This Team Makes Me Drink

Guys, remember when I said at the beginning of the season that the Padres would win 78 games?  HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA.  I was miserably, miserably wrong. This team sucks.  Honestly though, it's probably in our best interests to really, really, really nosedive this year. The Padres are currently on pace to receive the fourth overall pick in the 2019 draft, and while it might be hard to catch the truly awful Orioles and Royals, there's still hope yet that we might overtake the White Sox for the 3rd overall pick.  So, at least we have that to look forward to. The most reasonable course of action would be to embrace the hell out of the tank, improve what is already the best farm system in baseball, and trust the process for at least one more year, right? WRONG! The Padres were seriously considering acquiring Chris Archer from the Rays for a king's ransom, for some reason. Fortunately, those talks have cooled for now- AJ decided against breaking the piggy ba...

Well guys- the day has finally come. After months (years?) of speculation, Padres All-Star closer Brad Hand and submarine-throwing relief pitcher Adam Cimber were traded to the Cleveland Indians for top prospect Francisco Mejia.  How'd the deal turn out for the Friars? I'd say Padres GM AJ Preller deserves quite a Hand  for making this trade possible ( I swear that's the last time there will ever be a Brad Hand-pun on this blog, btw- the Editor ).  Hand was great for the Padres- the team picked him up off the scrap heap and turned him into a dominant reliever with one of the best sliders in the game. It didn't hurt that they also signed him to a great, team-friendly contract to boot. Cimber, a career minor-leaguer prior to making the team out of spring training this year, also put up solid numbers his rookie season. They'll both be valuable contributors to the Indians' beleaguered bullpen, which has been one of the worst in the league without Andrew...