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klnjjkjknh2
Your wives story links to the Colin Rea story.
BTW I’d think jersey chasers would know what they are in for.
Kapler's Coconut Oil
Also, along with what Pav said, Hank Schulman mentioned that Cain still has options left, so he can still be sent to AAA with his permission
mrnatewalter
I would hope that a guy like Cain would accept an assignment. Take it for the good of the team, but who knows.
Pros: He doesn’t lose money. He might find his groove again.
Cons: He has to play in the minors.
jaysfan1994
Cain has over 5 years of service time meaning he can elect Free Agency and get paid the entire sum of what the Giants owe him.
No organization wants to pay out a guy that type of money to sit at home.
ZAK A.
Cain’s not going to Sac. You don’t do that to your 140mil baby down because simply the humiliation would hinder any real steps toward fixing his release point flaw. If anything he’ll get DL’d again, but Bochy will give his vet the longest leash of any to get right. He’s not that far off actually, his mechanics in general are alright, it’s just a matter of getting enough reps to repeat the release point until he’s right again.
mrnatewalter
The phantom DL is a San Francisco specialty.
JoeyPankake
Has to be when you have 7 starting pitchers, and 4 of them are fifth starters at best right now.
Kapler's Coconut Oil
Bochy has already claimed Cain to be healthy, and a trip to Sac would literally be only two weeks
ZAK A.
He’s not going to AAA. Health is not the only reason a P might get DL’d, as was pointed out. In some cases mechanical flaws like Cain’s can’t be worked out on the field and they need something like the Instructional league where guys can throw a few inn frequently and fix problems.
RedRooster
Who cares if Kennedy, Venable and Benoit wouldn’t have brought back premium prospects? Whatever they could have brought back would have been more likely to help the Padres out than they would.
Dock_Elvis
Padres didn’t have a strategy if this experiment completely fell apart, and they should have. If Preller thought this team was any more than a dark horse, then his baseball acumen is questionable. It basically screamed exit strategy from the get go.
Vandals Took The Handles
His actions put the Padre franchise back 2-4 years. There is no quick fix for that. This guy and his owner will very probably make the same mistakes this off-season and set the franchise back even more.
Math&Baseball
The mets offered Michael Fulmer and Luis Cessa- the Padres don’t have a need for pitching prospects let alone pitchers. They have a need for position players.
The extra 1st Upton nets and the position player they draft with it has more value to Preller and the organization than netting pitching prospects.
Peavy, Latos, Rea. They have always found pitching in late rounds.
Niekro
Just out of curiosity why do the Padres not need pitching prospects? They traded their 3 best pitching prospects, Tyson Ross appears to be the only starting pitcher that is actually good and cost controlled on the roster. They used to find pitching in late rounds when Bud Black was around.
Math&Baseball
Wisler in 9 starts hasn’t looked like the top prospect he was thought to be. Fried is still having to recover from TJS. And Ross looks like a 1 or 2. So if the 3 only Ross hurts losing so far.
The Padres can find pitching. Cheap 1 or 2 year deals with guys looking to rebuild value. In the 1st 11 rounds they drafted 6 pitchers this past draft. They also will acquire arms in any deal they make for Ross or cashner.
Niekro
I should have said 4 best pitching prospects, I completely blanked on Joe Ross, Eflin is the 4th. Wisler is 22 and already in the Majors. Pitchers they drafted in 2015 aren’t exactly going to help next year or the year after most likely looking at no help until 2018, when Shields will be 36. Cheap 1 or 2 year deals do not always work out see Brandon Morrow. The Padres can’t just throw any one with a heartbeat into Petco any more, every offense has improved in the NL West.
cookiemonster
so you think 4 starters will sign for the padres on cheap deals for a last place team next year? they have tyson ross and cashner next year and nothing after that and neither of those 2 has thrown over 200 innings.
cookiemonster
its after the first round, and most likely will be farther away and less proven than any prospect they were offered. it’s like saying a lottery ticket is more valuable than a million dollars because you might win more.