The San Diego Padres offseason has gotten worse.
The Padres are one in every of two groups that has not added a participant to the key league roster this offseason. Sheel Seidler, the widow of former workforce proprietor Pete Seidler, sued her two brothers-in-law for management of the group. Commerce rumors have swirled round pitcher Dylan Stop and second baseman Luis Arraez because the Padres look to chop payroll. It isn’t the kind of offseason one would think about {that a} workforce that gained 93 video games and gave the Dodgers their most troublesome take a look at within the postseason would have.
In the meantime, different contenders within the NL West have gotten higher. The Diamondbacks added a top-of-the-rotation starter in Corbin Burnes whereas buying first baseman Josh Naylor in a commerce with the Guardians. The Giants signed shortstop Willy Adames to a seven-year, $182 million contract, and future Corridor of Fame pitcher Justin Verlander on a one-year, $15 million deal.
Then there are the Dodgers. They’ve gotten stronger as they give the impression of being to turn into the primary repeat winners of the World Collection for the reason that 1998-2000 Yankees. Two-time Cy Younger award winner Blake Snell signed a five-year deal so as to add one other frontline starter to the rotation. Outfielder Teoscar Hernandez returned on a three-year, $66 million contract. Outfielder Michael Conforto, relievers Blake Treinen and Geovanny Gallegos and infielder Hyeseong Kim fortified potential weaknesses.
The massive prize landed on Friday. Pitcher Roki Sasaki introduced that he was signing with the Dodgers, spurning the Blue Jays and Padres within the course of. That loss is much more painful for the Padres as they not solely constructed their offseason plans round Sasaki however should face him for the foreseeable future.
The place do the Padres go from right here? There are holes at brief, within the outfield and within the bullpen. If Stop and/or Arraez are traded, that opens up one other space of want. And the Padres wish to shed payroll. Dropping Sasaki will make an already-brutal offseason even worse.
