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braves95 2
Wood will take his spot by the end of May
GareBear
I think Karns could stick but I’m not sure how Vargas will hold up
Joseph Anderson
5th spot has been a revolving door. Wood and Young will get chances to start games this year with injuries and such.
lowtalker1
The 3 option game sucks
youknowit
If Padres are trying to win they should 100% have Perdomo and Friedrick in rotation. I like Cosart but they are their best 2 options out of everyone. I know Clemens is out of options and he can be a competitive 5 but I wouldn’t worry about protecting him.
thebighurt619
Padres shouldnt be trying to win. They should put perdomo in the minors, double or triple a, for this season as a starter, and go with Friedrich, Weaver, Richard, Chacin Cosart. Go for the #1 overall pick.
AndThisGameBelongsToMySanDiegoPadres
Not the whole season but 1 month to pick up that extra year of service time would be optimal
outinleftfield
I have never understood why any fan would want a team to tank enough to get the #1 overall pick. This is not football or basketball where your draft picks are immediate parts of the team. The #1 overall pick in MLB is not normally the best pick of the draft. There was a whole article on it on Fangraphs at one point.
All teams want to put the best team on the field from the player pool they have. Sometimes player options gets in the way of that and sometimes it’s better for the long term plans to keep a very young player in the minors for a week or a month like Kris Bryant. Even the Cubs, who lost badly for a couple of years in their rebuild, never picked #1 overall. Its bad for revenue and the morale of the players you are keeping to purposely tank a season. Put the talented kids out there and let them learn how to win together. Trade for more talented young players. Add veteran free agent players as needed. Start winning in 4-5 years. See the Cubs for a great example.
James7430
Very well put.
AndThisGameBelongsToMySanDiegoPadres
Just because the Astros didn’t take Kris Bryant at #1 in 2013 doesn’t mean they couldn’t have. They almost did and if they had there would have been nothing the Cubs could do about it. Drafting 1st eliminates the possibility of that happening. The extra priority that comes with drafting 1st (as well as the increase in the cash pool that we are allotted to sign our picks) is easily worth more than a few extra wins in a lost season. You admitted that sometimes its better for the long term plans to keep a young player in the minors for a short while like the Cubs did with Bryant. Well it’s the same way with the Padres and Renfroe and Margot.
Oh and “bad for the morale of players”
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!! Oh man, that’s rich!
TwinsHomer
At some point a young player will be too okay with a culture of losing. I would much rather pick 2-10 and have my young prospects progress towards being competitive.
padreforlife
Padre fans the ignorant root for team to tank because they think Padres have such great history of drafting players. Foolish
padreforlife
It’s smart the way Braves are rebuilding. Padres didn’t want to pay a John Hart and went on cheap for Preller and still wasted $
teddyt93
Preller over Hart any day. Trust the process Padre nation !