Team hopes trade pickup Taylor Rogers stabilizes spot on opening weekend
For all the promising seasons that sprang bowling ball-size leaks, sparked Ray Kroc’s technicolor tantrums and unceremoniously deposited shiny potential to the back of baseball’s dust bin, the Padres trusted in one thing.Far more seasons than not, there was someone parked at the back of the bullpen to protect wins that proved too rare, too often. Whether it was Rollie Fingers or Goose Gossage, Mark Davis or Trevor Hoffman, Huston Street or Heath Bell, the torch eventually was ably passed.
Melancon played through contract, was creeping closer to his late-30s and was likely to command $6-7 million. That does not constitute massive money in baseball terms, but it’s not for an everyday player. “Closers can come from all different paths and different avenues,” Preller said. “Trevor coming as a conversion guy. Or Heath Bell. The last few years, guys that became All-Stars like Brad Hand and Kirby Yates, it wasn’t like a linear path.Using Suarez immediately constituted a gamble, given that he had not thrown an official game in the U.S. — no matter his triple-digit potential.
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