26, 2009 after he spent eight years in Boston's front office. McLeod had served as San Diego's vice president and assistant general manager for the past two years.
Josh Byrnes will take over as Hoyer's successor in San Diego as executive vice president and general manager on Monday, October 31. He was the team's senior vice president of baseball operations last season.
