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BaseballBiz January 7, 2021 Podcast Episode – San Diego Padres Trades
Summary and Notes
Welcome Back and Happy New Year!
What has been happening post Winter Meetings and now onto the Off-Season MLB Stock and Trading Market.
To date there has been little activity on the hot stove but now with 2020 in the rear view mirror the MLB stove is warming up. So mix up the pancake mix and get ready for some cookin’.
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I am Mark Corbett your host with Brandon Noe my co-host from @SportsBlitzPod.
Join us as we serve up some baseball flap-jacks as they come off the hot stove and take a gourmet look at the meals being served by MLB teams this off-season.
What’s cooking Brandon?
Hot Stove
Josh Bell traded to WSH for RHP Will Crowe and MiLB RHP Eddy Yean
PHI acquire LHP Jose Alvarado from TB, PHI LHP Garrett Cleavinger to LAD, Who sent IF Dillon Paulson and PTBNL to TB
Yu Darvish, C Victor Caratini and cash considerations traded from CHC to SD for RHP Zach Davies, MiLB SS Reginald Preciado & Yeison Santana, MiLB OFs Ismael Mena & Owen Caissie
SD signs Ha-Seong Kim to 4 YR Contract, Kiwoom Heroes in KBO, Playes SS & 3B, but Machado and Tatis are there, Hit .306, 30 HR, 109 RBI, 111 Runs Scored and 23 SB. (per ESPN)
San Diego Padres trades
Tampa Bay Rays trade Blake Snell:
Chicago Cubs trade Yu Darvish:
Tatis Extension: 6 years and $120 million
Tatis, will become a free agent in 2024-25 offseason,
Ha-Seong Kim (SS)
Leaves KBO for San Diego Padres
2020 138 games in 2020 in KBO – 10 teams
4 years – $28 million – Incentive performance to $32 million
Kim quote: "The Padres are not only a contender but [could] become the World Series champion this year," Kim said in Korean through an interpreter. "I want to be part of a winning team. That's why I joined the San Diego Padres. I can play any position in the infield."
Padres Profile
Last year they placed 2nd in NL West to the Los Angeles Dodgers with a 37 – 23 record for 60-game 2021
The had a .617 record which exceeded all other National League records except The Dodgers
The Dodgers had a 43 – 17 record
In the post-season The Padres beat the Brewers only to be eliminated by the Dodgers
The Padres have been 4th in annual contract spend in MLB
Padres needs in pitching as Mike Clevinger is out and Zach Davies was traded to the Cubs
Pitching rotation: Lamet, Paddack, Richards, Blake Snell and Yu Darvish
A.J. Preller, San Diego Padres GM
AJ Preller, General Manager for the Padres since 2014, Former Asst GM and Scout for Texas Rangers.
Early in his career he worked with MLB, Phillies Intern, and Front Office of Dodgers.
Preller had to compete with 8 other candidates for the San Diego GM job. His competition included Kim Ng prior to her role as GM for the Miami Marlins.
San Diego Padres finances per Forbes report
Ron Fowler and Pete Seidler bought the San Diego Padres in 2012 for $600 million dollar that investment is now valued at $1.45 Billion dollars
Important Notes:
A.J. Preller was instrumental in bringing Darvish from Japan to the Texas Rangers in 2012.
Considering Preller’s broad international look to baseball it is not surprising to see that he would pick internationally from KBO with SS Ha-Seong Kim with a deal of $28 million dollars that could reach $32 million with incentives.
It is possible that future Padres trades could include more Korean baseball players as they have a full-time scout in Korea.
Cubs & Rays – Salary Dump
MLB potentially set floor salary spend
Changing Face of MLB
The face of baseball is changing with the recent move to bring Kim Ng in as General Manager to the Marlins.
Ng’s appointment brought a small crack into the white male dominated management of the game.
Boston Red Sox – First MLB Black Woman Coach – Congratulations to Bianca Smith, 29 year old
Minor League Coach in Fort Myers Player Development facility working with position players.
Recently she served as Carrol Univ in Wisconsin as Asst Coach and Hitting Coordinator
Let’s hope the Sox are equally as progressive with their front office and major league roster.
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Special Thanks to XTaKeRux for providing the music Rocking Forward
