Baseball season is right around the corner, which means it's time for divisional previews! To get you ready for MLB Opening Day on March 30, Yahoo Sports is rolling out our thoughts on each division, including a quick recap of the offseason and best- and worst-case scenarios for each team.
Best-case scenario:
In early November, Padres owner Peter Seidler hoists the Commissioner's trophy above his head and says something super quotable about how this feeling would be worth a payrollthe size. It dominates the discourse over the winter about whether this kind of rampant spending is"good for baseball,"By then, Fernando Tatis Jr.
Even without any injuries to the rotation, the Padres have only three starters who inspire much confidence; if any one of them goes down, things could get real dicey. In fact, even while they’re completely healthy, Seth Lugo figures to make more than a handful of starts — which he hasn’t done since 2017.
The Padres have it in them to be the most bandwagon-able team in baseball, but if they don’t live up to the lofty expectations that come with that, their roster construction decisions could come under scrutiny.The Padres pushed all their chips in on these next few years, selling the farm for household names and spending at eye-popping rates. In other words, they need to win.
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