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Padres To Sign Shogo Akiyama To Minors Deal

By TC Zencka | April 30, 2022 at 12:54pm CDT

The Padres have reached an agreement to sign former Reds outfielder Shogo Akiyama to a minor league deal, per The Athletic’s C. Trent Rosecrans (via Twitter).

There were rumors even earlier today that the Seibu Lions were interested in bringing Akiyama back to the organization where he made his name, but the Japanese outfielder apparently is not yet done with Major League Baseball. With the Reds, he made 183 trips to the plate in each of 2020 and 2021, hitting a combined .224/.320/.274 in that time.

The Padres seem almost continually to shuffle their roster in reaction to injury. So long as Trent Grisham remains healthy, he’ll be the man in center field, though health has been an issue at times for Grisham. With Wil Myers recently going on the injured list, however, it’s been a new collection of bodied patrolling the grass including Matt Beaty, Trayce Thompson, and Jose Azocar. Akiyama could provide necessary depth in this area.

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  1. towinagain

    9 months ago

    Good pick up

    Reply
    • Curly Was The Smart Stooge

      9 months ago

      What’s good about it?

      Reply
      • Jarred Kelenic's Beer Can

        9 months ago

        It’s outfield depth for just peanuts.

        Reply
  2. chicoescuela

    9 months ago

    Lol Padres

    Reply
    • Curly Was The Smart Stooge

      9 months ago

      We all know the Shogo must go on

      Reply
  3. peteredwardrose4256

    9 months ago

    Glad he didn’t stick with Reds

    Reply
    • Ron Tingley

      9 months ago

      Weird comment

      Reply
    • titanic struggle

      9 months ago

      I wish he WOULD have been good enough to stick with the Reds!

      Reply
    • Curly Was The Smart Stooge

      9 months ago

      Did he step in fly paper?

      Reply
  4. Steinbrenner2728

    9 months ago

    Channeling my inner “TonyGwynnSD19” here and just gonna go: LOL Padres

    Reply
    • Gwynning

      9 months ago

      Channeling a troll to be another troll? That dude isn’t even a Padre fan.

      Reply
    • Brew88

      9 months ago

      Lol 14-7

      Reply
  5. Old York

    9 months ago

    Big name pick up for the Padres! Going to be tough for LAD to match that.

    Reply
    • elmedius

      9 months ago

      Oh yes, because the Dodger’s bench is soooo deep and they aren’t playing primarily displaced infielders in the outfield.

      Reply
      • tstats

        9 months ago

        Bellinger a defense was too good to waste and now he is a gold glover type CF, Taylor is an adequate defender in left, Betts is the best RF of this generation at least with the glove, Lux yeah sure… at least they haven’t tried Freddie in Left

        Reply
  6. beersy

    9 months ago

    It’s crazy to think that a team with San Diego’s payroll will most likely be a better team with Akiyama in the outfield. Myers is hurt (wasn’t doing anything before going on the IL), Grisham looks completely lost (but still has the “big league attitude”, Beatty is doing worse than Grisham and Profar is coming back down to earth. Trayce Thompson looked alright last night in Pittsburgh and with the way he was tearing the cover off the ball in AAA, hopefully they give him a chance.

    The Padres are winning with smoke and mirrors right now and beating teams they should beat, hopefully they can keep this up until Tatis gets back.

    Reply
    • elmedius

      9 months ago

      Where are you on putting Tatis in the OF?

      Reply
      • beersy

        9 months ago

        The way Kim has been hitting, I would be for it personally. Of course, if moving Tatis off of SS has him tripping over his bottom lip in the OF, then it wouldn’t be worth it. This team NEEDS his bat terribly.

        The pen really needs to start getting things figured out too, the team can’t rely on Rogers pitching ever game. He has had to come in the last 3 games to get the final outs and in reality he should have only been needed in 1 of those games. Pomeranz, Pierce and Castillo will definitely help things, but Preller & Co. may have to look outside the organization for some help if this keeps up.

        Reply
        • elmedius

          9 months ago

          Just keep him away from soccer balls.

        • beersy

          9 months ago

          And motorcycles!!

        • thelegendaryharambe

          9 months ago

          And groupies

  7. Jjjj

    9 months ago

    I’m glad for Akiyama and hope he finds success with the Padres. It was a sad situation in Cincinnati and I always thought he was a fun player to watch.

    Reply
  8. Bobcastelliniscat

    9 months ago

    As a Red’s fan I am happy for Shogo. He seems like a very nice guy, but just had some terrible luck here in Cincinnati. A tree landing his wife’s head being the most serious. I hope he can turn it around and contributes to the Padres.

    Reply
    • Edelapena08

      9 months ago

      Wait what

      Reply
  9. letmeclearmythroat74

    9 months ago

    Shogo should be no show

    Reply
  10. Enzosrevenge

    9 months ago

    Hey!! Yu has a new pal…

    Reply
  11. Brew88

    9 months ago

    This is minor league depth piece to replace Trayce

    Reply
  12. PLTuna

    9 months ago

    This is a minor league depth signing. Not sure why people are talking so much crud.

    Reply
  13. mattwild1

    9 months ago

    LOL Padres.

    Reply
  14. Who else

    9 months ago

    Very nice guy, good luck sir

    Reply
  15. CrikesAlready

    9 months ago

    If he can carry a bat to home plate, he will be an improvement over Matt Beaty.

    There’s a reason the Dodgers DFAed him.

    Reply

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