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ianthomasmalone
Preller should be fired for that Kimbrel/Upton trade. Kimbrel is elite, but a team like the Padres cannot afford to allot 27 million for a closer.
It’s like having a Ferrari but no money for gas. Including Upton in that deal, even if it got Quentin and Maybin (which now looks like a mistake) off the books was a fireable offense.
Brixton
You’re making it seem much worse than it is.
Kimbrel can be traded for better prospects that was given up.
BJ Upton was way better in 87 games than Maybin was in 141 games.
The Padres will probably end up clearing a signifcant amount of payroll this off season in trades.
ianthomasmalone
I’m not making it seem much worse at all. While the package without Upton would most likely be better, they paid a steep price to acquire him.
Being able to trade Kimbrel doesn’t make the situation better. They’re trying to win. They want Kimbrel. Problem is, they don’t have a lot of money.
Upton was slightly better than Maybin, we’re not talking a big difference. He put up .5 WAR, made more than double his salary, and is owed close to $22 million more over the remainder of his contract.
It’s a terrible situation to be in.
johnsilver
There is still 18m in bad Maybin money to be dealt with next year and in 2017. That 2/3 of a season Maybin put up that was almost respectible, well he’s done that before and then flopped.. How he landed that big deal in the 1st place and nobody, outside of Atlanta and a few marlins fans maybe think he can do it a second season. Maybin has too poor of swing mechanics to be consistent.
San Diego may be stuck with Upton, though maybe they can pair him with Cashner, even Kimbrel again and get rid of his 32m somehow. No chance of his regaining any semblance of former career that’s been on the skids since ’07.
ianthomasmalone
2017 is an option.
mike244
He should be fired for the combination of the Kimbrel trade, the Kemp trade, and the Myers trade.
That offseason hurt the Padres so much, it probably pushed them back 3-4 years before they can contend.
nypadre66
3-4 years? I think you’re being generous. The minor leagues are almost devoid of talent after the trades he made, and they’re saddled with bad contracts. They couldn’t win this year and the big horses (Upton, Kemp, Shields, Ross, Cashner, Kimbrel) were healthy. How much worse would they have been had they lost a starting pitcher or two like in prior years?
bradthebluefish
A.J. Preller really screwed over the Padres by not trading mid-season. The moves he made this offseason were ballsy… but to not trade players mid-season, even though you are all but certainly out of the playoffs, was simply dumb.
Now many key players are likely to leave AND the farm system was not reloaded. Poor move by the Preller and the Padres.