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The opinion that the Padres wouldn’t outlay $100M plus for a SP of King’s caliber is quirky Steve. And the Padres Are Broke narrative is getting old, if not directly countered by what is playing out in reality. They project as a top 10 payroll team again this year, with much $ freed up next year. With 47 thousand in attendance on a Monday last night, this small market team will manage just fine.
Still so strange. I was having a chuckle at reading one of SI’s AI-written trade proposals that reiterated the “broke” narrative. Like the Pads are going to sell King and Arraez right now, and for a mid-tier AA guy. Lmao! Cheers Brewski
Go Pads!
Gwynn – Over the past 6 months SI has put out an insane amount of garbage. Like now they are using speculation from Bleacher Report to support their “Mets are interested in Rafaela and a trade could happen any day” headlines.
They are like the Jerry Springer of baseball news, hopefully they go away soon after losing all credibility.
100% FPG, makes for good giggles and that’s about it. The ironic thing was that the article I mentioned was King & Arraez to your Sox for a AA no-namer. Funny stuff!
San Diego may be a small market team, but the area has been growing for decades and the average income is enough that the Padres had the 4th highest home attendance in 2024 behind the large market Dodgers, Yankees, and Phillies.
I can’t easily find their TV ratings and cable contract.
30-35 years ago I could drive down the 101 with minimal traffic. That changed by the mid-90’s, and I’m sure there is as much congestion on the major arteries as in LA and SF most hours.
Hey Samuel! Don’t hit the 5/805 split at rush hour. Downtown gets bad, too… depending on time of day, ballgame, etc. Traffic updates aside, the Pads don’t have a cable contract and TV ratings are (probably) nonexistent… but they do stream every game through the MLBTV app. They should be top 2, 3, 4 in attendance again; the ballpark is always packed and alive with the rhythm of the city. Always energized! Tatis is a modern day gladiator with the way he gets the RF crown going, it’s a super awesome environment. The club is FAR from broke, and the common narrative that they are is a joke. Cheers buddy!
Samuel, Apparently it is growing rapidly. My aunt lived there for years and was stationed there, but she said she had to get the h*** outta there because of it.
I should have been more specific; the Padres are a small MEDIA market team (4th from bottom of MLB). It’s definitely a growing city.
Brew, It’s not that they’re broke, it’s will ownership continue to ok spending in the upper tier of the league. They seem to be compromising. Meaning, we’ll roll with what we have, but when these deals expire, we’re going down in payroll. You know, since teams won’t give us every prospect they have for our guys.
@dsett75. I thought they might pull back even more as well, but it seems as though they were honest about the CBT reset in 2024, as they’re now back up in the 2nd tier of penalties on the CBT in 2025. Doesn’t sound like they’re compromising (or broke) too much, as evidenced by the Pivetta signing and Merrill extension. Wouldn’t surprise me if they add more before trade deadline
Floatsam? Really
The Pirates are a perfect fit for nobody or everybody, depending on how you feel about it.
The Pirates, Mariners and Orioles have prime opportunities to augment their teams. Pittsburgh and Seattle with their pitching and Baltimore with their position players. Alas, their owners prefer profit over everything, apparently. When they do that, they should be forced to sell. Unfortunately, the commissioner is on their side. Perhaps he gets a cut. Whatever the reason he wouldn’t do that, I bet he’d call the players greedy before the owners.