April 5, 201511 yr Padres get Kimbrel and Melvin Upton, jr. (Upton bros. reunited again) Braves get Maybin, Quentin, prospect Matt Wisler, Jordan Paroubeck and 41st draft pick. Any cash wasn't involved in this deal. Padres GM is so genius and nut.
April 5, 201511 yr Wait, so in one offseason the Padres got an outfield of Kemp, Upton, Upton and Wil Myers?!? How in the hell did that happen...
April 5, 201511 yr Author Someone here picked the Padres to win the WS and got reamed for it by a certain Texass @Das Texan
April 5, 201511 yr They didnt fix their biggest issue with this deal tbh. (and they really are unable to do so)
April 5, 201511 yr I don't understand Braves' move. Maybin and Quentin are not regular players definitely One of most dominant closer has traded by that price. Might be Melvin's contract was issued?
April 5, 201511 yr Author I don't understand Braves' move. Maybin and Quentin definitely are not regular players. One of most dominant closer has traded by that price. Might be Melvin's contract was issued? It was to dump Melvin's deal yes
April 5, 201511 yr Ding Dong the witch is dead! Goodbye Kimbrel! Now there ain't a great closer in the division to dash away our hopes on the rocks!
April 6, 201511 yr Hearing Atlanta is already considering DFAing Quentin just to see if an AL club will take him. How embarrassing for Quentin. The very definition of a throw in guy. Atlanta thinks Maybin has a role as a part time CF but this thing was totally "you take Melvins entire contract and give us a smidgen of an additional return and you can have Kimbrel." End of story.
April 6, 201511 yr AJ Preller is NOT messing around this year. If I'm a Padres fan I'd be somewhat worried because this is so similar to the 2012 Marlins disaster. Bud Black is so crucial to this experiment. He may be the only thing holding this patchwork ship together.
April 6, 201511 yr AJ Preller is NOT messing around this year. If I'm a Padres fan I'd be somewhat worried because this is so similar to the 2012 Marlins disaster. Bud Black is so crucial to this experiment. He may be the only thing holding this patchwork ship together. Eh, they've filled a lot of holes, but their infield still sucks all around and their outfield defense is going to be beer league softball.
April 6, 201511 yr AJ Preller is NOT messing around this year. If I'm a Padres fan I'd be somewhat worried because this is so similar to the 2012 Marlins disaster. Bud Black is so crucial to this experiment. He may be the only thing holding this patchwork ship together. Eh, they've filled a lot of holes, but their infield still sucks all around and their outfield defense is going to be beer league softball. yup. this trade doesnt really accomplish much of anything in terms of improving their greatest weakness.
April 6, 201511 yr AJ Preller is NOT messing around this year. If I'm a Padres fan I'd be somewhat worried because this is so similar to the 2012 Marlins disaster. Bud Black is so crucial to this experiment. He may be the only thing holding this patchwork ship together. Eh, they've filled a lot of holes, but their infield still sucks all around and their outfield defense is going to be beer league softball. yup. this trade doesnt really accomplish much of anything in terms of improving their greatest weakness. Their bullpen was already a strength, this just makes it more of a strength. They still have three statues in the outfield, four questionable Major Leaguers in the infield, and a bunch of question marks in the rotation.
April 6, 201511 yr Wil Myers is a statue in the outfield? ...the rest I'm with ya though. Wil Myers isnt a center fielder. I dont think I'd necessarily call Justin Upton and Matt Kemp as statues in the outfield, but they arent amazing. The infield defense (aside from Alonso) may not be all that great. Norris behind the plate has been horrid defensively over his career.
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