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Padres Trying To Trade Wil Myers

By Tim Dierkes | August 2, 2022 at 3:46pm CDT

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.

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73 Comments

  1. Holy Cow!

    3 years ago

    Of course they are.

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    • Gwynning

      3 years ago

      Yeah, newsflash!

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    • bucsfan0004

      3 years ago

      He hit into a DP last inning – Trade him!!!

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      • Gwynning

        3 years ago

        Hey! We resemble that remark…! Ha

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      • deweybelongsinthehall

        3 years ago

        Surprised Bloom wasn’t in on him too if the right prospect was added. Might still happen.

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        • NineChampionships

          3 years ago

          You don’t have the cap space to eat his contract.

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        • deweybelongsinthehall

          3 years ago

          Who doesn’t? If JDM is dealt (which I hope not), there is.

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      • Mr. E Team

        3 years ago

        Wait, you watch the games? Most people here just play GM

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      • giantsphan12

        3 years ago

        What prospects do the Friars have left to entice any other team to take on Myers?

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        • NineChampionships

          3 years ago

          Merill

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        • Deleted Userr

          3 years ago

          Campusano

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        • VegasSDfan

          3 years ago

          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.

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        • ck99

          3 years ago

          I think they will miss Gore, too.

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    • Vanmorrissey

      3 years ago

      Two years now. One decent year, same as Hosmer in 20, then pfft. Good luck on that.

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  2. GyatDamn

    3 years ago

    Jed for Myers

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  3. Jal179

    3 years ago

    AJP is my daddy

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  4. dynamite drop in monty

    3 years ago

    Aka “padres keep calling Chaim bloom”

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    • Rsox

      3 years ago

      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

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      • deweybelongsinthehall

        3 years ago

        Take him if the total package helps moving forward.

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  5. JeffreyChungus

    3 years ago

    Chaim

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    • Cora the Destroya

      3 years ago

      My thoughts exactly

      Reply
  6. ellisd19830

    3 years ago

    And the sky is blue!

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  7. holecamels35

    3 years ago

    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.

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    • Gwynning

      3 years ago

      Call Beantown for The Hoz

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      • holecamels35

        3 years ago

        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.

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    • vacommish

      3 years ago

      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.

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      • holecamels35

        3 years ago

        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.

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    • bkbaxter826

      3 years ago

      But we have Yoshi and JVM! God help us or maybe the Padres?

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  8. Captain Judge99

    3 years ago

    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!

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    • benhen77

      3 years ago

      Not sure that Washington would have taken that. Hosmer and Voit can hit. Myers can’t.

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    • StPeteStingRays

      3 years ago

      Maybe they should HAVE. Stay in school, kid.

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      • Captain Judge99

        3 years ago

        @StPeteStingRays- hey it’s Mr. Sting Ray himself. I wish you my best, rooting for your loser team. Good luck.

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  9. goobar1212

    3 years ago

    Meyers and prospect to bos for Jbj

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    • Jm207* 2

      3 years ago

      Jbj is equally as bad. No need for prospect

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  10. Codeeg

    3 years ago

    He only makes sense if you got underwater contracts to trade with, and attach prospects

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  11. Oldschoolandthemets1980

    3 years ago

    Dom smith and Ruf for Myers, much wrather have Myers over Ruf let’s flip him.

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  12. fred-3

    3 years ago

    he just grounded into a inning ending double play with the bases loaded lol

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    • vacommish

      3 years ago

      LOL – Right on cue. Padres down 2-0 to the Rox.

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    • bkbaxter826

      3 years ago

      See, a perfect fit for the Pirates!

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  13. 99socalfrc

    3 years ago

    Attach a prospect, make sure the next GM has totally nothing to work with. AJ is smart like that.

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  14. ElectricJ

    3 years ago

    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.

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    • 99socalfrc

      3 years ago

      Does he? Or is the luckiest GM in the game to have the owners he does?

      Reply
  15. Cap & Crunch

    3 years ago

    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

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    • PadreB2011

      3 years ago

      SD does not need RI or a catcher.

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      Reply
  16. abc123baseball

    3 years ago

    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?

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    • tstats

      3 years ago

      Crone

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    • PadreB2011

      3 years ago

      Cronenworth can play 1st:)

      Reply
  17. jjd002

    3 years ago

    Can he play CF?

    Reply
  18. mightytyke

    3 years ago

    Going to have to eat that contract..

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  19. DogDays2

    3 years ago

    It’s funny since most of the new Padre fans in here haven’t heard of him.

    Reply
  20. Deleted Userr

    3 years ago

    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.

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    • Gwynning

      3 years ago

      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

      2
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      • Deleted Userr

        3 years ago

        He needs to answer for his BS and stop hiding behind the mute button. Does the same thing on Friarhood.

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        • Padres2019ha

          3 years ago

          I agree Gwynning. Pot meet kettle, Ryan.

          1
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        • Cam

          3 years ago

          This is the internet. He doesn’t need to do anything for you.

          Don’t let things online eat you up dude.

          1
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        • Deleted Userr

          3 years ago

          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).

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        • Deleted Userr

          3 years ago

          Needs to do it for himself.

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        • Padres2019ha

          3 years ago

          You sound like rainman. Definitely, definitely sound like rainman

          1
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        • Deleted Userr

          3 years ago

          You sound like a kid trying to deflect from his horrible HORRIBLE takes.

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        • Deleted Userr

          3 years ago

          You should change your name to “Bad Takes R Us”

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  21. CalcetinesBlancos

    3 years ago

    “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?

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    • 99socalfrc

      3 years ago

      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.

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    • mlbdodgerfan2015

      3 years ago

      Preller’s MO, think now, not later. Only thing that matters is now!

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    • NineChampionships

      3 years ago

      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.

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  22. Jean-Luc

    3 years ago

    Wil Myers and Blake Snell to the Rays for Brett Phillips. Make it so!

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    • StPeteStingRays

      3 years ago

      We don’t have room for either of those two overgrown kids.

      Reply
  23. HalosHeavenJJ

    3 years ago

    Angels have an outfield opening and a lack of prospects. Come on Arte, buy one here.

    2
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    • Angels & NL West

      3 years ago

      I’m with you, HHJJ. The Angels will pay Meyers salary in full if the Pads throw in a prospect.

      Reply
  24. Stros18

    3 years ago

    The Astros will take him for a Firehouse Sub and Macys gift card.

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  25. clintc

    3 years ago

    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.

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    • StPeteStingRays

      3 years ago

      The sound of the bat when he connected squarely with a ball was deafening. Dude had perennial star written all over. What a disappointment…

      Reply
  26. Silent Bob23

    3 years ago

    Maybe the Red Sox will take him too.

    Reply
  27. DogDays2

    3 years ago

    Think I’d rather have Gallo lol

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