The Padres are acquiring Brandon Drury from the Reds, according to Ken Rosenthal and C. Trent Rosecrans of The Athletic. Prospect Victor Acosta is going to Cincinnati, per Bob Nightengale of USA Today.
The Padres have seemingly been at the center of all the activity at this year’s deadline, extending Joe Musgrove, acquiring Josh Hader, sending Eric Hosmer to the Red Sox and making perhaps the most impactful baseball trade of all time, acquiring Juan Soto and Josh Bell for a pile of prospects.
The Reds, too, have been busy, sending Luis Castillo to the Mariners, Tyler Mahle to the Twins and Tommy Pham to the Red Sox. Now the two clubs have aligned on a deal that will send Drury to San Diego.
Drury, 29, showed enough promise in his early years with the Diamondbacks that he cracked Baseball America’s top 100 list in 2016 and then was traded to the Yankees after the 2017 season. Unfortunately, this was the beginning of a miserable three-year stretch wherein Drury struggled mightily with the Yanks and then the Blue Jays. He dealt with various injuries and struggled to produce when healthy, eventually getting designated for assignment at the end of the 2020 season.
The Mets took a flier on him last year, which worked out well, as Drury hit .274/.307/.476 in a bench role. That production was 14% above league average, by measure of wRC+. Despite that solid work, he was designated for assignment again at the end of the season.
The Reds brought Drury aboard on a minor league deal, which could hardly have gone any better. Drury is having a career year, already having hit 20 home runs and producing an overall batting line of .274/.335/.520 for a wRC+ of 132. He’s also done it while bouncing all around the diamond, playing mostly third base but also seeing time at the other three infield positions and right field this year.
It seems likely that the Padres want Drury to fill a super utility role on the team, bouncing around to various positions based on who needs a day off. The regular infield lineup would likely see Josh Bell at first, Jake Cronenworth at second, Ha-Seong Kim at shortstop and Manny Machado at third. When Fernando Tatis Jr. eventually returns from his injury, the picture will get a little more crowded, but the Padres also cleared out their usual designated hitter by including Luke Voit in the Soto deal.
In exchange, the Reds are getting Acosta, an 18-year-old switch-hitting shortstop. He had an excellent debut in affiliated ball last year, slashing .285/.431/.484 in the Dominican Summer League for a 153 wRC+ and adding 26 stolen bases. He has slumped a bit this year, hitting .243/.346/.360 in the Arizona Complex League for a 99 wRC+. He is still just 18, however, and was considered one of the better prospects in the San Diego system coming into today.
Franx
Padres on fire
Ya'll a bunch of salty crybabies
And they will land right where they did last year.
jpcali10
Dodgers take 32 years to win another trophy (with the highest payroll in baseball) and somehow, all the plastic fans are full of themselves. Congrats on your Mickey Mouse Ring
Cody1981
They still haven’t won a legit 162 game championship since 1988..pretty sad
halloffamernobodycares
Dodgers live rent free in so many small minds.
halloffamernobodycares
b2b2b2b2b2b third place finishers.
saluelthpops
Ah, the ol’ “living rent free in your head” take. Love the originality on these threads.
Larry Brown's crank
yea…kinda played out.
Thrownoutatsecond
Vegas disagrees with you. Padres odds to win the WS go from 22-1 to 6-1 after the blockbuster trade.
BleedingBlue162232
Stupidity isn’t limited only to the Padres fan base, lol.
Thrownoutatsecond
Vegas disagrees with you. Odds to win the WS went from 22-1 to 6-1.
C Yards Jeff
Surprised it is 6-1? Not me. I was thinking 3-1. Is this Vegas being cautious? What’s their concern? A lot of new parts added late in a season. Will they mesh?
Thrownoutatsecond
Correction. Just read it went from 18-1 to 10-1. At the moment the favorites are LAD,NYY,HOU, NYM, SD in that order.
Brew’88
LV bias against Atl., again
Captain Judge99
If Aaron’s the Judge, then Brandon’s the Drury.
random comment guy
Vance Law approves this comment
earmbrister
Recycled joke
alwaysgo4two
Not to those who’ve never heard it.
Larry Brown's crank
ugggh…♂️. judge
iverbure
I hope the padres miss the playoffs or get swept in the first round it will be hilarious since fans always love the padres cause they make stupid big flashy trades and signings.
PadreB2011
You mad, Bro??? #Jealous #PadresAreChamps #Time2Shine
The_M4N
Champs of the trading deadline?
wallabeechamp
Lol
Balk
I’m rooting for your friars as a Giants fan, but champs? Win one first bro. Which I hope you do smack the Doyers around real good. But cmon. Champs?
ChicksDigTheLongBaII
“#PadresAreChamps”
The next time will be the first time!
Deleted Userr
Forgot #LFGSD
geoffb1982
Melvin knows how to not get out of the first round
bwmiller
Right, the Padres starting pitching is dogged.
They should have traded for Rodon and/or Pablo Lopez, they would have been in a much better position to win a playoff series.
Pads Fans
Not sure what you are talking about. Padres have a top 3 starting pitching staff in the NL and top 5 in baseball.
They just added Hader to the back end of the bullpen and have Pomeranz returning in a week so the bullpen is solid.
bwmiller
Musgrove is their only ace, Dharvish hasn’t pitched well in the playoffs historically, Blake Snell was ruined when you pulled him from his no hitter still resents the org for that one. Clevinger hasn’t been as sharp as he was in Cleveland, and Manea is a back of the rotation starter.
Not a bad a staff, far away from what the Mets or the Astros have in place. The Brewers have a better staff. The Dodgers. If Max Meyer doesn’t go down and Lopez sticks around I’d take the Marlins. The Braves are better with Fried and Kyle Wright. I like Nola and Wheeler in Philly too. In the playoffs it comes down to your top three.
Javia135
Blake Snell was one of the best pitchers in MLB later in the year last year. He has turned it on again recently. His playoff ERA is 2.83. You made sure to mention that Darvish is bad in the playoffs but what, accidentally glossed over the fact that Snell has traditionally dominated in the postseason? I’m sure that was just a mistake.
Thrownoutatsecond
You mixed me up with someone else.
bwmiller
Idk, Blake Snell has had a a few good starts in July but he walked six in a bad loss not too long ago, walked in two runs. It was a bad start. I like Blake Snell I thought he was the best pitcher before Musgrove had his ascension, Snell was great at the end of last season, and then they pulled him from a no hitter and crushed him. He is probably over it, might never get over it, it’s that creeping thing with a pitcher that will sit with you for a decade maybe the rest of his life. Managers don’t think that a no-hit bid is important these days, those games are important when your a pitchers it’s a team game but pitchers have blue blood.
Spencer Strider had 13ks only 3 hits allowed, Braves have three aces. But I thought about it, would you rather have Charlie Morton in game four or Mike Clevinger and I’d go with Clevinger, so the Padres have some depth in the rotation. It’s just that their top three are not the nuts like the Astros or the Braves, or even the Marlins who have Braxton Garrett up, 13k’s tonight.
I thought about it though, good trade for the Padres they have a real shot at winning it, that lineup is nice, their pitching is better than the Yankees, and now they can hit with them.
But the Astros, Dodgers and Braves are the teams to be and the Mariners if they let Gilbert and Kirby throw into the playoffs have a shot with Castillo and Robbie Ray, should be a good show in October.
mrpadre19
Iverbure:
Trading for Juan Soto and Josh Bell is stupid?
Edelapena08
Lol you act like San Diego has been doing this for years. For once, this organization is actually spending money- something real SD fans are not used to. Let them have their moment bro.
mrpadre19
Floki:
Minor league players don’t put butts in the seats or get the ML team to the playoffs.
Preller rebuilt the system once already…..he can do it again.
Also,people keep forgetting he can trade Soto after 2023 and get 2-3 top prospects back if he wants too.
1trevor2
Good point about trading Soto although I believe he’s a FA in 2024..but SD can have three runs at the WS with Soto if it doesn’t work out as said trade him..a 26 yr old superstar will reload the farm system.
Thrownoutatsecond
Right. So many wouldn’t want Soto and Bell in there lineup.
Francys01
Are the Padres the new super team?
Manfred’s playing with the balls
New?
Preller has been king of the hot stove and trade deadline before.
I want to see them do something on the field before I declare them a super team though
Francys01
Lol. Good one.
hiflew
No. Super teams usually don’t finish more than 10 games out of first place.
damascusj
Clearly you aren’t a Lakers fan
deweybelongsinthehall
For their number 6 prospect. The Padres are all in. What will their farm be ranked tomorrow? This is the most “all in” I’ve ever seen. Granted with a deep farm, those ranked below those traded might still be better than many other’s but if they don’t win, they will be forced to trade payroll by 24.
99socalfrc
Preller is trying to save his job. For all the hype the last three years the team and it’s payroll is basically a runaway train. I mean they are on manager number three since 2019 and have never won more than 80 games in all of Preller’s time there.
damascusj
Well, gotta do something, I approve
Samuel
99socalfrc;
How did it work out the other time Preller traded with Rizzo?
BleedingBlue162232
They no longer had a deep farm before even the Hader trade. Their overall system was mid tier before and only because it was top heavy. They will be in the bottom 5 at best now.
Thrownoutatsecond
You guys are funny. Part of a system’s purpose of the farm is to develope trade fodder for the positions of need. Preller had the pieces to get Soto and Bell that the Nats wanted. All the other interested teams whiffed.
YourDreamGM
They been all in since 2020 deadline. Clevinger Musgrove Snell Darvish Frazier Nola. Big trades. All in on Scherzer just came up short.
damascusj
Kinda glad it did come up short, or else the Soto trade probably doesn’t happen
RonDarlingShouldntBeInTheHallOfFame
Last..for sure..Especially after they deal the rest for Contreras and Happ any minute now..
cjbay
This is the definition of all in
Big whiffa
Reds are on fire too. MLB pipeline is gonna have to do a top 50 on their system
Kruk's Beer League
So is their minor league system. Ashes to be exact.
BigGarg
BigGarg of itdoesntmatter reports that the Padres have acquired every player in Major League baseball.
A Seal
And they’ll still finish below .500
damascusj
Damn, dodgers fans real salty. I guess only the dodgers are allowed to make big trades
jimbobsjorts
I’m a Padres fan and I disagree. Padres have the bigger names, but they don’t have the more complete roster, nor do they have the 12 game lead. These trades were purely about getting the wildcard and then hoping to do the business in the lottery that is the playoffs. One step at a time. Next year, if they have luck with injuries, we can talk about dethroning the Dodgers. Before then the Dodgers have earned the right to sit at the top of the pile.
getrealgone2
Even the dead ones.
TradeAcuna
Relax already.
windmill_noise_causes_cancer
It’s re-sign, btw.
phillies give me depression
when will it end
JPR
6 pm
getrealgone2
Preller better win it all or he’s gonna look like a chump.
Ya'll a bunch of salty crybabies
He already looks like a chump from last year. This will just add to the chumpiness.
yogineely
And last time he did this with kimbrel and the upton bros
getrealgone2
Totally forgot about that.
99socalfrc
Don’t forget Wil Myers. Trading him for Trea Turner was FIRE!
getrealgone2
Forgot about that one too
RodBecksBurnerAccount
You could actually form a pretty solid squad with the players Preller has traded
C – Austin Hedges / Francisco Mejia / Luis Torrens
1B – Ty France / Owen Miller / Josh Naylor
2B – Luis Urias
SS – Trea Turner / Jorge Mateo
3B –
LF – Taylor Trammel / Edward Olivares
CF – Manuel Margot
RF – Hunter Renfroe
DH – Franmil Reyes
Starting Pitchers
Max Fried
Joe Ross
Cal Quantril
Eric Lauer
Chris Paddack
Danielson Lamet
Zach Davies
Relievers
Andres Munoz
Emilio Pagan
Rogers
Matt Strahm
Padres2019ha
Solid teams
Miss the
Playoffs
Every
Dam
Year
Larry Brown's crank
max fried? didn’t know this
ChicksDigTheLongBaII
Throw Austin Riley in at 3B, Braves got him with the Padres 2015 competitive balance pick in the Kimbrel/Upton trade.
Deleted Userr
Ooooooooooooh
Look
At
Me
I
Learned
How
To
Use
The
Return
Key
I
Are
So
Kewl
oldguyG
So preller knows how to get talent hmmm
damascusj
Not really, glad last year didn’t work out, at the deadline at least, or else the Soto trade doesn’t happen
luclusciano
Nah – he just made the team serious contenders for the next 2 years. Of course they want it this year, but they have time
Eovaldismemes
Happy National Eric Hosmer day!
benhen77
Preller either wins the WS or gets fired within 2 years. Absolute madman.
Pete'sView
benhen77 — But ya gotta loves his balls. If anyone can take the Dodgers, it’s the Padres or Mets.
j_butte
Pretty sure that was the narrative last year. Sans the Mets. Anyway, like my man Ric Flair says, “to be the man, you gotta beat the man”. Braves in 5 against any of those chumps.
bhambrave
Or the Braves.
Faith in the Padres
DH I suppose that can play 2B 3B 1B
jeffmaz
He would be a better DH than Voit.
PadreB2011
Voit was traded to Washington!
damascusj
Yeah, Drury taking his place
RonDarlingShouldntBeInTheHallOfFame
Drury fills in at 2B, 3B, 1B, LF, and RF..but is the primary DH/rotates with whoever needs a day off in the field..I’m guessing he’ll essentially be a regular..
Holy Cow!
How about Contreras, too, Preller? Cubs will take Campusano and a lottery pick.
fathead0507
Haha. Yea ok
RonDarlingShouldntBeInTheHallOfFame
Done! And Cubs get Myers, and Merrill and throw in Happ too. Draw up the paperwork!
Jaysfan1981
Can the Padres leave someone for the rest of the teams please
iverbure
Making a bunch of trades and signings doesn’t equal success, example see padres from last year, and the year before.
PadreB2011
Padres did NOTHING at last ear’s trade deadline! Nice try though! I smell JEALOUSY!!!
DogDays2
I smell idiot with your capital letters and hashtags.
damascusj
You mean the year they went to the playoffs?
Crunchtime1969
No, but it will fill the seats. They will be exciting. And they might just win something.
oldguyG
It’s exciting though
AverageCommenter
Do they even still have prospects?
damascusj
Just sent the entire AAA team to Washington
Gwynning
No Chihuahua has been traded… yet! Hassell and Wood were in Lake Elsinore, Jarlin was in Rook Ball, CJ and Gore from the big club.
oldguyG
Born every day
Chemo850
Might as well just swap the entire roster. Call the Dodgers and ask them if they just wanna swap rosters with no questions asked.
seamaholic 2
At this point the Padres don’t do that.
Chemo850
They are still nowhere near the Dodgers mate….This conversation happens every year for the last like 5 years and every year they finish behind the Dodgers…
seamaholic 2
“Every year” they didn’t have Soto and Hader. Nope, man for man the Padres are the better team and it’s really not close. Doesn’t mean they win the division or anything else, but that’s a freakin’ monster of a team down there. They already had the best rotation in the NL this side of a healthy Mets.
Manfred’s playing with the balls
Preller did this before with Kimbrel, Kemp, and Upton bros.
The dodgers are deeper than SD especially at pitching. Tatis, Machado, and Soto are a great top 3 but so are Mookie, Freddie, and Trea.
And LA still has a stacked farm system to call on for injury replacements.
Crunchtime1969
A lot of teams finish behind the Dodgers but it looks like it’s going to get closer. Preller just tooled up for the stretch run. You got to like it when your team improves they way the Padres did this week.
stymeedone
The Padres have a fine collection of players, but can a group that includes Machado, Tatis,Jr, and Soto keep the “I” out of team is unknown at this point. The moment Kim goes to the bench so Mr “It’s not about You” can weaken the infield defense, we will know the answer.
laswagn
Why would the Dodgers swap out an overall better roster to the Padres?
Ya'll a bunch of salty crybabies
Exactly what I was thinking…
damascusj
Dodgers fans in denial, will be fun baseball to watch from here on out for sure
Javia135
@Chemo850
Going by OPS+ the Padres lineup is now significantly better than the Dodgers lineup, but thanks for the offer.
Manfred’s playing with the balls
To bad a baseball team is made of pitchers too BBC and they don’t play on paper.
Preller has traded away more WAR than his trades have earned him according to Tom Verducci
Chemo850
Uhhhh you left out the part where the Dodgers have had the best pitching staff in baseball for like ten years in a row now…
seamaholic 2
Preller drunk-dialing now.
Catuli Carl
Preller: “yes”
Tito Schmito
Meanwhile Tito cuddles in bed with Hedges and Mahle, refusing to let the front office ditch either.
baseballdadof4
cuddles after they play cards in the clubhouse!
Javia135
Now Padres only below average or average bat in their lineup will be Grisham. Nice.
Pads Fans
Not when Tatis comes back.
Bell, Cronenworth, Kim, Machado, Profar, Tatis, Soto, Drury, and Nola.
Only below average bat is at catcher and if Alfaro plays then they are plus across the board.
Javia135
I don’t see the Padres playing Tatis in CF too much. He will be playing SS. Padres won’t be going into the playoffs with Tatis in CF and Soto in RF.
Billy Baroo
Agree. Tatis to the OF only made sense when RF was a hole. He’ll play mostly short, maybe some 3rd, and DH.
Really like the flexibility of the revamped roster. Three deep with legitimately good / great players at 2b, SS, and 3b. Bell, Machado, Soto, and Tatis can rotate through DH to keep them fresh and there’s not a weak hitter in the bunch. If Myers finds his stroke again and Grish’s recent hot streak is the start of him remembering how to play….very nice.
TheYanksWin
TIL Drury is still playing baseball. And is good.
BravesCanada
Leave somebody for the rest of the league
drasco036
Padres are going all in this season… Meanwhile the Mets are tweaking here and there, the brewers traded their closer and the cardinals have been inactive. The dodgers for some unknown reason traded for Gallo
Pads Fans
Cardinals got Quintana and Stratton.
bwmiller
Six lefties against your right handed starters, and Gallo can hit righties, or draw a walk. And he plays good defense.
haringbone
Prefer is trying to be like Dave Dombrowski, just no World Series titles to show for all his ridiculous moves. I thought he was gone after the last run where he traded for Matt Kemp and a bunch of older guys and found ways to lose.
PadreB2011
Not Yet…just give it some time…
DogDays2
The Padres will get knocked out early, then PadreB will realize their future has been traded away.
And then he’ll be a Dodger fan.
damascusj
So many salty dodger fans, rofl
DogDays2
I’m a Yankee fan
99socalfrc
LOL, negative WAR guy coming into this season, gets hot, Preller buys high. Adam Frazier version 2.0
Preller loves being in the headlines, even if his teams have never won a thing
cr4
And gives up a top 5 prospect in his international class with an extremely high ceiling I love preller as reds fan
Big whiffa
Someone needs to tell him it’s not easy to hit at petco
Comet
Preller is a fantasy baseball GM. He doesn’t put into account intangibles- he just loves moving guys around.
Manfred’s playing with the balls
The players are always shinier on the other team to him.
Angry Disgruntled Sox Fan
Padres literally do too much. Shakes up the chemistry.
Hopefully it pays off for them.
99socalfrc
It’s basically the same the last three years.
LouWhitakerHOF
I wonder what their lineup will look like with all these trades and Tatis returning. Who’s the odd man out?
Camden453
So Drury to 3B, Machado to SS.
This is a *really* smart trade to get Drury, however comes with some downside
YourDreamGM
Or Drury to all over the field to rest guys down the stretch.
Big whiffa
Watch out for law of averages. And petco is a much more difficult field to hit in than in cincy
Pads Fans
You do realize that OPS+ takes the field and league into consideration, right?
Javia135
Drury to 2B, Kim plays SS until Tatis gets back, Cronenworth to 1B and Machado stays at 3B.
mils100
One of the things that drives me nuts on this board is a sole focus on world series. I mean if the Padres have really good to great teams for 5-10 years but never win a Ws, thats still an awesome outcome. Of course, you want to win a title but mlb playoffs esp. now w 12 teams are a crapshoot. But having a fun team w great players to watch is great.
The goal of a team is to provide compelling entertainment and to win and SD is doing everything to meet that while also playing in a tv market equivalent to Pittsburgh.
A Seal
I agree, but the Padres haven’t had good teams and they’ve made big deals like this before.
Crunchtime1969
Never have the Padres made a deal like this. It’s big. Soto and Bell can hit.
VermonsterSD
Sorry, but no. They haven’t gone all in like this before. They tried once in 2015 but they tried to get a bunch of people who were big names for what they had done previously, instead of in the current context. Everybody they got today is good right now.
clintc
I agree. As a Braves fan, I had lots of fun years in the 90’s and early 2000’s watching very competitive teams excel each year. Some years they went deep into the playoffs, even the World Series. Was 1995 the only successful year? No.
If the Braves make the playoffs and perform decently this year, but ultimately fail to repeat, will I be disappointed? No, not really. I can’t really expect them to repeat knowing how crazy the postseason outcomes usually are.
The Padres are trying to build a winning team and making a lot of splashy moves. I can only imagine how excited their fans must be today. I wish them the best of luck – unless they match up with the Braves down the line.
Avory
Um…comparing the San Diego market with its well above average annual income and absence of any other major competing sports franchises with the situation in Pittsburgh is a bit disingenuous, no?
I do wholeheartedly agree with the sentiment vis-a-vis the World Series, though. Teams should aspire to be continuously competitive, not shoving in all their chips on the hope of a glorious one-and done. Ask Royals fans if one ring makes up for decades of pain before and, now, after.
Greenberg
Lol, you think the Padres can afford all these guys for 5 to 10 years? Try again. 13th size market. Got it.
Cap & Crunch
One of the few really good posts you will find nowadays on MLBTR
People just kinda suck when they can hide behind computer screens and yell obscurities. Males are going to take a hit from this moving forward in generations
Some right of passages necessary are going to be lost
Good work mlls100
TDR
Yeah I tend to agree, especially in baseball where it’s such a crapshoot in the playoffs. Just look at the dodgers. Getting Soto is great but they just put an all in bet to win a WS within 2 years and if they don’t it will be a total failure. Would have thought with Manny and Tatis locked up for the next decade you could afford to be patient, but Preller has 0 patience for prospects.
Pads Fans
Going to be hard to get a ticket in San Diego the rest of this year and next.
LordD99
Maybe Soto in return?!
ksoze
The Reds would still be bad.
James A.
They did the same thing years ago getting Darvish, Hosmer, Kimbrel, Justin Upton and what happened… NOTHING
IHLgulls
Wow!
Rsox
“The return is not publicly known at this time”
A 1995 David Bell rookie card, but not signed though
Pads Fans
In two days the Padres have acquired Josh Hader, Juan Soto, Josh Bell, and now Brandon Drury.
Insane.
Pads Fans
Padres gave up Victor Acosta for a rental of Drury.
DodgerDan
Yeah pretty CRAZY
Floki
Two Brandon trades in a row! Lets go!!!!!!!
Silas
lol
RunDMC
I liked Drury for ATL, but taking him out of Great American Ballpark and putting him in Petco is going to be interesting.
Ancient Pistol
Is there anything left in the minors after all this or is everything gone?
99socalfrc
Doesn’t matter. The Padres have never been able to develop talent from within during Preller’s tenure.. That’s the reason they have to trade for everyone else’s talent to try and keep up with the Dodgers.
BPrice's 77 F-Bombs
Drury has had a great season so far for my little Reds. Best of luck to him in SD.
desertdawg
Go Preller, one thing you will have to say is that the owner is saying go for it he is the one paying the bills. At least he is keeping things interesting.
Pads Fans
Drury cost the Padres is Victor Acosta according to Acee.
DanzigInTheDark
Normally I would say I can’t see it being a huge haul but that Darin Ruf trade threw me for a loop.
Drury looked good in limited ABs with the Mets last year and carried that over to this season. Good job by the Reds to get anything of value out of a guy they picked up off the street this winter, but I think he still hits well with San Diego as a utility depth guy.
Camden453
lmao, Acosta is barely a backup AAA middle infielder
Padres somehow keep getting the good players on the market for their terrible prospects.
Milwaukee ends up getting Esteury Ruiz, their real best prospect
Theres so much “juice” in the Padres system bad GMs keep falling for
drm166
ehh, Drury is having a career year at age 29, in a hitter-friendly ballpark, with an OPS 70 points higher than he’s ever had. It smells a lot like the Adam Frazier trade last year. They acquire a guy having a career year from a team that is selling high because they know it’s a mirage.
YourDreamGM
No A anything. Still Rookie ball.
Bigpoppapuff_34
Kid is the #6 Prospect in the Padre system.. Kinda hard to say he projects as a backup AAA SS… I think your info is off or you’re just trying to flame..
vacommish
Maybe Campusano unless they are holding him for the Contreras trade…
petersdylan36
So my guess is this once Tatis comes back in a week or two.
LF Profar
SS Tatis
3B Machado
RF Soto
DH Bell
1B Cronenworth
2B Drury
C Alfaro/Nola
CF Grisham
I don’t get why the padres get so much hate on this website. They are trying. They are exciting. They are making moves. Do we want them to go back to 10 years ago when they didn’t spend money and they sold at every trade deadline?
Manfred’s playing with the balls
I think you’re spot on with the lineup. I like the excitement Preller is creating but many of us have seen the rockstar GM labeled the best team on paper too many times.
I just want to see it play out before we hand them the crown.
Isthisserious
Because this kills sports. It’s not rocket science. Are you a Pads fan? Because you’re be the only type to like this.
petersdylan36
I am a Padres fan. I don’t know how this kills sports. I am trying not to be biased. Genuinely, what’s bad about them trying? If the Yanks or Mariners or the Royals did this, It would be fun to see.
Big whiffa
It’s Bc we are all a bunch of haters by nature lol
Pads Fans
Thinking Tatis moves to CF because Kim is quietly have a very good year. Drury splits time at DH with Alfaro, Grisham to the bench where he belongs
petersdylan36
I am not opposed to this idea. Kim also plays a great SS, defensively.
Greenberg
You’re not getting respect because you keep trying to take short cuts to winning a championship. You want it quick and easy instead of building a club the right way. Furthermore, your organization will be in shambles in a few years. There’s no honor in doing things the easy way. Any jack ass can make flashy trades, but does it lead to long term winning? Is it good for the health of your organization in the future?
You probably cheer when a politician creates a big project that’s all shiny and fun, then you realize you will have to pay higher taxes and it really wasn’t worth it.
petersdylan36
So they had a top ranked farm system for years. Built it from the ground up and used those players to benefit the big league team. How is that a short cut?
rocky7
They had a top ranked farm system because they pretty much sucked and had very high draft choices for multiple years….then they brought in the Rock Star GM who crows about his farm system but never dips down into it to use those players…he just trades them all for $multii million dollar veteran players…..Pads fans are lucky that the owners are willing to put up with a constant change of the roster year after year that continues to sky rocket upwards in cost…….don’t blame chasing a WS title, but you have to wonder what will be left afterwards…..see the Chicago Cubs for a glimpse into the future Pads fans.
petersdylan36
Change year after year?
On this date in 2020,
Tatis, Machado, Cronenworth, Profar, Myers, Grisham all started that day. They are all still with the team playing a significant part.
Mejia, Garcia, and Pham were the other starters. Mejia was traded for Snell, Garcia retired, and Pham stayed in SD for one more year before leaving in free agency.
Davies was the starting pitcher that day. He was traded for Darvish.
It doesn’t look like we have constant change year after year to me.
It looks more like upgrading at positions of needs.
Javia135
“Instead of building a club the right way.” Funny. The Padres have been a small market team trying to build a WS champ with zero money for their entire existence until the last 5 years. They have seen the Yankees, Dodgers, Giants and Red Sox buy championship after championship while the Padres have fire sales! Now they finally get to compete and you are mad at them because they “didn’t do it the right way”? Please!
oldguyG
Thanks
Floki
So there are like two or three dudes left in the Padres’ minor league system at this point?
Big whiffa
Heard pipeline was gonna only do a top 15 on them
juanwood3rd
I don’t get al the Preller, shocking actually. If I’m a player, fan, etc. of the Padres org or baseball in general AJ is not scared to place his huevos on the table. It’s what leaders do, they make the hard calls, some lead to the fall, but only time will tell. Huge fan of Preller and the Padres quest for a ring.
BobGibsonFan
Why have a trade deadline when the deadline doesn’t matter?
Avory
“The most impactful baseball trade of all time”?
Huh?
I thought the Red Sox dealt Babe Ruth to the Yankees.
The Reds dealt Frank Robinson to the Orioles.
The White Sox dealt Fernando Tatis Jr. to the Padres.
Can we wait and see how this designated hitter-to-be does with the Padres first?
Win Cor
This is the Babe Ruth trade of 21st century…of course it needs to pan out.
DogDays2
Maybe we can wait before comparing Tatis trade to F Robinson and Babe Ruth.
Pads Fans
Why wait? Soto is one of the best hitters since Ted Williams through age 23.
DogDays2
I said Tatis trade, not Soto.
HalosHeavenJJ
I’ll be very interested in a piece comparing the Reds top prospects after the trade deadline to their pipeline before the first Seattle trade with Suarez being shipped out.
They appear to have stockpiled some nice pieces.
Win Cor
Where does he even play? Who cares!
bravesallrhe way
pitching wins championships, something the Padres still don’t have. you might beat Milwaukee, but no way you beat the braves or Mets good luck
Brew’88
Padres pitching is most certainly of playoff quality, bordering on elite. The SP leads the league in quality starts, even with the gradual lengthening of Clevinger and Snell. They can’t match the Braves and Mets RP, but bringing in Hader, Pomeranz, P. Johnson and Suarez in August will sure fix the pen woes.
YourDreamGM
A for SD. A nice prospect but not elite yet, tons of projecting. A bargain for this deadline. For a heck of a bat.
C for CIN. They did well. This is a win win trade. Prospect is just so young and far away. Only 1 prospect.
Isthisserious
This sounds like every Reds trqde. Bringing back prospects that are years away.
jim stem
Padres are gonna need a whole lot of uniform work!
Edelapena08
This signing is probably due to Grisham not performing well, and needing a platoon for CF, and also a lack of a backup 1B for which I presume Myers will now be at after Hosmer. Drury covers both CF and 1B. Still don’t like the trade though since Drury’s stats this season seems fluky and unsustainable based on his track record.
Echopark
Wow. Hats off the the Padres. There are about 20-25 teams in baseball that wish their owners cared this much about a WS! I think Drury (who’s a great add) is because Preller simply forgot to stop trading!
Stros18
The Padres are so screwed. I feel bad for the next GM after Preller. This all falls to pieces if Soto doesn’t resign and even if they lock him in at 500mil they’ll be stuck with 0 financial flexibility and a depleted farm. This is exactly how not to approach building a “dynasty”
Big whiffa
Win 1 first
rocky7
So if Soto signs, exactly how much payroll will be left over from Soto, Machado, Tatis JR (and his ridiculous contract) for the other 20 something guys on the roster…….this is beginning to sound like the King and his Court traveling Softball show.!
Greenberg
I predict the Padres will fall right on their faces. Preller thinks acquiring a bunch of all stars will win a championship. Baseball is a team game and chemistry matters. It’s also fiscally irresponsible and unsustainable. It’s kind of a metaphor for California – people living above their means who come crashing down. Glitz and style over substance.
Brew’88
The only examples of WS contending teams without many stars with big salaries might be the Astros and Braves. The Dodgers and Mets have 8 guys making over $10 million a year, the Yankees, Padres and Phillies have 7. Are you saying the Pads can’t win a championship by paying stars because the Dodger/Yankee model has a proven history of not winning? Bah!
titanic struggle
This can’t be a good return, that cupboard is bare…
Yankeesforever
bwhahahahah Padres turning over every rock to make a WS appearance.
This trade is going to blow up in their face, Cincinnati is a bandbox, and now he goes to hit in the worst place for hitters.
This is another Adam Frazier move that backfired as well.
Padres credo is “if at first, you don’t succeed, fail, fail again. “
Brew’88
Gallo says hi
Isthisserious
These aren’t guaranteed championships but stuff like this kills sports and it’s exactly why the game is dying. Unlimited ability to do this and even if it fails, still can afford to eat it. What a sad state.
wallabeechamp
So I have a serious question for everyone:
Is Dodgers / Pobres a rivalry now?
Hahahaha!
#LOLPobres
JerseyShoreScore
What time is the trade deadline victory parade in San Diego?
Moneyballer
Its happening right now and will end when they inevitably get bounced from the playoffs.
Moneyballer
Preller is kicking ass and taking names. He’s not fluffing around!
beersy
Not sold on this one. I was hoping that Merrill and Acosta were the last 2 top 10 guys left when this all in approach happened. If they can’t find a taker for Myers, this causes quite the logjam.
bwmiller
Bad trade for the Reds, they needed Drury in the lineup. Best trade the Padres made.
Bigpoppapuff_34
Need him in the lineup for what exactly lol?? To lose 100 games instead of 105? To win the always heated battle of 4th place in the Central with the Buccos??
bwmiller
Reds would be close to .500 if they didn’t start the season 3-27
Bad start but they have played pretty good over the summer.
Silas
A lot of Brandon’s getting traded. That leaves Belt, Crawford, Nimmo & ??
PaulSimon
Padres are a silly organization
Alkie
I’m not saying I wouldn’t be excited if I were a Padres fan (I would be), but you should be aware that winning the trade deadline means virtually nothing.
Here’s who ESPN (I know, I know) declared the “winners” of the past 5 trade deadlines:
2021 – LAD
2020 – SD
2019 – HOU
2018 – WAS
2017 – LAD
None of them won the title that year.
And how did the eventual champs fare in the annual Winners and Losers column?
2021 – Braves (#2 biggest winner)
2020 – Dodgers (not listed as winner or loser)
2019 – Nationals (“did ok but not as good as the Braves”)
2018 – Red Sox (LOSERS “for not helping the bullpen”)
2017 – Astros (LOSERS “for not getting more pitching” — in fairness, they got JV later that season)
So, it’s exciting, but it doesn’t mean much come October.
DiehardFriarsFan
I like this signing. Drury will add depth and back up Machado and Croneworth.
rocky7
When Drury sits on the bench 4 games out of 6, his skills that led to the trade will certainly diminish……his rise in offense certainly was tied to playing every day…..this super utility role is a real question mark…..to say nothing of what his defense will look like with 3-4 gloves in his locker…….ROCK STAR GM does it again!…..Preller is the Dave Dombrowski (albeit the titles) of the NL West.
Javia135
@rocky7
Drury will be the Padres starting 2B. Cronenworth will start at 1B. It’s not that hard.
petersdylan36
While the padres got the biggest flashiest piece today. One could argue the Yankees might be the winner this deadline
This one belongs to the Reds
You can add all the players you want, but that doesn’t mean they play together well. Look at how the Dodgers spending 200-300 million a year turns out most of the time. Or the Mets back when they were spending like a drunken sailor.
Chemistry is a real thing in sports.
Brew’88
Haven’t the Dodgers won their division like 49 out of last 50 years? $
MannyPineappleExpress9
Legit question from a non-Pads, generally uninformed fan..
How does SD have room for all these new acquisitions? I’m too lazy to do the research beyond knowing they shipped out 2 guys from the big league roster.
Thanks in advance.
Javia135
The Padres traded 3 players from their 40 man roster for Hader. That opened 2 spots. Losing Hosmer and Voit opened 2 more.
MannyPineappleExpress9
Ok, that helps. I had somehow forgotten Rogers coming to MKE in the Hader deal..
However, specifically regarding the actual big league roster..haven’t they added more than they subtracted? And if Tatis comes back that’s another one they have to make room for.
Javia135
I believe they have only added 3 to fill those 4 spots: Drury, Bell and Soto. Even so they have Azocar and Batten who can easily be tossed overboard.
CNichols
Lamet also left in the MKE deal too creating more space
WeWereGood
Is there anyone the Padres won’t acquire?
This one belongs to the Reds
Tommy Pham again apparently.
This one belongs to the Reds
I wouldn’t have totally shocked to see Kyle Farmer be moved with all the SS in the system pipeline. As much as I like the dude. I guess we have 20 minutes yet.
bobsugar84
Now Cronenworth can give him (Drury) his All Star bonus that he didn’t deserve.
And if they bat Drury seventh like projected after Profar, then they should have their head examined.
Brew’88
They played different positions, ASG selections are by position.
jk
Top 3? They always find a way to lose, like the Angel’s!
Top 3 teams in nl are division leaders. Not those that are 10 plus gb.
raulp
I think for Drury’s future contract, it’d had been better to remain in Cincy playing almost every day. Now in San Diego he’ll have much less opportunities, but that’s business.
Brew’88
Drurywill play daily. In his first AB in Petco he will hit a grand slam
Bozzmania1 2
As long as the fans turn out and they do, there’s no reason to think they can’t be good for years to come. They’re the only game in town and even their bad teams drew 2 plus mill/year. So Cal is a hot bed for baseball all three draw extremely well