The Padres have told three veteran non-roster invitees that they have made the Opening Day roster. First baseman Yuli Gurriel (as per reporter Francys Romero), infielder Jose Iglesias (as per Jon Heyman of the New York Post) and catcher Martin Maldonado (as per Kevin Acee of the San Diego Union-Tribune) will officially have their minor league contracts selected once the Padres clear three spots on their 40-man roster. Acee also reports that Gavin Sheets will be part of the active roster, after Sheets’ contract was selected earlier this week.
Iglesias and Gurriel are both Article XX(b) free agents, and thus yesterday was the first opt-out date on their minor league deals. It isn’t known if Iglesias or Gurriel actually enacted their opt-out clauses to force the Padres’ hand, but regardless, the two infielders will now be part of San Diego’s roster when the season begins on Thursday.
Iglesias only signed with the Padres on March 5, and the $3MM salary attached to his minors deal if he made the roster seemingly hinted that the team was always aiming to include him in a backup infield role. Making the team officially locks in that salary, as Iglesias looks to have an encore to possibly the most remarkable season of his 12 years in the Show.
Signed to a minors deal by the Mets last winter, Iglesias was called up to the team in late May and proceeded to hit .337/.381/.448 over 291 plate appearances — far outpacing the career .277/.319/.382 slash line he’d produced in his previous 4043 PA. A .382 BABIP played a hefty role in Iglesias’ career year, yet BABIP wasn’t as important an acronym as OMG, Iglesias’ song that became an instant hit with New York fans and became symbolic of the Mets’ turn-around season.
Gurriel will earn a $1.35MM salary for making the team as the 40-year-old prepares for his 10th big league season. A winner of two World Series rings during his time in Houston, Gurriel has hit only .243/.297/.356 in 978 PA for the Astros, Marlins, and Royals over the last three seasons. He hit well enough in the Padres’ camp, however, to work his way into the bench mix.
Manny Machado, Xander Bogaerts, Jake Cronenworth, and Luis Arraez are lined up San Diego’s starting infielders, and the latter two players are left-handed hitters. That could provide an opening for the right-handed hitting Iglesias and Gurriel to grab some at-bats when a southpaw is on the mound, plus Gurriel could also split some DH time with Sheets (another lefty swinger).
The 38-year-old Maldonado also had an opt-out in his deal, and he’ll forego exercising that clause now that he has been tabbed as the Padres’ backup catcher behind Elias Diaz. Maldonado has long been highly regarded for his defense and ability to work with pitchers, even as his offense has rarely even been average over his 14-year career. Maldonado has a .203/.278/.344 slash line over 3449 career PA, and last season saw him crater out by hitting .119/.174/.230 in 147 PA with the White Sox.
Obviously San Diego is prioritizing glovework over anything Maldonado can or can’t produce at the plate. It might also be a sign of how Luis Campusano’s stock has fallen, as the former top prospect struggled through a rough 2024 season and now looks to be starting 2025 in the minors.
Not deep, just desperate.
“Desperate but not serious….”
That goes back a few!
Europe before WW1
OMG
This bench does not look very good. But the clubhouse vibes must be 80 grade!
This is what the Padres have become. A major league team rostering Maldonado and Gurriel in 2025 because the owner gives them a dentist toy chest budget
The payroll is over 200 million, up from last year.
Unfortunately, it wasn’t spent properly. They could have signed Higgy for what they gave Iglesias, Maldonado and Joe.
Agree Fouts
WTF are you talking about. The Padres have a $260 million CBT payroll. 6th largest in baseball.
Because all those awful extensions are starting to kick in. What payroll did they add besides this parade of minor league signings?
If you don’t know, maybe you should just not comment.
Not many teams can tax dodge like the dodgers. Wish we could but unfortunately not every team can. And not many teams can afford to constantly pay luxury taxes.
Without those extensions all they would have done is backfilled the holes left by all their good players leaving
They didn’t have a single major league signing until Heyward and Joe in January and you are pretending they spent because Tatis and Cronenworth are starting to get paybumps lmao
Bring, those huge deals will force the Padres to continue to choose between aging vets and rookies when filling out the roster. When injuries and disappointments happen, the Padres may not have the budget to fix the team on the fly.
Yep, Padre fans, all is lost. The Padres tried to match the heroic Dodgers, they spent money like drunken sailors, their pitiful owner couldn’t go the distance, and not it’s a team of old has-beens and never-will-be’s, with a team mortgage half the size of the national debt. Stupid, silly Padres, for even trying … yada .. yada … yada .. typical B.S..
Repeat, over and over, thread after thread, again and again, forever more.
(Meanwhile, ignore whatever the Padres accomplish, because that might ruin their message or reveal their hurt feeling’s …. ).
@ amk
The money going to those players is not “pretend” spending. Do you not include your house payment in your budget, because its not new?
It counts as spending but it doesn’t improve the team as their window is closing
Not sure what happens to campy. Jose was always making the team and provides good infield depth. Will see about gurriel, seems like Machado got him a spot.
Looks like Joe, gurriel, Maldonado, sheets, Jose, will be make the team. Which would mean one of Gonzalez, Wade, campy, Rosario, Heyward or campy will get the final spot. Gonzalez had the best spring out of those guys. My guess is Heyward likely lands it.
Campy’s had 10x the opportunities at most other minor leaguers have had, and hasn’t been able to turn the corner for whatever reason. On the other hand, he’s EARNED those opportunities via 5 or 6 minor league seasons – no one faults him on his work ethic or talent.
Baseball’s a hard thing to master, and the catcher position (as I’m sure you know Simm), is perhaps the toughest position to master. Campy may just not have it in him. He’s gonna get another chance to prove himself in AAA, address what the Padres have repeatedly cited as his weaknesses, and perhaps end up finishing the season with the big club. The Pads organization is so thin at catching that they’re running out Vet retreads from other organizations, so I can’t image them trading Campusano away, unless some organization really values him and offers an overpay of come combination.
Hope it works out for Campy. I’ve never heard anything bad about him. I feel for him seeing his life’s dream failing, but he’s a $millionaire twice over and young. Can’t feel sorry for him.
Manny wants some old guys around to make him feel younger. I know the feeling.
$261M
What the padres have become? A team hoping a defensive first back up catcher can hold a back up position and a career .275/.330/.453 hitter against lefties can be a platoon bat at 1B and DH against lefties?
OH THE DESPERATION lmao. Dodgers are doing something similar taking a chance on 38 year Luis Garcia to give them innings out of the bullpen. Such desperation.
Doing it with bullpen arms is a lot different than washed position players. What purpose does old Gurriel do on a team with three 1B already exactly?
I don’t know what they see in Gurriel. His OPS+ hasn’t been above 85 since 2021.
You’re doing it with Austin Barnes as a backup catcher lmao don’t even know your own roster fair weather fans like amk are a joke and disgrace to the dodgers fan base.
Who are the 3 1B? Arraez Gurriel and…….cronenworth? Cronenworth is a 2B. Joe? Joe can play OF and platoon as a RH bat in LF. Learn ball.
Sheets?
Do we need to write an L on your left hand and R on your right hand amk?
Sheets and Arraez bat left handed
Joe and Gurriel bat right handed
You’re confused why they’d carry guys who can form platoons at 1B, DH?
Seems pretty obvious to anyone with a functioning brain
Joe can platoon LF or 1B or DH as the right side of the platoon
Gurriel can platoon DH or 1B as the right side of the platoon
Majority of teams utilize platoon situations
Do you know what the word platoon means? Cause all you do is just prove your own ignorance time and time again and instead of talking baseball we just spend time correcting you being constantly wrong. It gets boring.
It will likely be Joe/Heyward in left. Sheets gurriel at DH. With Jose giving days off at 2b/ss/3b. With Joe/sheets/gurriel giving Arraez a day off once in a while.
Makes me wonder what amk stands for. I like amateur monkey knowledge.
I lived in Turkey for a few years. Amk is Turkish slang for constantly feeling frustrated. Like how Americans say the F word when upset. Thats amk in Turkish slang. So guess they’re constantly feeling frustrated.
All you do is ramble and make up things to say “fair weather fan”. Austin Barnes has been the Dodgers backup catcher for 10 years. He’s been great in that role. This has nothing to do with Padres dumpster diving. What next the Dodgers signed David Bote so that means they will have the same record as San Diego next year? Let’s see what weird dots you try to connect
Omg they rostered Maldy.
In all seriousness, I look forward to see what Cease and King will do throwing to that guy.
Probably throw a lot of passed balls to a catcher that hits .150!
Look at the games they threw to him in spring training for your answer.
Yuli making the team is an eyebrow raiser. Maldonado making the team is not a good sign
Maldonado making the team just says they want a defensive backup. Which is fine as they don’t need a ton of offense from that spot. Yuli is definitely the biggest question mark. If he doesn’t hit well he will be released and Tirso will get his shot.
Simm: Maldonado isn’t that good defensively anymore. Time for him to get into coaching.
I’m sure he is better than campy at defense. To be fair I’m pretty shocked he made the team.
As an Astro fan I watched his defensive regression. He was pretty close to terrible his final year with them. I doubt he’s gotten better as he’s gotten older. That’s not just me saying it, defensive metrics back it up
I’m not saying you’re wrong but campy has been extremely bad on defense.
Maldonado, at one time, was a great defensive catcher. While he still has a lot of knowledge, he no longer has the tools. All he has now is the experience. Look at his defensive numbers for the last three years.
I definitely see the Padres signing a C as teams reduce rosters. MM won’t be on the team long.
I can see that as well. It’s possible they even call up Salas later in the year if he performs well in the minors. Padres need to solve catcher, LF and DH. Will see if any of these vets can hold it down for this season.
Imagine being teammates with a guy who made racist taunts after cheating against you.
I forgot about that.
That all been resolved. Nothing burger at this point.
Imagine caring about it more than the actual recipient of the taunts.
Imagine holding grudges forever? That’s healthy.
When someone displays their character, believe them.
Padres will have to DFA both Wade and Rosario to do this. Stupid. Haven’t they learned their lessen on 40 year old DH? Heyward has shown he can’t hit his way out of a wet paper bag, but he will make the squad instead of Ornelas or Joe?
I don’t mind the Heyward signing. They’re severely lacking in OF depth, and he can still play an alright corner and has been league-average or better against righties the past two years. Hopefully, Tirso will tear it up in AAA and get the call soon. Awful roster management for me.
Did you see Lockridge play this spring? Who would you honestly rather have as the 4th OF?
Joe will start in the minors? WTF? He was much, much better than Gurriel. He had one of the best springs of all the guys and he will be in El Paso.
This is straight up stupid. April games count too. Why are the Padres giving a half dozen of them away early in the season for this garbage? Why are they killing the team’s depth by losing 3 players to DFA for these guys?
This makes zero sense.
I didn’t watch Lockridge play. I’m guessing Heyward got the nod because of the guaranteed money + platoon vet presence… I don’t love it, but Lockridge has options still, right? Unfortunately, there are too many righties among their standout performers this ST: Lockridge, Joe, and, to a lesser extent, Rosario. But I definitely wouldn’t sacrifice Rosario for a 41-year-old Gurriel; that’s an asinine move even if Rosario never moves the needle at the ML level.
Padres announced this morning that the final position roster spot goes to Lockridge. Joe, Gonzalez and McCoy sent to minors. Wade and Eguy gone on waivers
Bummer about Rosario. Hopefully, Joe will be able to take Gurriel’s spot soon, and they can figure something out for backup C.
The difference between Heyward’s $1 million and major league minimum is $240K this year.
Brew, I can’t like your post. I hate that the Padres are sacrificing those two for a 40 year old and a useless 35 year old 5th OF.
Yes, but the difference between rostering Heyward and rostering a pre-arb player on the 26-man is $1.75M vs $1M given the guaranteed salary. Not saying that should get in the way of fielding the best team, of course. Clearly, they’re fine with DFAing Wade’s guaranteed money.
@Pads If it was possible I’d have angry face emoji on my post. Nothing against Lockridge, I like him more than Heyward and Gurriel, but I hare that they gave up on Eguy, and to some extent Joe
Sheets has hit well (15 for 36 – a .416 BA) against guys that are minor league pitchers, but has gone 1 for 17 with 3 BB this spring against pitchers with MLB experience. That is a .059 BA and .200 OBP.
Iglesias went 5 for 25 with 0 BB and only 1 ball making it out of the infield. A .200 BA and OBP and a .440 OPS. You cannot get much worse than that. In the field he blew 2 double play balls. His salary pushes the Padres over the 2nd CBT threshold and costs them $5 million.
9 of Rosario’s 11 hits were XBH. 6 DBL and 3 HR. He had the same .200 BA as Iglesias, but a .752 OPS. 412 points higher than Iglesias. He will be playing for another team in a few days.
I don’t expect Iglesias to replicate anything near 2024, but SS depth is pretty thin after Bogaerts. If Iglesias keeps McCoy in AAA I think it’s a positive move.
I’m not sold on Sheets, but I don’t mind a roll of the dice on a lefty 1B/DH type… Padres don’t have a ton of power-stroke in their lineup. I would’ve gone with Heyward Iglesias Rosario Sheets and Campusano/Sullivan. Joe’s looking promising, too; even though I was very lukewarm on the signing at the time, I’m happy he still has options.
Sheets is definitely worth the risk. He basically had to make the team. The other players were a bit of a dice roll. Gonzalez definitely deserved a look.
Wade and McCoy are both better defensively and Iglesias has shown this spring what he has left in the tank. Nothing. Zero. Zilch. He hit exactly one ball out of the infield. 2 of his 5 hits were full swing dribblers that barely made it to the pitcher.
I gotta disagree. Wade and McCoy are org fodder types. Iglesias may very well be cooked, but I’m fine with taking a chance on him over either of these guys (knowing full well that he’s not hitting anywhere close to last year).
My only issue with the bench is Yuli being a complete zero with the bat and glove and jettisoning Rosario to make room. All of the other moves (even Maldonado, which I absolutely hate) I can understand to varying degrees.
“What the numbers say is what you are” – Bill Belichick
Writing was on the wall when they signed Iglesias and Gurriel and brought them into camp.. Pads now have the most veteran bench (read; slowest and oldest bench) in MLB. Wade could still be added to last spot, but my guess is that it goes to Joe. I hope Eguy gets his chance somewhere else and rakes out a fine MLB career, he’s not the AAAA player the Pads think he is.
Yeah it was over for him the minute they signed Jose in my opinion. For whatever reason the padres didn’t have much faith in him and Tirso.
It is one old slow bench. They look to be going with experience over speed and youth. Prob can stash a player like Wade in aaa.
I thought Wade was out of options and he’s gone unless he clears waivers and they bring him back? But another team will likely pick him up
Brew- ease is out of options but he may clear waivers
Pads just announced that Lockridge given the last roster spot, Wade and Eguy to waivers
Or traded?
Wade is out of options
So absolutely no offense out of LF and C. And DH on most days. And before the season starts two AAA guys brought up to the starting rotation. After the first four in the order pass through, drop off to Bogaerts and Cronenworth both approaching Heyward status and then a black hole after them. Good news, wont miss any Padres action for a couple of innings when I head to the concessions.
@DanFan
Lol, just told my buddy every 7-9 at-bats will be an auto-skip early in the year.
I thought the judge blocked John Seidler from being control person?
I’m bummed Eguy isn’t getting sn opportunity. Honestly I thought he had a little J-Ram in him. A poor man’s version, but a nice piece to have. I’m really surprised they went with Yuli over him considering one guy is 40 and hasn’t been good in years and the other is out of options.
Those two decisions could backfire quickly.
Both were on MINOR LEAGUE deals. Only Iglesias had ability to opt out and he would have had to take that option earlier in the week. He didn’t. There is no excuse for losing Rosario and Wade. None.
Loved Iggy in Cincinnati and have always been a big fan!
Not a bad strategy. Gurriel is like will smith since he seems to be the missing piece that helps teams get to the playoffs that are on the cusp. Marlins and royals the last two years, so maybe it helps the padres at least get there.
I like Heyward and Iglesias making the team, which is on paper 2025’s Peralta and HSK, respectively. Maldonado is AWFUL, but I can kinda see the decision to let Campusano try and refocus on his development. I don’t have high hopes for Diaz, but I’m hoping he can stay healthy. Frankly, I would’ve just given the backup spot to Sullivan if they didn’t want to relegate Campusano to #2 C. I was really hoping the Padres could even grab someone like Maile… C is gonna suck this year.
Gurriel is just awful and indefensible. Both Joe and Rosario have recently shown they can outperform him offensively at the MLB level and offer more defensive flexibility. They’re going to lose an intriguing depth piece in Rosario if they don’t roster him, too. Bewildering signing and the 7-9 spot is looking excruciating to open the year. My only hope is that the vets will have very short leashes.
Isn’t that it? The vets will start the season and have short leashes. Rosters do turn over- Tirso, Joe and Campy will play every day and eventually get their time. I like Rosario and think losing him may be short sighted Isn’t the idea with Gurriel for veteran late game at bats? It seems there is very little to lose here if this doesn’t work because you can change it out pretty cost effectively
I’m not worried about finding a replacement for Gurriel if he struggles, but having to constantly tinker at the edges of the roster because the FO refuses to give bench spots to their young and cheap talent is tiresome, as well as poor resource management. They just turned over their entire bench from last year and LF + C because everyone (save Peralta, perhaps) became unaffordable, I would think this would be top-of-mind for the club because the payroll constraints are not going to get any easier as Machado and Bogaerts eat up significant payroll space in their mid-30s.
Guy, The Padres will LOSE the two guys that could replace those old bleeps on waivers. That is what they have to lose. When Gurriel has to hit MLB pitching and returns to the sorry bleep he has been for the last few years, Rosario and Wade will be gone. There will be no replacements coming. We are stuck with Gurriel or worse all season. That is what this decision means.
Fair enough. I guess I see it as Lockridge replaces Wade’s speed and Iglesias replaces his defense with higher upside at the plate. I like Rosario but he didn’t hit enough this Spring to impress I guess. Joe could replace Gurriel at DH and first if he truly is washed up. They seem to like veterans for the bench. At this time last year you could say all the negatives about Gurriel as you could about Profar- no one saw that coming. Like it or not the Padres are set up to just pay their core guys and tinker around the edges on the bench. This could be a Carpenter / Cruz or Solano/ Peralta situation,we’ll find out.
Granted, no one saw Profar’s All-Star season coming, but at least he filled a gap defensively, could switch-hit, and had age on his side. It didn’t hurt that he had some history of success with the team, either. The best I can say for Gurriel is I’ll be genuinely surprised if he’s at least league-average with the bat—something Rosario and Joe already are while offering more defensive versatility. I just gotta let this one go.
If this means DFA for Rosario because he is out of options then I don’t love it. Way more upside/control with him compared to Yuli. Hopefully they have a trade or something in the works and don’t lose him for nothing.
Both Rosario and Wade will be gone.
Wade isn’t an MLB caliber player. He should pass through waivers and head to el paso.
Gurriel over Rosario and Joe makes no damn sense.
BS. Wade showed he is a MLB caliber player last season. You know who hasn’t recently? Heyward. Gurriel. Do you know who else showed this spring that he has absolutely nothing left? Iglesias.
Respectfully, Wade had nearly a -1 WAR and an OPS+ of 50 last year. He was well liked by teammates and fans, but you can’t even spot-start him in 2025. Iglesias is a risk, but still has more offensive and defensive upside as an occasional starter in the infield.
Lockridge will get first crack at LF platoon, and I don’t think Heyward has a very long leash, especially since Tirso bats lefty. Same with Gurriel; if he struggles early, he’ll get cut in favor of Joe.
Looks that way, thought neither are looking great but is definitely a choice vs keeping gurriel.
Let’s roll
Hard to roll when you have 40 year old guys that have the same spring speed as an injured turtle on the roster. More like limp.
It’s what we are rolling with
I was absolutely wrong the other day when I said this was a 76 win roster tops.
This is a 72 win roster. If Tatis or Merrill go down for an extended stretch, we’re looking at 100 losses and a shot at ‘stealing’ the #1 pick away from the White Sox, Rockies or Marlins(!)
Yep. SD’s depth is non-existent.
This is truly starts and scrubs roster.
Maldonaldo’s defense is not worth this much; but Campy has irreparably wrecked his career by trying to be Tony Batista. Yuli Gurriel deserves a second chance, but not in the same clubhouse as Yu Darvish.
Yuli Gurriel needs to be retired.
Darvish forgave him. I don’t see why anyone else should be concerned about it.
He gestured asian eyes, big deal. There’s nothing wrong with having Asian eyes and there’s nothing wrong with describing them. Yuli played in Japan, and said he has nothing but respect for Japanese pitchers. What a crock to keep throwing this up on him.
He played in Japan but didn’t ingratiate himself enough into that culture to understand that it’s a taboo. It’s more of an intelligence/character issue from that kind of behavior.
What’s with Preller and geriatric roadkill? Another run at the Carpenter and Nelson Cruz approach to cheap contracts. Not only these three but the equally futile Jason Heyward. The worst LF and C combos in the majors. This is going to be ugly.
Sending Luis Campusano—a former top prospect with a .225/.274/.355 MLB line over 541 PA—to the minors signals a hidden truth: teams overvalue unproven upside when proven floors are available cheaper.
Reading these comments are a particularly large amount of fun. The opinions are as strong minded, diverse, and contrarian as ever I’ve seen.
If only someone could have mic’d up AJ Preller’s meeting room over the past week, because the evaluators, coaches, Shildty, and AJP are gonna be having the same kind of conversations. It would have been highly entertaining. As Shildt has stressed, there are about 10 guys who have had great springs, all of who could potentially contribute to winning baseball, if they are not actually pivotal in 2025. WHO are those players, and who will become this years Nelson Cruz/Matt Carpenter black holes? It’s not like there’s that much riding on these roster decisions, right?
For every critical and dismissive remark on this thread about players or the roster decisions, remember that absolutely NO ONE (except maybe Tati) predicted Profar’s 2024 breakout (or maybe flash-in-the-pan – time will tell) season. No one here is any wiser this year about these decisions, than they were last year.
Winning in April is the only way anyone will know where the 2025 his headed. Like most everyone else, I fear the pretty-much Spring-Training proven non-hitters added to the roster. That’s because because like most Padre fans, I almost take defense for granted at this point, because of the position-player stars on this team are THAT good. I don’t know if I can handle a Hedges-style automatic out every nine hitters, or maybe even every TWO of nine hitters. That gulf between the seventh hitter and lead off hitter can feel like an eternity, without at least SOME bunting & speed ability to at least reset the lineup.
It’s like movie night 1980 all over again where a few folks go to the video rental store to pick a movie but can’t agree because the selection is too vast.
Has anyone seen or heard anything about the Rule 5 (i.e. from Baltimore) pitcher Juan Nuñez this Spring? Has he even pitched in Spring Training? Results? I can’t find a single article about him, other than maybe a footnote that he’s in S.T. for the Pads, but maybe my internet search skill have failed me.
sandiegouniontribune.com/2025/03/23/gurriel-iglesi…
“Reliever Alek Jacob has made the club, which leaves the Padres needing to fill one more spot in the eight-man bullpen. The decision probably comes down to Logan Gillaspie, a true long man, and Rule 5 pick Juan Nuñez. (Shildt and others have repeatedly said the team does not plan to make the starting pitcher who doesn’t make the rotation into a long man in the bullpen.)”
Have seen him in the box score about 3 times. relieved Cease in his last outing and went 1. 1 clean innings. Is still in the running for a roster spot.
According to the San Diego UT, it is possible Eguy Rosario could still get the last bench roster spot. But, it does not sound like the Pads are leaning that way.
sandiegouniontribune.com/2025/03/23/gurriel-iglesi…
“Gurriel (first base, designated hitter), Iglesias (shortstop, second and third base), Maldonado (catcher) and Sheets (DH, first base, corner outfield spots) give the Padres coverage at all the positions and provide the ability to pinch hit at the bottom of the order.
What they don’t necessarily provide is an exceptional defensive replacement for left fielder Jason Heyward when the Padres are trying to protect a slim lead late.
Lockridge, who has hit .364 (16-for-44) and possibly Joe, who has hit .316 (12-for-38) with a .469 on-base percentage, are the only ones who would fit that bill, even though Rosario played some left field and Wade started at least one game at all three outfield spots last season.”
The article goes on to say keeping an out-of-options “promising and versatile” guy on the roster like Rosario solely to prevent losing him to waivers just can’t be a consideration like it was in previous seasons. It is solely about what the brain trust believes most helps the team win now. Make of that explanation what you will.
If you have the lead, and need the defense, leave Hayward in the game.
It’s hard to square how the team would sacrifice a potential longterm utility piece with a win-now mentality when they carried a Rule 5 guy last year.
So reputation and seniority are more important than talent and production now?
Jarren, I’m not a fan of keeping Yuli and Maldo and losing Eguy. That said, you can’t really call what Eguy and a few others being sent down have done at MLb level “talent and production”.
It’s more accurate to say past proven talent and production in an aging declining player v potential talent and potential production as potential development occurs.
These guys are supposed to be prospect talent evaluators as much as anything so, I’m going to gove a little wait and see.
@LTC Oh. Eguy Rosario is going to be DFA’d eventually. My comment was referring more to guys like Tirso Ornalas and Oscar Gonzalez. You can try. But you cannot convince me we are better with Yuli and Heyward on the team than those dudes.
Jarren,
I believe both Tirso and Oscar can be sent down to AAA to be stashed and at least for Tirso, he needs to play everyday to continue developing. Also, he cooled off the last couple of weeks.
Oscar – I like as 4th OF for sure but, he isn’t a DH candidate as much as Yuli so, there is that.
Unlike previous years (Matt Carpenter), these 2 guys aren’t costing much to give 30 games to see what they (and the AAA guys) do. SD is highly unlikely to challenge for division so, 30 games or so shouldn’t affect outcome at end of Sept.
I think the convincing you part is just like everyone else – just going to have to wait and see how it plays out. One or both will be released if they aren’t performing. Basically, trying to recreate Peralta and Solano with 2 guys that have been there / done that. If it fails, give the young guys their chance.
Gonzalez also uses the Spongebob theme song as his walk-up music so maybe that could be the Padres’ version of what “Baby Shark” was for the 2019 Nationals.
Will Iglesias perform OMG at Petco?
Holy Old Timer’s Day.
Finally the Padres name fits their average age…
Jose Iglesias!
Guys I reported the Yuli Gurriel call up 25 minutes before Francys (2:10p ET), actually Francys gave credit on a second tweet:
x.com/daniel_malas/status/1903865879797923863