With A.J. Preller busy making trades the last few years, Padres are the least-homegrown, newest team among those who made playoffs in 2022
The deals weren’t done that week at the Hilton Bayfront, but it was during baseball’s Winter Meetings there in 2014 that the footing for three franchise-altering trades was poured.had traded for Wil Myers, Matt Kemp and Justin Upton, as well as Derek Norris.
Not as many deals have been consummated at recent Winter Meetings as in days of yore, but the coming together of virtually everyone in the game for four days creates the intrigue of possibility. Here is a chronological look at the way the playoff Padres were built, which begins with one of the moves essentially conceived at those ’14 meetings.Dec. 19, 2014. Acquired in a three-team trade in which Padres also received José Castillo, Ryan Hanigan and Gerardo Reyes from the Rays and sent Jake Bauers , Rene Rivera and Burch Smith to the Rays and Joe Ross and Trea Turner to the Nationals.
The legacy of this trade is pending. For now, its greatest benefit to the Padres was that a year later it helped them get Yu Darvish . The deal took almost two weeks to become final as Padres doctors needed to sign off on the health of Pham’s elbow. And it took the Padres a while to realize what they had in Cronenworth, who was considered by almost everyone as a throw-in in the deal. He got his first start filling in for the ill Hosmer at first base and ended up finishing second in NL Rookie of the Year voting in 2020 and has been an All-Star the past two seasons. His 9.
Bolanos has appeared in 13 games for the Royals, while Cordero batted .209 over 148 games and was recently released by the Red Sox.Aug. 31, 2020. Acquired from the Mariners along with relievers Austin Adams and Dan Altavila for Ty France, Andres Muñoz , Luis Torrens and Taylor Trammell . Clevinger went on the injured list in 2022 four times, twice with illness and twice with injuries, and finished with a 4.33 ERA over 114 1/3 innings. The Padres ended up paying him about $102,000 an inning . Allen was released after the ’20 season. Waldron made 25 starts between Double-A and Triple-A last season and is ranked 17Among those sent to the Guardians, all but Cantillo were on the playoff roster in 2022. Cantillo posted a 1.
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