“We had a number of suitors prior to the trade deadline but nothing came across the desk that we felt would make our team better in the short or long run. Sometimes standing pat is the best thing to do.” -rPadres GM on lack of trade activity as trade deadline passed
"We missed out on a lot of free agents that we liked this offseason. However, sometimes the best free agent signing is not overpaying for players, which seemed to happen quite often during free agency" - RH on the lack of free agency acquisitions by the rPadres
BREAKING: We are hearing a rNL club has agreed in principle to a trade that would result in the acquisition of mega slugger Giancarlo Stanton... More to come as this story develops #VBLTradeRumors
"We've made calculated moves over the past year or so that allow us to take on Longoria's contract. We obviously feel like he still has enough in the tank to contribute to the long term of our baseball team and be our fixture at 3B." - RH on the acquisition of Evan Longoria
#Padres fans: You're not excited about this guy, are you?
Chris Paddack with 6 K's in 3 shutout innings today (3 H, 0 BB). His #SpringTraining numbers:
8.2 IP
2 ER
8 H
2 BB
13 K
Here he is -- along with 9 more @Padres -- on #MLB Top 100 Prospects list: https://t.co/GHKO6yYsIe
“We signed Matt because we’d like to keep both him and Mitch Moreland fresh as the 162 game season can be exhausting. We can’t use them in the traditional platoon sense since they both hit left handed, but we feel using either on a daily basis will help us win ballgames.” -RH