The Padres have acquired first baseman Yonder Alonso from the Braves for cash, Dennis Lin of The Athletic tweets. He’ll join the Padres’ taxi squad. Alonso had been with the Braves on a minor league contract since the winter, and he hasn’t accrued an at-bat this year.
Now 33 years old, Alonso’s a veteran of a handful of major league organizations since he joined the Reds as the seventh overall pick in 2008. Alonso’s no stranger to the Padres, who acquired him in a 2011 blockbuster with the Reds, but he made a minimal impact in San Diego before it dealt him to Oakland in 2015.
Alonso had his best season between Oakland and Seattle in 2017, but he has generally offered middling production relative to his offensively charged position. He has taken 3,773 plate appearances in the majors, including a combined 335 between the White Sox and Rockies last year, and batted .259/.332/.404 (102 wRC+) with 100 home runs.
Now that he’s back with the Padres, Alonso will give the club a bit of insurance at first behind Eric Hosmer, Jake Cronenworth and Ty France. He’s also now part of the same organization as brother-in-law Manny Machado, the Padres’ third baseman.
lowtalker1
Lol why
RunDMC
They are bros-in-law.
FredMcGriff for the HOF
Probably for $20 and a bag of chips.
RunDMC
Machado call a favor?
lowtalker1
Dfa Alonso
bravesfan
Don’t try to low ball us SD… send Gore over and a player to be named later. We know his value! Lol
bobtillman
Only if the PTBN is Patino.
DarkSide830
Tatis – take it or leave it!
bravesfan
Lol DEAL! Now shake my hand before I change my mind!
VegasSDfan
Because of a few bad games? I would hold off on giving up on him..
SalaryCapMyth
It’s a joke, Vegas.
OldSaltUSNR
“Him” being Alonso, Tatis, Gore, Patino, or
… .hell, the Braves fans probably want all of ’em , lol
SalaryCapMyth
Again..it was a joke.
wagner13
The sarcasm detector must be faulty
nymetsking
welcome to 2020
MikeEmbletonSmellsBad
Lol what year is it?
GoLandCrabs
Have we been sent back to 2011? If so fine by me.
oldmansteve
Next they sign Chase Headley and Cameron Maybin.
baseballpun
Jake Peavy.
ScumbagSailor
Orlando Hudson
Wyoming Bison Expansion Team
Chris Denorfia
petersdylan36
I was always a huge Denorfia fan!
petersdylan36
Jesus Guzman!
baseballpun
Ryan Ludwick!
astick
Dwayne Oaks.
5TUNT1N
Last time I saw him play was at a River Cats game AAA giants and a’s few years ago. I remember the worst heckling I’ve ever heard and a friend of mine and I just laughed they were chanting “dedorkia” like I mean I commend them for not being too insulting but this hardly would’ve changed his approach haha.
expos_back_by_2025
Maybe they already did, but we’re only waiting for the physicals to make it official
ScumbagSailor
Sean Burroughs. Maybe he straightened his swing out by now!
MWeller77
Ruppert Jones
VegasSDfan
Paul Mcanulty
ScumbagSailor
They sold us Paul McAnulty like the next Ryan Klesko! He hit all of 6 hrs in his career. Lol but he can at least say he played for the last two playoff Padres seasons.
DarkSide830
Donavan Tate is available
Gwynning
Depth and insurance, always nice to add if you can.
ukpadre
I don’t really get this move, but can only assume depth and a possible trade chip that they got for essentially nothing and may get a lottery ticket out of if he gets a few at bats and hits a little?
mrpadre19
Pretty sure he is just a major league bat for Gore and Weathers to pitch too at USD.
Mentor the prospects and bat against the pitchers at the Alt. Site.
Wyoming Bison Expansion Team
Right Team. Right idea. Wrong Player.
Scott Schebler.
beersy
I hope this isn’t a precursor to Hosmer hitting the DL with his stomach issues. He was crushing the ball before he missed time.
baseballpun
Wander over, Yonder.
tribepride17
Yikes. This guy is completely useless
solaris602
Tribe couldn’t get him outta Cleveland fast enough, and he’s bounced around like a pinball ever since. There just aren’t many hits left in that bat.
balkertexasranger
Carlos Quentin has entered the chat.
mp9
Shelby Miller hearing..
Logjammer D"Baggagecling
B.J. Upton
padreforlife
Mike Ivie
Briffle2
Padres actually gave the Braves money for Alonso, not the other way around?
RunDMC
Alonso is the oldest 33 year old since Jesus.
mrpadre19
“Alonso is the oldest 33 year old since Jesus”.
I don’t know….Pete Alonso looks even older!
jekporkins
Hey, he could outhit Hosmer this year.
VegasSDfan
Gimme a break, Hosmer is hitting well
jekporkins
He has like 20 ABs this year. How can you tell?
nowheretogobutup
Pork get a life Hosmer has won two games outright in his 20 AB’s, like two days ago. Keep eating your words
algionfriddo
jekporkinsjekporkins – Haters gotta hate.
nymetsking
Machado’s gonna sign with SD. Book it!
MWeller77
Well done lol
toastyroasty
AA smart move. Looks like nothing but brings in cash. Stuff like this adds up to a winning team
CNichols
The cash considerations here were literally $1 according to the AP.
Hope AA spends it wisely!
DarkSide830
dont spend it all in one place!
AngelDiceClay
Randy Jones and his Kapernick Afro are back
everlastingdave
Padres finally got the White Sox wishlist from a couple years ago. Good job.
SDHotDawg
This makes no sense whatsoever. I want to meet Preller’s Pharmacist.
ukpadre
Yeah, I think he has a dart board with player names on and just throws it to see who it lands on, then decides to trade for that player. This is a baffling move, though at least it was only cash I suppose so no risk.
ukpadre
Why?
racosun
Trade him back to the Chisox for Tatis’ little brother.
jeffmaz
Alonso is being used as a bat for Gore to throw at, on the taxi squad, nothing more.
CNichols
Exactly this. He’s got to be like 4th or 5th on the depth chart at 1B and he cost nothing to acquire.
They primarily brought him in so that Gore, Weathers, Cantillo have a veteran lefty bat to throw to at the alternate site. Alonso gets to stay in playing shape and be closer to family. Win-win.
Questionable_Source
If he was in playing shape, he’d still be on the braves.
jcbrant
***Insert ‘But Why?’ Ryan Reynolds gif***
csspackler
According to the AP, the deal was for $1. As in a buck.
Is it really cogent to question this kind of move?
DiehardFriarsFan
Now that Cronenworth has been moved to Second Base bc of his success manning the fort for Hosmer at First Base- we now have less depth at First Base. Great Low Risk/High Reward acquisition by A.J. Preller. Alonso is good insurance at First Base.
SDHotDawg
Less depth? Hosmer, Cronenworth, France, Myers. 4 guys on the roster who can play First does not sound like there was a depth issue.
padreforlife
Great lol