Padres Manager Mike Shildt says AJ Preller has “tricks up his sleeve”, + Tatis & Machado Dynamic

[@hopespringseternal2624]

I love this interview and I love our manager, Mike Shildt. He dearly loves his players, and he only speaks well of them. It is wonderful to see him relaxed! You rock, Mr. Shildt! Have a wonderful Christmas!

[@chrisweidner4768]

Yep. Cardinals miss him.

[@ScottyBraun-FoulTerritory]

Preller is entertaining for the industry. Always making moves. gotta love it

[@DarthVader20201]

Yes he does ❤

[@mike-vq8zw]

The idea is to win a world series with those moves. Going into season 11 for him and not even an appearance.

[@jongorden4717]

Schildt is awesome. So happy Melvin left and we got him.

[@chrisweidner4768]

Notice what happened to the Cardinals after he left. Shildty is a leader. Took the worst ranked defense and changed them into the best, won 17 in a row and a playoff slot, and then was fired. Yep. Fans in STL are not pleased with ownership and Moz etc. Hoping for better days.

[@LilCasinoMusic]

My Padres Fantasy Team LF Connor Joe (2M) CF Merrill RF Tatis 3B Machado SS Bogarts 2B Crone 1B Ty France ? C Campusano, Sullivan DH Arraez Bench IF- Wade, Tim Anderson (2M) OF- Ornelas Utility- Lockridge C- Diaz 1M I think Ty France, Connor Joe, and Tim Anderson just need to be on a truly contending team. Anderson also just needs to take on a bench role maybe. SP 1- King 2- Darvish 3- Cease 4- Roki 🙏 or Lorenzen (4M) or Sandovol (5M) or Soroka (3M) 5- Waldron/ Vasquez/ Brito Bullpen Maybes- Bergert, Reynolds, Cosgrove, Kolek, reunion with Hill or Kerr (1M) Long- Morejon, Middle- Peralta, Matsui, Hoeing Setup- Adams, Estrada Closer- Suarez

[@DarthVader20201]

Darvish 7 - 3 3.31 ERA 16 GS

[@markn.3813]

All GM's have "something up their sleeves" or at least they think they do. Love Mike Shildt and the Cardinals did this man wrong, but sometimes he is too over the top and overly forced with the gee shucks I adore and love my players and organization. Having said that I see the Padres competing every year with him at the helm and giving the Dodgers a run for their money. The NL West is the best Division in Baseball. Great interview.

[@Honesty1111]

As a Pads ST holder, this current core has peaked. Seidler and Preller were fiscally irresponsible with big, long term contracts and currently, prospects are being traded for 1-2 year players. This is not sustainable, they need to develop multiple prospects to stay afloat because they are tapped out budget wise.

[@mike-vq8zw]

@@Honesty1111 you couldn't be more correct. I've been saying for years that AJ's approach just doesn't work. He's constantly just trying to win for one year and has no clue how to build a team and an organization. Constantly trading away the farm system and developing no one until 2024 in centerfield. I've been saying for years, too much money going to too few players. Leaving the rest of the roster wanting for talent. A top of the order that is more then competitive but a huge drop off in talent after the four hole.

[@kirstenwright451]

Best manager GO padres ⚾️⚾️

[@80s_monsterkid28]

Sad Diego 0-💍🤫

[@graemekrone6436]

AJ Prrzezinski is the best!

[@LennyMolnar-rs8df]

Go padres❤ been a gan since 1969.

[@kingrama2727]

Sometimes AJ makes these unbearable to watch….

[@mhalbert]

Padres content on a Dodgers channel?! Im shocked!!!

[@DaDude-b8l]

Preller new nickname “cat “ rawr lol

[@inalavalamp]

Hopefully one trick is getting Xander back to Boston to free up some money, to extend King and Arraez.

[@JB_2741]

100%

[@comala27]

Worst contract ever

[@mike-vq8zw]

Never going to happen, The Padres are stuck with that contract.

[@redpillbrotherhood110]

​@@mike-vq8zwProbably, but if they add a solid prospect or two and a big leaguer like Cease they could maybe get it done

[@SDSFG45]

Mike is a VERY astute baseball man...a TRUE lifer. No, he didnt play the game, professionally. But he's that rare kind of person, who was raised around the game, all of his kid-hood, right on thru adulthood. If you're raised around a minor league ballpark, and your Mom works there...and all you see is pro ballplayers trying to make it to the big leagues, day in and day out...chances are, you're going to learn everything about the game. He's seen enough of the Dodgers, to know the Padres can beat them. Hell, we won the season series against them. No other team in the division, can say that. And we beat them WITH OHTANI LEADING OFF. So, Shildt knows we can win a WS, even if we have to go thru LA to do it. And I think he's the perfect manager for this team. But Preller has to keep a core of guys that can get it done. To people around the game that had a problem with Mr Seidler spending all this money to get all these players?...guess what?...anything less than the players we had this season and in 2022, will not get us a WS. Not with LA in this division. To beat the best, you have to be well-equipped. Its that simple. If Dylan Cease didnt choke in Game 4, and put us behind the 8 ball, because he couldnt finish 3 innings, I think we win that game and eliminate having to go back to LA.

[@johnnyboyjohns2930]

Okkaaayyyy?!? 😂

[@mike-vq8zw]

The problem is, once again AJ has traded away all his tricks except for two, The only two in the organization another team would be interested in that would return any help. Too few of the players making too much of the money. Going to need a lot of tricks for all the holes on this roster. Padres have two pitchers they could lose next season due to finances. If you trade them who do you replace them with? He has a batting champion with no position. Lots of holes, THIS TEAM IS A MESS

[@padrebod]

In Preller we trust

[@reno-san87]

Trust in those 24 SCORELESS INNINGS 🤣🤣🤣

[@mike-vq8zw]

Going into season 11, HOW MANY MORE YEARS ARE YOU GOING TO TRUST ?

[@robynrob9471]

Padres Fans know the Assignment!!🎉

[@johnmedina5399]

Great manager unfortunately the padres lost the tv deal and are cutting payroll by 60 million this year.

[@LennyMolnar-rs8df]

Correction I've been a gan since 1969.❤pads

[@reno-san87]

Padres cookin' up 24 SCORELESS excuses 🤣

[@24tommyst]

they finally caught the White Whale!

[@catopwnzify]

What’s he doing? Cause the padres are a joke Mike shut up already.

[@user-dr2ym5jr7l]

If the trick is to do nothing and miss out of FAs, then he certainly tricked me 😅

[@javiersalas7670]

Manny is a cancer in the clubhouse and EVERYONE KNOWS IT! Cmon.....🤣

[@adrianramirez4137]

You’re a cancer

[@franciscoverjan7397]

Padres are really good at lying to themselves

[@mike-vq8zw]

Unfortunately Profars bat went back to sleep during the second half and slept right on through the playoffs. Good chance he's gone back to his old self again and the Padres will once again pay through the nose for a player with one good season in his career.

[@redpillbrotherhood110]

Agree paying for Profar isn't worth it. They probably need to buy a cheap 1 year free agent like Dylan Carlson to play LF and try to get one more good trade done. See if Sasaki is willing to come to SD. They'll be competitive but AJ has an uphill battle this offseason

[@mike-vq8zw]

@redpillbrotherhood110 unless the Padres are willing to spend more I think they are going to have a troubled season . It sounds like they can't even afford what they have right now, So once again AJ probably won't even begin to put this team together until spring training and then some . We are going to have to accept whoever is willing to come here on a one-year contract for a very little just like Profar did.

[@user-dr2ym5jr7l]

Still waiting for those so called "tricks" up his sleeve 😂

[@80s_monsterkid28]

Couldn’t go a say without crying about the Dodgers “spending” money.😂😂😂😂

[@hopespringseternal2624]

Ok, boomer

[@80s_monsterkid28]

@ hold this L, like you clowns have been holding since 1969. lol Sad Diego 0-💍🤫

[@hopespringseternal2624]

@@80s_monsterkid28 You poor, poor thing. I feel so very sorry for you.

[@Imsosaditsgottenthis]

Padres have spent a shit load of money in the last few years to go nowhere.

[@hopespringseternal2624]

@@Imsosaditsgottenthis That is a lie They cut 90 million from their payroll last year! Stop lying!

[@gabrielv.2647]

We all know he has tricks up his sleeve but they never get through the act if you get me lol always a playoff bounce never a WS appearance at least. Keep wasting all that money and trading all those.prospects lol with those "tricks" 😂

[@rayfinkle9369]

Preller lost Soto, the CY winner, the best closer in MLB and had to shed $100M total in payroll and they were 1 win from knocking out LA, who ADDED over a billion in contracts that year on top of already having a higher payroll. Objective reality will tell you who did better with their allotment. Friedman gets a billion plus, signs the top FA, the top Int'l FA and Teoscar, trades for Glasnow... wow, that's some real tactical work. Then the next year they sign the #1 SP for $10M/year more than NYY offered him last year. Dodger fans: 🥴Our GM is gud, he's best. No, you just outspend teams that can't do all that. No need to pretend your GM is outsmarting everyone.

[@gabrielv.2647]

@rayfinkle9369 that's all great but who won the championship??? Enough said....

[@rayfinkle9369]

@@gabrielv.2647 As long as you know why, then we understand. Just don't act like Friedman did it better than AJ as if they have the same playing field. Don't be dumb. Enjoy your advantage, and maybe hang out in your own city's forums. But low class fans gonna low class, so we won't expect it.

[@gabrielv.2647]

@rayfinkle9369 you forget Friedmans days with the rays he has been wheeling and dealing since the late 2010s and with a very very low budget. He has drafted and developed players way before he got to the dodgers. This is last year was prellers first year where he had to kick back some payroll as you mentioned.

[@hopespringseternal2624]

@@gabrielv.2647 You poor boomer troll. I feel so sorry for you.

[@Matt-oj8fy]

This dude seems awesome, shame he has to manage the Pads😂

[@hopespringseternal2624]

Troll on, boomer. Troll on.