Padres part ways with president, CEO Mike Dee

The San Diego Padres announced Wednesday they've parted ways with Mike Dee, who was acting as franchise president and CEO, after a season of trials and tribulations in their front office - including angry rants from executive chairman Ron Fowler and the suspension of general manager A.J. Preller.

"My goal and our organization’s objective is to have stability and long-term tenure in our front office, but sometimes these changes are inevitable," Padres managing partner Peter Seidler said in a statement provided to the San Diego Union-Tribune's Dennis Lin. "Mike is no longer with the Padres, but I know our organization is strong and on the right path."

The Padres did not give a reason for the split, and Dee wouldn't comment on the matter to the Union-Tribune.

"Mike’s departure creates a position we will need to fill, and the search will begin immediately," Fowler said in the statement. "In the meantime, we will work closely with our talented and trusted senior executives to lead the organization forward.

"We will continue to work hard to build a winning ballclub and to provide our fans an exceptional experience at Petco Park. I remain optimistic about the future as we develop a core group of homegrown players who play an energetic, aggressive style of baseball."

Dee left his position as CEO of the Miami Dolphins to join the Padres in 2013, after previously serving with the organization as a business executive from 1995-2002. He was responsible for the hiring of Preller, but his departure is not related to the GM's suspension, according to Lin's sources.

Lin also scribes that, despite Dee's departure, Preller is expected to keep his job.