Couple items of interest involving Padre third basemen. First is on one of my faves, veteran Dave Magadan. He’s retiring to become the Padres’ minor league hitting coordinator. I couldn’t be happier that a guy with his approach at the plate will be teaching his craft to the young Padres’ hitters.

The other involves one of the kids Magadan will be working with, newly signed Taggert Bozied. No word yet on what the Pads plan to do with Bozied, who hit .307/.359/.461 at Sioux Falls of the Northern League. My guess is that he’ll stay at third for now and start out at Lake Elsinore, with Jake Gautreau starting at Double-A Mobile. Or, if the Padres want both of them in the Cal League, they could move one to first, probably Bozied. Regardless, the Pads just signed another good young power hitter.