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thebare54
Mateo has good stuff but a big park like petco it should have worked
Bringbacktheblue
A lot of relivers have played terrible in Petco and were good with other teams after. Just shows how horrible the Padres organization is.
jjpadres
Makes those 3 rule 5 pitchers have a somewhat better chance
tigger1
they need to cut Despaigne from roster
bravesfan88
With 10 right-handed pen guys, and ~5 spots available, there will definitely be some player shuffling going on.
Obviously, the three guys selected from the Rule 5 draft have to stick, or otherwise they will have to pass through waivers, return back to their club, or the Padres can work out a trade to keep them in their organization…So, even if Perdomo, Smith, and/or Martin do not make the opening day roster, that does not necessarily mean it is a foregone conclusion that they will not still be within the organization.
The Rule 5 draft is an aspect of the MLB that, in my opinion, actually does a pretty solid job of evening out talent across the league.
Now, I’m not saying by any means that it truly levels the playing field for teams, but it does allow some teams with less depth and talent to relatively cherry pick decent to quality talent from other teams that have an excess of talented players.
Several quality arms and position players have been selected throughout the Rule 5’s draft history, and it will certainly be interesting to follow which teams picked up some quality pieces this year.
With three selections, the Padres stand a decent chance of having one of those pitchers turn into a useful bullpen piece. If so, they would become just the latest team to improve their roster through the Rule 5 draft.
I’m not sure who was behind actually created and implementing the draft, but from past and present results it has definitely accomplished its original goals set out, has been quite the success, and it has turned into a very useful tool for GM’s to acquire talent.