Rebuilding: Year 40 for the Padres

As part of the latest round of rebuilding, the Padres traded Khalil Greene to the Cardinals; unfortunately, this was a year too late.  Yes, Padres management wanted to keep the competitive core from the last few years together for a 2008 run to the playoffs, but Greene, while valuable defensively anywhere, has never been comfortable at Petco.  While his overall numbers were great in 2007, it was not a breakthrough at home; his OPS was .670 home versus .841 away, and the chance to ship him somewhere else for a player more valuable at Petco slipped through the Padres' fingers.