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Post by aztecryan on Dec 14, 2023 9:15:23 GMT -8
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Post by azson on Dec 15, 2023 9:18:54 GMT -8
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Post by aardvark on Jan 11, 2024 19:25:54 GMT -8
Soto getting $31 million for the upcoming season, a record for arbitration-eligible players.
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Post by sdsuball on Jan 12, 2024 7:42:40 GMT -8
Soto getting $31 million for the upcoming season, a record for arbitration-eligible players. He deserves it, although I'm glad that we got who we did for him!
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Post by aztecmusician on Feb 23, 2024 19:11:26 GMT -8
It would have been nice if one of these guys was a lefty. The Pads traded (foolishly) Gore and didn’t resign Snell. Morejon’s arm is a mess and there really isn’t anyone else MLB ready.
There are 5 gaping holes in this team. I am not impressed with Preller, so many colossal misses in talent evaluation and some of the dumbest contracts in recent MLB history. The Padres record is well below .500 with him calling the shots.
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Post by aztecryan on Feb 23, 2024 19:38:24 GMT -8
It would have been nice if one of these guys was a lefty. The Pads traded (foolishly) Gore and didn’t resign Snell. Morejon’s arm is a mess and there really isn’t anyone else MLB ready. There are 5 gaping holes in this team. I am not impressed with Preller, so many colossal misses in talent evaluation and some of the dumbest contracts in recent MLB history. The Padres record is well below .500 with him calling the shots. They really don't need a lefty in the rotation. They have a ton of them in the bullpen. Ken Rosenthal said the other day that Preller is probably the best talent evaluator of any GM in baseball. Lol. Some of the contracts you're thinking about weren't negotiated by Preller, either.
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Post by aardvark on Feb 23, 2024 21:51:47 GMT -8
It would have been nice if one of these guys was a lefty. The Pads traded (foolishly) Gore and didn’t resign Snell. Morejon’s arm is a mess and there really isn’t anyone else MLB ready. There are 5 gaping holes in this team. I am not impressed with Preller, so many colossal misses in talent evaluation and some of the dumbest contracts in recent MLB history. The Padres record is well below .500 with him calling the shots. They really don't need a lefty in the rotation. They have a ton of them in the bullpen. Ken Rosenthal said the other day that Preller is probably the best talent evaluator of any GM in baseball. Lol. Some of the contracts you're thinking about weren't negotiated by Preller, either. Preller might be the best evaluator of talent, but he's more than 80 games under .500 as GM here. Numbers don't lie.
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Post by aztecryan on Feb 23, 2024 22:36:00 GMT -8
They really don't need a lefty in the rotation. They have a ton of them in the bullpen. Ken Rosenthal said the other day that Preller is probably the best talent evaluator of any GM in baseball. Lol. Some of the contracts you're thinking about weren't negotiated by Preller, either. Preller might be the best evaluator of talent, but he's more than 80 games under .500 as GM here. Numbers don't lie. They actually do, when you realize that for a handful of those years, the team was actually tanking. Not arguing he's been great at finding winning combinations, but there's obvious other factors in play.
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Post by aardvark on Feb 24, 2024 12:38:01 GMT -8
Preller might be the best evaluator of talent, but he's more than 80 games under .500 as GM here. Numbers don't lie. They actually do, when you realize that for a handful of those years, the team was actually tanking. Not arguing he's been great at finding winning combinations, but there's obvious other factors in play.
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Post by aztecryan on Feb 24, 2024 12:54:48 GMT -8
They actually do, when you realize that for a handful of those years, the team was actually tanking. Not arguing he's been great at finding winning combinations, but there's obvious other factors in play. So they weren't tanking after the Fowler splurge in 2015? Yeah, that's pretty funny, I guess. It seems pretty clear that winning wasn't a priority prior to Seidler assuming control of the team.
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Post by aztecryan on Feb 24, 2024 13:23:59 GMT -8
A guy who apparently can't evaluate talent directly led to: Fernando Tatis Jr., MacKenzie Gore, CJ Abrams, James Wood, Jackson Merrill, Ethan Salas, Leo De Vries, Luis Campusano, Robby Snelling, Dylan Lesko...
Rebuilt the farm system in two years for the second time?
But, sure, yeah. Sucks.
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Post by johneaztec on Feb 24, 2024 14:58:53 GMT -8
A guy who apparently can't evaluate talent directly led to: Fernando Tatis Jr., MacKenzie Gore, CJ Abrams, James Wood, Jackson Merrill, Ethan Salas, Leo De Vries, Luis Campusano, Robby Snelling, Dylan Lesko... Rebuilt the farm system in two years for the second time? But, sure, yeah. Sucks. Some of us on here are not saying that he can't evaluate talent. We're saying it doesn't equate to WS Championships, or Division Championships, etc... No excuses allowed.
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Post by aztecryan on Feb 24, 2024 15:34:38 GMT -8
A guy who apparently can't evaluate talent directly led to: Fernando Tatis Jr., MacKenzie Gore, CJ Abrams, James Wood, Jackson Merrill, Ethan Salas, Leo De Vries, Luis Campusano, Robby Snelling, Dylan Lesko... Rebuilt the farm system in two years for the second time? But, sure, yeah. Sucks. Some of us on here are not saying that he can't evaluate talent. We're saying it doesn't equate to WS Championships, or Division Championships, etc... No excuses allowed. That's pretty naive, is what I'm saying. There's a difference between an excuse (something I'm clearly not doing) versus ignoring reality. If you're going to sit there and say the Padres weren't actively tanking through 2019, you're just wrong. Look at the payroll, look at the roster, look at the organizational direction under Fowler. Once Seidler took over, the direction changed.
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Post by johneaztec on Feb 24, 2024 16:11:34 GMT -8
Some of us on here are not saying that he can't evaluate talent. We're saying it doesn't equate to WS Championships, or Division Championships, etc... No excuses allowed. That's pretty naive, is what I'm saying. There's a difference between an excuse (something I'm clearly not doing) versus ignoring reality. If you're going to sit there and say the Padres weren't actively tanking through 2019, you're just wrong. Look at the payroll, look at the roster, look at the organizational direction under Fowler. Once Seidler took over, the direction changed. I'm not talking about overall records. I'm talking about World Series Championships, and that's the bottom line. He hasn't produced any. He seems to really know talent, but it hasn't translated into Championships, yet. I hope that changes.
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Post by aztecmusician on Feb 24, 2024 16:14:36 GMT -8
It would have been nice if one of these guys was a lefty. The Pads traded (foolishly) Gore and didn’t resign Snell. Morejon’s arm is a mess and there really isn’t anyone else MLB ready. There are 5 gaping holes in this team. I am not impressed with Preller, so many colossal misses in talent evaluation and some of the dumbest contracts in recent MLB history. The Padres record is well below .500 with him calling the shots. They really don't need a lefty in the rotation. They have a ton of them in the bullpen. Ken Rosenthal said the other day that Preller is probably the best talent evaluator of any GM in baseball. Lol. Some of the contracts you're thinking about weren't negotiated by Preller, either. If Ken Rosenthal was correct in his assessment, the Padres would be going into this year looking more like the Orioles, Braves or the Reds, loaded with young talent brought up from their own farm system. Instead, Preller has given the Padres a litany of Taylor Trammell, Ji Man Choi, Austin Nola and dozens of others who simply couldn’t hit or stay on the field. The below .500 record speaks for itself, but then again that’s what the Padres have been for decades.
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Post by aztecryan on Feb 24, 2024 18:01:00 GMT -8
They really don't need a lefty in the rotation. They have a ton of them in the bullpen. Ken Rosenthal said the other day that Preller is probably the best talent evaluator of any GM in baseball. Lol. Some of the contracts you're thinking about weren't negotiated by Preller, either. If Ken Rosenthal was correct in his assessment, the Padres would be going into this year looking more like the Orioles, Braves or the Reds, loaded with young talent brought up from their own farm system. Instead, Preller has given the Padres a litany of Taylor Trammell, Ji Man Choi, Austin Nola and dozens of others who simply couldn’t hit or stay on the field. The below .500 record speaks for itself, but then again that’s what the Padres have been for decades. The Orioles got four consecutive top five picks. They tanked and tanked hard, only turning the corner when Mike Elias and his crew got in there to aid development and help with their internal processes. They hit on a generational guy in Holliday and another star in Rutschman. The Braves are a complete outlier, like I've mentioned multiple times. They secured two stars at ridiculous bargain contracts in Acuña and Albies. They capitalized on ridiculous market efficiencies, trading for Sean Murphy and then hit on premium guys in Riley, Strider and others. I'm not sure what the Reds have that's so great: Elly is great, but they have serious holes on the roster and are likely the third best team in their own division, a weak one in the NL Central. That's a weird comparison. Their season win total is identical to the Padres. I'm not sure if you've been paying attention or not (clearly: not) but there's actual talent coming up this year in Merrill, Thorpe, Iriarte, Pauley, Martorella and others. Another really strange argument.
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Post by aztecryan on Feb 24, 2024 18:11:35 GMT -8
That's pretty naive, is what I'm saying. There's a difference between an excuse (something I'm clearly not doing) versus ignoring reality. If you're going to sit there and say the Padres weren't actively tanking through 2019, you're just wrong. Look at the payroll, look at the roster, look at the organizational direction under Fowler. Once Seidler took over, the direction changed. I'm not talking about overall records. I'm talking about World Series Championships, and that's the bottom line. He hasn't produced any. He seems to really know talent, but it hasn't translated into Championships, yet. I hope that changes. You could say the same thing for 90% of the league. It's tough to win a World Series.
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Post by johneaztec on Feb 24, 2024 19:50:07 GMT -8
I'm not talking about overall records. I'm talking about World Series Championships, and that's the bottom line. He hasn't produced any. He seems to really know talent, but it hasn't translated into Championships, yet. I hope that changes. You could say the same thing for 90% of the league. It's tough to win a World Series. Like you always say, those are what really count and what matter.
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Post by aztecryan on Feb 24, 2024 20:21:37 GMT -8
You could say the same thing for 90% of the league. It's tough to win a World Series. Like you always say, those are what really count and what matter. Not sure I've ever used that barometer exclusively.
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Post by aztecmusician on Feb 24, 2024 22:04:32 GMT -8
If Ken Rosenthal was correct in his assessment, the Padres would be going into this year looking more like the Orioles, Braves or the Reds, loaded with young talent brought up from their own farm system. Instead, Preller has given the Padres a litany of Taylor Trammell, Ji Man Choi, Austin Nola and dozens of others who simply couldn’t hit or stay on the field. The below .500 record speaks for itself, but then again that’s what the Padres have been for decades. The Orioles got four consecutive top five picks. They tanked and tanked hard, only turning the corner when Mike Elias and his crew got in there to aid development and help with their internal processes. They hit on a generational guy in Holliday and another star in Rutschman. The Braves are a complete outlier, like I've mentioned multiple times. They secured two stars at ridiculous bargain contracts in Acuña and Albies. They capitalized on ridiculous market efficiencies, trading for Sean Murphy and then hit on premium guys in Riley, Strider and others. I'm not sure what the Reds have that's so great: Elly is great, but they have serious holes on the roster and are likely the third best team in their own division, a weak one in the NL Central. That's a weird comparison. Their season win total is identical to the Padres. I'm not sure if you've been paying attention or not (clearly: not) but there's actual talent coming up this year in Merrill, Thorpe, Iriarte, Pauley, Martorella and others. Another really strange argument. Give the Orioles their due. They have hit with all of their recent draft picks, The Padres are less consistent. The Reds have a good core of players, Elly, Steer, Encarnacion-Strand, India, Greene, Fraley. The Braves have the Midas touch, with a core of 8 homegrown players who are all star/HOF caliber. The Padres have some bright spots, but the track record is very spotty. Many guys hit .175 with them and are traded or never heard from again. Until this next generation comes up and actually HITS THE FRIGGEN BALL LIKE MAJOR LEAGUERS, they are just scrub prospects…..and that includes Salas. He didn’t exactly crush it last year. I know he is “only seventeen” but until he actually smokes some MLB pitching, he is just a prospect.
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