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Post by azteca on Dec 23, 2023 17:14:31 GMT -8
Just wanted to make sure you knew it was official!!!
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Post by aztecryan on Dec 23, 2023 17:20:51 GMT -8
Just wanted to make sure you knew it was official!!! I saw that. Apparently they were working on the tail-end of the deal with the opt-outs.
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Post by aztecryan on Dec 24, 2023 15:53:35 GMT -8
Matsui is projected to be the best reliever on the staff and a fringe top 20 reliever in baseball. Identical ERA's with Josh Hader, per Depth Charts.
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Post by aztecryan on Dec 26, 2023 9:44:05 GMT -8
Kiermaier returning to Toronto. Options in center shrink further now....and the Grisham inclusion looks worse and worse.
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Post by aardvark on Dec 26, 2023 10:27:42 GMT -8
Kiermaier returning to Toronto. Options in center shrink further now....and the Grisham inclusion looks worse and worse. I wonder if the Padres even offered Kiermaier a contract?
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Post by aztecryan on Dec 26, 2023 10:44:36 GMT -8
Kiermaier returning to Toronto. Options in center shrink further now....and the Grisham inclusion looks worse and worse. I wonder if the Padres even offered Kiermaier a contract? Wouldn't have at the price he got.
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Post by sdsuball on Dec 26, 2023 13:54:57 GMT -8
Kiermaier returning to Toronto. Options in center shrink further now....and the Grisham inclusion looks worse and worse. Kiermaier 1 yr/10M. Bader might be cheaper..
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Post by aztecmusician on Dec 26, 2023 14:22:02 GMT -8
Kiermaier returning to Toronto. Options in center shrink further now....and the Grisham inclusion looks worse and worse. Kiermaier 1 yr/10M. Bader might be cheaper.. Both are injury prone.
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Post by aztecmusician on Dec 28, 2023 19:19:27 GMT -8
The Padres still have numerous spots to fill. The biggest concern is starting pitching. Musgrove and Darvish have arm issues. King has never gone over 100 innings as a starter and both Brito Vasquez seem kind of inexperienced. Are they expecting Morejon or Patino to suddenly put it together? Do the Padres rush one or two of their prospects up? That all but destroyed Ryan Weathers.
The Padres also need a couple of outfielders. There are usually plenty of those floating around the waver wires, but the potential of Profar, Marcano, Azocar is kind of limited. Preller has crapped out on numerous international signings, a productive Jorge Ora would be nice right about now if he panned out.
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Post by aztecryan on Dec 28, 2023 19:23:55 GMT -8
The Padres still have numerous spots to fill. The biggest concern is starting pitching. Musgrove and Darvish have arm issues. King has never gone over 100 innings as a starter and both Brito Vasquez seem kind of inexperienced. Are they expecting Morejon or Patino to suddenly put it together? Do the Padres rush one or two of their prospects up? That all but destroyed Ryan Weathers. The Padres also need a couple of outfielders. There are usually plenty of those floating around the waver wires, but the potential of Profar, Marcano, Azocar is kind of limited. Preller has crapped out on numerous international signings, a productive Jorge Ora would be nice right about now if he panned out. "Crapping out on international signings" still led to consecutive top international signees in last year's class coupled with this upcoming class. It also produced the aforementioned Patiño, top five system prospect Samuel Zavala, Jairo Iriarte, Brandon Valenzuela, Eguy Rosario and many, many others. Oña had a history of shoulder problems and didn't have the greatest work ethic on the planet. $#!+ happens.
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Post by aztecmusician on Dec 28, 2023 21:52:57 GMT -8
The Padres still have numerous spots to fill. The biggest concern is starting pitching. Musgrove and Darvish have arm issues. King has never gone over 100 innings as a starter and both Brito Vasquez seem kind of inexperienced. Are they expecting Morejon or Patino to suddenly put it together? Do the Padres rush one or two of their prospects up? That all but destroyed Ryan Weathers. The Padres also need a couple of outfielders. There are usually plenty of those floating around the waver wires, but the potential of Profar, Marcano, Azocar is kind of limited. Preller has crapped out on numerous international signings, a productive Jorge Ora would be nice right about now if he panned out. "Crapping out on international signings" still led to consecutive top international signees in last year's class coupled with this upcoming class. It also produced the aforementioned Patiño, top five system prospect Samuel Zavala, Jairo Iriarte, Brandon Valenzuela, Eguy Rosario and many, many others. Oña had a history of shoulder problems and didn't have the greatest work ethic on the planet. $#!+ happens. I hope the young guys can actually make a contribution, because the Padres don’t have much cap space and several spots on the depth chart to fill. I look at the Braves line of homegrown talent and shake my head at the Padres. Prospects are suspect until they get up to the majors and actually hit. Most Padres prospects don’t.
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Post by aztecryan on Dec 28, 2023 22:02:36 GMT -8
"Crapping out on international signings" still led to consecutive top international signees in last year's class coupled with this upcoming class. It also produced the aforementioned Patiño, top five system prospect Samuel Zavala, Jairo Iriarte, Brandon Valenzuela, Eguy Rosario and many, many others. Oña had a history of shoulder problems and didn't have the greatest work ethic on the planet. $#!+ happens. I hope the young guys can actually make a contribution, because the Padres don’t have much cap space and several spots on the depth chart to fill. I look at the Braves line of homegrown talent and shake my head at the Padres. Prospects are suspect until they get up to the majors and actually hit. Most Padres prospects don’t. The Braves are a complete outlier and not worth discussing. Regarding the Padres, they've never had this level of talent at the top end of the farm before. Salas went from a bonus baby to a top five prospect in six months. De Vries will be on the same type of trajectory. The type of prospect you want to compare isn't *this.*
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Post by sdsuball on Jan 2, 2024 20:13:41 GMT -8
Padres close on South Korean closer Woo-Suk Go. I really like this strategy by Preller. Get a strong bullpen at a reasonable price and lean on Tatis/Machado/Bogaerts/Kim to provide production. Win a lot of close games with defense, bullpen and solid starting pitching. Give the young guns a chance (Marsee, Merrill, Pauley), pick up a cheap outfielder on the FA market, and see how they pan out. You can always make a trade halfway through the season, trading Kim or Cronenworth for an outfielder once Machado is back.
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Post by johneaztec on Jan 2, 2024 20:25:51 GMT -8
Padres close on South Korean closer Woo-Suk Go. I really like this strategy by Preller. Get a strong bullpen at a reasonable price and lean on Tatis/Machado/Bogaerts/Kim to provide production. Win a lot of close games with defense, bullpen and solid starting pitching. Give the young guns a chance (Marsee, Merrill, Pauley), pick up a cheap outfielder on the FA market, and see how they pan out. You can always make a trade halfway through the season, trading Kim or Cronenworth for an outfielder once Machado is back. If Cronenworth is here for the duration of the season, I hope he reverts back to the successful season he had a few years back.
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Post by aardvark on Jan 3, 2024 10:46:11 GMT -8
Padres close on South Korean closer Woo-Suk Go. I really like this strategy by Preller. Get a strong bullpen at a reasonable price and lean on Tatis/Machado/Bogaerts/Kim to provide production. Win a lot of close games with defense, bullpen and solid starting pitching. Give the young guns a chance (Marsee, Merrill, Pauley), pick up a cheap outfielder on the FA market, and see how they pan out. You can always make a trade halfway through the season, trading Kim or Cronenworth for an outfielder once Machado is back. If Cronenworth is here for the duration of the season, I hope he reverts back to the successful season he had a few years back. Geez--even Cronenworth has a limited no-trade clause.
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Post by sdsuball on Jan 3, 2024 11:34:40 GMT -8
Padres close on South Korean closer Woo-Suk Go. I really like this strategy by Preller. Get a strong bullpen at a reasonable price and lean on Tatis/Machado/Bogaerts/Kim to provide production. Win a lot of close games with defense, bullpen and solid starting pitching. Give the young guns a chance (Marsee, Merrill, Pauley), pick up a cheap outfielder on the FA market, and see how they pan out. You can always make a trade halfway through the season, trading Kim or Cronenworth for an outfielder once Machado is back. If Cronenworth is here for the duration of the season, I hope he reverts back to the successful season he had a few years back. Yeah me too. If he return to form he is a solid player at a reasonable price. If we have to trade Cronenworth, and then we lose Kim to FA, then it will be Merrill at 2B, but we will lose our infield depth.
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Post by aardvark on Jan 3, 2024 14:04:40 GMT -8
Padres coaching staff is complete--with 3 hitting coaches and no bench coach.
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Post by aztecryan on Jan 3, 2024 16:50:06 GMT -8
Preller has done a masterful job of reinforcing some holes on very savvy deals. Outfield should be next.
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Post by aztecmusician on Jan 4, 2024 16:41:16 GMT -8
The Padres still have numerous spots to fill. The biggest concern is starting pitching. Musgrove and Darvish have arm issues. King has never gone over 100 innings as a starter and both Brito Vasquez seem kind of inexperienced. Are they expecting Morejon or Patino to suddenly put it together? Do the Padres rush one or two of their prospects up? That all but destroyed Ryan Weathers. The Padres also need a couple of outfielders. There are usually plenty of those floating around the waver wires, but the potential of Profar, Marcano, Azocar is kind of limited. Preller has crapped out on numerous international signings, a productive Jorge Ora would be nice right about now if he panned out. "Crapping out on international signings" still led to consecutive top international signees in last year's class coupled with this upcoming class. It also produced the aforementioned Patiño, top five system prospect Samuel Zavala, Jairo Iriarte, Brandon Valenzuela, Eguy Rosario and many, many others. Oña had a history of shoulder problems and didn't have the greatest work ethic on the planet. $#!+ happens. Whatever the Braves do, the Padres need to examine and incorporate. Obviously Atlanta knows how to evaluate and develop their players. Since the Padres are reducing budget, they will need more success in that area. It’s one thing to have top rated prospect players. Having them consistently perform in the big leagues is something which has eluded the Padres over the past few decades. Thankfully it looks to be trending in the right direction, hopefully they are wise enough to hold on to a few of them.
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Post by aztecryan on Jan 4, 2024 17:18:36 GMT -8
"Crapping out on international signings" still led to consecutive top international signees in last year's class coupled with this upcoming class. It also produced the aforementioned Patiño, top five system prospect Samuel Zavala, Jairo Iriarte, Brandon Valenzuela, Eguy Rosario and many, many others. Oña had a history of shoulder problems and didn't have the greatest work ethic on the planet. $#!+ happens. Whatever the Braves do, the Padres need to examine and incorporate. Obviously Atlanta knows how to evaluate and develop their players. Since the Padres are reducing budget, they will need more success in that area. It’s one thing to have top rated prospect players. Having them consistently perform in the big leagues is something which has eluded the Padres over the past few decades. Thankfully it looks to be trending in the right direction, hopefully they are wise enough to hold on to a few of them. Again, the Braves are a complete outlier. They took advantage of an incompetent agent that represented both Albies and Acuña to score sweetheart, below market value deals. They traded for Murphy by giving up...nothing. They continually get assets for cheap. The Padres have never *tried* to develop prospects under Preller. They've always preferred to trade those assets for established stars.
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