The San Diego Padres had a fantastic 2024 season, exceeding expectations and captivating their city with their exciting brand of baseball. As they look ahead to 2025, landing Japanese pitching sensation Shohei Ohtani is their top priority.
The end of every calendar year is met with reflection and projection. We look back on what happened in the previous 365 days and make plans to improve over the next 365, a process commonly referred to as making New Year's Resolutions. 2024 was a fabulous year for the San Diego Padres . They won 93 games, pushed the eventual champion Dodgers to the brink of playoff elimination, and found new stars to root for. But the biggest win was what happened at Petco Park.
This town was invigorated by a team that played baseball the way it should be played: with a passion. Our jewel of a downtown ballpark was packed every single night, setting a multitude of attendance records because the city connected with the product and the players on the field. It was exciting. It was fun. It was unique. It was rebellious. As December's final days tick away we can look ahead to 2025 and dream on how to not just run it back, but make it even better. They can do that by sticking to a few New Year's Resolutions that just might have them running down the big, bad boys in blue and holding our own World Series parade. The first one should be quite obvious. for the Friars to land the Japanese phenom. As of this writing they had not had a formal in-person meeting with the 23-year-old free agent but that is not seen as anything to worry about. The Dodgers, long considered the other favorite to land Sasaki, just met with him over the weekend after several other teams had their shots. Sasaki is an affordable, young, obscenely talented pitcher who can help the Padres bridge the talent gap with Los Angeles while not compromising the financial structure and giving the club the ability to add other free agents. If he lands in San Diego, the Dodgers will have a real fight on their hands. If he goes to L.A. then go ahead and give that team the next four World Series titles because their pitching staff will basically be The Avengers
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