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DeadliestCatch
Love the aggressive approach via the IFA.
If Preller can find his own profar, mazara, odor out of the past 2 IFA periods itll be an exciting time come 2019, 2020. Took profar, mazara, odor around 4 years to be where they areat the mlb level.
EndinStealth
Hope they pan out for the Padres, because those penalties are huge.
restingmitchface
Eh, the penalties are just cash. This is exactly what they should be doing.
Cd360
Any word on Vladimir Gutierez? Seems surprising that no one has signed him in the last year.
chieftoto
Linked to WSH and ATL
dlevin11
Red Sox did the same thing two years ago and yes the penalties are just cash. Also you are banned from future signings. However Padres have rebuilt their farm system fast with a boatload of prospects.
MB923
They aren’t banned. They are limited to $300k.
bbatardo
It’s pretty amazing that the Padres farm went from ranked 20th to start the year to ranked 2nd currently over at ESPN.
A lot of their current and soon to be future trades before the Aug 1st deadline will help pay for some of this too.
Injediwetrust
It makes me laugh. No one ever says anything about the money when it’s the Cubs, Dodgers, or Red Sox. However when it is the Padres, it a topic. I guess the farm system isn’t empty no more.
Seems pretty clear this was the plan from the moment AJ was hired and explains why the farm system was cleared out. The Kemp deal seems to be the only one that really doesn’t fit assuming everything else.
This guarantees nothing but it does increase the chances the farm system might produce for once. A happy Pades fan here.
SixFlagsMagicPadres
Yea I agree. The international market is what Preller specializes in, so I’m glad to see how aggressive he was during this signing period, and the way the farm system has been improving. It’ll be interesting to see how the team begins to look over the next three to four years.
bbatardo
Honestly I feel like the Kemp deal was almost for the fans. Preller knew the Padres would give a quick shot in 2015 and tear it down after, So the fans were given a small taste of some big names so they didn’t totally abandon ship.
One Fan
I do not think it justifies clearing out the farm system at all. Think what the Padres would have with both.
But what is done is done and their being aggressive in the IFA market is what they should be doing and they appear to be doing it and doing it well. These kind of things gets the arrow pointing up for the Padres and could be the start of building a solid young team
bbatardo
Which players in the old farm system that Preller cleared out have provided an impact on the team they were moved to?
Preller didn’t clear out the farm, but cleared out players he didn’t think highly of. We can say Joe Ross (solid but injured) and Trae Turner (potential, but still getting feet wet) are tough losses, but Wil Myers is slowly shifting that trade in the Padres favor.
Who else? I haven’t checked in the last month, but a month ago I saw a list of players Preller cleared from the farm and none of them screamed “Why did we trade them?”
elmariachimike
Outside of Joe Ross and Trea Turner:
– Mallex Smith (a SH Travis Jankowski)
– Matt WIsler (still young, but nothing exciting yet)
– Jake Bauers (good prospect for TB, but let’s see if power develops)
And on the flipside, we retained our two highest prospects in the deals (Renfroe and Hedges) while upgrading the quality of our prospects:
– Anderson Espinoza (single-handedly overshadows Wisler and Ross)
– Javier Guerra (looking bad this year)
– Manuel Margot (likely our CF/leadoff hitter as early as next year)
– Carlos Asuaje (likely makes the majors next year with good bat)
– Logan Allen (doing well as a 19yo in A-ball)
– Hudson Potts (1st rd pick playing SS in rookie ball)
– Eric Lauer (1st round pick who led the nation in college ERA)
That’s just the results of the trades he’s made. Once you throw in the signings, he’s also stocked up 17yo Fernando Tatis and 18yo Chris Paddack (whose numbers are comically good as a 20yo).
boltzmann98
AJ cleared out the prospects that the padres have historically gone for: solid but no real impact potential. When our farm system was well regarded a couple years ago it was based on the “overall depth” but it was noted that we didn’t have any prospects that with impact potential. AJ has since changed that.
The way AJ has gotten to the 2nd overall farm system stands in stark contrast to how the braves have gotten to #1. We have had a fun team to watch over the last year. Say what you will about how he “gutted” the farm, we got to see a year of kimbrel, j upton crush bombs for the home team, his brother revitalize his career, oh and this guy named Kemp HIT FOR THE CYLE. We got to see a interesting albiet unsuccessful product on the field for a year while still building a farm system that is now packed with legit young impact talent.
The braves traded everyone and just tanked. If I was a braves fan it would be depressing to see everyone shipped off and have a team with not even the illusion of competing.
The only prospect that I was really bummed to see go was Jake Bauers. The kid looked like he could rake. But now with myers I think I can get over that loss.
elmariachimike
Not only that, but the Braves combined a salary dump with prospect grab. Hence, they got MUCH less for Kimbrel than the Padres did.
teddyt93
Preller is finally showing his chops as a GM. He has done an outstanding job this year in trades, the draft and now the international signing period. I would still take Myers instead of Ross and Turner. Go Padres! Let’s get something for Cashner and Norris now!
AndThisGameBelongsToMySanDiegoPadres
In the end, the earliest the Padres could realistically contend is 2019, Myers’ last year with the Padres. And shortstop is still a huge hole in the Padres organization that Turner would have fixed.
stro16
Why did ona get so much more than maitan when maitan was much more highly regarded?