Yes the Astros cheated, thats a known fact. But the reason he didn’t resign with the team, was because at the time fans were mad. Obviously looking back on it, it wasn’t his fault. But that IS the reason he left LA.
Huh? So if the fans understood it wasn't his fault, Darvish wouldn't have left Dodgers right? You should have talked about it in the video. Why didn't you? You made Darvish look bad. You should remake the video.
@@koningklootzak7788 Fans understood it wasn’t his fault in 2020! The point in that video we were at, was 2017. No one knew about the Astros cheating scandal at that point. So at that point, Dodgers fans were mad at him.
@@remorselesscuckslayer2318 Red Sox fan. Cant stand the Astros lol. But bringing up the Astros, is asking for a thousand comments of mOvE oN fRoM 2017 😂
@@PurelyBaseballYT your absolutely right the reason they didn’t resign him was because they couldn’t justify signing this guy long term after he just got his teeth kicked in twice if the dodgers had won and he made two good or decent starts in the series they probably resign him but nobody knew what had happened until 2020
I blame Dave roberts to this day. This isn’t hindsight, I said going into game 7 we should start Alex wood and kershaw both throwing 3-4 innings. They didn’t do well against wood and only did well against kershaw because they were cheating at home. Darvish got rocked his first start and plus the Astros had been facing darvish for years as he was on the rangers. I knew going into game 7 we would lose because of that decision.
As a Dodgers fan since 1977 and the only team I have ever been a fan of, I can honestly say the loss of the Padres owner was tragic. It is not as much fun to win without real competition. Not that these players would've chosen the Padres over the Dodgers but to not even have them compete and put up a fight is sad to see. To all the Padres Fans my heart goes out to you. When the McCourt's owned the Dodgers it was some of the hardest years of my fandom. Having to live with owners that are in it solely for the money or anything other than winning is wholly heartbreaking. Just hold tight hopefully someone is on the way to restore your hope. Happy New Year to all....
@@averageadam5001 Did you forget about the rest of the Padres core? You're not gonna be mediocre with guys like Tatis, Machado, and Bogaerts. Guys like King, Darvish, and Musgrove as well as Matsui, Cronenworth, Suarez, Kim, and Campusano are also very good pieces. The young guys - Merrill, Marsee, Thorpe, Snelling, and Salas eventually - coming up will be good soon hopefully. They won't win 100 games or a World Series this year, but this team isn't gonna be anything like the 2010s. They'll still be competitive, and frankly, they look better than the Giants and about as good as the Dbacks at this point (not optimistic, but FanGraphs projections have us very close to each other and above the Giants). What we're seeing is the reality of being a small market. You can't sign every guy you want - especially when shit goes bad. But a $200M payroll is nothing to scoff about, and frankly, it's $100M more than they've been my whole childhood.
You sir earned my respect. You are a rare breed as we always seem to have toxic Dodger fans coming to our stadium. Thank you for the kind words and may the best team win.
@@xXIronSwanXx There's nothing toxic about loving the game and your team. Life just gets better when your team wins and the competition is at its best as well. No one feels cheated, outsiders don't fill up the home seats and when it's all said and done all is fair in love and war..... 💯💯💯
@@F1Fanatic76 I think newer fans definitely hear about the Astros cheating scandal lol. Its commonly talked about. Not just in MLB… NFL reporter Al Michaels mentioned it the other day on broadcast. Fans know what 2017 was.
As a Dodger fan, my sincere condolences to the Padre fans. We've lost Vin and Tommy, so we know how much losing someone special from the organization hurts. Darvish didn't choke tho. Doesn't matter how good of a player you are. If the opposing guy knows what cards you're holding, it's over. If the trashtros hadn't cheated, Darvish would have a ring and still be a Dodger.
You are sorry that the Pads front office is so dumb to go all in after a fluke NLDS win with that trash Boegarts signing and that awful Cronenworth signing?? Lol as a dodger fan I am laughing at the broke, financially DUMB Pads and Preller 🤣🤣😂
@@Toews1247is it possible that they would’ve won? Yes. Is it probable? Absolutely not. While cheating, they had to go to game 7 to win, against a team that wasn’t cheating…
@@OJWerehog17 geee I wonder why one team knew exactly what pitches were gonna be thrown and one team didnt, I guess you don’t understand how big of a advantage you have when you know if your getting a fastball or a slider. You ever see pitching ninja when he does the pitch overlays and how hard and disgusting it is for some of these hitters to distinguish what’s coming now imagine your the hitter and all the guess work is taken out of the equation and you can just sit fastball or sit slider cuz you know that ball isn’t gonna break or you can spit on tough sliders cuz you know that pitch is gonna break outside the zone you sound dumb asf for making that comment.
As a dodgers fan I was sad Darvish left. He didn't choke he was cheated. Even before we knew about the cheaters I was willing to keep him because of how he did the regular season.
As a Dodger fan I absolutely adore Yuu and it breaks my heart that some bad apples treated him badly after the world series but there's so many others like me who really love the guy as a player and human...I hope he has an amazing rest of his career.
As a Dodger fan I don’t blame Yu for 2017. I blame MLB Houston and The Dodger offense especially for game 7. We had the bases loaded in back to back innings and did absolutely nothing with it. Nothing.
@@Iverson8811 define choking? I’m curious to that statement and it has always bothered me. At what point do we not give credit to the teams that beat us?
@@Iverson8811 There are no guarantees in the postseason. It's a crapshoot won by the hottest team. The real indicator of a good team is their regular season record. A crappy team can make the playoffs with a poor record and get hot at the right time.
@@CautionHighWavesAhead- it’s spelled Mickey not Mikey. And it’s the same WS your team didn’t win. Funny how silly fellas tend to gloss over that. More importantly it does count and here we are 3 years later and you’re still crying over it 😂
With all due respect, you didn't do all of your homework on the Padres. The Padres had to trade Soto now, or get nothing for him next year. And, you made no mention of the fact that their TV deal fizzled, costing them $50 million (which they had to borrow at the end of last season). Yes, I question some of Preller's moves too, but you didn't tell the whole story.
It should definitely be explained in the video that Astros cheated as not everyone knows the timeline. Btw, the Padres started tightening their budget even before the owner’s death. The biggest culprit is the demise of Bally Sports.
well sorry yu. he should have seen the writing on the wall when (1) peter seidler passed away RIP (2) they lost their TV deal (3) they were ordered by the league to lower payroll due to their debt being too high and (4) they missed out on playoff money due to missing the playoffs.
Also the Padres literally have no money to spend. Their tv deal went under and their owner died. They were operating on borrowed time and lost their window to spend to compete. Why would they waste their time on meetings with Yamamoto and Ohtani when they had no means of signing them, to tell their fans “we tried”?
Tough to say. The Astros still had a very good team even despite the cheating scandal. Can't say the Dodgers would have won considering all the success the Astros had after 2017. Championship should just be empty for 2017
@@koningklootzak7788 idk, considering they won 100 games three years in a row with basically the same group of guys makes me think they would have been legit contenders in 2017. Now if it ever comes out they cheated those years as well then okay fine ill concede. I'm just going with stats and what MLB says
If he was sensitive to that stuff can't blame him even if it's just a few bad eggs but I'm sure it was more. Making threats over a game is bullshit. I know almost all huge fanbases has issues like this but in this day and age it's ridiculous now that everyone has a platform to throw rocks from
@@sdguy67 San Diego doesn't have a decent tv contract? Petco Park is 93 miles from Anaheim, half that is a large market. Damn, that doesn't seem possible. Dodgers get $340 million a year, but MLB steals $80 million of it to give to "lose on purpose" owners who run the cheapest team they can out on the field then pocket the profit. Then these same losers who have nothing but contempt for their fanbase then threaten to move if the public doesn't build them a new billion dollar stadium with public money.
@@Hikayuhuy They are close. The MLB had to take control of the payroll and force reductions. For the next few years spending has to be approved by the league. Peter Seidler financed his majority stake in ownership in 2019 when interest rates were zero. They have skyrocketed since then. Also the luxury tax was exceeded three years in a row which means we are paying 39 million to MLB for this season. This is in addition to the 50 million loan to cover payroll for this year. We requested 100 million but only half was granted. AJ Tingler Preller also exceeded the international spending for the year and a 50% tax is owed. The debt load is higher than the collective bargaining agreement allows which is why MLB and the commissioners office is involved. If we didn’t get control of the debt load the franchise could be placed into a receivership. It’s not anything close to what other franchises are going through. We have unique circumstances. It’s multiple factors. We are in bad shape. These are all facts. We lost 55 million last season when we made the playoffs. This year the loss is 100 million. We are not a large market team. We spent like one the past three years. The payroll went from 255 million to a range of 170 to 200 for 2024 and will be reduced further the next few years. Most casual fans have no clue the true financials of the team. Record attendance doesn’t mean a windfall because about 80% of tickets go to the city and taxpayers since we built the stadium with bonds and increased taxes and higher accommodation taxes. We lost our TV deal which was another blow. So yes we are down bad. Which is why you won’t see large contracts or FA signings going forward.
San Diego is a big MLB market? Since when? You always know which teams have the biggest market by how often people wear their hats. Youll see more Tigers, Yankees, Dodgers and Red Sox hats more than any other market. I've traveled across the country all year and I haven't seen one person wear a San Diego Padres hat. Give me a break.
I think growing market would’ve been a much better word, based on where the organization has gone as of recent. Seidler did all he could to help that team grow, and I think with time they’l be bigger.
The padres are so poorly managed. Its crazy how preller even has a job. Instead of trading their star expiring contracts at the deadline, they chose to try to make the playoffs in which they didnt. They legit are letting star players walk for comp picks
@@aidenawe9359No the Padres were never in it. We fell below .500 on May 12 and remained there until the last weekend of the season. We tell ourselves we were close but we never were. We played crappy teams and had we faced anyone other than the White Sox for that last series we would have finished below .500 for the season. We crashed in 2021 and burned in 2023. 2022 was a fluke. AJ Tingler Preller needs to be fired already. 10 years is enough.
The machado extendion was the dumbest and clownish thing i’ve seen in a while. There was no reason for it. He didn’t put up a great year worth what he got. He wouldn’t have opted out of the remaining contract and the padres would have only paid 150 instead of another 300.
Yeah it was such an interesting time. Originally, people just thought he was tipping pitches. Astros Players blamed it on that after the news came out (obviously BS, they’re just cheaters)
You state they have the money to sign Yamamoto or Ohtani, but that is not true. They have no TV contract, so while the Dodgers have a quarter of a billion coming each year in local TV money, the Padres have very little since Bally's went bankrupt.
Did you really say that “San Diego is a big market and as such should spend like the big market team they are”? Clearly you haven’t done your homework on this one. San Diego ISNT a big market, we just had an owner who was willing to spend. The team doesn’t even have a TV deal right now. Also, that logic is just flawed. While i understand how one might get to such a conclusion - big spender= big market- but it really comes down to the owner and his motivation to take out the check book. Yes, the market largely determines the budget, but to make such a blanket statement really diminishes the impact Peter Siedler made and how he completely changed the Padres image in a short amount of time. He was an outlier, an owner who really put his money where his mouth was to put no doubt into our fans minds that he was serious and committed to building a winner here in San Diego. Sure it didn’t result in a championship, but man it was one hell of a performance ride.
Ok let's all bash the Astros so it don't matter we was cheating as well we as fans are 2 faced we blame Houston for cheating let's get real dodgers was cheating just as much but we don't say shit about the dodgers cheating why is that I can prove the dodgers was cheating
I will also say that I kinda disagree with Soto being the best player. Yeah, he had solid numbers last year but a lot came too little too late. I also watched him grounding into double plays all April and May. Mark Grant once said "You can't win the division in April, but you sure can lose it", i think Tatis has a much higher ceiling than Soto, he has platinum glove defense in the outfield, speed and power. I wouldn't be shocked at a 40-40 season from him next year after getting most of a year back, and a healthy off-season and spring.
@@MCastleberry1980he also lost so much confidence, stemming from ‘22, that he stopped his Soto shuffle. Up until ‘21 I thought Tatis was better, I hope he has a nice comeback this season. The Yankees still aren’t winning the World Series, and I predict Soto to hit around .270 with like 28 homers. I want Tatis to get that 40/40.
@@kevincannon9564 what's funny is after not playing for 16 months he puts up a GG season in RF and hits 25 bombs... You can just say you don't like him clearly. lol. acting like that season he just had AFTER PEDS was atrocious. most advanced analytics had Soto and Tatis with the same WAR while Tatis missed 20 more games. i see a big season coming this year for him. dude is lighting up winter ball rn too along with those sweet dance moves like you said.
Dude they were using the crash cans. I’m just happy he came out and found himself again. That prally was always heavy on his mind. Glad they found out the astros cheated
the padres are a small market team, not a big one, they've never even been considered a big market team, even to this day. the only reason they were able to spend the money they did was because of their owner who was willing to spend that much before passing, they also do not have anywhere near the money to sign either players, having to go as far as to borrow $50 million to pay their players, even saying that they planned to shed payroll this offseason, the reason everyone knew soto was guaranteed to move.
@@bkg9813 the padres were promised by mlb that at least 80% of the money that was supposed to be paid by diamond/bally sports would be paid by the mlb, which was $50 million, so if it was just the missing tv deal money, padres should only be borrowing $10 million. why would they need the extra $40 million then?
@@_Heng_ Probably to cover the luxury tax bill or whatever expenses they had. Like i said, it isnt uncommon for teams to take out a loan or credit at the end of the year.
To summarize, what he said is “When I negotiated my contract last year, I told Preller (the GM) this may be too big of a contract, is there anything I could do, like what Ohtani did (backpay parts of my salary) or come up with a smart way to alleviate the financial pressure off of the team so that we could go after Ohtani and even Yamamoto next year. The GM said that it'll be fine and won’t be a problem. That’s why I signed the new contract with the Padres. Then, I guess we had various (financial) problems this year, including the broadcasting fee issue. It’s just sad and I’m disappointed that the Padres didn’t make a move to get Ohtani and Yamamoto. Not even a simple meeting. I feel a little betrayed, and i'm bummed out about it,” ALSO, in the same post Darvish does talk about the Dodgers “I was with the Dodgers, they play smart and I know how hard they all work and play, but that’s why I want to beat them (and so many others)” And he did end it with “But, we got Matsui, so we will do our absolute best. I love Ohtani and Yamamoto, so I’m just happy to be playing ball with them”
With the passing of our active owner Peter Seidler, the Padres have almost new ownership with his family taking over. It’s almost identical to the Yankees when George Steinbrenner passed. The passion for spending for winning went to the grave with the owner. Unfortunately for us Padres fans and Yu, that appears to be our current and upcoming fate, especially now that the Dodgers are the superpower of MLB. Many of the next World Series trophies are going to travel west on I-10 instead of I-8 like we hoped a year ago.
Nah. Not down to Chicago. Not down oo Chicago. Not it’s one of the biggest markets in all of Baseball. Not i one of the biggest markets in all of Baseball. Not i one of the bigges markeh in all of Baseball. Not i one of the bigges markeh in all uh Baseball. Not i one uh the bigges markeh in all uh Bayball. The San Diego Padres don’t happen to be a market. /
AJ Tingler Preller should have been fired years ago. He’s useless. Incompetent and inept. The organization has been chaotic and dysfunctional the 10 years he’s been here. Enough!
Do u get off, when trashing preller? Ps- in the 15 yrs before preller, the padres won one playoff gm, in the 9 yrs since preller took over, we have won 8 gms and 3 series, and almost made the ws, no wonder seidler extended preller twice,
@@brando7266 Peter Seidler extended AJ because his brain 🧠 was riddled with cancer. Eric will clean it up and do what needed to be done years ago. Hard to look at how chaotic and dysfunctional this franchise is. It’s really in bad shape. We need a competent front office and leadership at the top.
@@brando7266Why did AJ lie to Yu? He lies all the time. He’s such a mess. Lied to Peter. Lied to fans. Lies in his sleep. No wonder players won’t come to SD and he can’t do business with 20 teams in the league. Why would we want someone that limits us?
@@brando7266 He knows enough to fire the person that’s been screwing up for 10 years and put this franchise in serious risk. He knows accounting and the pitiful financial shape the team is in. He knows money and knows it’s a poop 💩 show in the front office. That’s all he needs to know.
San Diego is one of the biggest markets in baseball? Seriously? They lied to him? Come on. He knew. His contract isn't the issue. The owner dying and the loss of their tv contract has been a big problem, along with 5-6 bloated contracts. Yamamoto and Ohtani are getting way overpaid, and Hader is asking for far too much money. But yes the team lost talent.
I can’t tell but I think you hate AJ Preller lmfao He’s made bad moves - completely. But Imma be honest, he’s not a Top 10 worst GM in the league. We were praising him when he went all in in 2015 and 2023, we praised him when we went and got Soto, we praised him when we got to the NLCS, we praised him when we made the playoffs in 2020, we praised him when we added pieces in 2021, and we praise him for the farm. Yet now y’all hate him bc the super team he assembled to try to win a World Series underperformed and he traded a player who wants $500M and was going to be a free agent anyway? By no means am I saying he’s a Top 10 GM. But besides the managers and micromanaging, I struggle to find much bad about him. He needs to change how involved with the team he is, and I think he will learn. But realistically, NONE of what happened in 2023 is his fault. Him and Siedler created a team to win - Manny and Xander were injured, Soto underperformed until September, and Tatis had been out for a year. The bullpen was hot and cold, the bottom of the order couldn’t pull any weight, and the bench wasn’t great. The bench not being great I can blame on Preller - you need veterans off the bench but he overstocked. I blame Preller for the bad bench, overpaying for X by $80M (he’s a star but not worth $280M), and micromanaging. But it’s not all his fault and it feels like you’re scapegoating a little. Hell, I wouldn’t replace him unless Kim Ng came calling. Tho, this may be one of his last chances so idk
@@CarsonWalker-t3w There are so many reasons to hate AJ Tingler Preller. He is a glorified scout. Which isn’t in his job description. What makes it worse for the organization is that he hold two positions, GM and president of baseball operations. He sucks at both. He single handedly ruined the finances of the team with bad contracts. He can’t attract talent to SD because of his horrible reputation. 20 teams won’t do business with him so he is extremely limited with trades. The only way he can get major talent is via trade or overpaying. The league has suspended and fined him multiple times. Yes there is a ton to hate. He lies for no reason at all. It just comes natural to him. He has had a myriad of coaches, managers, and staff in his 9 year tenure which is unprecedented in baseball. There has been nothing but chaos and dysfunction in the front office as long as he’s been here. He has never had a short or long term plan. He makes it up as he goes along and he has never put together a complete roster. He would make a good scout and evaluator of talent. If his position was VP of scouting and talent we’d be okay. The average fans see the stars on this team and think it’s AJ but it’s Peter Seidler’s credit cards and lines of credit that landed those stars. AJ is incompetent and inept in the front office. The organization is extremely dysfunctional. You can’t have that much turnover and expect to be successful. Any person that has a business or management background can clearly see the problems. Leadership at the top is important to the clubhouse and what happens on the field. We had two epic collapses and it wasn’t by accident. 2021 and 2023 happened before and after 2022. The season we went on a run is an outlier. An anomaly. We don’t give the Dodgers credit for the shortened season so we should be consistent and toss ours out. We got embarrassed that year by the Dodgers. So in 9 years we have a history and record with AJ. He’s had ab opportunity with tearing it down, building it up, spending, and operating on a budget. He suck’s at it all. Signing Rich Hill at the trade deadline should be a fireable offense in itself. I’ve never praised AJ for the Soto trade. We were below .500 for the time he was here. He didn’t move the needle for us. AJ did it to make a splash. He loves being in the spotlight. He lied and said he’d be around for 3 playoff runs. He was here for one. He mismanaged contracts and the budget and lost Soto anyway. That wasn’t planned. He was forced into the trade. You can like him. I don’t begrudge you this. But we can’t pretend he’s competent. He isn’t. And any empty chair could do better for this franchise. His ego and narcissism wouldn’t allow him to hire a GM like Peter wanted. He even gave Peter the middle finger when he told him to work with Melvin in 2024. The man is unbelievable. And he’ll be long gone before that contract is up. I believe 2024 is it for him. We already know what’s coming. We’ve seen this movie before.
You kinow what sucks equally? That the Dodgers traded for Darvish to try to win a Series, and he was one of the main reasons why they lost in 2017. And now he hates THEM for it?
Signing Xander Extending cronenworth Extending Manny No TV deal Hurt getting Ohtani and / or Yamamoto If AJ was serious about Ohtani and Yamamoto, he would have planned for it 3-5 years ago. 🤷♂️
So we are just going to gloss over the fact of the trash cans ok coool, and the Padres are not a big market… they needed to take out loans to pay some salary
I do think the biggest reason they are not doing any aggressive signings this offseason is not because of A. J. Preller but instead of ownership, the death of Peter Seidler probably left the rest of the ownership group in a bit of a unorganized situation and considering their already quite big expenses they don't want to be making big commitments, because for the Padres and Preller to not even be in any rumors or show any interest is not the norm, they are always linked to most top free agents these past few offseasons. Just on this offseason have they been very silent and actually downgrading (Soto, Hader, Snell), unfortunately the death of Seidlerit just so happened to be the same offseason that two of the best talents from Japan went into free agency. At the end of the day Preller has to answer to ownership and it seems that right now the Padres are a bit lost on how to proceed financially, so they aren't taking risks/big signings.
Wrong. We are broke because of AJ Tingler Preller. He hold two positions in the front office and is horrible at both of him. His contracts are atrocious. And his moves or non moves at the trade deadline devastated this team. His 10 years has been chaotic and dysfunctional. He won’t be around much longer. Peter should have fired him years ago.
@@jdsthird I preface that this is all only my opinion and I have no facts to back it up and simply enjoy engaging in this debate :) that said. I mean being broke in the MLB isn't really a thing, I don't believe there is a single team that loses money at the end of the year (maybe the Mets this past year), it's more a question of does ownership want to sink more money into the team or rebuild/retool? And it seemed to me that Peter wanted to spend right now. I'm not saying Preller is a good or bad GM (personally I think he is a quite a terrible one) I'm simply saying that for a team that has shown that they have been willing to spend even when they already had big contracts and were above the luxury tax, suddenly even though there are big names they aren't even trying. I think Preller would spend every year if he could, it's almost a irrefutable fact like: we can count on death taxes and Preller "winning" the offseason, so if the Peter was keeping him around he probably expected exactly that style. So if he is not doing it, I believe it has to do with either a complete change of philosophy from the ownership group, or that they are a bit lost after what happened and are deciding to just not act on anything. My point was more that it wasn't that Preller didn't want to spend, it was that he wasn't allowed. Now that could be because they have a bunch of bad contracts and thus are broke (which I personally don't tend to believe that a big market team is broke, the Mets and Dodgers have spent more money and are willing to spend even more) or because "new" ownership isn't interested in spending as they are not yet sure what to do with the team, because it's not in a good situation if you don't intend to continue to spend like Peter did.
I guess It's too bad that he decided to sign that 6-year extension I guess because it sounds to me like he wishes he could be with them.🤔🤨 He ran into the Asstros in 2017 and got robbed of a title but why care about what another man is doing? Do you Yu 😜😁😂
The Padres owner passing away and their regional sport’s network deal falling through due to bankruptcy has changed the trajectory of the team in terms of spending.
They took loans cuz Bally went bankrupt. With how loaded our farm is, I think we'll be okay next year. Definitely more depth than we had in 23 with no sleepy Bomid on the mound.
@@jdsthird Bad contracts, yes but have we done anything stupid like giving away the farm? No. Minus Soto, we got a good haul, a decent hitting coach and now a manager who's twice better than Bomid. Are we broke? No cuz we still have Xander, Manny and Tatis Jr. Noway were broke.
@@Fujiwaramoguu Yes we have. AJ has always had a good farm because he is a good scout. This doesn’t make him a good executive. He has two jobs in one and non is scout. He’s better suited for that role.
@@Fujiwaramoguu We are broke. Review the finances. MLB has to approve our reduced budget for many years to come because of our debt load. It’s pretty bad. It’s not just one thing it’s multiple factors. I can go through them if you really don’t know.
Total bush league. You can't talk about what happened to Darvish in the World Series and say "he choked". You could have easily said, "The world thought he choked, but we now know he was cheated". Thumbs down for such a horrible take.
A team pays Ohtani $700 million because he's a two way player. He can pitch and hit, however, he's coming back from two Tommy Johns and is reaching 30. He'll always be an elite hitter but his price changed for me once he received his second elbow surgery
The idol of Sasaki Rōki is Yu Darvish, who is upset about LAD becoming Japan’s team. SD is Korea’s team. He wants to make SD more popular in Japan with Sasaki Rōki signing there. Side note: Murakami Munetaka’s idol is Ohtani Shohei, he admitted this in 2022, all he wants is to have the honor to play alongside him. He is only one year away from MLB time!
Alot of people don't remeber no one was there to fight for Yuu Darvish when Yuri Gurriel did that asia face on him. Dodgers have worst teammates and fanbace for sure.
Damn that is harsh that they didn't even give these guys a single call to discuss what the minimum was to get them to come play along with Yu. Had they known Ohtani was willing to defer, the option may have been there. The fact that Yu was hesitant to get the extension because he didn't want this to affect getting new players is heartbreaking. We better call Sasaki up at least once when he hits the market.
But really, we know now that option wasn't actually there even if we called. Ohtani gave the Dodgers the final say and took it when they agreed. The Blue Jays didnt get a rebuttal, nor did anyone else. Had the Bally Sport isnt bankrupting, Machado not have the slump of his life, the Padres made the playoff to give Ohtani some more confident AND Peter Seidler was around to liquidate more of his asset, maybe then they would have a chance to continue increasing payroll and sign Ohtani. None of those thing happened. Our hands are absolutely tied this off season.
What the hell did I just hear all of a sudden San Diego is one of the biggest markets I’m born and raised here and I have always heard that we are a small market team. What the hell
They didn't lie, our owner died... there are so many legalities that come with handing off ownership of anything when someone passes let alone an MLB TEAM! CMON...
I agree, I have been a Dodgers fan since the early 70's and I don't blame Darvish, I blame the Houston Cheaters !!! I'd even be happy to see him back in a Dodgers uniform so he could redeem himself.
San Diego is actually one of the smaller markets in MLB only the Reds, Brewers and Royals have smaller markets. They literally had to borrow $50 million at the end of the year to meet operating costs and the company that was broadcasting their games went under in early 2023 putting stress on their finances. 2023 was definitely their all in year with the number of expiring contracts they had and trying to get a World Series ring for a owner who didn’t have much time. The attendance numbers are impressive but you need those big TV deals or a very rich owner to be able to compete with LAs and the NYs of the world when it comes to payroll. It wouldn’t surprise me if they look to trade off either Tatis or Machado in the future.
@@bkg9813No the Padres are broke my friend. It has nothing to do with resetting the CBT. It’s really bad. I can explain it in detail if you really need me to.
This is lame content. Gimme a break. The Padres were in no position to insanely over-spend on Ohtani/Yamamoto.... A 12-year 350million commitment to a pitcher who may or may not spend 50% of his time on the IL.... If Darvish is really "upset" about that, then he's a child, and so are you for manufacturing BS content like this....
@@PurelyBaseballYT “one of the biggest stories”? Who else is talking about “Yu Darvish being upset about the Padres not signing Ohtani/Yamamoto”? It’s a non-story that you fabricated for clicks. Boo.
@@DaveTheTurd All over twitter. For instance, one singular post on Twitter regarding this had 2 million views. Just to show how big of a story that this is.
@PurelyBaseballYT Preller has had a hard-on for Ohtani for the better part of a decade. If there was any way possible to sign him, Ohtani would be in San Diego right now. And the only reason the Dodgers could sign Yamamoto to that retarded deal is because of all of that deferred Ohtani money. Mortgaging their future for an untried arm, an Asian DeGrom... both of those signing are ridiculous gambles. The Padres went about it the right way. If Darvish can't see that, he's a nitwit. And in no way does this mean "The Padres LIED to Yu Darvish". Use your head, bro. You're being insanely counter-productive....
Purely Baseball, I would be remiss if I didn't take the opportunity to correct a few things and also try to fill in some gaps here. Please don't take this as me trying to be mean, i respect the grind. 1. San Diego is in no way now or ever a large market, it is such a small market in fact that many teams have left the city to never come back. 2. The padres literally had to take out a $50 million dollar loan at the end of the season, the finances aren't looking too great. 3. This type of spending is not the norm for the Padres, up untill 2018 the Padres have tried to keep a bottom half payroll historicaly. 4. Owner Sadler died, could be that the reason the Padres pushed so hard to compete recently is because a sick Owner wanted to get a WS trophy before he unfortunately passed away (RIP). 5 Sadler was alive when he told Yu Darvish these things, if he was still around they may have very well went after Ohtani or Yamamoto. 6. They shouldn't have went after them anyway The padres have not been very good as of late, they were reportedly dealing with clashing personalities in the clubhouse too. They shouldn't keep throwing endless bags of money at FAs if you are already in a bad spot financially and the team just isn't that great. I fucking hate the Padres, their fans talked so much last off-season for no good reason. But I can't help but to sympathize with where they are at the moment and even wish them luck in the future.
1.Yamamoto 2. Sasaki (i don’t think we’re signing him) 3. Shohei 4. Glasnow 5. Walker buehler 6. Miller disgusting 😭 (Sorry if I spelt names wrong I’m very dumb 💀)
First of all, the Astros cheated just like the Red Sox and got away with. Manfred should've expelled every member of the team but the Astros never lost their title, trophy nor ring and Darvish took full blame for it. Plus the Padres just lost their owner and their payroll was going to be lowered so blaming AJ Preller isn't going to solve anything. Re-signing Soto wasn't going to be an option so they traded him. AJ knew he wasn't getting Ohtani nor Yamamoto and signed Matsui instead. Rather a bold move considering their new budget. Losing Hader, Snell, Wacha and Lugo was devastating and the Padres definitely need an innings eater in their rotation and a big lefty bat.
Hader signed with the Astros on 1/20. The Padres are acting the Red Sox have been of late. Acting like a small market team when they have the money to spend on big free agents. And they don't have any past championships to fall back on. I do feel bad for Padres fans. It seems like it's always one step forward, two steps back.
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Yes the Astros cheated, thats a known fact. But the reason he didn’t resign with the team, was because at the time fans were mad. Obviously looking back on it, it wasn’t his fault. But that IS the reason he left LA.
Huh? So if the fans understood it wasn't his fault, Darvish wouldn't have left Dodgers right? You should have talked about it in the video. Why didn't you? You made Darvish look bad. You should remake the video.
Clown, your Astros cheated, Darvish, Kershaw got screwed. Apologists for the Astros are a howl.
@@koningklootzak7788 Fans understood it wasn’t his fault in 2020! The point in that video we were at, was 2017. No one knew about the Astros cheating scandal at that point. So at that point, Dodgers fans were mad at him.
@@remorselesscuckslayer2318 Red Sox fan. Cant stand the Astros lol. But bringing up the Astros, is asking for a thousand comments of mOvE oN fRoM 2017 😂
@@PurelyBaseballYT your absolutely right the reason they didn’t resign him was because they couldn’t justify signing this guy long term after he just got his teeth kicked in twice if the dodgers had won and he made two good or decent starts in the series they probably resign him but nobody knew what had happened until 2020
Yu Darvish was and is the biggest victim of Astros cheating scandal, he could’ve had a monster contract following that season.
Exactly
so much up and down in his career, every other year is a good year for him.
I feel so bad for Darvish he didn't choke they cheated.
No, he choked. Astros didn’t cheat during the playoffs.
Game 7 they couldn’t cheat it was in LA
Cheaters don't care whose career they step on.
Game 7 wouldn’t have happened if the Trashtros didn’t steal Game 3 or game 5. Def stole game 5 from Kershaw.
@@Toews1247 I agree in game 7, they didn’t cheat by trash can. Darvish supposedly was tipping pitches and the Astros noticed it. Fair and legal.
As a dodgers fan ,I think we won't and shouldn't blame him because of Trashtro
@@Chickendees789 He was tipping pitches, supposedly.
I blame Dave roberts to this day. This isn’t hindsight, I said going into game 7 we should start Alex wood and kershaw both throwing 3-4 innings. They didn’t do well against wood and only did well against kershaw because they were cheating at home. Darvish got rocked his first start and plus the Astros had been facing darvish for years as he was on the rangers. I knew going into game 7 we would lose because of that decision.
@@batgangononeI agree. Wish LA would have kept Wood, because even they struggle against his side arm when facing the giants.
Game 7 was in LA nice try
They couldn’t cheat on the road
As a Dodgers fan since 1977 and the only team I have ever been a fan of, I can honestly say the loss of the Padres owner was tragic. It is not as much fun to win without real competition. Not that these players would've chosen the Padres over the Dodgers but to not even have them compete and put up a fight is sad to see.
To all the Padres Fans my heart goes out to you. When the McCourt's owned the Dodgers it was some of the hardest years of my fandom. Having to live with owners that are in it solely for the money or anything other than winning is wholly heartbreaking. Just hold tight hopefully someone is on the way to restore your hope.
Happy New Year to all....
It was fun having Peter Seidler, he gave us Padres fans a little bit of excitement. Back to mediocrity. At least we're used to it.
@@averageadam5001 Did you forget about the rest of the Padres core? You're not gonna be mediocre with guys like Tatis, Machado, and Bogaerts. Guys like King, Darvish, and Musgrove as well as Matsui, Cronenworth, Suarez, Kim, and Campusano are also very good pieces. The young guys - Merrill, Marsee, Thorpe, Snelling, and Salas eventually - coming up will be good soon hopefully. They won't win 100 games or a World Series this year, but this team isn't gonna be anything like the 2010s. They'll still be competitive, and frankly, they look better than the Giants and about as good as the Dbacks at this point (not optimistic, but FanGraphs projections have us very close to each other and above the Giants).
What we're seeing is the reality of being a small market. You can't sign every guy you want - especially when shit goes bad. But a $200M payroll is nothing to scoff about, and frankly, it's $100M more than they've been my whole childhood.
You sir earned my respect. You are a rare breed as we always seem to have toxic Dodger fans coming to our stadium. Thank you for the kind words and may the best team win.
@@xXIronSwanXx
There's nothing toxic about loving the game and your team. Life just gets better when your team wins and the competition is at its best as well. No one feels cheated, outsiders don't fill up the home seats and when it's all said and done all is fair in love and war.....
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@@CCFIFresno well said 🥹👏
Talks about Darvis failing in the world series without even mentioning the Astros cheating and stealing signals.
Thats a known fact by 99 percent of people who watch MLB. I think every time i’ve ever brought up that team, people say “move past 2017”.
@@PurelyBaseballYTI disagree. I think newer fans have no idea. That was 6 years ago and mentioning that in the video was needed.
@@F1Fanatic76 I think newer fans definitely hear about the Astros cheating scandal lol. Its commonly talked about. Not just in MLB… NFL reporter Al Michaels mentioned it the other day on broadcast. Fans know what 2017 was.
@@PurelyBaseballYT Nah bro, tell the whole story. That part is critical
@@bch1309 no one knew about the scandal in 2017
He didn't choke, the Astros cheated.
He didn’t choke the Astro cheated 😒
As a Dodger fan, my sincere condolences to the Padre fans. We've lost Vin and Tommy, so we know how much losing someone special from the organization hurts. Darvish didn't choke tho. Doesn't matter how good of a player you are. If the opposing guy knows what cards you're holding, it's over. If the trashtros hadn't cheated, Darvish would have a ring and still be a Dodger.
Agree
man. I truly believe we would have re-signed Darvish and I loved having a dude with his stuff
You are sorry that the Pads front office is so dumb to go all in after a fluke NLDS win with that trash Boegarts signing and that awful Cronenworth signing?? Lol as a dodger fan I am laughing at the broke, financially DUMB Pads and Preller 🤣🤣😂
Well I think we all know why he got rocked in Houston
Thank you for say what we were all thinking. also game 7 would have never happened if the Astros didn’t cheat.
@@Cornelius_PopNo we don’t if the Astros didn’t cheat they mighta still won you can’t say everything woulda been the same
@@Toews1247is it possible that they would’ve won? Yes. Is it probable? Absolutely not. While cheating, they had to go to game 7 to win, against a team that wasn’t cheating…
Exactly! Dodgers lineup failed to score more runs against the Astros pitchers.
@@OJWerehog17 geee I wonder why one team knew exactly what pitches were gonna be thrown and one team didnt, I guess you don’t understand how big of a advantage you have when you know if your getting a fastball or a slider. You ever see pitching ninja when he does the pitch overlays and how hard and disgusting it is for some of these hitters to distinguish what’s coming now imagine your the hitter and all the guess work is taken out of the equation and you can just sit fastball or sit slider cuz you know that ball isn’t gonna break or you can spit on tough sliders cuz you know that pitch is gonna break outside the zone you sound dumb asf for making that comment.
As a dodgers fan I was sad Darvish left. He didn't choke he was cheated. Even before we knew about the cheaters I was willing to keep him because of how he did the regular season.
As a Dodger fan I absolutely adore Yuu and it breaks my heart that some bad apples treated him badly after the world series but there's so many others like me who really love the guy as a player and human...I hope he has an amazing rest of his career.
You lost me when you called San Diego a Big Market. Padres aren’t even top 20.
As a Dodger fan I don’t blame Yu for 2017. I blame MLB Houston and The Dodger offense especially for game 7. We had the bases loaded in back to back innings and did absolutely nothing with it. Nothing.
Hopefully, no more chocking next postseason
@@Iverson8811 define choking? I’m curious to that statement and it has always bothered me. At what point do we not give credit to the teams that beat us?
@@Iverson8811 There are no guarantees in the postseason. It's a crapshoot won by the hottest team. The real indicator of a good team is their regular season record. A crappy team can make the playoffs with a poor record and get hot at the right time.
And, then you won that Mikey Mouse WS that shouldn't even count. Better hope they win another WS with Yamamoto and Ohtani.
@@CautionHighWavesAhead- it’s spelled Mickey not Mikey. And it’s the same WS your team didn’t win. Funny how silly fellas tend to gloss over that. More importantly it does count and here we are 3 years later and you’re still crying over it 😂
The fact you still posted this take knowing the ASTROS CHEATED in the 2017 WS is wild 😂🤡
Obviously they cheated. But the story was Yu Darvish, and his career path. He didn’t resign with LA because of his performance.
With all due respect, you didn't do all of your homework on the Padres. The Padres had to trade Soto now, or get nothing for him next year. And, you made no mention of the fact that their TV deal fizzled, costing them $50 million (which they had to borrow at the end of last season). Yes, I question some of Preller's moves too, but you didn't tell the whole story.
1000 percent my bad. I didn’t really take into account how bad that the TV Loss was
also the owner of the team died
It should definitely be explained in the video that Astros cheated as not everyone knows the timeline. Btw, the Padres started tightening their budget even before the owner’s death. The biggest culprit is the demise of Bally Sports.
The Padres lied to Yu. That pretty much sums up the organization.
well sorry yu. he should have seen the writing on the wall when (1) peter seidler passed away RIP (2) they lost their TV deal (3) they were ordered by the league to lower payroll due to their debt being too high and (4) they missed out on playoff money due to missing the playoffs.
Yes he failed because Astros knew what pitch was coming
Also the Padres literally have no money to spend. Their tv deal went under and their owner died. They were operating on borrowed time and lost their window to spend to compete. Why would they waste their time on meetings with Yamamoto and Ohtani when they had no means of signing them, to tell their fans “we tried”?
I’m shocked this guy doesn’t do his research. Everyone knows Padres are broke.
How can you not mention the Astros were cheating?
He's more worried about beating the dodgers than winning a ring.
Had the astros not cheated, it wouldn't even have gone to game 7...
Tough to say. The Astros still had a very good team even despite the cheating scandal. Can't say the Dodgers would have won considering all the success the Astros had after 2017. Championship should just be empty for 2017
@@schlootleit's not tough to say
@@koningklootzak7788 idk, considering they won 100 games three years in a row with basically the same group of guys makes me think they would have been legit contenders in 2017. Now if it ever comes out they cheated those years as well then okay fine ill concede. I'm just going with stats and what MLB says
they never cheated in the postseason and have never been proven to despite accusations and investigations
@@schlootle they were cheating for all those years. Look at their records once they got busted! Think!
Dodger fans haven’t hated on Darvish that’s false. He doesn’t even get booed at the ravine.
Right lol. Machado on the other hand getting booed every single time 😆. Won't even matter what team he's on.
@@DoGuov Exactly! Darvish - good; Machado - baaaaaaaad lol Go Dodgers!
If he was sensitive to that stuff can't blame him even if it's just a few bad eggs but I'm sure it was more. Making threats over a game is bullshit. I know almost all huge fanbases has issues like this but in this day and age it's ridiculous now that everyone has a platform to throw rocks from
Nah. Not “Dodger fans haven’t hated on Darvish that’s false.” /
As a Padres fan I can honestly say that any meetings with either player would’ve been a total waste of time. They we’re going to LA no matter what
Also, with zero TV money, they didn't have the money to sign either
@@sdguy67 San Diego doesn't have a decent tv contract? Petco Park is 93 miles from Anaheim, half that is a large market. Damn, that doesn't seem possible. Dodgers get $340 million a year, but MLB steals $80 million of it to give to "lose on purpose" owners who run the cheapest team they can out on the field then pocket the profit. Then these same losers who have nothing but contempt for their fanbase then threaten to move if the public doesn't build them a new billion dollar stadium with public money.
Also being bankrupt has something to do with it too.
@@jdsthird they are not even close to bankrupt. No major sport team in the big 3 in the US is even capable of being bankrupt.
@@Hikayuhuy They are close. The MLB had to take control of the payroll and force reductions. For the next few years spending has to be approved by the league. Peter Seidler financed his majority stake in ownership in 2019 when interest rates were zero. They have skyrocketed since then. Also the luxury tax was exceeded three years in a row which means we are paying 39 million to MLB for this season. This is in addition to the 50 million loan to cover payroll for this year. We requested 100 million but only half was granted. AJ Tingler Preller also exceeded the international spending for the year and a 50% tax is owed. The debt load is higher than the collective bargaining agreement allows which is why MLB and the commissioners office is involved. If we didn’t get control of the debt load the franchise could be placed into a receivership. It’s not anything close to what other franchises are going through. We have unique circumstances. It’s multiple factors. We are in bad shape. These are all facts. We lost 55 million last season when we made the playoffs. This year the loss is 100 million. We are not a large market team. We spent like one the past three years. The payroll went from 255 million to a range of 170 to 200 for 2024 and will be reduced further the next few years.
Most casual fans have no clue the true financials of the team. Record attendance doesn’t mean a windfall because about 80% of tickets go to the city and taxpayers since we built the stadium with bonds and increased taxes and higher accommodation taxes. We lost our TV deal which was another blow. So yes we are down bad. Which is why you won’t see large contracts or FA signings going forward.
San Diego is a big MLB market? Since when?
You always know which teams have the biggest market by how often people wear their hats. Youll see more Tigers, Yankees, Dodgers and Red Sox hats more than any other market. I've traveled across the country all year and I haven't seen one person wear a San Diego Padres hat. Give me a break.
I think growing market would’ve been a much better word, based on where the organization has gone as of recent. Seidler did all he could to help that team grow, and I think with time they’l be bigger.
The padres are so poorly managed. Its crazy how preller even has a job. Instead of trading their star expiring contracts at the deadline, they chose to try to make the playoffs in which they didnt. They legit are letting star players walk for comp picks
Well the Padres were under .500 yes your right, but the they nearly came back and still finished above .500.
@@aidenawe9359No the Padres were never in it. We fell below .500 on May 12 and remained there until the last weekend of the season. We tell ourselves we were close but we never were. We played crappy teams and had we faced anyone other than the White Sox for that last series we would have finished below .500 for the season. We crashed in 2021 and burned in 2023. 2022 was a fluke. AJ Tingler Preller needs to be fired already. 10 years is enough.
@@jdsthird Your not wrong, Padres were a mess this year, like the White Sox in 2022 respectively. Both fell short by under 5 games.
The machado extendion was the dumbest and clownish thing i’ve seen in a while. There was no reason for it. He didn’t put up a great year worth what he got. He wouldn’t have opted out of the remaining contract and the padres would have only paid 150 instead of another 300.
@@Alan-rw3ez Let’s not even mention Xanders signing. We had 4 shortstops. AJ was desperate and overpaid by 100 million.
i wasnt mad at YU... i knew something was up...kersh never got hit like that...the trashtros cheated...
Yeah it was such an interesting time. Originally, people just thought he was tipping pitches. Astros Players blamed it on that after the news came out (obviously BS, they’re just cheaters)
You state they have the money to sign Yamamoto or Ohtani, but that is not true. They have no TV contract, so while the Dodgers have a quarter of a billion coming each year in local TV money, the Padres have very little since Bally's went bankrupt.
At the time I thought he choked big time, but when the cheating became known I felt he got a raw deal.
Did you really say that “San Diego is a big market and as such should spend like the big market team they are”? Clearly you haven’t done your homework on this one. San Diego ISNT a big market, we just had an owner who was willing to spend. The team doesn’t even have a TV deal right now. Also, that logic is just flawed. While i understand how one might get to such a conclusion - big spender= big market- but it really comes down to the owner and his motivation to take out the check book. Yes, the market largely determines the budget, but to make such a blanket statement really diminishes the impact Peter Siedler made and how he completely changed the Padres image in a short amount of time. He was an outlier, an owner who really put his money where his mouth was to put no doubt into our fans minds that he was serious and committed to building a winner here in San Diego. Sure it didn’t result in a championship, but man it was one hell of a performance ride.
We should never forget or forgive Houston for cheating and getting away with it.
Ok let's all bash the Astros so it don't matter we was cheating as well we as fans are 2 faced we blame Houston for cheating let's get real dodgers was cheating just as much but we don't say shit about the dodgers cheating why is that I can prove the dodgers was cheating
I will also say that I kinda disagree with Soto being the best player. Yeah, he had solid numbers last year but a lot came too little too late. I also watched him grounding into double plays all April and May. Mark Grant once said "You can't win the division in April, but you sure can lose it", i think Tatis has a much higher ceiling than Soto, he has platinum glove defense in the outfield, speed and power. I wouldn't be shocked at a 40-40 season from him next year after getting most of a year back, and a healthy off-season and spring.
Tatis? That's funny do you mean before or after PEDs all he's shown is that he can dance
Soto also cost them at least 3 games in ‘23 with his horrible base running and lack of defense.
@vincenttaylor8553 how many times did he take strike 3 looking because he went up looking for a walk and didn't swing on those borderline pitches?
@@MCastleberry1980he also lost so much confidence, stemming from ‘22, that he stopped his Soto shuffle. Up until ‘21 I thought Tatis was better, I hope he has a nice comeback this season. The Yankees still aren’t winning the World Series, and I predict Soto to hit around .270 with like 28 homers. I want Tatis to get that 40/40.
@@kevincannon9564 what's funny is after not playing for 16 months he puts up a GG season in RF and hits 25 bombs... You can just say you don't like him clearly. lol. acting like that season he just had AFTER PEDS was atrocious. most advanced analytics had Soto and Tatis with the same WAR while Tatis missed 20 more games. i see a big season coming this year for him. dude is lighting up winter ball rn too along with those sweet dance moves like you said.
Instead of “with the power of friendship”, it’s more “with the power of Asia”
Darvish’s time as Japan’s golden boy are done. The eyes and allure is towards Ohtani, Yamamato right now. So it’s unlikely
Darvish is only Japanese when he wins. When he loses he’s Iranian.
Dude they were using the crash cans. I’m just happy he came out and found himself again. That prally was always heavy on his mind. Glad they found out the astros cheated
Hehe didn’t choke dude! He gave his all and wanted that ring. Blame those losers from Houston.
the padres are a small market team, not a big one, they've never even been considered a big market team, even to this day. the only reason they were able to spend the money they did was because of their owner who was willing to spend that much before passing, they also do not have anywhere near the money to sign either players, having to go as far as to borrow $50 million to pay their players, even saying that they planned to shed payroll this offseason, the reason everyone knew soto was guaranteed to move.
Money is definitely not the problem. They are resetting their CBT number just like the dodgers did last season.
@@bkg9813 then why did they have to borrow money to pay their players?
@@_Heng_ Teams do it all the time. They lost their TV deal in the middle of the season. Which was worth $50m a season.
@@bkg9813 the padres were promised by mlb that at least 80% of the money that was supposed to be paid by diamond/bally sports would be paid by the mlb, which was $50 million, so if it was just the missing tv deal money, padres should only be borrowing $10 million. why would they need the extra $40 million then?
@@_Heng_ Probably to cover the luxury tax bill or whatever expenses they had. Like i said, it isnt uncommon for teams to take out a loan or credit at the end of the year.
Astros cheated. Can’t blame Darvish
IKR
They never shoulda resigned darvish to begin with.
He didn't choke they cheated
why didn't you include the fact that the astros were cheating when Yu got shelled.
The owner did just die and the TV deal went downhill with them going bankrupt so yeah the padres are not going to spend big money right now
We have a crappy GM and president of baseball operations. AJ Tingler Preller has to go!
To summarize, what he said is
“When I negotiated my contract last year, I told Preller (the GM) this may be too big of a contract, is there anything I could do, like what Ohtani did (backpay parts of my salary) or come up with a smart way to alleviate the financial pressure off of the team so that we could go after Ohtani and even Yamamoto next year. The GM said that it'll be fine and won’t be a problem. That’s why I signed the new contract with the Padres.
Then, I guess we had various (financial) problems this year, including the broadcasting fee issue. It’s just sad and I’m disappointed that the Padres didn’t make a move to get Ohtani and Yamamoto. Not even a simple meeting. I feel a little betrayed, and i'm bummed out about it,”
ALSO, in the same post Darvish does talk about the Dodgers
“I was with the Dodgers, they play smart and I know how hard they all work and play, but that’s why I want to beat them (and so many others)”
And he did end it with
“But, we got Matsui, so we will do our absolute best. I love Ohtani and Yamamoto, so I’m just happy to be playing ball with them”
With the passing of our active owner Peter Seidler, the Padres have almost new ownership with his family taking over. It’s almost identical to the Yankees when George Steinbrenner passed. The passion for spending for winning went to the grave with the owner. Unfortunately for us Padres fans and Yu, that appears to be our current and upcoming fate, especially now that the Dodgers are the superpower of MLB. Many of the next World Series trophies are going to travel west on I-10 instead of I-8 like we hoped a year ago.
As a Dodger fan, I hated seeing what fans did to Darvish, especially since we've come to learn about that World Series.
Nah. Not down to Chicago. Not down oo Chicago. Not it’s one of the biggest markets in all of Baseball. Not i one of the biggest markets in all of Baseball. Not i one of the bigges markeh in all of Baseball. Not i one of the bigges markeh in all uh Baseball. Not i one uh the bigges markeh in all uh Bayball. The San Diego Padres don’t happen to be a market. /
AJ Tingler Preller should have been fired years ago. He’s useless. Incompetent and inept. The organization has been chaotic and dysfunctional the 10 years he’s been here. Enough!
Do u get off, when trashing preller? Ps- in the 15 yrs before preller, the padres won one playoff gm, in the 9 yrs since preller took over, we have won 8 gms and 3 series, and almost made the ws, no wonder seidler extended preller twice,
@@brando7266 Peter Seidler extended AJ because his brain 🧠 was riddled with cancer. Eric will clean it up and do what needed to be done years ago. Hard to look at how chaotic and dysfunctional this franchise is. It’s really in bad shape. We need a competent front office and leadership at the top.
@@brando7266Why did AJ lie to Yu? He lies all the time. He’s such a mess. Lied to Peter. Lied to fans. Lies in his sleep. No wonder players won’t come to SD and he can’t do business with 20 teams in the league. Why would we want someone that limits us?
@@jdsthird what makes u think eric knows what he's doing, how did he get into this position? What's his background?
@@brando7266 He knows enough to fire the person that’s been screwing up for 10 years and put this franchise in serious risk. He knows accounting and the pitiful financial shape the team is in. He knows money and knows it’s a poop 💩 show in the front office. That’s all he needs to know.
San Diego is one of the biggest markets in baseball? Seriously? They lied to him? Come on. He knew. His contract isn't the issue. The owner dying and the loss of their tv contract has been a big problem, along with 5-6 bloated contracts. Yamamoto and Ohtani are getting way overpaid, and Hader is asking for far too much money. But yes the team lost talent.
Not to mention we have the worst GM and president in baseball. AJ Tingler Preller should have been fired years ago.
I can’t tell but I think you hate AJ Preller lmfao
He’s made bad moves - completely. But Imma be honest, he’s not a Top 10 worst GM in the league. We were praising him when he went all in in 2015 and 2023, we praised him when we went and got Soto, we praised him when we got to the NLCS, we praised him when we made the playoffs in 2020, we praised him when we added pieces in 2021, and we praise him for the farm.
Yet now y’all hate him bc the super team he assembled to try to win a World Series underperformed and he traded a player who wants $500M and was going to be a free agent anyway?
By no means am I saying he’s a Top 10 GM. But besides the managers and micromanaging, I struggle to find much bad about him. He needs to change how involved with the team he is, and I think he will learn. But realistically, NONE of what happened in 2023 is his fault. Him and Siedler created a team to win - Manny and Xander were injured, Soto underperformed until September, and Tatis had been out for a year. The bullpen was hot and cold, the bottom of the order couldn’t pull any weight, and the bench wasn’t great. The bench not being great I can blame on Preller - you need veterans off the bench but he overstocked.
I blame Preller for the bad bench, overpaying for X by $80M (he’s a star but not worth $280M), and micromanaging. But it’s not all his fault and it feels like you’re scapegoating a little. Hell, I wouldn’t replace him unless Kim Ng came calling. Tho, this may be one of his last chances so idk
@@CarsonWalker-t3w There are so many reasons to hate AJ Tingler Preller. He is a glorified scout. Which isn’t in his job description. What makes it worse for the organization is that he hold two positions, GM and president of baseball operations. He sucks at both. He single handedly ruined the finances of the team with bad contracts. He can’t attract talent to SD because of his horrible reputation. 20 teams won’t do business with him so he is extremely limited with trades. The only way he can get major talent is via trade or overpaying. The league has suspended and fined him multiple times. Yes there is a ton to hate. He lies for no reason at all. It just comes natural to him. He has had a myriad of coaches, managers, and staff in his 9 year tenure which is unprecedented in baseball. There has been nothing but chaos and dysfunction in the front office as long as he’s been here. He has never had a short or long term plan. He makes it up as he goes along and he has never put together a complete roster.
He would make a good scout and evaluator of talent. If his position was VP of scouting and talent we’d be okay. The average fans see the stars on this team and think it’s AJ but it’s Peter Seidler’s credit cards and lines of credit that landed those stars. AJ is incompetent and inept in the front office. The organization is extremely dysfunctional. You can’t have that much turnover and expect to be successful. Any person that has a business or management background can clearly see the problems. Leadership at the top is important to the clubhouse and what happens on the field. We had two epic collapses and it wasn’t by accident. 2021 and 2023 happened before and after 2022. The season we went on a run is an outlier. An anomaly. We don’t give the Dodgers credit for the shortened season so we should be consistent and toss ours out. We got embarrassed that year by the Dodgers. So in 9 years we have a history and record with AJ. He’s had ab opportunity with tearing it down, building it up, spending, and operating on a budget. He suck’s at it all. Signing Rich Hill at the trade deadline should be a fireable offense in itself. I’ve never praised AJ for the Soto trade. We were below .500 for the time he was here. He didn’t move the needle for us. AJ did it to make a splash. He loves being in the spotlight. He lied and said he’d be around for 3 playoff runs. He was here for one. He mismanaged contracts and the budget and lost Soto anyway. That wasn’t planned. He was forced into the trade.
You can like him. I don’t begrudge you this. But we can’t pretend he’s competent. He isn’t. And any empty chair could do better for this franchise. His ego and narcissism wouldn’t allow him to hire a GM like Peter wanted. He even gave Peter the middle finger when he told him to work with Melvin in 2024. The man is unbelievable. And he’ll be long gone before that contract is up. I believe 2024 is it for him. We already know what’s coming. We’ve seen this movie before.
You kinow what sucks equally? That the Dodgers traded for Darvish to try to win a Series, and he was one of the main reasons why they lost in 2017. And now he hates THEM for it?
He didnt choke, he got cheated by the cheaters Astros.
Signing Xander
Extending cronenworth
Extending Manny
No TV deal
Hurt getting Ohtani and / or Yamamoto
If AJ was serious about Ohtani and Yamamoto, he would have planned for it 3-5 years ago. 🤷♂️
Bingo
So we are just going to gloss over the fact of the trash cans ok coool, and the Padres are not a big market… they needed to take out loans to pay some salary
I do think the biggest reason they are not doing any aggressive signings this offseason is not because of A. J. Preller but instead of ownership, the death of Peter Seidler probably left the rest of the ownership group in a bit of a unorganized situation and considering their already quite big expenses they don't want to be making big commitments, because for the Padres and Preller to not even be in any rumors or show any interest is not the norm, they are always linked to most top free agents these past few offseasons. Just on this offseason have they been very silent and actually downgrading (Soto, Hader, Snell), unfortunately the death of Seidlerit just so happened to be the same offseason that two of the best talents from Japan went into free agency. At the end of the day Preller has to answer to ownership and it seems that right now the Padres are a bit lost on how to proceed financially, so they aren't taking risks/big signings.
Wrong. We are broke because of AJ Tingler Preller. He hold two positions in the front office and is horrible at both of him. His contracts are atrocious. And his moves or non moves at the trade deadline devastated this team. His 10 years has been chaotic and dysfunctional. He won’t be around much longer. Peter should have fired him years ago.
@@jdsthird I preface that this is all only my opinion and I have no facts to back it up and simply enjoy engaging in this debate :) that said. I mean being broke in the MLB isn't really a thing, I don't believe there is a single team that loses money at the end of the year (maybe the Mets this past year), it's more a question of does ownership want to sink more money into the team or rebuild/retool? And it seemed to me that Peter wanted to spend right now. I'm not saying Preller is a good or bad GM (personally I think he is a quite a terrible one) I'm simply saying that for a team that has shown that they have been willing to spend even when they already had big contracts and were above the luxury tax, suddenly even though there are big names they aren't even trying. I think Preller would spend every year if he could, it's almost a irrefutable fact like: we can count on death taxes and Preller "winning" the offseason, so if the Peter was keeping him around he probably expected exactly that style. So if he is not doing it, I believe it has to do with either a complete change of philosophy from the ownership group, or that they are a bit lost after what happened and are deciding to just not act on anything. My point was more that it wasn't that Preller didn't want to spend, it was that he wasn't allowed. Now that could be because they have a bunch of bad contracts and thus are broke (which I personally don't tend to believe that a big market team is broke, the Mets and Dodgers have spent more money and are willing to spend even more) or because "new" ownership isn't interested in spending as they are not yet sure what to do with the team, because it's not in a good situation if you don't intend to continue to spend like Peter did.
darvish being mad they didnt land ohtani and yamamoto is not the ownerships fault at all. the team should have been better.
I guess It's too bad that he decided to sign that 6-year extension I guess because it sounds to me like he wishes he could be with them.🤔🤨 He ran into the Asstros in 2017 and got robbed of a title but why care about what another man is doing? Do you Yu 😜😁😂
The Padres' owner was the only person who gave a shit about the franchise among the leadership apparently.
Nah. /
The Padres owner passing away and their regional sport’s network deal falling through due to bankruptcy has changed the trajectory of the team in terms of spending.
When Ohtani signed with the Dodgers and then called Yamamoto to come join him, it was over. No the Padres never talked to him, but NEITHER DID YU!
Padres had to take out a loan to pay for contracts last year, they dont have the money for anyone right now
They took loans cuz Bally went bankrupt. With how loaded our farm is, I think we'll be okay next year. Definitely more depth than we had in 23 with no sleepy Bomid on the mound.
@@FujiwaramoguuNo we are broke because of AJ Tingler Preller’s atrocious contracts and incompetence in the front office.
@@jdsthird Bad contracts, yes but have we done anything stupid like giving away the farm? No. Minus Soto, we got a good haul, a decent hitting coach and now a manager who's twice better than Bomid. Are we broke? No cuz we still have Xander, Manny and Tatis Jr. Noway were broke.
@@Fujiwaramoguu Yes we have. AJ has always had a good farm because he is a good scout. This doesn’t make him a good executive. He has two jobs in one and non is scout. He’s better suited for that role.
@@Fujiwaramoguu We are broke. Review the finances. MLB has to approve our reduced budget for many years to come because of our debt load. It’s pretty bad. It’s not just one thing it’s multiple factors. I can go through them if you really don’t know.
The Padres over extended themselves because AJ Preller was trying to win a World Series before Peter Seidler passed away.
He's stuck on the Padres for about 15 - 16 mil a year until 2028 - he'll be 41. Though for some reason he will make 21 mil in 2025.
Total bush league. You can't talk about what happened to Darvish in the World Series and say "he choked". You could have easily said, "The world thought he choked, but we now know he was cheated". Thumbs down for such a horrible take.
A team pays Ohtani $700 million because he's a two way player. He can pitch and hit, however, he's coming back from two Tommy Johns and is reaching 30. He'll always be an elite hitter but his price changed for me once he received his second elbow surgery
Darvish should have been aware numerically that the contract would have an effect
All merchandise money goes into a pool and is split evenly between all 30 teams.
Padres had to borrow $$ from MLB, so they had to shed salary.
The idol of Sasaki Rōki is Yu Darvish, who is upset about LAD becoming Japan’s team. SD is Korea’s team. He wants to make SD more popular in Japan with Sasaki Rōki signing there.
Side note: Murakami Munetaka’s idol is Ohtani Shohei, he admitted this in 2022, all he wants is to have the honor to play alongside him. He is only one year away from MLB time!
We don’t care about the madres.
Alot of people don't remeber no one was there to fight for Yuu Darvish when Yuri Gurriel did that asia face on him. Dodgers have worst teammates and fanbace for sure.
Damn that is harsh that they didn't even give these guys a single call to discuss what the minimum was to get them to come play along with Yu. Had they known Ohtani was willing to defer, the option may have been there.
The fact that Yu was hesitant to get the extension because he didn't want this to affect getting new players is heartbreaking. We better call Sasaki up at least once when he hits the market.
But really, we know now that option wasn't actually there even if we called. Ohtani gave the Dodgers the final say and took it when they agreed. The Blue Jays didnt get a rebuttal, nor did anyone else. Had the Bally Sport isnt bankrupting, Machado not have the slump of his life, the Padres made the playoff to give Ohtani some more confident AND Peter Seidler was around to liquidate more of his asset, maybe then they would have a chance to continue increasing payroll and sign Ohtani. None of those thing happened. Our hands are absolutely tied this off season.
@@Hikayuhuy we just gotta hope for the best. Peter's legacy isn't over yet
Pete Seidler dying really thew a monkey wrench in everything, and the Dodgers paying 2 guys a billion dollars is nuts.
Truly awful, losing Seifer is awful man.
Having a horrible person like AJ Tingler Preller for 10 years hasn’t helped either.
As a padres who cares if he’s pissed he should just be happy with the money he got he’s overpaid
Well Game 3 they had a camera in centerfield but Game 7 no excuses especially considering supposedly he was tipping his pitches
There shouldn’t had been a game 7. Game 5 or 6 should’ve been the last game of the series
it didnt matter if they could afford both they didnt want to play for SD and why would they. SD havent made a serious run since they had tony gwen
What the hell did I just hear all of a sudden San Diego is one of the biggest markets I’m born and raised here and I have always heard that we are a small market team. What the hell
He’s recruiting Roki Sasaki and Murakami.
the astros cheated in that world series and season
Wasn't that the year astros were. CHeating? How is that dervish fault
It wasn’t his fault, but at the time he was blamed (no one knew the Astros cheated until the end of 2019)
There’s a clear reason that we didn’t have a meeting with those guys. Because when the time came we simply couldn’t afford them
Would be cool if Giants can trade for Darvish, sign Murakami, Imanaga, and Sasaki. Giants Vs Dodgers with Japanese players would be dope!
It's not a fire sale 💀💀 they just traded Soto for value as they weren't getting him back. They're not trading their #2 in their rotation
@@CarsonWalker-t3w it can be 🤗🤗🤗🤗
They didn't lie, our owner died... there are so many legalities that come with handing off ownership of anything when someone passes let alone an MLB TEAM! CMON...
Didn't mention that the Astros cheated
I agree, I have been a Dodgers fan since the early 70's and I don't blame Darvish, I blame the Houston Cheaters !!!
I'd even be happy to see him back in a Dodgers uniform so he could redeem himself.
San Diego is actually one of the smaller markets in MLB only the Reds, Brewers and Royals have smaller markets. They literally had to borrow $50 million at the end of the year to meet operating costs and the company that was broadcasting their games went under in early 2023 putting stress on their finances. 2023 was definitely their all in year with the number of expiring contracts they had and trying to get a World Series ring for a owner who didn’t have much time.
The attendance numbers are impressive but you need those big TV deals or a very rich owner to be able to compete with LAs and the NYs of the world when it comes to payroll. It wouldn’t surprise me if they look to trade off either Tatis or Machado in the future.
Theyre not trading either. Theyre resetting the CBT number. Learn ball before you try and act like youre the team accountant
@@bkg9813No the Padres are broke my friend. It has nothing to do with resetting the CBT. It’s really bad. I can explain it in detail if you really need me to.
This is lame content. Gimme a break. The Padres were in no position to insanely over-spend on Ohtani/Yamamoto.... A 12-year 350million commitment to a pitcher who may or may not spend 50% of his time on the IL.... If Darvish is really "upset" about that, then he's a child, and so are you for manufacturing BS content like this....
One of the biggest stories in MLB. Yes, i’m going to put it out. If the people are talking about it, content is worth being made.
@@PurelyBaseballYT “one of the biggest stories”? Who else is talking about “Yu Darvish being upset about the Padres not signing Ohtani/Yamamoto”? It’s a non-story that you fabricated for clicks. Boo.
@@DaveTheTurd All over twitter. For instance, one singular post on Twitter regarding this had 2 million views. Just to show how big of a story that this is.
@PurelyBaseballYT Preller has had a hard-on for Ohtani for the better part of a decade. If there was any way possible to sign him, Ohtani would be in San Diego right now. And the only reason the Dodgers could sign Yamamoto to that retarded deal is because of all of that deferred Ohtani money. Mortgaging their future for an untried arm, an Asian DeGrom... both of those signing are ridiculous gambles. The Padres went about it the right way. If Darvish can't see that, he's a nitwit. And in no way does this mean "The Padres LIED to Yu Darvish". Use your head, bro. You're being insanely counter-productive....
Purely Baseball, I would be remiss if I didn't take the opportunity to correct a few things and also try to fill in some gaps here. Please don't take this as me trying to be mean, i respect the grind. 1. San Diego is in no way now or ever a large market, it is such a small market in fact that many teams have left the city to never come back. 2. The padres literally had to take out a $50 million dollar loan at the end of the season, the finances aren't looking too great. 3. This type of spending is not the norm for the Padres, up untill 2018 the Padres have tried to keep a bottom half payroll historicaly. 4. Owner Sadler died, could be that the reason the Padres pushed so hard to compete recently is because a sick Owner wanted to get a WS trophy before he unfortunately passed away (RIP). 5 Sadler was alive when he told Yu Darvish these things, if he was still around they may have very well went after Ohtani or Yamamoto. 6. They shouldn't have went after them anyway The padres have not been very good as of late, they were reportedly dealing with clashing personalities in the clubhouse too. They shouldn't keep throwing endless bags of money at FAs if you are already in a bad spot financially and the team just isn't that great. I fucking hate the Padres, their fans talked so much last off-season for no good reason. But I can't help but to sympathize with where they are at the moment and even wish them luck in the future.
umm the padres are not now never were and never will be a “large market” team ..
San Diego had pull for ohtani with Darvish. But they didn’t even try. That’s sad.
1.Yamamoto
2. Sasaki (i don’t think we’re signing him)
3. Shohei
4. Glasnow
5. Walker buehler
6. Miller
disgusting 😭
(Sorry if I spelt names wrong I’m very dumb 💀)
The Cheastros are the cause of all of this. He should take it up with all those guys.
What a dumb video. Not factual and full of opinions from someone who obviously just doesn’t like the Padres.
The Astros were cheating by stealing signs. Yu Darvish, and Clayton Keyshawn were awful because the astros knew what pitch was coming.
darvish will never have a world series attempt like he did with the dodgers ever again. the padres will never win.
First of all, the Astros cheated just like the Red Sox and got away with. Manfred should've expelled every member of the team but the Astros never lost their title, trophy nor ring and Darvish took full blame for it. Plus the Padres just lost their owner and their payroll was going to be lowered so blaming AJ Preller isn't going to solve anything. Re-signing Soto wasn't going to be an option so they traded him. AJ knew he wasn't getting Ohtani nor Yamamoto and signed Matsui instead. Rather a bold move considering their new budget. Losing Hader, Snell, Wacha and Lugo was devastating and the Padres definitely need an innings eater in their rotation and a big lefty bat.
Padres TV situation changed their finances. No chance they are going to spend $1b for two guys.
Interestingly, Preller is the grandson of the late Walter O'Malley and nephew of Peter O'Malley.
Hader signed with the Astros on 1/20. The Padres are acting the Red Sox have been of late. Acting like a small market team when they have the money to spend on big free agents. And they don't have any past championships to fall back on. I do feel bad for Padres fans. It seems like it's always one step forward, two steps back.
He gave up 8 rubs in 3 innings. I wonder how that happened 😂
I think it wasn’t going to affect them going after these players but then seidler died and it changed things but I could be wrong
We were broke before Peter died.