Padres fire GM Josh Byrnes

— -- The San Diego Padres have fired general manager Josh Byrnes.

The team announced the move in a statement on Sunday.

"This ownership group is committed to fielding a team that consistently competes for postseason play," Padres president and CEO Mike Dee said in a statement. "Thus far this season, the results on the field have been mixed at best and clearly have not lived up to expectations. After a lengthy evaluation of every facet of our baseball operations, we have decided to make this change today.

"The search for a new general manager begins immediately. We are looking for someone who can define, direct and lead this franchise's baseball philosophy for years to come."

Dee said the GM role will be filled on an interim basis by senior vice president of baseball operations Omar Minaya and assistant GMs A.J. Hinch and Fred Uhlman, Jr.

The Padres are 32-43 and 12½ games out of first in the NL West. They finished 76-86 in each of Byrnes' first two seasons in the position.

Information from The Associated Press was used in this report.