Tommy Wright

Well played, but you left out their incessant dooming. Remember how they mocked Preller for signing Profar for $1M with an emergency pod?

I don’t live in your district Congressman, but I want to express my gratitude for the fine work you are doing in Washington DC. Kudos, and keep it up!

It’s not resentful or jealously to oppose rules designed to make billionaires richer while limiting their employees’ incomes.

Fair enough! For what it's worth, Buster Olney ranks 3 Padres in the top 21 of all MLB relievers (Miller being #1 overall). He doesn't mention Adam, who if healthy is likely in that top 21 as well. I think you're sleeping on Bradgley and David Morgan!

Can never have too much SP depth. This is EXACTLY why Preller waits until late in the offseason; there are bargains to be had. The strategy makes sense; 2-3 playoff level arms & a bunch of cheap 4th/5th starter types to eat innings to pair with the best pen in baseball. LFG!

You say that now but when he shuts out the Giants on 3/31 you’ll have his brown shirsey in the cart!

Why is that?

Bryce, Will Wagner, and McCoy can provide insurance in El Paso. Bench is flush with bats for a change!

Machado and X have both outperformed their contracts every season with the Padres thus far from a WAR standpoint. At some point, they may be overpaid, but the haters have been wrong so far.

Against RH I’d start like this:

Jake
Tati
Merrill
Machado
Laureano
Sheets
Bogey
Castlellanos
Fermin

Do you think Nick Castlellanos will better those numbers?

John, when folks accuse you of dooming, it because of pieces like this. Exhibit A: Our bullpen is the best in the sport. The best arm on the planet closing, 4 All Star relievers total, and quality depth, experienced depth beyond those arms. Yet you somehow find a way to criticize the unit. Unreal

Crazy. Clearly a flaw in PECOTA. Thanks for sharing.

Maybe 5 years from now Xander and Manny will be overpaid, but it’s so tired listening to Padres doomers whine about “money owed to declining players” when they’re both outplaying the money they earn every year. Preller’s built a great roster that competes every year. LGPadres!

Fangraphs projects Fermin to return >2 WAR in 2026 for less than $2M. Average cost for a 2 WAR player in 2026 is almost $8M. 🤷‍♂️

Love the rant, but you and HJ have been dooming the Pads for years now. Have some optimism for once Corey!!!

Rumor is Andujar wasn’t on Preller’s radar until having lunch with Corey at Lucky’s last week…

Not much different than last year. 🤷‍♂️

Congrats! You’ve made Trump and the Republican Party stronger.

You can be critical of the Dems without trying to sabotage them.

Maybe we’d have gone with a bullpen game in Game 3 if we had all 5 horsemen?

We didn’t have Adam in the playoffs last year. A dominant pen can be an equalizer against a superior roster in a short series. I like the strategy. 🤷‍♂️

Baseball players are the most uneducated for sure, and hence the most conservative.

Yeah, that’s not what I’m saying at all. I oppose ICE and want it abolished. In order to do so, Democrats need to build the strongest and largest coalition possible in order to make big changes. Politically I do not think a strategy of ostracizing Democrats in red areas is a smart strategy.

Offering an opinion, just like you? 🤷‍♂️

I oppose the spending bill as well. I’m just not willing to primary people because of one disagreement on one vote.

I agree with you on the issues Kevin, but let’s not throw out people who we agree with 99% of the time simply because we disagree with them on one vote!

My only question is that the people who know him best decided he wasn’t the answer, and spent $155M to replace him. Perhaps he would thrive - I’m just cautious.

Think he has a shot at the next level? I was just telling my old roommates that Sarratt is probably the best NFL caliber player from JMU in 20 years

I believe this is how you perceive your experience Tom. I’m a fan & enjoy reading you. But don’t you wonder if your own biases at that time fueled that perception, especially considering the outcome 40 years later? Perhaps conservatives were not as on the up & up as you thought back then?

I love it Jason, but sadly, memories are short and people don’t care, even when your remind them. Republicans paid no price for the worst foreign policy disaster since Vietnam (Iraq).

Like you, I won’t forget and will die reminding people what they said, but sadly it won’t matter.