James Shields

[QuinlansMinion]

3 years, 30 million

 

Take it or leave it

[Hollyw00d]

he'll laugh Jedi off the phone at that offer

[QuinlansMinion]

he'll laugh Jedi off the phone at that offer

He'll call back once he realizes we have Disneyland, great weather, nice and peaceful Orange County roads and parking lots (unlike LA), and that our fans dont care about winning World Series titles as long as we win the division.

[MVTrout]

He'll call back once he realizes we have Disneyland, great weather, nice and peaceful Orange County roads and parking lots (unlike LA), and that our fans dont care about winning World Series titles as long as we win the division.

That last part, ouch!

[tomsred]

That last part, ouch!

Just another pip squeek who thinks he knows what other fans other fans are thinking.

[ukyah]

 what other fans other fans are thinking.

 

i've heard of these fans. you'll never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy.

[Vegas Halo Fan]

i've heard of these fans. you'll never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy.

 

Kudos for the Star Wars reference.

[ukyah]

Kudos for the Star Wars reference.

 

 

never heard of it. i was talking about oakland.

[Vegas Halo Fan]

never heard of it. i was talking about oakland.

 

Double kudos for the comeback.

[Second Base]

San Diego's going to be dangerous this year if he ends up signing there. Cashner, Ross, Shields, Kennedy and Despagne measure up pretty well with any team outside of LA and DC. It'll be exciting to see three So-Cal contenders in the same year.

[Angel Oracle]

I thought he was signing by this weekend.

Something is amiss - LOL.

[LAAMike]

72-80 Million over four years from San Diego. He will sign tomorrow.

[QuinlansMinion]

Just another pip squeek who thinks he knows what other fans other fans are thinking.

Just another pip squeek who thinks he knows that someone else knows what other fans are thinking. 

Edited February 9, 2015 by QuinlansMinion

[Ohtaniland]

That's a great deal for James Shields. Not the Padres.

[Jim]

What tdawg said. And its agreed, its not a bad problem to have depth up the ass

That there is a quality problem for sure. 

[tdawg87]

72-80 Million over four years

 

Eww, yeah, no thank you.

[Angel Oracle]

I'm glad to pass on that. If not Moncada, use some of that money towards getting Olivera and Ibanez.

[ukyah]

if this is true it becomes the largest free agent contract the padres have ever signed. want to have your mind blown? the largest FA contract the padres have ever given was to joquin benoit for 2 year and 15.5 million. think about that shit.

 

The largest contract the Padres have ever handed out is three-year, $52 million deal they gave Jake Peavy, but they traded him and paid little of it.

Edited February 9, 2015 by ukyah

[Butcher'd]

Padres have totally transformed their team. Upton, Kemp, Norris, Myers, Shields, Middlebrooks all in one offseason. I think they'll win 90 games and give the Dodgers a run for their money

[TeemuTrout]

This reeks of the 2012 Blue Jays.

[DMVol]

I'm glad to pass on that. If not Moncada, use some of that money towards getting Olivera and Ibanez.

Doesn't appear we're in the mix for Moncada, don't know about the other Cubans....Really, if you look at it, we haven't done much of anything on the FA market since the Hamilton signing.  I guess we threw a good offer at Garza last winter but, other than that, it's pretty much been Joe Smith and Baldoquin, who I guess is a FA of sorts....I understand that Trout got a huge payday and Street added to the payroll...I also understand the salary cap issue but why not go aggresively after some of these other Cuban guys?  Seems a way around the salary cap and waiting on drafted guys to develop....If it's all about the Hamilton, Wilson and Pujols contracts, then DiPoto is going to have to be Billy Beane and make more trades, a la Trumbo and Howie, to stay competitive...

[fan_since79]

Padres have totally transformed their team. Upton, Kemp, Norris, Myers, Shields, Middlebrooks all in one offseason. I think they'll win 90 games and give the Dodgers a run for their money

 

I certainly hope so!

[eaterfan]

The biggest question I have is who plays CF for them? I really have my doubts about Myers defensive abilities.

[MVTrout]

Everybody in the media is jumping on their bandwagon now, LOL!

[Stradling]

Look at the additions MVT, it's quite impressive.