*Padres Off-Season 2019: Should they move Myers?

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The Athletic's Ken Rosenthal:


Add the Padres to the list of rebuilding clubs that are itching to be more competitive in 2019. The Pads need a third baseman and starting pitching, and trading left fielder Wil Myers — who is owed $64 million through 2022, including a $1 million buyout — is one possibility, sources say.

Myers, who turns 28 on Dec. 10, appeared in only 83 games last season due to three separate injuries — right arm nerve irritation, a strained left oblique and a left foot contusion and bone bruise. The Padres have grown increasingly enamored with Franmil Reyes in left and are comfortable with Hunter Renfroe in right, potentially leaving Myers without a position.

Keep this in mind as well — Myers is due $5.5 million of his signing bonus by the middle of this month, and another $8.5 million of it next November.

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I say yes, they damned well should and use that $$$ on 3B and SP.

[aztecryan]

They should. Myers can't stay healthy and has no position on the team going forward. His contract balloons next season, so I would try and get value this offseason.

[ignoranus]

Yes, trade him. I expect that the Padres will, once again, have to eat a big chunk of his salary going forward; in order to move him.

[aztecmusician]

Myers still has some good years left in his bat, I think moving him in the prime of his career would be a mistake. Besides after his injury plagued season last year, they won’t get anything near what he is worth.

[aztecryan]

Nov 6, 2018 10:24:38 GMT -8 ignoranus said:

Yes, trade him. I expect that the Padres will, once again, have to eat a big chunk of his salary going forward; in order to move him.

His contract is fine in the grand scheme of things. Only owed 64 million dollars, I believe. He's forecasted to be a 3 WAR player next season, but I think they will shop him just because of his lack of a position.