Padres catcher Austin Nola has suffered a fractured left middle finger, manager Jayce Tingler announced to reporters (including AJ Cassavell of MLB.com and Dennis Lin of the Athletic). The injury occurred when Nola was struck with a foul tip during yesterday’s Spring Training contest, Tingler added. A definitive timetable will become clearer in a couple days.
With less than three weeks until Opening Day, it’s possible Nola will have to open the season on the injured list. If that’s the case, San Diego does have a capable replacement. Backup Víctor Caratini has a .250/.327/.372 line over the past four seasons and has generally rated well defensively. The 27-year-old also has a rapport with Yu Darvish, part of the reason he was acquired alongside the reigning NL Cy Young runner-up in this offseason’s blockbuster with the Cubs. Top prospect Luis Campusano is the only other catcher on the Padres’ 40-man roster. Campusano made his MLB debut last year due to the anomalous nature of the 2020 season but has only played one game above the High-A level.
While the Friars are more equipped than most teams to handle an absence to their top catcher, losing Nola for any extended period of time would be a difficult blow. Despite not making his MLB debut until his age-30 season in 2019, Nola has rather incredibly broken out as one of the sport’s most productive backstops over the past two seasons. He has a cumulative .271/.347/.461 slash between the Mariners and Padres, popping 17 home runs in 451 plate appearances while showcasing high-end glovework behind the plate.
If Luis Campusano gets the nod, he won’t give up that job easily.
Nola has good value. If Campusano does become a beast they could trade him and get another reliever. Or package him with Paddack. I hope they wouldn’t waste Nola’s value.
Nola can play other positions. Also depth is the most valuable, so I doubt they would trade away good players when they are trying to win.
True depth is very important this year and in general
I’d still prefer to have ty France, don’t think nola small sample size with Mariners is repeatable. Just my opinion though
France is beasting right now. Thx god he left SD so he can have good playing time.
You can’t judge the trade based upon who you’d rather have. The Pads had little use for France but they sure needed a catcher. Nola replaced 2 catchers hitting sub200.
Ty France a #10,000 prospect. Campusano a top 10 prospect in all of baseball.
Tattedmama posts pure gibberish 100% of the time.
“ Ty France a #10,000 prospect. Campusano a top 10 prospect in all of baseball.
Tattedmama posts pure gibberish 100% of the time.”
Clear as day he was comparing France to Nola. You know, the guys actually traded for each other
He literally says Nola’s name in the same sentence. Why do you have to try to start problems? Why do you need to attack the guy when he has a reasonable take? Pathetic
He always rips it up in spring training.
Where would you play France?
Ty France- 325-AB/.757-OPS
Austin Nola- 399-AB/.808-OPS
So far Nola has an additional 74-AB and a .051-OPS advantage. I don’t really see how either player’s “small sample size” would be more repeatable than the other. But to each his own.
Padre fans love them prospects wasn’t Mejia big prospect traded for Hand and Cimber another beauty by Preller
Nola’s proven capable of playing multiple positions, so they could simply hold onto him too. Theoretically, he could serve in a backup catcher capacity, and rotate between 1b, 2b, and even 3b as needed. Of course if Campusano’s playing well.
The Padres are looking at both Campusano and Paddack as building blocks at this point. There is no way they will trade them right now.
Paddack building block dude had 5 era last year
Dude is 25 years old and has a 3.74 lifetime ERA despite 60 terrible innings last year.
If Campusano becomes a beast, why would they trade him?
@Steve Nebraska Exactly
Dang that’s tough. Love Austin Nola, but Padres definitely have solid catching depth if they trying to play campusano
What catcher depth?
They have a backup catcher (Caratini) and a prospect with 4 plate appearances above High-A ball. That’s almost the exact opposite of depth.
@jheimer. First, settle down, a starting catcher cracked a knuckle and is out for a couple of preseasons weeks. Second, their back up catcher is one of the best in baseball. Third, that prospect is the 2nd best catching prospect in mlb, and ready to play at big league level. So I beg to differ, think they’re fine. So much better off at that position than they were last year. But if you still need to worry then not much more I can say to sooth your concerns.
LOL. I’m calm.
The question was simple: how does having two pitchers with big league plate appearances (one of those having one game of experience) equal depth at the position outside of Austin Nola?
Bingo no power Carinti who hit one homer last year playing 30 games at Wrigley
This could be Austin Nola’s Wally Pipp moment. Campusano’s going to be a beast.
Nola’s good, but I wouldnt call him Wally Pipp
2019 was actually Nola’s age 29 season, as he turned 30 on December 28 of that year.
What happened to Campusano’s drug charges? That initial article made it sound like he was looking at jail time.
idk, was the likely or simply the high end charge? usually they say “may face jail time” to mean at the very worst he’s going to jail but probably not.
I don’t know what the actual resolution was but the reporting I’ve seen about him has typically implied that it’s been dealt with. There was a Keith Law article from a week ago that said “The legal issue is behind Campusano”.
Realistically it was a minor marijuana arrest, he shouldn’t do time for that.
Got reduced to a misdemeanor. He paid a small fine, its over with. Its possible the initial arrest was way overblown.
Link on it getting reduced to a misdemeanor?
From my understanding he was looking at big time and that wasn’t overblown.
It was illegal at the time he was arrested. But that was also a period where pot possession had been voted to be legalized in GA, but the law was not yet active. At the start of the new year, law became official and the state decided to stop wasting time pursing jail time for the “arrested but not found guilty” crowd. He fit that description, got lucky, paid a fine and seems like it’s done
In Georgia all Marijuana possession over an ounce was a felony. The incoming DA in that county who was elected in November ran on a platform of decriminalization. The simple possession charges for Campusano and hundreds of others were dropped to a misdemeanor when he took office.
It was dropped to a misdemeanor.
Link? If you can quote it, you can link it.
Link for the Keith Law (and actually Dennis Lin too) article is here:
theathletic.com/2423827/2021/03/03/padres-top-pros…
It doesn’t specifically state that it was dropped to a misdemeanor, just says its behind him like I quoted above.
Looking for something that specifically says it was dropped to a misdemeanor. And isn’t behind a paywall.
@BillTheThrill10 That’s not true. They usually wait until after the legal system has run its course before deciding whether to suspend a guy and if so for how long. We saw it with Chapman, Osuna, etc. People keep saying Campy’s charges were reduced to a misdemeanor but then going into hiding when asked to provide a source. It’s far too easy to just make things up on the internet so I’m not going to believe that one without proof. And you might wanna watch it with your “mommy and daddy” remarks buddy.
@BillTheThrill10 the article was paywalled. If it was over and done with it would have been reported by someone reputable on Twitter or some other free site. And CNichols even stipulated that it didn’t say “the charges were reduced to a misdemeanor” which was the original, absolute claim made by Pads Fans and VegasSDFan. And I don’t have to do any research. They are the ones who made the claim. The burden of proof is on them, not me. Like if I were to tell you that the Earth is flat, then the burden of proof would be on me, not you. And you are the one acting like a troll and a child considering I’ve never seen you on here before and you are acting like we have some kind of history. Are you another one of Pads Fans’ burner accounts?
@BillTheThrill10 Only place I have heard that it was “reduced to a misdemeanor” was from Pads Fans, who has a documented history of making stuff up on here. And that was the claim I was looking for proof of. He and VegasSDFan were saying that that was the actual resolution of the matter. It wasn’t an inference. It’s not being a troll to ask for a credible source for an absolute claim. It’s far too easy to just make stuff up and pass it off as fact on the internet. We can speculate all we want that if they were actually going to do something to Luis he would not be playing in Spring Training or whatever, but I am looking for something concrete. They usually do release this stuff to the public and have up to this point.
… buttercup
@thelegendaryharambe here’s something more about the matter since you’re so interested. It was a tweet that you can verify as well.
nbcsports.com/edge/baseball/mlb/player/15061/luis-…
It says that the Padres are “optimistic that he will have no limitations for the 2021 season.” If they are optimistic that he won’t have any limitations, than I would have the common sense to assume it’s being taken care of in a way where it’s being dropped to a misdemeanor or dropped all together. Is that enough for you buttercup or do I need to hold your hand some more?
It looks like the matter is still pending. It seems the charges haven’t actually been reduced but the Padres are expecting them to be.
@BillTheThrill10 it says they are “optimistic.” It doesn’t say that they “know.” So that, too, is speculation. And it doesn’t say anything one way or another regarding the charges being reduced to a misdemeanor. In fact, that link you provided indicates that the case was still pending as of March 4th. So unless it was resolved within the last week and a half, he may yet face some repercussions.
@thelegendaryharambe Yes I understand what the article said, I read it. The point being is he left the team to deal with it and was able to come back to the team should tell you plenty. If he was in serious risk to be charged a felony, they would of kept him in the state and not let him return to Arizona. Also, if the Padres said publicly that they are “optimistic” that nothing will come of it, I’m pretty sure they have a good reason to believe that at they aren’t just saying it for heck of it. If he was in jeopardy of doing any sort of serious time, he would be put on restricted list just like every other player that’s had problems with the law. Again, it’s not something that was said outright, but it’s freaking common sense which you continue to show you lack. Stop trying to make something out of nothing.
“The point being is he left the team to deal with it and was able to come back to the team should tell you plenty.”
Nice grammar.
“If he was in serious risk to be charged a felony, they would of kept him in the state and not let him return to Arizona.”
Not necessarily.
“I’m pretty sure they have a good reason to believe that at they aren’t just saying it for heck of it.”
Right. Let’s just forget all the times they have said that they are “optimistic” that a player will be ready for opening day and then he ends up missing the entire season with an injury.
“If he was in jeopardy of doing any sort of serious time, he would be put on restricted list just like every other player that’s had problems with the law.”
Like I said, they often wait until the legal system is done with the player before issuing any suspensions.
“Again, it’s not something that was said outright…”
WHICH IS EXACTLY WHAT PADS FANS AND VEGASSDFAN CLAIMED HAPPENED AND WHAT I AND EVERYONE ELSE WAS LOOKING FOR!
Tyler Flowers, Matt Winters, Josh Phelgy are available if they prefer to have campusano get reps in the minors as a backup to Caratini.
Phegly retired, but I think Flowers would make a solid depth piece.
@Yankees. Probably still going on in the courts as Campusano was charged for felony marijuana possessions (he had 79 grams) in late October in the state of Georgia.
*79 milligrams or less than 8 grams.
google.com/amp/s/www.sandiegouniontribune.com/spor…
It’s still only 2.8oz of marijuana. I think that’s barely a misdemeanor in San Diego.
@Steve. That might be true in San Diego but Campusano was caught in Georgia with the 79 grams. That is a felony in Georgia. You can reference my link above.
It already got reduced to a misdemeanor. Its over with
I don’t know that any state wants to model itself after failing California. The state has failed on many fronts, but most notably, socially and economically (two pretty big ones). That said, not being a big deal in SD doesn’t make it better than being a big deal in Georgia.
NY is desperately trying to follow. Kind of like two drunk drivers navigating a snow storm by following each other.
Pro-regulation Yankee?
Can we stay away from the politics?
California is the 5th largest economy in the world and its economy contracted just 3.7% in 2020 which is less than 46 other states during the pandemic. It had the 4th highest per capita GDP in 2020 behind Massachusetts, NY, and Alaska. With 11.9% of the US population, California produced 14.7% of the US total GDP in 2020.
Compare that to Texas that has 8.8% of the population and 8.8% of the GDP or Georgia with 3% of the population and 2.9% of the GDP.
Here is a list of the lowest in per capita GDP, the truly failing states.
Kentucky
South Carolina
Alabama
Idaho
West Virginia
Arkansas
and in 50th – Mississippi
https://www.bea.gov
Pads Fan – who cares?
1) 79 milligrams is less than 8 grams..a lot less its .079 of a gram
2) he had 79 grams
3) it is not hard to look things up or use the metric system
@riffraff you beat me to the punch. 79 grams still isn’t thaaaaaat much, but I’m from California. It still wouldn’t surprise me to see Georgia slapping a felony on .079 grams of weed though haha
@Mark W. Your post is riddled with inaccuracies…
Mychal Kendricks has had a pending insider trading case against him for a few years now and hasnt been sentenced now. he’s played since then.
They can have their pick of McGuire or Jansen. I don’t exactly know what the cost would be for Jansen but I’m sure McGuire could be had for a lotto ticket or two.
I read Aaron Nola for a second, and as a phils fan I almost got sick. Still sucks though, Austin was a fun player to watch in recent years.
one day i really hope for an All-Nola battery
I think what the Padres do, depends on the severity of the injury. If he’s only supposed to miss a few weeks, they’ll stay pat. But if this is something that will go on for a month or more, I say they’ll either sign a free agent for depth or trade for one.
DiPoto took Preller to the cleaners on that trade (has nothing to do with the injury)
@amk1920 I wouldn’t say Dipoto took Preller to the cleaners like you said, but he did alright. I mean, if you look at what he got from him; He got Ty France who’s a decent backup, but will never be a star, (let alone a starter on playoff team), Luis Torrens who will be a career backup at best, Andres Munoz who I think has the potential to be a future closer but also runs the risk of TJ surgery in the next few years because of how hard he throws at such a young age, and finally the wild card Taylor Trammell who has potential, but I think he’ll end up being a decent four outfielder for a contending team or a subpar starter for a non-contending team. For the Padres, they got Austin Nola who’s a solid starter, but I say projects better as a super utility/backup catcher on a contender, Dan Altavilla who’s mostly fringe bullpen guy, and Austin Adams who if he can stay healthy could be a decent setup reliever. Now I wouldn’t call this trade “taking them to the cleaners”, but Dipoto did decent on it. Unless Taylor Trammell becomes a star, and another guy or two becomes a solid regular, this will be a forgotten trade in about 5 years.
Munoz already had TJS. You call Torrens a backup but then admit Nola is a utility player. Campusano will be the starting C by 2022. That’s an awfully heavy price to pay for a 30 year old journeyman backup C as the centerpiece.
And you stating that Munoz already had TJ proves my point, he’s already had arm problems and most likely will have more down the line. Take Clevenger as a good example, already on his 2nd TJ Surgery and it’s becoming more and more common with guys that are throwing 100+ mph. I said Nola is a solid starter, but would work better for the Padres as a super utility guy/backup catcher meaning he could fill in for other regulars while also backing up the starting catchup. A Ben Zobrist in his prime or Brock Holt type player that also catches. I guess you only read what you want to read, which really shows. Campusano probably will be the starter in the next year or two, hence WHY I SAID HE WOULD BE BETTER OFF AS OUR SUPER UTILITY GUY. I fail to see how you give any evidence of how Preller was “taken to the cleaners” as you say when none of the pieces Seattle got nothing spectacular from San Diego. Hard to say it was a “steep” price to pay. I agree with you that Seattle got a slightly better return than San Diego, but we weren’t robbed. This wasn’t a James Shields for Fernando Tatis Jr trade or Milt Pappas for Frank Robinson trade like you’re insisting this was.
I never said they got a future HoF lmao. Nola has zero place on the Padres outside catcher. What he might play a game a week at LF? Wow trade a top 100 prospect for that. You’re literally assuming someone could have a 2nd TJ just because another player did. Ty France can hit. He is basically a right handed Cronenworh who Padres fans act like is Chase Utley.
Lol @amk1920 You’re absolutely hilarious! Like I agree that the Mariners got the better end of the stick, but you’re acting like Mariners are laughing all the way to the bank and their not. Munoz and Trammell have the potential to be good, but both will most likely never be Allstars. Maybe they’ll have one or two between the both of them in a best case scenario. They’ll be decent starters at the best, never be superstars. France and Torrens will be career backups. Maybe Cronenworth isn’t a superstar, but I’ll take him 100 times out of a 100 over France. France has decent power, but he won’t even sniff close to a respectable average. I’m not assuming Munoz will have another TJ surgery, I’m just saying it’s possible because of how hard he throws and there’s been trend of this happening, that’s all I’m saying. Go drink a juice box and take a nappy nap, maybe you’ll understand simple logic when you wake up. This was not a land slide of a trade like you are insisting it is, that’s all I’m saying, ok pumpkin?
I love how your whole argument is “because I said so”. Why don’t you think France can have a respectable average? You clamor for Adams and Ativalla yet Munoz clearly has the highest upside of them all. Yes Dipoto took Preller to the cleaners. I forgot how in demand 30 year old journeyman backups are. Nola is so good they traded for Cartitini.
Lol how so? You’re getting confused with my logic, with your logic. What evidence have you provided this is a lopsided trade? You’re the one that is stating opinions over facts. I never said Nola was a superstar, but I’ll take him over Torrens any day. Never said I was high on Altavilla, what I said was he’s a fringe bullpen guy. Do you or understand simple English? Obviously that or you refuse to comprehend anything that remotely comes close to disproving your ridiculous assumption that this trade was “taken to the cleaners”. Adam’s is a decent bullpen piece but yes of course I would rather have Munoz than him. Munoz is a young controllable hard throwing bullpen guy that projects to be a closer in the sometime future, but control has been an issue for him. He could be good, but he won’t be no Trevor Hoffman or Mariano Rivera like you’re making hin seem like. Trammell at best would maybe be a left handed Bryon Buxton, or maybe even a Curtis Granderson in his prime years at the BEST CASE scenario, but I find that to be so far fetched, you’re better off winning the lottery. The only way you could say that Dipoto cleaned house with Preller is IF and it’s a BIG IF, all four guys turn out to be big contributors to the club or Munoz and Trammell become hall of famers for the Mariners. I doubt either of those options come close to happening. Unless you can see the future and you know something I don’t know, you are delusional to even say Dipoto came close to “taking Preller to the cleaners”. Like if you truly believe that, you clearly are crazy then. And the reason they traded for Caratini is quite simple, but probably to complex for your undeveloped mind, but I’ll try to break it down Barney style for you. They wanted a backup because they would like to get Campusano more seasoning in the minors, plus Caratini has been Darvish’s personal catcher for the past few years and they work well together. So why not trade for him? They get a catcher that works well with Darvish and a backup for Nola for this year. It’s actually really simple. But no matter, you refuse to throw anything that would resembles an argument for your original statement so I’m done playing with you, thanks for the good laughs. While your Mariners took my team to the cleaners as you hilariously assume, both of you will have one thing in common come for the next half decade or so; every October, you’ll be watching the Padres in the playoffs from your living rooms. Adios amigo.
Try again. I am a Dodgers fan. My team already swept the Padres on route to the title.
Lol even better, a hating Dodgers fan. Now it makes sense why you’re being such a hater. Enjoy spending the most money in the history on a team that will always remembered for winning a World Series Title*
And because you have the IQ of a speck of dust, I’ll spell it out for you, you’ll always have a asterisk next to that “championship”. See you later troll.
Padres fans threw a parade for the wild card win. Yall have zero credibility to call anyone’s championship an asterisk. It’s funny how sensitive you get. I’m more than willing to admit when my team or anyone else wins or loses a trade. Padres made great deals for Grisham and Darvish. They got destroyed in the Clevinger and Nola deals. Sometimes that happens when you make as many moves as Preller does. You might not want to bring up payroll and then mention someone’s IQ. Basic business shows that MLB teams make more in profits than what they spend on payroll.
I’m not convinced they got fleeced on the Clevinger trade. Which can’t-miss player did they give up for him? The Padres gave up a lot of MiLB depth (which they already had) for Clevinger, not knowing he’d need TJ in the winter.
This isn’t saying the Indians did poorly, either. But I’m not sure there’s a single player that went to Cleveland that San Diego will be upset about letting go later on.
For Clevenger they parted with Hedges, Quantrill and Naylor who will all be on the Cleveland roster, but none would likely be on the Padre opening day roster, except perhaps Quantrill but only as a long reliever. If Clevenger plays next year I believe it’s the Padres who come out on top. We’ll see.
@JohnJasoJingleHeimerSchmidt It’s not who they gave up. It’s who they got back. Clevinger does nothing for the Padres. And they gave up 6 guys in the trade. The odds of at least one of them contributing is pretty dang high.
@Brewer88 2nd Tommy John surgery. Clevinger is done as a starter. And except for Hedges all the players Cleveland got back have some upside. If just one of them reaches it, the Padres lose that trade. I fear that Quantrill will excel now that he’s with an organization with a proven track record of developing pitching.
You must know something the Padres don’t, they are looking forward to his return next year. As for the upside of the players they gave up, you tell me which one of them would fit in on this Padre 25 man roster? Quantrill was bumped by Paddack, and since Morejon, Gore, and Weathers.
@Brewer88 how many 2x Tommy John pitchers have stuck in a major league rotation? They have to look forward to his return considering all they gave up for him.
Quantrill and Naylor would have easily fit on this Padres 25-man roster. Maybe even Hedges if Nola is out for an extended period of time. And just because a guy is blocked at the major league level doesn’t mean he has no value. Those guys could have been traded for something else.
@ RemovePitcherWins
mlb.com/redsox/news/nathan-eovaldi-tops-100-mph-fo…
Sure they could have traded those players for someone else, in brilliant hindsight, after Clevenger’s injury.
@Hudson6 ooooooh one guy. And with a 4.44 ERA since he came back.
@Brewer88 exactly. So they lost the trade.
I responded to “Preller got fleeced”. He didn’t, he made a sound trade, and decision, to take the team higher and had bad luck later with an injury. It was low risk as they parted with guys they didn’t need in order to free up space for improvements. If you see trades as win vs lose, as a retrospective, then that’s fine.
@Brewer88 Yes he did got fleeced. He gave up 6 guys with varying ceilings and floors for basically nothing. And just because those guys were “blocked;” which, there would have been space for both pitchers and maybe Naylor and Hedges, doesn’t mean it was low risk. Our choices weren’t trade them for Clevinger or lose them. They could have been traded for someone else and Preller lost that value.
Now you’re getting ridiculous with hindsight logic. The Marlins also screwed up by drafting and giving a signing bonus to Jose Fernandez? They should have consulted with you first so as to know what was in the future.
Yeah, they did. Just because it relies on hindsight scouting doesn’t mean the Padres didn’t get fleeced in the Clevinger trade. And I’m still convinced there’s something the Indians weren’t telling us when they traded Clevinger over here. Why else would they trade their 2nd best starter in the middle of a playoff push for a bunch of unproven guys and no-stick Austin Hedges?
Now that sounds like conspiracy theory. GMs have more to lose than gain by deliberately trading damaged goods. Regardless, the Padres ownership has designs on winning so they’re bringing in talent. They can’t predict injuries. The Indians seem bent on settling for mediocre, and in the case of their haul for Clevinger, less than that.
“GMs have more to lose than gain by deliberately trading damaged goods.”
Only if they get caught.
“The Indians seem bent on settling for mediocre, and in the case of their haul for Clevinger, less than that.”
If they hit on just one of those guys they got, they win the trade.
All 4 of the guys the Mariners got are looking like they will make the opening day roster with at least 2 as starters so you may be right about that. Pretty much the only trade DiPoto has ever got the better side of.
@Pads Fan I agree that the Mariners got the better end of the stick on this one, but just barley. Saying all four guys making the opening day roster on Mariners isn’t saying much. Any of these four guys wouldn’t sniff a 26 man roster spot on a contending team tbh. Maybe Munoz, but even that would be maybe. Was Nola worth all that we gave up? Probably not, but we did trade from surplus. All four of the guys we gave to the Mariners wouldn’t be on our opening day roster to begin with, so it’s not like we’re gonna regret the trade. Nola has more value to our team than any of those four guys we gave up, cause we really needed a better offensive catcher. Nola is a definite upgrade from Torrens and France this year would be back in triple A. Munoz would of had a hard time making the OD roster with how many bullpen guys we have, and Trammell was to far on the depth chart to be irrelevant anymore. Grisham is our center fielder for now, but I’m pretty sure he’ll get moved to left or right once Abrahams is called up in another year and half to two years. So I mean it’s hard to say Dipoto really got the better side of us, cause it’s not like he Tatis for James Shields us.
Nola replaced Hedges/ Mieja, who were Mendoza-liners,improving Padres at that position. What they sent to the Mariners hasn’t been missed AT ALL. I’d argue that Adams may prove to be a steal. Verdict is still out on that trade, but it’s hilarious to see Dodger fans in here hoping it’s a serious finger fracture. Nola will be back in a couple of weeks. …I still like this trade for the Padres.
Munoz won’t be on the Mariners opening day roster. France is backup to Seager. On Pads he’d be backup to Kim who is backup to Manny, or he’d be back at AAA more likely. Torrens is ave hitter, poor catcher, he would not make the Padres roster. Trammell is being rushed IMO but the Mariners are desperate to fill OF spot. We’ll see how he does. Meanwhile Nola and Adams lock down two key roster spots for SD.
Adams is an out-of-options middle reliever who just overcame a pretty major surgery.
If he struggles, even slightly, and the Padres need a roster spot, he’ll be one of the first to go.
I actually don’t think thats true about Adams at all because he’s a much higher upside play than Altavilla or Williams that they also received from SEA who are out of options too. I think they envision Adams as more of a potential late inning option, like a possible future set up man when healthy.
I think you’d see Guerra, Williams, Altavilla, Humphreys all be moved out to clear a 40 man spot before him, so he’s probably like the 4th or 5th on the pecking order for RPs to lose their roster spot. I’m pretty confident he’ll remain with them this season.
What about the Cano trade?
Exactly
We are fine we got campy who will hold the line until Nola is back. The Padres are suffering from a lot of talent and not enough roster spots anuwaus
Campusano has really looked good this spring so would love to see him get a shot but still disappointed about Nola. Great example of persistence and humility. Willing to work his way into the majors at catcher.
If Campusano doesn’t break camp as the starter there will be plenty of Catchers made available by the end of spring training. Padres will be fine
There are very few players who can jump straight to being a quality MLB starter after barely playing above Single A, and I highly doubt Campusano is the next Albert Pujols in that regard. If the Padres don’t sign a free agent, then Campusano will be Caratini’s backup.
Enlighten us, who are these mystery catchers? That position is one of the weakest in MLB atm. Teams aren’t giving quality catching away for nothing just because ST ends
Maybe they can get Jon Lucroy. Go wild everyone!
Relax, sky is not falling
There isn’t a better catcher presently on the market. Caratini is a switch hitter with decent pop that’s also a good receiver. He will surprise. Will be behind the dish on opening day.
Thought it was Aaron Nola at first and almost dropped my phone
Lots of over-reacting here. Nola is out a couple of weeks, these bumps happen throughout season. He’ll get 450 ABs this year.
Valdez had a fractured finger diagnosed, and is now out all year. Quite the assumption that Nola couldn’t possibly have similar damage
Not an assumption, before making wild comparisons or getting your hopes up that he’s out for the year, get caught up on the facts which are available now to the public. He’s out 2-4 weeks max.
google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j…
Looks like the usual recovery time for finger fractures is anywhere from 2-6 weeks even if surgery is required. 6 weeks seems to be the maximum even in the worst cases.
Perhaps Valdez requires longer because he has a fracture of a finger on his pitching hand. Nola is a catcher with a fracture on his glove hand finger.
Article says 3-6 weeks before you can start sports activities. Then Nola needs to play enough to get his timing back so another 3-6 weeks. So a total of 6-12 weeks. Puts his return at end of April. With Caratini and Campusano on the roster that should not be a problem.
Recovery time depends on severity of the fracture. This one isn’t severe and if it were September he’d keep playing through playoffs. They will be cautious though and he won’t play first 2 weeks of season. Then Pads have him back for remaining 150 games or so. Hardly cause to hit panic button.
Rub some money on it and get back out there…