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Pitchers and catchers will be reporting to Padres Spring Training at the Peoria Sports Complex in just a few weeks and the 2024 roster is still anything but complete. They still have somewhere in the range of $25 million of space under the Competitive Balance Tax threshold to play around with. Obviously, a few savvy moves are in order, and…

When the Padres signed Matt Carpenter before the 2023 off-season they were hoping he’d pair with Nelson Cruz to form a potent designated hitter platoon. Neither player panned out. Cruz was released and Carpenter (for some reason as of yet unknown) fell out of favor, going a month without getting a single at-bat. He finished with a .176 average and…

Trading Juan Soto to the Yankees was the first and certainly the largest domino to fall in the Padres off-season. But it will definitely not be the last. The deal for five players cleared a bunch of payroll space that now offers a litany of intriguing possibilities. Adding another pitcher? Signing Ha-Seong Kim’s old buddy to play outfield? It’s...

Let’s be absolutely clear right off the bat: nobody in the Padres organization WANTED to trade Juan Soto. He’s one of the most dangerous offensive forces in baseball, entering a contract year, and was probably going to put up monster numbers no matter where he played the 2024 season. However, there are other factors at play that, for lack...

In the NBA we see All-Stars traded for other All-Stars all the time. That doesn’t happen very often in Major League Baseball. Usually it’s a superstar dealt for bunch of prospects and solid but not earth-shattering veterans. Wouldn’t it be fun to see a true blockbuster this winter? The Padres have almost certainly painted themselves into a corner where...