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"Every baseball franchise, sports franchise, is unique," Seidler said at the onset of spring training. "There's a unique set of circumstances that impact the way organizations are run. And our situation is unique. We have a very sports-oriented and hungry fan base. We believe if we continue to build that trust, they will continue to come. And it's about winning and it's about being exciting, and it's about our fans, young and old, knowing that they're gonna be able to watch great, exciting players year after year after year. And when we talk about risk -- there's a risk in doing nothing."

 

Seidler purchased the Padres more than a decade ago with visions of turning them into something resembling the Los Angeles Dodgersteams presided over by his grandfather, Walter O'Malley, the prominent executive who brought baseball to the West Coast.

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17 hours ago, Sports Guy said:

Must be nice to have an owner that cares and wants to win more than he wants to get in good with local politicians and having concerts.

And who has the cash flow from other businesses to run his team at a loss for a while to build the fanbase.  

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As time goes by, Juan Soto may indeed find this so very difficult.

https://theathletic.com/4426971/2023/04/18/mlb-contract-term-limit-dispute/

“A reform that has been of interest to ownership for a number of years is a limitation of contract length,” Manfred said Tuesday evening at Sports Business Journal’s World Congress of Sports conference in Los Angeles. “Obviously players love it, it gives them financial security for a very long period of time. The difficulty — and I think players will come to appreciate this as time goes by — those contracts result in a transfer from the current stars to yesterday’s stars. At some point, that has to be true. And I think it is an issue that is important for us to stay focused on, because it creates inflexibility that affects the quality of the teams that you put on the field.”

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The Padres have a pile of mega contracts and are nowhere near the playoffs.  7 1/2 games back in the wild card.  Manny contract looks like a big mistake.  Below .700 OPS.  Odor (yes him) played RF for today's game.  I disn't like Odor's range at 2B can-t imagine how he looks in RF.  Padres are a study in poor roster construction.

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15 hours ago, OriolesMagic83 said:

The Padres have a pile of mega contracts and are nowhere near the playoffs.  7 1/2 games back in the wild card.  Manny contract looks like a big mistake.  Below .700 OPS.  

I do think the Manny extension was a big mistake, but I think he’ll come back strong in the 2nd half this year.  The bigger problem with that deal comes 4-5 years from now.  
 

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7 minutes ago, Just Regular said:

Dropped 3 of 4 in Philly to open the second half, and now on to hot Toronto.

There was a time I thought Bob Melvin could have been a good manager for the O's.  He did a lot with a limited payroll team in Oakland.  Now that he's with the Padres, he can't seem to win with all the richness of players that AJ Preller surrounded him with.  Preller just kept getting the fancy new toys that were available, which is nice and all.  However, if there's no chemistry, that clubhouse will be a mess.  With that in mind, I wouldn't want to see Melvin as manager of the O's.

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Couple of home runs for Manny last night, who also revealed he'll be sidelined ~6 months with the elbow surgery he needs when he's done being Willis Reed.

Szymborski ran a piece yesterday where ZiPS give them about 1 in 4 playoff odds if they finish with 0 or 1 more losses.

They've won 8 in a row and finish Cardinals-Giants-White Sox.

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