Padres nip at Dodgers' heels by acquiring Blake Snell, Yu Darvish and others

During a video call with reporters two weeks ago, he placed star shortstop Fernando Tatís Jr. among “the top few of best players in all of baseball” and praised third baseman Manny Machado’s “MVP-type” 2020 season. He highlighted the Padres’ bullpen and commended the construction of their young roster. He lauded their rotation, too, saying “the pitching is certainly on the [way up] — starting pitching.

Then, in the span of two days, the Padres made the offseason’s biggest splash anyway. On Sunday night, they acquired former Cy Young Award winnerfrom the Tampa Bay Rays. On Monday, they reached an agreement with Korean star infielder Ha-Seong Kim. And Monday night, they reportedly agreed to a trade with the Chicago Cubs to acquire 2020 Cy Young runner-up Yu Darvish and catcher Victor Caratini.

If the Padres weren’t waging an arms race with the Dodgers already — they signed Machado to a $300-million contract in 2019, traded for Tommy Pham and Jake Cronenworth last offseason, and acquired 10 new players at the trade deadline en route to a 37-23 record that trailed only the Dodgers in the NL — they certainly seem to be now.

In Game 2 against the Dodgers, Snell had a no-hitter through four but was pulled after surrendering two runs in the fifth. In the decisive sixth game, he was working on a shutout when he was infamously replaced in the sixth inning after just 73 pitches.As Snell walked back to the dugout frustrated and confused, the Dodgers took a collective sigh of relief. Over the final 3⅔ innings, they turned a one-run deficit into a title-clinching 3-1 win.

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