I want to see San Diego fail

[edfunderburk]

I’d sort of like to see the Padres crash & burn … maybe even miss the playoffs … or at least exit early

[edfunderburk]

Surely I’m not alone in my sudden dislike for the Padres

I admire the “all in” approach from their GM Preller … but I honestly want all their new acquisitions to flounder 

This may seem petty but it is one of the ways I plan to cope with the Brewers poor showing at the trade deadline

[Robocaller]

I hope Hader wins a WS, assuming the Brewers don't play the Padres in the playoffs and are knocked out by some other team.

[torts]

Yes, it certainly would be funny ?

[Brock Beauchamp]

I lived in SD for nine years so I want to see them succeed... but not at the expense of the Twins or Brewers.

Frankly, I appreciate seeing a mid-market team go completely crazy and take the Dodgers head-on. It seems weird for another fan of a smaller market not to feel the same way.

[pitchleague]

I agree with Brock.  I don’t view San Diego as big market so if they want to take on the Dodger and Yankees, I’m all for it.  Except If the Brewers play them. In that case, I want the Padres to play like the Bad News Bears before Kelly Leake joined the team.

[owbc]

I don’t know…it’s hard to hate them. The crazy thing is how many stupid signings and trades they have made and yet have doubled down on going “all in”.

I think someone on Reddit analyzed their last 10 years of trades and found they were a net -100 WAR or something absurd like that. They seem to have an infinite supply of minor leaguers to give away. 

[JackNicholson1974]

I want the Brewers to win the World Series. If the brewers don’t win, I’m pulling for the Padres.

[Axman59]

I would love to see them miss the playoffs after emptying their farm system and spending like a drunk sailor on shore leave after a year at sea.

[SRB]

I really don't like the Padres, but if the alternative is the Dodgers succeeding then I'm all in on the Padres bandwagon.

[edfunderburk]

46 minutes ago, Axman59 said:

I would love to see them miss the playoffs after emptying their farm system and spending like a drunk sailor on shore leave after a year at sea.

That’s the spirit ?⚾️

[edfunderburk]

I will just pull for the Brewers or - if we get beat - whoever takes the American League 

I don’t like the Padres taking three top bats - Sosa was fine … Bell or Drury would have been nice in Milwaukee 

[valpocrewsader]

Would probably root for them if Machado weren't on the team. Really don't want that jerkstore to see any success. 

[SomewhereInTime]

On 8/2/2022 at 3:58 PM, edfunderburk said:

I’d sort of like to see the Padres crash & burn … maybe even miss the playoffs … or at least exit early

I mostly just want to see the any team other than the Brewers lose.  I guess if I have to pick a team to crash and burn it'd be the Twins.  God I love laughing at that joke of a franchise.  The rest I feel pretty equal about.

[Outlander]

Seeing another team fail doesn't bring me much joy anymore, just want to see the Brewers succeed. The only exception would be if it helps the Brewers like if the Cardinals or Cubs losing leading to a division for the Brewers.

[madbad2000]

It's an interesting conversation of why you like/dislike sports teams.  My list of hates would be small:. Cubs, Yankees, Dodgers, Red Sox.  Nothing redeeming about any of these franchises.

Dislike:. Cardinals (rival, but the fans are similar to Brewers fans which keeps them out of hate category), Mets (there is nothing redeeming about this organization..ever...I immediately think of dirty when associating a word.  I do like their jersey/color scheme.  Close to a hate, but only a dislike), Phillies (easily the worst fans in baseball and rivals Raiders fans for worst in sports).

Rooting:. Baltimore (similar to Brewers and I lived near Balt for 5 years.  Camden is great and fans relatable.  My American league follow/adopted team)

Padres (always felt similar to Brewers organization.  I'm ok with their all in push.  Especially if it comes at the expense of the Dodgers) 

[Brock Beauchamp]

8 hours ago, valpocrewsader said:

Would probably root for them if Machado weren't on the team. Really don't want that jerkstore to see any success. 

He's easily the most dislikable part of the team.

[monty57]

I don't hate the Padres over it, but I hate the strategy. Not that long ago, they had a once-in-a-generation-talent rookie (Tatis) signed to a long-term deal and easily the #1 farm in baseball. They could have been a perennial contender for years and years.

Instead, they traded away most/all of the talent from the farm and signed multiple FAs to long-term deals, pushing payroll beyond the luxury tax (which makes me question the "small market" moniker), all to try to win in a three-year window. They screwed the pooch in year one, so they're now doubling down in year two, and they're still not likely to do better than the #1 or 2 Wild Card spot.

They'll lose Wil Myers, Josh Bell, Sean Manaea, Mike Clevinger, Nomar Mazara and others after this year, and Darvish, Hader, Pomeranz and others after next year. Then they'll look like the Angels, with a few high-paid stars surrounded by replacement level players, trying to decide if they should trade Soto or see if they can find enough money in Southern California to get him to sign an extension.

If I were a Padres fan, I wouldn't like what they're doing, and I think that with all the star power and media delight they're generating, it's going to blow up on them. I would have far preferred watchin a decade of home-grown stars getting in the playoffs year-in and year-out. But then again, I like the "continually competitive" strategy over the "go all in and then rebuild" cycle.

[Brock Beauchamp]

1 minute ago, monty57 said:

Instead, they traded away most/all of the talent from the farm and signed multiple FAs to long-term deals, pushing payroll beyond the luxury tax (which makes me question the "small market" moniker), all to try to win in a three-year window.

What the Padres are doing is an indictment of the rest of baseball and the lines they sell us to keep us content with not competing with the likes of the Yankees and Dodgers more evenly (larger markets will always have an advantage but small and mid-markets overstate how large the gap needs to be).

San Diego's metro population is wedged smack-dab between the Twin Cities and Tampa. Yet look at what the Padres are doing right now while the Twins and Rays ownership pretend they're paupers.

[Samurai Bucky]

I wouldn't mind if the Padres won.  They have never won a World Series.  They see a chance to get there and they have jumped at the chance.  If they don't make it, so be it.  Their fans are certainly giddy at the moves.

Dislike: 

• Yankees and Dodgers for obvious reasons
• Cubs -- I couldn't understand why they were the only ones on TV when I was growing up in Milwaukee.
• Red Sox -- rival from the AL East and Peter Gammons would laud them as the best team in the AL when they were in last place in their division.

[brewcrewdue80]

Wanting the Padres to fail because of Machado I can agree with.  But for a smaller franchise, these moves and window and going for it with the elites of Tatis and Soto vs likely NY or Hou in a WS?  I'm rooting on SD's side over the AL side. 

 

We can build like Tampa to remain competitive and make a WS. But Atlanta, Kansas City and SD?  If they can win a WS with short window go for it. SD pulls it off this year and/or next?  The landscape for trade deadline or offseaon moves may just become wild overpays. At a time when Brewer pitchers ought to see themselves traded hopefully since we'll just Tampa our way to be in the Playoffs yearly.

[CheezWizHed]

I try to reserve my distain for the larger market teams, but there a couple guys on the Padres that I don't care for, so I'm kind of "meh" on them.

[Brock Beauchamp]

1 minute ago, CheezWizHed said:

I try to reserve my distain for the larger market teams, but there a couple guys on the Padres that I don't care for, so I'm kind of "meh" on them.

I think Tatis is my favorite non-Byron Buxton player and Manny Machado might be my least favorite player in baseball. Quite a combo for one roster.

[Fear The Chorizo]

San Diego's metro population is wedged smack-dab between the Twin Cities and Tampa. Yet look at what the Padres are doing right now while the Twins and Rays ownership pretend they're paupers.

If I'm not mistaken, the Padres' organization gets a significant amount of revenue from real estate/condos/etc. they have a stake in around Petco as part of that area's overall redevelopment.  While they are in a small media market their stadium generates large market revenues atypical of small market ballclubs.

[Pugger]

13 hours ago, SRB said:

I really don't like the Padres, but if the alternative is the Dodgers succeeding then I'm all in on the Padres bandwagon.

Yeah, anybody but the darn Dodgers.