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Post by aztecryan on Jul 30, 2024 12:33:23 GMT -8
Padres acquire closer Tanner Scott from Miami.
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Post by survalli on Jul 30, 2024 12:59:11 GMT -8
Padres acquire closer Tanner Scott from Miami. huge cost for a reliever. AJ is out of his mind. padres have zero organizational depth. if the padres dont make the playoffs he needs to go.
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Post by aardvark on Jul 30, 2024 13:03:17 GMT -8
Padres acquire closer Tanner Scott from Miami. huge cost for a reliever. AJ is out of his mind. padres have zero organizational depth. if the padres dont make the playoffs he needs to go. Padres got 2 relievers.
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Post by azson on Jul 30, 2024 13:09:38 GMT -8
What would have been the best case scenario of that? Getting back a sizable haul that helps fortify your farm system and gives you increased flexibility to make future moves in the face of diminishing payroll. Perhaps a good long term business decision, but for a fanbase starved for a championship that was promised to them, it would have been a huge slap in the face.
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Post by survalli on Jul 30, 2024 13:10:27 GMT -8
huge cost for a reliever. AJ is out of his mind. padres have zero organizational depth. if the padres dont make the playoffs he needs to go. Padres got 2 relievers. people are going to be upset when the bullpen still gives up alot runs. bullpens all around the league are getting wrecked. its not so much who is in it, but the style of how they are being used. you can throw reliever after reliever at the problem but it doesnt address the root cause.. over usage and over exposure. Its freaking amazing AJ never traded Jackson Merrill for some platoon bench player
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Post by aztecryan on Jul 30, 2024 13:11:29 GMT -8
Padres acquire closer Tanner Scott from Miami. huge cost for a reliever. AJ is out of his mind. padres have zero organizational depth. if the padres dont make the playoffs he needs to go. Not really a huge cost relative to what other relievers have already gotten.
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Post by aztecryan on Jul 30, 2024 13:11:57 GMT -8
Getting back a sizable haul that helps fortify your farm system and gives you increased flexibility to make future moves in the face of diminishing payroll. Perhaps a good long term business decision, but for a fanbase starved for a championship that was promised to them, it would have been a huge slap in the face. Respectfully, the fans should be quiet.
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Post by johneaztec on Jul 30, 2024 13:12:24 GMT -8
Getting back a sizable haul that helps fortify your farm system and gives you increased flexibility to make future moves in the face of diminishing payroll. Perhaps a good long term business decision, but for a fanbase starved for a championship that was promised to them, it would have been a huge slap in the face. Yeah, that was not a realistic option once the Padres put together a good run of wins at the end of July/before the trade deadline.
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Post by johneaztec on Jul 30, 2024 13:13:14 GMT -8
Perhaps a good long term business decision, but for a fanbase starved for a championship that was promised to them, it would have been a huge slap in the face. Respectfully, the fans should be quiet. Why? They pay some of the bills.
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Post by aztecryan on Jul 30, 2024 13:16:04 GMT -8
Perhaps a good long term business decision, but for a fanbase starved for a championship that was promised to them, it would have been a huge slap in the face. Yeah, that was not a realistic option once the Padres put together a good run of wins at the end of July/before the trade deadline. This doesn't surprise me. But it was never an option.
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Post by azson on Jul 30, 2024 13:17:51 GMT -8
Perhaps a good long term business decision, but for a fanbase starved for a championship that was promised to them, it would have been a huge slap in the face. Respectfully, the fans should be quiet. Respectfully, without fans there is no MLB. With the amount of $$$ it takes for a family to go to a single game (and don't even get my started on player salaries), I'd say fans have a right to have a say.
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Post by aztecryan on Jul 30, 2024 13:17:52 GMT -8
Respectfully, the fans should be quiet. Why? They pay some of the bills. So what? You're not a shareholder. You're entitled to nothing. And the average fan repeats exactly what you did "Well, they went on a random winning streak so...." - Teams don't operate that way, nor should they.
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Post by johneaztec on Jul 30, 2024 13:18:15 GMT -8
Yeah, that was not a realistic option once the Padres put together a good run of wins at the end of July/before the trade deadline. This doesn't surprise me. But it was never an option. I agree. They've been in the Wild Card hunt for quite awhile now, so they weren't going to sell, sell, sell unless they tanked.
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Post by aztecryan on Jul 30, 2024 13:18:50 GMT -8
Respectfully, the fans should be quiet. Respectfully, without fans there is no MLB. With the amount of $$$ it takes for a family to go to a single game (and don't even get my started on player salaries), I'd say fans have a right to have a say. Wholeheartedly disagree.
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Post by johneaztec on Jul 30, 2024 13:20:09 GMT -8
Why? They pay some of the bills. So what? You're not a shareholder. You're entitled to nothing. And the average fan repeats exactly what you did "Well, they went on a random winning streak so...." - Teams don't operate that way, nor should they. I'm saying that last run they just had solidified, and shut up, some who thought there was a chance that they might sell. It was never in the cards to sell big time since they've been in the Playoff hunt for quite some time now.
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Post by aztecryan on Jul 30, 2024 13:20:19 GMT -8
This doesn't surprise me. But it was never an option. I agree. They've been in the Wild Card hunt for quite awhile now, so they weren't going to sell, sell, sell unless they tanked. Which is again, stupid, but it has nothing to do with that. They have huge, fully guaranteed deals that are going to get more expensive as time goes and Preller's job is in jeopardy, or at least that's what they are insinuating. You don't operate in a one year window. This makes 2025 really difficult, like I said before.
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Post by survalli on Jul 30, 2024 13:21:19 GMT -8
Perhaps a good long term business decision, but for a fanbase starved for a championship that was promised to them, it would have been a huge slap in the face. Respectfully, the fans should be quiet. as a media shill, you are absolutely right, but as long suffering fans its a tease and we have every right to speak out. i recognize a man whose job is in jeopardy doing everything he can to prevent himself from being fired, that includes a near completely fire sale of the farm system. There is extremely little for this team to build on long term, he has now indentured any future successor with untradable long term contracts for near middle age players, who seemingly now peak at age 31, with near zero system depth. for every good trade he makes 2-3 baffling and unproductive ones which mortgages any future this organization might have. AJ wont be here for the long term, but we Padre fans will be stuck with his mess with no pieces left in the end.
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Post by aztecryan on Jul 30, 2024 13:21:32 GMT -8
So what? You're not a shareholder. You're entitled to nothing. And the average fan repeats exactly what you did "Well, they went on a random winning streak so...." - Teams don't operate that way, nor should they. I'm saying that last run they just had solidified, and shut up some who thought there was a chance that they might sell. It was never in the cards to sell big time since they've been in the Playoff hunt for quite some time now. It made no difference whatsoever. They were never going to sell, at 51-57 or 57-51. Overreacting to a small sample size is exactly what caused them last year to sit on Snell and Hader. They misread the market...and just did it again.
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Post by aztecryan on Jul 30, 2024 13:21:49 GMT -8
Respectfully, the fans should be quiet. as a media shill, you are absolutely right, but as long suffering fans its a tease and we have every right to speak out. i recognize a man whose job is in jeopardy doing everything he can to prevent himself from being fired, that includes a near completely fire sale of the farm system. There is extremely little for this team to build on long term, he has now indentured any future successor with untradable long term contracts for near middle age players, who seemingly now peak at age 31, with near zero system depth. for every good trade he makes 2-3 baffling and unproductive ones which mortgages any future this organization might have. AJ wont be here for the long term, but we Padre fans will be stuck with his mess with no pieces left in the end. A media shill? Lol. No.
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Post by johneaztec on Jul 30, 2024 13:24:06 GMT -8
I agree. They've been in the Wild Card hunt for quite awhile now, so they weren't going to sell, sell, sell unless they tanked. Which is again, stupid, but it has nothing to do with that. They have huge, fully guaranteed deals that are going to get more expensive as time goes and Preller's job is in jeopardy, or at least that's what they are insinuating. You don't operate in a one year window. This makes 2025 really difficult, like I said before. I don't think it's stupid. That's your opinion. If an organization thinks they have a shot, especially if they know the status of the injured and know they'll be able to contribute for a playoff spot this season and potential WS spot, they'll go for it most of the time, and rightfully so. You never know when the chance may come again due to injuries, dumb luck, etc....
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