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Padres Reacts Survey: How would you rate the San Diego offseason to this point?
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It has been a quiet offseason around Major League Baseball.
There have been short bursts of news at different points, but for the most part, it has been an unremarkable period for baseball. Could that be about to change after one of the top big-name free agents, Alex Bregman, signed a five-year, $175 million deal with the Chicago Cubs? Let’s hope so because this has been tough to watch.
Fans of the Toronto Blue Jays, Baltimore Orioles and recently the Chicago Cubs have had exciting offseasons – at times. But they have been slow movers as well. The difference is that when these three teams have made moves, either via free agency or trade, they have been headline deals.
The Blue Jays may regret the contract they gave free agent right-hander Dylan Cease when they inked him to a seven-year, $210 million contract at the start of free agency. Cease jumped on the offer and with the other top starters, Framber Valdez and Ranger Suarez, still unsigned, he was smart to do so. Toronto also signed free agent infielder Kazuma Okamoto from Nippon Professional Baseball, and they are said to be in heavy pursuit of free agent outfielder Kyle Tucker.
The Orioles traded pitcher Grayson Rodriguez to the Los Angele Angels for outfielder Taylor Ward early in the offseason. Baltimore signed free agent first baseman Pete Alonso and made another trade with the Tampa Bay Rays to acquire Shane Baz. The Orioles are also considered a favorite to land either Valdez or Suarez.
The Cubs signed Bregman and that came just days after Chicago agreed to a trade with the Miami Marlins to acquire starting pitcher Edward Cabrera for outfield prospect Owen Caissie and a couple lesser-known prospects. Chicago never seemed to be all that interested in bringing Tucker back, but there were rumors that the team was interested in adding free agent outfielder Cody Bellinger. With the Bregman signing that may no longer be the case for the Cubs.
Those are the highlights of the baseball offseason, but the team WE are interested in is the San Diego Padres. They re-signed starting pitcher Michael King and added free agent infielder Sung-Mun Song from the Korean Baseball Organization (KBO) in the same week, but the rest of the offseason moves have hardly been noticed, let alone made headlines. That’s not fair, at this point, every Padres move is a headline because we are starved for activity.
The Padres have signed multiple players to minor league contracts and have signed a few players to the major league roster. But one list clearly outpaces the other.
- Major League Deals
- RHP Michael King
- INF Sung-Mun Song
- LHP Kyle Hart
- RHP Ty Adcock
- RHP Daison Acosta
- Minor League Deals
- OF Pablo Reyes
- OF Albert Fabian
- RF Carlos Rodriguez
- CF Jase Bowen
- RHP Sean Boyle
- RF Nick Schnell
- RHP Misael Tamarez
- RHP Evan Fitterer
- RHP Nathanael Jacinto
- RHP Albieris Polanco
- SS Dawry Guerrero
- C Blake Hunt
- RHP Andrew Dalquist
- RHP Sadrac Franco
- 1B Nick Solak
- RHP Triston McKenzie
- LHP Fernando Sanchez
- LHP D.J. Snelten
- 3B Jose Miranda
There has been activity and there have been additions made by the Padres, but San Diego has made only a handful of major league additions. Most of these additions seem to be an effort to replenish a depleted minor league system. That could be the approach this offseason due to the reported financial constraints and a potential sale of the team, but that’s not a lot of fun for fans who have to sit and wait to see if one or more of these players who is signed to a minor league deal makes a push to join the big-league roster. How do you, the Friar Faithful and readers of Gaslamp Ball, feel about the San Diego offseason so far?
It can change any day with just one transaction, but we may have to wait until Spring Training for that to come.
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