SD Padres GM Towers has been fired

[Sam Odom]

Good riddance

[Sam Odom]

Padres CEO Jeff Moorad will address the media on Saturday afternoon. Moorad didn’t return a phone call, e-mail and text message seeking comment.

Moorad leads a group that is buying the team from John Moores. He has spoken about making changes in the baseball operations department.

Although it might seem curious that Towers is being fired while the club is rebounding from its slow start, Moorad apparently wants his own person in the job.

Moorad already reorganized the business operations, eliminating approximately a dozen key positions on July 23, including two vice presidents.

Padres manager Bud Black said he hadn’t heard about Towers being fired.