Yes, don’t the Padres have a reputation for not spending money? Once several years ago they did but the season wasn’t going as well as they had hoped I think they started unloading the high-price players.
That they do. To me it seemed obvious that the previous owners didn’t care if they won and always had a roster with a lot of random one year players. The new owners are trying a bit harder but still didnt do much until this. Now they put it all on one player. MM is a great player but I dont like these mega contracts. I would rather build a team with many average to above average talent.