The Padres are still trying to trade right fielder Wil Myers in the hour or so remaining until the trade deadline, tweets Joel Sherman of the New York Post. Padres GM A.J. Preller has been a whirlwind of activity in the last few days, adding Juan Soto, Josh Bell, Josh Hader, and Brandon Drury while shipping out Eric Hosmer, Luke Voit, and a slew of young players.
Myers, 31, signed a six-year, $83MM extension with the Padres in January 2017, and it seems like they’ve been trying to unload the contract most of the time since then. While Myers surged to a 123 wRC+ from 2020-21, he sits at just 68 this year in 138 plate appearances after missing over two months with knee inflammation. He came off the IL yesterday and played first base while batting fifth, and is doing so again in the Padres’ current afternoon tilt against Colorado.
At this stage, Myers is owed about $7MM this year plus a $1MM buyout for 2023, a moveable amount if Preller can identify and include any prospects he’s yet to trade. During the offseason, the Padres seemed intent on staying under the $230MM competitive balance threshold. Given all of their additions of late, ducking under for 2022 would be an impressive feat.
Holy Cow!
Of course they are.
Gwynning
Yeah, newsflash!
bucsfan0004
He hit into a DP last inning – Trade him!!!
Gwynning
Hey! We resemble that remark…! Ha
deweybelongsinthehall
Surprised Bloom wasn’t in on him too if the right prospect was added. Might still happen.
NineChampionships
You don’t have the cap space to eat his contract.
deweybelongsinthehall
Who doesn’t? If JDM is dealt (which I hope not), there is.
geg42
Wait, you watch the games? Most people here just play GM
giantsphan12
What prospects do the Friars have left to entice any other team to take on Myers?
NineChampionships
Merill
Deleted Userr
Campusano
VegasSDfan
A lot. They won’t miss anyone they traded besides CJ Abrams and Ruiz. Both of those guys will end up being good, otherwise they are suspects.
ck99
I think they will miss Gore, too.
Vanmorrissey
Two years now. One decent year, same as Hosmer in 20, then pfft. Good luck on that.
GyatDamn
Jed for Myers
Jal179
AJP is my daddy
dynamite drop in monty
Aka “padres keep calling Chaim bloom”
Rsox
That’s what I’m afraid of. Bloom has spent three offseasons trying to get Myers and Preller might be high enough right now to agree to pay him for the rest of the season
deweybelongsinthehall
Take him if the total package helps moving forward.
JeffreyChungus
Chaim
Angry Disgruntled Sox Fan
My thoughts exactly
ellisd19830
And the sky is blue!
holecamels35
Why are the Pirates not getting in on this stuff??????
They could take on Hosmer and Myers and still be under 60M in payroll. Not that the Pads have any prospects left but give us Campusano to take the crap off your hands.
Gwynning
Call Beantown for The Hoz
holecamels35
I know, now, but I had that idea years ago that it would have been a perfect fit. And sadly he’d be the best 1B they had the past 20 years since the Josh Bell era.
vacommish
I agree – that is likely the guy that would go with Meyers. Pirates already have a stud C in the offing, so they’d need someone else.
holecamels35
Campusano can play now though since the position is a mess, and Henry Davis is injured. If they both can hit, in two seasons, one can play 1B or DH.
bkbaxter826
But we have Yoshi and JVM! God help us or maybe the Padres?
Captain Judge99
They should of traded Myers to Washington instead of Voit. Now Hosmer gets to go to Boston, a lefties dream to hit at Fenway, after refusing to go to the Nationals. Get ‘em’ Voit!
benhen77
Not sure that Washington would have taken that. Hosmer and Voit can hit. Myers can’t.
StPeteStingRays
Maybe they should HAVE. Stay in school, kid.
Captain Judge99
@StPeteStingRays- hey it’s Mr. Sting Ray himself. I wish you my best, rooting for your loser team. Good luck.
goobar1212
Meyers and prospect to bos for Jbj
Jm207* 2
Jbj is equally as bad. No need for prospect
Codeeg
He only makes sense if you got underwater contracts to trade with, and attach prospects
Oldschoolandthemets1980
Dom smith and Ruf for Myers, much wrather have Myers over Ruf let’s flip him.
fred-3
he just grounded into a inning ending double play with the bases loaded lol
vacommish
LOL – Right on cue. Padres down 2-0 to the Rox.
bkbaxter826
See, a perfect fit for the Pirates!
99socalfrc
Attach a prospect, make sure the next GM has totally nothing to work with. AJ is smart like that.
ElectricJ
Preller gets some grief when his moves don’t work out but I have to give the Pads props for remaking their team today. That dude has a serious set of stones on him.
99socalfrc
Does he? Or is the luckiest GM in the game to have the owners he does?
Cap & Crunch
Angels should try Rasiel Iglesias and Stassi for Meyers Pomeranz and prospects-
Yes Pom is owed 10 mill next year but that’s what gets ya the prospects and deal – Get to shake RI and Stassi money as well long term. Prellers living paycheck to paycheck perfect guy to get one over on if you scratch there {immediate} backs as well a little
PadreB2011
SD does not need RI or a catcher.
abc123baseball
Preller does realize that they are playing a game right now, right? Can Azocar or Batten play first base? Did any of the pitchers play first in high school?
tstats
Crone
PadreB2011
Cronenworth can play 1st:)
jjd002
Can he play CF?
mightytyke
Going to have to eat that contract..
DogDays2
It’s funny since most of the new Padre fans in here haven’t heard of him.
Deleted Userr
Shouldn’t be hard after all Pads Fans said from like 5 different accounts that there were no better outfielders than Myers who were available for less money than he is making and muted everyone who disagreed.
Gwynning
You two need to get a room, your bickering is borderline embarrassing. One of the funnest days in our history and yet you moan about nothingness, good grief LH. Let it go. Peace
Deleted Userr
He needs to answer for his BS and stop hiding behind the mute button. Does the same thing on Friarhood.
Padres2019ha
I agree Gwynning. Pot meet kettle, Ryan.
Cam
This is the internet. He doesn’t need to do anything for you.
Don’t let things online eat you up dude.
Deleted Userr
Hey look it’s Padres2019ha aka “The Dude” on EVT who STILL won’t atone for his “Noah Syndrergaard for Wil Myers” trade proposals and “trade for JT Realmuto and just extend him” proposals and his assertion that the Padres HAVE to trade for good players first to be able to sign them later (Manny Machado says hi).
Deleted Userr
Needs to do it for himself.
Padres2019ha
You sound like rainman. Definitely, definitely sound like rainman
Deleted Userr
You sound like a kid trying to deflect from his horrible HORRIBLE takes.
Deleted Userr
You should change your name to “Bad Takes R Us”
CalcetinesBlancos
“Myers, 31, signed a six-year, $83MM extension with the Padres in January 2017, and it seems like they’ve been trying to unload the contract most of the time since then.”
That’s what made that Hosmer contract so bizarre; why would you do the same thing like a year later?
99socalfrc
LOL not only did Preller trade Trea Turner for Wil Myers he made sure that Myers would make more than Turner too. To date Wil Myers has cost the Padres $23m more than Trea Turner earned over the same time.
Preller is an awesome circus act/ reality show. He is actually a really bad GM.
mlbdodgerfan2015
Preller’s MO, think now, not later. Only thing that matters is now!
NineChampionships
Padres were desperate for national recognition. If you subscribe to the, “there’s no such thing as bad press” idea then all those years of people laughing at SD paid off in the sense that people were now talking about the Padres.
Jean-Luc
Wil Myers and Blake Snell to the Rays for Brett Phillips. Make it so!
StPeteStingRays
We don’t have room for either of those two overgrown kids.
HalosHeavenJJ
Angels have an outfield opening and a lack of prospects. Come on Arte, buy one here.
Angels & NL West
I’m with you, HHJJ. The Angels will pay Meyers salary in full if the Pads throw in a prospect.
Stros18
The Astros will take him for a Firehouse Sub and Macys gift card.
clintc
When Myers first came up, he reminded me of Dale Murphy – the build, skillset, swing. I don’t think I expected him to be a back-to-back MVP like Murph, but I thought he’d be a very productive, All-Star caliber kind of guy.
He turned out to be a lot more like Phillies/Rockies era Murph than I would have ever guessed.
StPeteStingRays
The sound of the bat when he connected squarely with a ball was deafening. Dude had perennial star written all over. What a disappointment…
Silent Bob23
Maybe the Red Sox will take him too.
DogDays2
Think I’d rather have Gallo lol