Chemistry, balance beyond top-heavy stars could change the conversation for Padres during second half
Welcome to baseball’s Money Can’t Buy You Happiness Tour, featuring the Mets and Padres.
“You can’t help but look where the payrolls are, where the teams and expectations are, right?” said Padres manager Bob Melvin, when asked about the blizzard of bucks in the Mets series. Mets hitters are the third oldest in baseball this season, with the Padres sixth. The Rays? Third youngest. The Reds? Fifth most youthful. The Diamondbacks? Sixth.
Waiting for the offensive tables to turn as games melt away is more hope than strategy, of course. Winning happens because of a dozen things that come together over time.too top-heavy and unbalanced? Yes. They know it, whether they’re willing to say it or not. The front office has learned that furious spending alone cannot stir in the secret sauce.Jettisoning veteran DH Nelson Cruz is a step in the right direction, in terms of creating more flexibility in front of the trade deadline.
The Padres clearly need that type of solid roster construction throughout. Moxie, in many cases, trumps money.
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