Harsh commentary on Pads...

[Inside Pitch]

http://grantland.com/features/aj-preller-mlb-san-diego-padres-national-league-west/

 

Its a long long read but it hits on every step and misstep made by AJ Preller.   I know a lot of people got sucked into the Pads hype based on their massive amount of activity but this article goes a long ways towards pointing out how absurd it was from the start...

 

Bud Black may have caught a huge break being fired.   

 

"Less than a year ago, Preller inherited an organization with a promising future, a team with enough talent to finish near .500 last season, and potential franchise talents like Ross and Wisler and Turner in the minors. Today, the Padres are a bad team saddled with bad contracts and no farm system. It’s hard to do this much damage this quickly without the use of heavy artillery."

Edited July 15, 2015 by Inside Pitch

[Puget Sound Angel]

Remember when the Pads were the champs of February?

[laagamer]

Ouch.

Crashband ****ing BURN.

[nate]

Preller Reagins'd the Padres.

[CanadianHalo]

"When the guy you had pegged for center field in one of the game’s largest outfields has to be moved to first base … you might not have thought this whole thing through."

Pretty much.

Now give me Upton, Arte!!!

[Thomas]

"That's a GM who knows how to get things done!" -- Arte Moreno

[Pujols4MVP]

The San Diego sports curse continues.

[JoJo26]

Padre fans - I want to hear from you! The ladies line is open. First time - long time! 

[Guest]

I don't know much about the Padres organization, but I can't help wonder if most of these moves were actually done at the insistence the owner and field manager Bud Black (a former associate of Scioscia's). If that's true then it looks like Preller is getting thrown under the bus like what happened with Jerry Dipoto and Tony Reagins.

Edited July 15, 2015 by ScottLux

[Inside Pitch]

I don't know much about the Padres organization, but I can't help wonder if most of these moves were actually done at the insistence the owner and field manager Bud Black (a former associate of Scioscia's). If that's true then it looks like Preller is getting thrown under the bus like what happened with Jerry Dipoto and Tony Reagins.

 

 

It takes a lot of effort, some squinting, and a dash of crazy to come up with a statement like this...

[ELEVEN]

It takes a lot of effort, some squinting, and a dash of crazy to come up with a statement like this...

Try more fiber next time.

[tomsred]

It takes a lot of effort, some squinting, and a dash of crazy to come up with a statement like this...

 

.....and a vivid imagination.

[ukyah]

the padres are hardly without prospects. he didn't even trade their top guys. if i remember correctly i think he traded one guy from their top 5.

[laagamer]

I would like to submit another post to this thread stating I find the use of Pads" as an abbreviated Padres terrible.

Sounds nothing like Padres.

Thought this was an article commenting on the overuse of gear at the plate.

[Inside Pitch]

the padres are hardly without prospects. he didn't even trade their top guys. if i remember correctly i think he traded one guy from their top 5.

 

http://www.baseballamerica.com/minors/2015-san-diego-padres-top-10-prospects/

 

They still have some talent, Hedges was up with the Padres as was Spangenberg.   Looks like he moved the top two guys that survived the initial purge.   But you have to wonder about the depth when a guy who failed to break into the Angels top ten in 2014 ended up ranking 9th in the Padres top ten this year.   

It all goes back to Rondon!

[Inside Pitch]

I would like to submit another post to this thread stating I find the use of Pads" as an abbreviated Padres terrible.

Sounds nothing like Padres.

Thought this was an article commenting on the overuse of gear at the plate.

 

 

 

 

If only Padre were an English word.  

[Homebrewer]

2 words sum up the SD baseball experience..

Ted Leitner.

 

Too bad, because the ballpark down there is top notch..

[laagamer]

If only Padre were an English word.

"Pads"? Sounds like a Boston accent to me.

ADMIT YOUR LOVE FOR DAVID ORTIZ! GIVE IN TO THE DARK SIDE!

[Hollyw00d]

I had a good feeling when the padres went all Tony reagins last winter, it was going to be a disaster

Even the one "sure" guy, kimbrel, has been average

That organization is a trainwreck

[yk9001]

I would like to submit another post to this thread stating I find the use of Pads" as an abbreviated Padres terrible.

Sounds nothing like Padres.

Thought this was an article commenting on the overuse of gear at the plate.

I feel the same way about "Rags" for Rangers, which, I believe, is worse.

[Blarg]

I feel the same way about "Rags" for Rangers, which, I believe, is worse.

 

Rags and Pads. Let the menstrual cycle flow.

[laagamer]

I feel the same way about "Rags" for Rangers, which, I believe, is worse.

...I just realized both names could also be a term for female hygiene products

This amuses me.

[Pujols4MVP]

...I just realized both names could also be a term for female hygiene products

This amuses me.

 

and the Tampa Bay Rays are Tamps

[laagamer]

and the Tampa Bay Rays are Tamps

Holy shit conspiracy bro.

[ten ocho recon scout]

So youre saying we can get upton from them?

In all seriousness, it says they need lefthanded putching...dont we have an abundance of that?