Maybe will payoff down the road? Padres don’t look to be contenders in 2019.
$300 million for 10 years sounds like quite a gamble.
No, they don’t.
Advanced Stats says that Machado alone is worth about 6-8 wins per year. SD was 66-96 last year without him. So a big year makes them 76-86.
At least SD is trying. Which is more than can be said for half of the rest of the league.
I can’t think of a single mega-deal in Baseball that was not a bad deal for the team.
In baseball, once a player has free agency, they are almost over the hill.