How is this even possible to just change the distance from the mound to home plate MID-SEASON?!!! I agree with the posters that say this is going to create more injuries as people try to adjust and compensate. Two feet doesn't sound like a lot but for someone who has pitched for 20 years at one distance to suddenly have to adjust? And again MID-SEASON?!!!! Why not change the base paths to 82 feet or move the fences out 10 feet if they are going to try this customizable video game bull ****? MID-SEASON!!!!!!
I was honestly thinking of Stanton when I was typing my post. Another precedent would be Knoblauch (although the money was clearly much lower in the 90s) and he demanded a trade after just one year!
He'll likely be quite good but my guess is Machado gets tired of losing pretty quickly and demands a trade or the Padres decide they can lose with or without him so they may as well save money and try and dump him.
I would be pretty ecstatic that a top FA signed with a small market team but I will be within three years either the player, team, or both will be trying to get out of that contract and SD will trade him to one of the 3-4 big boys for nothing.
I don't have faith in this organization to do anything right so I assume this is the wrong move... just as I'd assume it was the wrong move if they named him a starter.
There is no way he was worth any of that? 21 million? Come on, what was Yelich worth? 8 trillion? Using whatever formula that is every single player including Bobby Bonilla is underpaid in today's game.
All of them. There are so many holes on this team signing one guy won't do anything. However, getting an Escobar replacement, a number 2 starters, and a top line closer might.
If there weren't a dozen holes on this team no one would care but they need to improve every pitching staff spot with the exception of Berrios. There is no way to be competitive with this god awful pitching staff.