Don Orchillo

[Don Orchillo @donorchillo]

@mike_petriello I understand how starting pitching works, and it’s not unrealistic to expect a SP like Cease to pitch into the 6th most of the time. That’s what the Padres need rn, and that’s not the pitcher Cease was in 2025. Cease would not fix SD’s SP problems esp for that price tag.

[Don Orchillo @donorchillo]

@JFrisbee3 @TooMuchMortons_ While it’s obvious now that trading for Fermin wasn’t a great idea, Bergert had TJ and Kolek has been very up and down. Not sure how much either would help this year.

[Don Orchillo @donorchillo]

@Ash_Padres Nah, we just didn’t want to watch Waldron pitch again

[Don Orchillo @donorchillo]

@lonestarfriar No one thought that

[Don Orchillo @donorchillo]

@JohnnyGiunta_ @jeongodobicho He couldn’t even finish 4 innings in the wc round, wth are you talking about

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[Don Orchillo @donorchillo]

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[Don Orchillo @donorchillo]

@BigTecSD @ChangeThePadres That’s not the point. Crying about your closer not going more than 1 inning in the second game of the season is a total overreaction. The doomers are out of control already.

[Don Orchillo @donorchillo]

@Britt_Ghiroli @TalkinStros @YankeeLibrarian How about Ken’s sinister sling article blasting Machado for an incident that Dave Roberts later admitted he invented just to motivate his team? Did Ken publicly apologize for disparaging a player over nothing? Can you see how that isn’t “the best” behavior?

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Lineup looks deep today

Gotta be following the gospel as well!

[Don Orchillo @donorchillo]

@SergioMQuintero Signing King certainly didn’t prevent them from signing Alonso. I don’t think it makes sense to sign another high AAV long term contract, esp at 1B.

[Don Orchillo @donorchillo]

@JohnnyGiunta_ Why are y’all so defensive about Cease, it’s bizarre 😭

[Don Orchillo @donorchillo]

@aleks_servin @realboshek The AAV for deferred contracts is complicated. For example, Ohtani’s AAV for luxury tax purposes is $46m. LA doesn’t seem to care about paying the luxury tax penalties, but it feels more fair to make the AAV reflect the contract total incl deferrals.

[Don Orchillo @donorchillo]

@muto_victo4970 @MoveTheSticks @ArashMarkazi They can’t. That’s not what the luxury tax is for. But I don’t expect a dodgers fan to understand how things work 😔