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thebighurt619
Gave them a B.
They got a decent piece for Norris
Plus between stammen, capps, weaver, chacin, richard, cahill etc you could see a lot of trades come july and itll be interesting to see what they get come then.
Brixton
They might lose 110 games, but then again, that might be the goal.
C, but only because they didn’t capitalize on some of the bullpen value they could have traded.
Toksoon
Nobody wants to trade with them anymore after all the underhanded stuff the gym did like hiding medicals
Toksoon
Gm not gym
tylerall5
If the deal is there, it will be made.
beersy
Because of last years transgressions, the Padres are the best team to make deals with. MLB will be keeping such close tabs on their medical reporting, any team should feel confident that what they see in the reports is 100% accurate. One more shady deal and Preller would be in a lot of trouble.
padreforlife
They might make desks with Preller but he will pay extra which is not good.
AndThisGameBelongsToMySanDiegoPadres
NO HE WILL NOT!!!!!!!!!!!! If Preller makes a fair offer and no one else makes a better offer other teams will take that trade 100% of the time. Oh my God! I can’t believe you would suggest that! What a dumb bunny HAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
P.S. LOL @ “make desks with Preller”
AndThisGameBelongsToMySanDiegoPadres
Yes they do you idiot!
ndiamond2017
What a bizarre starting rotation… 4 vets on 1-year deals under $3M
SamFuldsFive
Playing to lose for a #1 pick is stupid in baseball. Padres fans should be outraged.
kdavis1391
why? same model the astros and cubs took. tearing it down and rebuilding it is the only way for sustainable success. give it time, the model works
SixFlagsMagicPadres
Yeah this is what has to happen if the team wants to be a future contender. It’s going to take a few years in order for them to turn things around, so they might as well use this year to see where they stand and continue to build up for the future.
BlueSkyLA
I thought that was a bit of an exaggeration. While the Padres pencil in finishing at the bottom in the NLW, they still have their strengths and probably won’t be the worst team in baseball. Not that a #1 pick is so much more valuable than say a #5 or even a #10 pick, and a team can’t count on building a roster around one prospect anyway.
Toksoon
You’re dreams by if you believe that , take for example kris Bryant’s draft and tell me the guys picked at 4-10 were equal to him at 3
Senioreditor
You made the argument? Bryant at #3 was better than #1.
chesteraarthur
Kris Bryant was drafted second overall in 2013. The third pick was Jon Gray to the rox.
chesteraarthur
the number one pick is a lot more valuable than the 5 and especially 10
davidcoonce74
This upcoming draft is considered to have pretty good quality depth in it, much more so than the last few drafts – especially if some of the top high school guys enter. The Padres, after years of drafting terribly – mostly because they were cheap – are getting better under Preller. Quantrill was a potential 1-1 pick before he had his TJ, and all reports are that he looks terrific and could move quickly, for example.
beersy
It still would have been sweet if Groome would have fallen to them like reported last June on draft night. Even though the Padres added a lot of talent in the draft the way they shuffled money around, having Espinoza, Quantrill, Morejon and Groome in the same farm system would have been a dream.
AndThisGameBelongsToMySanDiegoPadres
Groome was never going to last until #24. They were wasting their time setting up that deal with him.
BlueSkyLA
Yes, the quality of the selection varies quite a bit every year, but one thing that is proven year after year is teams that do well in the drafts, pick well deep into the rounds. Scouting is the key here, an area where teams that are cutting corners often skimp.
SixFlagsMagicPadres
I agree, their scouting is going to be playing a key role over the next few years. Especially taking into account the heavy investment they made in the international signing period last year. If Preller is as good as they said he was in finding international talent, it could pay dividends for them later on.
padreforlife
They love tanking the nitwit fans that is.
davidcoonce74
I would feel better about the “tanking” strategy if baseball was more like the NBA or NFL. It’s just much more of a crapshoot in baseball. Hell, Mike Trout was the 25th pick in 2009, a year when the Padres drafted third overall and picked the useless Donovan Tate. But they seem to have found good fortune in last year’s top pick, Quantrill. And they seem to have done well on the international FA market although we won’t really know for many years.
Lance
davidcoonce is dead on right. draft picks in baseball are WAY overrated. yeah, kris bryant was a big hit for the cubs. but if he was a sure thing, why did houston take mark appel before him? in that same 2013 first round, only tim anderson and sean manena contributed to his team other than bryant. and all the crying about giving up compensation picks for signing a free agent? not a big loss in 2013 draft. all those picks have done squat although the free agents didn’t help anyone either. the last #1 pick who has really done well is carlos correra of houston and that was in 2011. so “tanking” for the #1 really isn’t that big a deal. every now and then consensus can’t miss prospect like ARod or Junior comes along. But that’s rare—like a Magic Johnson in basketball or John Elway in football.
SixFlagsMagicPadres
The Padres rebuild begins! How will Andy Green handle the pressure of a pitiful pitching staff? Can Wil Myers live up to his big contract extension? Will Jered Weaver still have a job by the All-Star Break?
Join us Monday for the season premier of The Quest for the First Pick.
AndThisGameBelongsToMySanDiegoPadres
Probably as good a time as any to establish the fact that Preller can trade with whoever he wants. All contenders have needs and if the Padres have a player that can fill a need for a contender and they can’t get better value elsewhere they will make that trade 100% of the time.
Toksoon
True except for the fact that he cheated teams at the deadline and got suspended , now other gms do t like him and will go elsewhere for their needs
davidcoonce74
I highly doubt if a team covets a Padres player Preller won’t be an obstacle. Maybe they’re going to examine the medicals a little more closely, sure, but it’s highly unlikely Preller pulls that kind of trick again, as it would probably mean a year-long suspension for him and he would probably lose his job. All GMs want to get the upper hand in negotiations, some do sneaky-but-not-illegal stuff, some probably do illegal stuff but don’t get caught. Preller got caught. But he’ll still be trading like normal this season.
padreforlife
I would rather deal with other teams why chance getting burned
AndThisGameBelongsToMySanDiegoPadres
Because you won’t get burned. MLB has their eye on Preller and if he tries anything cute he will never have a job in MLB again. Not even cleaning the toilets.
AndThisGameBelongsToMySanDiegoPadres
They should have been examining the medicals a little more closely in the first place, regardless of who they were trading with.
AndThisGameBelongsToMySanDiegoPadres
NO THEY WILL NOT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! No team will ever trade for an inferior player or trade more/better prospects for a player who isn’t really an improvement just to avoid having to deal with Preller.
davidcoonce74
I understand the idea that the Padres have all these pitchers on one-year deals in the hopes they’ll pitch well enough to trade, but and I’m not being facetious here, but if those guys all pitch well, the Padres might be decent, and then why would you trade them? And if you did trade them all, who would pitch? The Padres don’t even have ten starting pitchers on their 40-man roster. It’s not like they’re going to call up their collection of 17-year old prospects. So it’s a somewhat odd strategy
Senioreditor
I’m not being facetious but they’ll be lucky if any of their opening week starters are still pitching after the all star break.
Ironically Optimistic Padres Fan
THEY WILL RISE AGAIN
acarneglia
I think Wil Meyers will blossom into a star and San Diego will become relevant again in the next 5 years
padreforlife
We said same thing about Melvin Upton and his spiraling cost Frank Wren his job. Myers turns out to be bust Preller is gone for sure
SD Speak For Myself
The biggest con job in sports with AJ/owners. “It will be five years before you know if my strategy worked.” Just like AJ Smith…he thinks he is the smartest guy in the room. AJ – another jackass GM in SD. Chargers move…Padres are all we have. America’s Finest City and the worst sports scene. Next we get 30,000 seat soccer stadium and land grab by the Mayor’s land developers buddies. AYFK! Thank God for DIRECTV!
SixFlagsMagicPadres
While I agree with you on the whole soccer stadium idea being pretty ridiculous, I think we need to give Preller a little more time to see how he handles this rebuild. project before we go comparing him to that clown of GM that used to run the former football team.
lowtalker1
The gulls
thebighurt619
Hes already made several deals this off season LOL.
He traded Norris to the nats, traded van mater to the reds for torrens, and picked up diaz and traded haley. Literally tells you this in the off season review above. Already traded with 4 different teams this off season.
So there goes the whole “people wont trade with the padres” myth. 4 teams already have this season.
thebighurt619
Perdomo isnt being traded, and if richard cahill chacin and weaver are traded cosart moves back into the rotation with lamet kelly lockett all waiting in triple A.
If theyre picthing well and padres are decent you should still trad them. Theyre not a world series contender even if the players are out performing expectations. Sell high on all the pitchers and give the young guys 2nd half of the season to show their merit.
SixFlagsMagicPadres
I think it’s fair to say that Weaver will be lucky to still have a job by the All-Star break, much less end up being traded to a team that actually wants him.
bbatardo
I give them a B. First they embrace the rebuild and obtained rentals to possibly flip and second are giving plenty of young players a chance to show what they have. #1 pick would be a win to me.
SixFlagsMagicPadres
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