Machado to Padres

[Peter_Spaeth]

Apparently the Padres are still in the running for ... wait for it... Harper.

https://www.inquisitr.com/5307876/ml...ffer-phillies/

[KCRfan1]

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

Apparently the Padres are still in the running for ... wait for it... Harper.

https://www.inquisitr.com/5307876/ml...ffer-phillies/

Thanks for the update Peter !

If I'm Philly, I move on and wish Harper the best.

Mike Trout is firmly on radar, and that's where I focus.

As others have said, you don't know what Harper will give year to year, and Trout is consistent. More important . Trout loves Philly!

[packs]

I just don't know why the Padres aren't focused on starting pitching. It seems short sighted to invest in third base and outfield when you haven't had an ace in a decade plus. A host of top of the line pitching is scheduled to hit the market next year (de Grom, Sale, Hamels, Porcello, Bumgarner, etc.) that it would have made more sense for them to spend in 2020 than it did wasting 300 mil on a non-factor like Machado. He doesn't put them any closer to winning than they were without him.

[Yastrzemski Sports]

Agreed. Pitching wins. You need bats but all the bats in the world won’t help if you have no pitching. Machado will help San Diego as much as he helped Baltimore. Maybe 2-4 more wins.

Originally Posted by packs

I just don't know why the Padres aren't focused on starting pitching. It seems short sighted to invest in third base and outfield when you haven't had an ace in a decade plus. A host of top of the line pitching is scheduled to hit the market next year (de Grom, Sale, Hamels, Porcello, Bumgarner, etc.) that it would have made more sense for them to spend in 2020 than it did wasting 300 mil on a non-factor like Machado. He doesn't put them any closer to winning than they were without him.

[packs]

If they were on the cusp last year it would make sense that Machado could be the it factor they need. But they lost almost 100 games. So what are they going to lose this year, 90 instead?

Wouldn't it have made more sense and been significantly cheaper if they signed both Gio Gonzalez and Dallas Keuchel?

[Peter_Spaeth]

Originally Posted by Yastrzemski Sports

Agreed. Pitching wins. You need bats but all the bats in the world won’t help if you have no pitching. Machado will help San Diego as much as he helped Baltimore. Maybe 2-4 more wins.

How did the 2018 Mets do with DeGrom and Syndergaard?

[packs]

You definitely need a little bit of everything. My point was I think the Padres already have / will have their bats. The pitching is a glaring hole.

[Peter_Spaeth]

Originally Posted by packs

You definitely need a little bit of everything. My point was I think the Padres already have / will have their bats. The pitching is a glaring hole.

Supposedly they have good up and coming pitching from the farm system, but who knows.

[barrysloate]

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

How did the 2018 Mets do with DeGrom and Syndergaard?

Tell me about it.

[KCRfan1]

The Mets pen was awful in 2018. Couple that with the overall health of the Mets SP and innings limits, the pen need to be lights out.

Pitching was key for the Mets in 2018, not the bats.

[Yastrzemski Sports]

When I said you need pitching - I mean a lot of it. Overall they were 16th in the league in era. Their bullpen stinks. They were also 24th in runs scored. So there’s that.

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

How did the 2018 Mets do with DeGrom and Syndergaard?

[Peter_Spaeth]

Originally Posted by Yastrzemski Sports

When I said you need pitching - I mean a lot of it. Overall they were 16th in the league in era. Their bullpen stinks. They were also 24th in runs scored. So there’s that.

I did not realize they had nothing after the two starters. Still, as to your point, I don't see it necessarily as a bad move to pick up an elite slugger.

[Jim65]

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

How did the 2018 Mets do with DeGrom and Syndergaard?

Much better than if they didn't have them, hitting and the bullpen was the Mets problems, not deGrom and Syndergaard or Wheeler for that matter.