Yes the Astros cheated, thats a known fact. But the reason he didn’t resign with the team, was because at the time fans were mad. Obviously looking back on it, it wasn’t his fault. But that IS the reason he left LA.

@koningklootzak7788

4 ай бұрын

Huh? So if the fans understood it wasn't his fault, Darvish wouldn't have left Dodgers right? You should have talked about it in the video. Why didn't you? You made Darvish look bad. You should remake the video.

@remorselesscuckslayer2318

4 ай бұрын

Clown, your Astros cheated, Darvish, Kershaw got screwed. Apologists for the Astros are a howl.

@PurelyBaseballYT

4 ай бұрын

@@koningklootzak7788 Fans understood it wasn’t his fault in 2020! The point in that video we were at, was 2017. No one knew about the Astros cheating scandal at that point. So at that point, Dodgers fans were mad at him.

@PurelyBaseballYT

4 ай бұрын

@@remorselesscuckslayer2318 Red Sox fan. Cant stand the Astros lol. But bringing up the Astros, is asking for a thousand comments of mOvE oN fRoM 2017 😂

@RudeDog24

4 ай бұрын

@@PurelyBaseballYT your absolutely right the reason they didn’t resign him was because they couldn’t justify signing this guy long term after he just got his teeth kicked in twice if the dodgers had won and he made two good or decent starts in the series they probably resign him but nobody knew what had happened until 2020

Yu Darvish was and is the biggest victim of Astros cheating scandal, he could’ve had a monster contract following that season.

@cindymmm11

4 ай бұрын

Exactly

@Alan-rw3ez

4 ай бұрын

so much up and down in his career, every other year is a good year for him.

I feel so bad for Darvish he didn't choke they cheated.

@theemperor214

4 ай бұрын

No, he choked. Astros didn’t cheat during the playoffs.

@Toews1247

4 ай бұрын

Game 7 they couldn’t cheat it was in LA

@elasmojones

4 ай бұрын

Cheaters don't care whose career they step on.

@choicez310

4 ай бұрын

Game 7 wouldn’t have happened if the Trashtros didn’t steal Game 3 or game 5. Def stole game 5 from Kershaw.

@rogerder5892

4 ай бұрын

@@Toews1247 I agree in game 7, they didn’t cheat by trash can. Darvish supposedly was tipping pitches and the Astros noticed it. Fair and legal.

As a dodgers fan ,I think we won't and shouldn't blame him because of Trashtro

@rogerder5892

4 ай бұрын

@@Chickendees789 He was tipping pitches, supposedly.

@batgangonone

4 ай бұрын

I blame Dave roberts to this day. This isn’t hindsight, I said going into game 7 we should start Alex wood and kershaw both throwing 3-4 innings. They didn’t do well against wood and only did well against kershaw because they were cheating at home. Darvish got rocked his first start and plus the Astros had been facing darvish for years as he was on the rangers. I knew going into game 7 we would lose because of that decision.

@thatonegirlazu9847

4 ай бұрын

@@batgangononeI agree. Wish LA would have kept Wood, because even they struggle against his side arm when facing the giants.

@OmbsTwitch

4 ай бұрын

Game 7 was in LA nice try

@Toews1247

4 ай бұрын

They couldn’t cheat on the road

Talks about Darvis failing in the world series without even mentioning the Astros cheating and stealing signals.

@PurelyBaseballYT

4 ай бұрын

Thats a known fact by 99 percent of people who watch MLB. I think every time i’ve ever brought up that team, people say “move past 2017”.

@F1Fanatic76

4 ай бұрын

@@PurelyBaseballYTI disagree. I think newer fans have no idea. That was 6 years ago and mentioning that in the video was needed.

@PurelyBaseballYT

4 ай бұрын

@@F1Fanatic76 I think newer fans definitely hear about the Astros cheating scandal lol. Its commonly talked about. Not just in MLB… NFL reporter Al Michaels mentioned it the other day on broadcast. Fans know what 2017 was.

@bch1309

4 ай бұрын

​@@PurelyBaseballYT Nah bro, tell the whole story. That part is critical

@PurelyBaseballYT

4 ай бұрын

@@bch1309 no one knew about the scandal in 2017

He didn't choke, the Astros cheated.

He didn’t choke the Astro cheated 😒

As a Dodgers fan since 1977 and the only team I have ever been a fan of, I can honestly say the loss of the Padres owner was tragic. It is not as much fun to win without real competition. Not that these players would've chosen the Padres over the Dodgers but to not even have them compete and put up a fight is sad to see. To all the Padres Fans my heart goes out to you. When the McCourt's owned the Dodgers it was some of the hardest years of my fandom. Having to live with owners that are in it solely for the money or anything other than winning is wholly heartbreaking. Just hold tight hopefully someone is on the way to restore your hope. Happy New Year to all....

@averageadam5001

4 ай бұрын

It was fun having Peter Seidler, he gave us Padres fans a little bit of excitement. Back to mediocrity. At least we're used to it.

@user-uj9hi7nn8y

4 ай бұрын

@@averageadam5001 Did you forget about the rest of the Padres core? You're not gonna be mediocre with guys like Tatis, Machado, and Bogaerts. Guys like King, Darvish, and Musgrove as well as Matsui, Cronenworth, Suarez, Kim, and Campusano are also very good pieces. The young guys - Merrill, Marsee, Thorpe, Snelling, and Salas eventually - coming up will be good soon hopefully. They won't win 100 games or a World Series this year, but this team isn't gonna be anything like the 2010s. They'll still be competitive, and frankly, they look better than the Giants and about as good as the Dbacks at this point (not optimistic, but FanGraphs projections have us very close to each other and above the Giants). What we're seeing is the reality of being a small market. You can't sign every guy you want - especially when shit goes bad. But a $200M payroll is nothing to scoff about, and frankly, it's $100M more than they've been my whole childhood.

@xXIronSwanXx

4 ай бұрын

You sir earned my respect. You are a rare breed as we always seem to have toxic Dodger fans coming to our stadium. Thank you for the kind words and may the best team win.

@CCFIFresno

4 ай бұрын

@@xXIronSwanXx There's nothing toxic about loving the game and your team. Life just gets better when your team wins and the competition is at its best as well. No one feels cheated, outsiders don't fill up the home seats and when it's all said and done all is fair in love and war..... 💯💯💯

@xXIronSwanXx

4 ай бұрын

@@CCFIFresno well said 🥹👏

As a Dodger fan, my sincere condolences to the Padre fans. We've lost Vin and Tommy, so we know how much losing someone special from the organization hurts. Darvish didn't choke tho. Doesn't matter how good of a player you are. If the opposing guy knows what cards you're holding, it's over. If the trashtros hadn't cheated, Darvish would have a ring and still be a Dodger.

@cindymmm11

4 ай бұрын

Agree

@beckmanchilds756

4 ай бұрын

man. I truly believe we would have re-signed Darvish and I loved having a dude with his stuff

@mikevickilovedogs

4 ай бұрын

You are sorry that the Pads front office is so dumb to go all in after a fluke NLDS win with that trash Boegarts signing and that awful Cronenworth signing?? Lol as a dodger fan I am laughing at the broke, financially DUMB Pads and Preller 🤣🤣😂

Well I think we all know why he got rocked in Houston

@Cornelius_Pop

4 ай бұрын

Thank you for say what we were all thinking. also game 7 would have never happened if the Astros didn’t cheat.

@Toews1247

4 ай бұрын

@@Cornelius_PopNo we don’t if the Astros didn’t cheat they mighta still won you can’t say everything woulda been the same

@Arcticos0

4 ай бұрын

@@Toews1247is it possible that they would’ve won? Yes. Is it probable? Absolutely not. While cheating, they had to go to game 7 to win, against a team that wasn’t cheating…

@OJWerehog17

4 ай бұрын

Exactly! Dodgers lineup failed to score more runs against the Astros pitchers.

@RudeDog24

4 ай бұрын

@@OJWerehog17 geee I wonder why one team knew exactly what pitches were gonna be thrown and one team didnt, I guess you don’t understand how big of a advantage you have when you know if your getting a fastball or a slider. You ever see pitching ninja when he does the pitch overlays and how hard and disgusting it is for some of these hitters to distinguish what’s coming now imagine your the hitter and all the guess work is taken out of the equation and you can just sit fastball or sit slider cuz you know that ball isn’t gonna break or you can spit on tough sliders cuz you know that pitch is gonna break outside the zone you sound dumb asf for making that comment.

As a dodgers fan I was sad Darvish left. He didn't choke he was cheated. Even before we knew about the cheaters I was willing to keep him because of how he did the regular season.

As a Dodger fan I absolutely adore Yuu and it breaks my heart that some bad apples treated him badly after the world series but there's so many others like me who really love the guy as a player and human...I hope he has an amazing rest of his career.

The fact you still posted this take knowing the ASTROS CHEATED in the 2017 WS is wild 😂🤡

@PurelyBaseballYT

4 ай бұрын

Obviously they cheated. But the story was Yu Darvish, and his career path. He didn’t resign with LA because of his performance.

You lost me when you called San Diego a Big Market. Padres aren’t even top 20.

@christopherrodriguez7836

8 сағат бұрын

Their good

It should definitely be explained in the video that Astros cheated as not everyone knows the timeline. Btw, the Padres started tightening their budget even before the owner’s death. The biggest culprit is the demise of Bally Sports.

As a Dodger fan I don’t blame Yu for 2017. I blame MLB Houston and The Dodger offense especially for game 7. We had the bases loaded in back to back innings and did absolutely nothing with it. Nothing.

@Iverson8811

4 ай бұрын

Hopefully, no more chocking next postseason

@nowtheworld138

4 ай бұрын

@@Iverson8811 define choking? I’m curious to that statement and it has always bothered me. At what point do we not give credit to the teams that beat us?

@louv3347

4 ай бұрын

​@@Iverson8811 There are no guarantees in the postseason. It's a crapshoot won by the hottest team. The real indicator of a good team is their regular season record. A crappy team can make the playoffs with a poor record and get hot at the right time.

@CautionHighWavesAhead-

4 ай бұрын

And, then you won that Mikey Mouse WS that shouldn't even count. Better hope they win another WS with Yamamoto and Ohtani.

@nowtheworld138

4 ай бұрын

@@CautionHighWavesAhead- it’s spelled Mickey not Mikey. And it’s the same WS your team didn’t win. Funny how silly fellas tend to gloss over that. More importantly it does count and here we are 3 years later and you’re still crying over it 😂

How can you not mention the Astros were cheating?

well sorry yu. he should have seen the writing on the wall when (1) peter seidler passed away RIP (2) they lost their TV deal (3) they were ordered by the league to lower payroll due to their debt being too high and (4) they missed out on playoff money due to missing the playoffs.

With all due respect, you didn't do all of your homework on the Padres. The Padres had to trade Soto now, or get nothing for him next year. And, you made no mention of the fact that their TV deal fizzled, costing them $50 million (which they had to borrow at the end of last season). Yes, I question some of Preller's moves too, but you didn't tell the whole story.

@PurelyBaseballYT

4 ай бұрын

1000 percent my bad. I didn’t really take into account how bad that the TV Loss was

@danr154

4 ай бұрын

also the owner of the team died

He's more worried about beating the dodgers than winning a ring.

Yes he failed because Astros knew what pitch was coming

Had the astros not cheated, it wouldn't even have gone to game 7...

@schlootle

4 ай бұрын

Tough to say. The Astros still had a very good team even despite the cheating scandal. Can't say the Dodgers would have won considering all the success the Astros had after 2017. Championship should just be empty for 2017

@koningklootzak7788

4 ай бұрын

​@@schlootleit's not tough to say

@schlootle

4 ай бұрын

@@koningklootzak7788 idk, considering they won 100 games three years in a row with basically the same group of guys makes me think they would have been legit contenders in 2017. Now if it ever comes out they cheated those years as well then okay fine ill concede. I'm just going with stats and what MLB says

@_Heng_

4 ай бұрын

they never cheated in the postseason and have never been proven to despite accusations and investigations

@koningklootzak7788

4 ай бұрын

@@schlootle they were cheating for all those years. Look at their records once they got busted! Think!

The Padres lied to Yu. That pretty much sums up the organization.

@christopherrodriguez7836

8 сағат бұрын

Nope.

Dodger fans haven’t hated on Darvish that’s false. He doesn’t even get booed at the ravine.

@DoGuov

4 ай бұрын

Right lol. Machado on the other hand getting booed every single time 😆. Won't even matter what team he's on.

@ec6951

4 ай бұрын

@@DoGuov Exactly! Darvish - good; Machado - baaaaaaaad lol Go Dodgers!

@beckmanchilds756

4 ай бұрын

If he was sensitive to that stuff can't blame him even if it's just a few bad eggs but I'm sure it was more. Making threats over a game is bullshit. I know almost all huge fanbases has issues like this but in this day and age it's ridiculous now that everyone has a platform to throw rocks from

@jordanjohnson9866

4 ай бұрын

Nah. Not “Dodger fans haven’t hated on Darvish that’s false.” /

Also the Padres literally have no money to spend. Their tv deal went under and their owner died. They were operating on borrowed time and lost their window to spend to compete. Why would they waste their time on meetings with Yamamoto and Ohtani when they had no means of signing them, to tell their fans “we tried”?

@jdsthird

4 ай бұрын

I’m shocked this guy doesn’t do his research. Everyone knows Padres are broke.

At the time I thought he choked big time, but when the cheating became known I felt he got a raw deal.

You state they have the money to sign Yamamoto or Ohtani, but that is not true. They have no TV contract, so while the Dodgers have a quarter of a billion coming each year in local TV money, the Padres have very little since Bally's went bankrupt.

He didn't choke they cheated

Yeah, forgot to mention that the Asstros cheated in that series

The padres are so poorly managed. Its crazy how preller even has a job. Instead of trading their star expiring contracts at the deadline, they chose to try to make the playoffs in which they didnt. They legit are letting star players walk for comp picks

@aidenawe9359

4 ай бұрын

Well the Padres were under .500 yes your right, but the they nearly came back and still finished above .500.

@jdsthird

4 ай бұрын

@@aidenawe9359No the Padres were never in it. We fell below .500 on May 12 and remained there until the last weekend of the season. We tell ourselves we were close but we never were. We played crappy teams and had we faced anyone other than the White Sox for that last series we would have finished below .500 for the season. We crashed in 2021 and burned in 2023. 2022 was a fluke. AJ Tingler Preller needs to be fired already. 10 years is enough.

@aidenawe9359

4 ай бұрын

@@jdsthird Your not wrong, Padres were a mess this year, like the White Sox in 2022 respectively. Both fell short by under 5 games.

@Alan-rw3ez

4 ай бұрын

The machado extendion was the dumbest and clownish thing i’ve seen in a while. There was no reason for it. He didn’t put up a great year worth what he got. He wouldn’t have opted out of the remaining contract and the padres would have only paid 150 instead of another 300.

@jdsthird

4 ай бұрын

@@Alan-rw3ez Let’s not even mention Xanders signing. We had 4 shortstops. AJ was desperate and overpaid by 100 million.

We should never forget or forgive Houston for cheating and getting away with it.

@Arlie-nk2nt

4 ай бұрын

Ok let's all bash the Astros so it don't matter we was cheating as well we as fans are 2 faced we blame Houston for cheating let's get real dodgers was cheating just as much but we don't say shit about the dodgers cheating why is that I can prove the dodgers was cheating

Did you really say that “San Diego is a big market and as such should spend like the big market team they are”? Clearly you haven’t done your homework on this one. San Diego ISNT a big market, we just had an owner who was willing to spend. The team doesn’t even have a TV deal right now. Also, that logic is just flawed. While i understand how one might get to such a conclusion - big spender= big market- but it really comes down to the owner and his motivation to take out the check book. Yes, the market largely determines the budget, but to make such a blanket statement really diminishes the impact Peter Siedler made and how he completely changed the Padres image in a short amount of time. He was an outlier, an owner who really put his money where his mouth was to put no doubt into our fans minds that he was serious and committed to building a winner here in San Diego. Sure it didn’t result in a championship, but man it was one hell of a performance ride.

why didn't you include the fact that the astros were cheating when Yu got shelled.

There's a difference between a big market and a big city.

@christopherrodriguez7836

8 сағат бұрын

Their big market kid

Instead of “with the power of friendship”, it’s more “with the power of Asia”

As a Padres fan I can honestly say that any meetings with either player would’ve been a total waste of time. They we’re going to LA no matter what

@sdguy67

4 ай бұрын

Also, with zero TV money, they didn't have the money to sign either

@MountainFisher

4 ай бұрын

@@sdguy67 San Diego doesn't have a decent tv contract? Petco Park is 93 miles from Anaheim, half that is a large market. Damn, that doesn't seem possible. Dodgers get $340 million a year, but MLB steals $80 million of it to give to "lose on purpose" owners who run the cheapest team they can out on the field then pocket the profit. Then these same losers who have nothing but contempt for their fanbase then threaten to move if the public doesn't build them a new billion dollar stadium with public money.

@jdsthird

4 ай бұрын

Also being bankrupt has something to do with it too.

@Hikayuhuy

4 ай бұрын

@@jdsthird they are not even close to bankrupt. No major sport team in the big 3 in the US is even capable of being bankrupt.

@jdsthird

4 ай бұрын

@@Hikayuhuy They are close. The MLB had to take control of the payroll and force reductions. For the next few years spending has to be approved by the league. Peter Seidler financed his majority stake in ownership in 2019 when interest rates were zero. They have skyrocketed since then. Also the luxury tax was exceeded three years in a row which means we are paying 39 million to MLB for this season. This is in addition to the 50 million loan to cover payroll for this year. We requested 100 million but only half was granted. AJ Tingler Preller also exceeded the international spending for the year and a 50% tax is owed. The debt load is higher than the collective bargaining agreement allows which is why MLB and the commissioners office is involved. If we didn’t get control of the debt load the franchise could be placed into a receivership. It’s not anything close to what other franchises are going through. We have unique circumstances. It’s multiple factors. We are in bad shape. These are all facts. We lost 55 million last season when we made the playoffs. This year the loss is 100 million. We are not a large market team. We spent like one the past three years. The payroll went from 255 million to a range of 170 to 200 for 2024 and will be reduced further the next few years. Most casual fans have no clue the true financials of the team. Record attendance doesn’t mean a windfall because about 80% of tickets go to the city and taxpayers since we built the stadium with bonds and increased taxes and higher accommodation taxes. We lost our TV deal which was another blow. So yes we are down bad. Which is why you won’t see large contracts or FA signings going forward.

They never shoulda resigned darvish to begin with.

I will also say that I kinda disagree with Soto being the best player. Yeah, he had solid numbers last year but a lot came too little too late. I also watched him grounding into double plays all April and May. Mark Grant once said "You can't win the division in April, but you sure can lose it", i think Tatis has a much higher ceiling than Soto, he has platinum glove defense in the outfield, speed and power. I wouldn't be shocked at a 40-40 season from him next year after getting most of a year back, and a healthy off-season and spring.

@kevincannon9564

4 ай бұрын

Tatis? That's funny do you mean before or after PEDs all he's shown is that he can dance

@vincenttaylor8553

4 ай бұрын

Soto also cost them at least 3 games in ‘23 with his horrible base running and lack of defense.

@MCastleberry1980

4 ай бұрын

@vincenttaylor8553 how many times did he take strike 3 looking because he went up looking for a walk and didn't swing on those borderline pitches?

@vincenttaylor8553

4 ай бұрын

@@MCastleberry1980he also lost so much confidence, stemming from ‘22, that he stopped his Soto shuffle. Up until ‘21 I thought Tatis was better, I hope he has a nice comeback this season. The Yankees still aren’t winning the World Series, and I predict Soto to hit around .270 with like 28 homers. I want Tatis to get that 40/40.

@ADM-wt9cn

4 ай бұрын

@@kevincannon9564 what's funny is after not playing for 16 months he puts up a GG season in RF and hits 25 bombs... You can just say you don't like him clearly. lol. acting like that season he just had AFTER PEDS was atrocious. most advanced analytics had Soto and Tatis with the same WAR while Tatis missed 20 more games. i see a big season coming this year for him. dude is lighting up winter ball rn too along with those sweet dance moves like you said.

Dude they were using the crash cans. I’m just happy he came out and found himself again. That prally was always heavy on his mind. Glad they found out the astros cheated

The owner did just die and the TV deal went downhill with them going bankrupt so yeah the padres are not going to spend big money right now

@jdsthird

4 ай бұрын

We have a crappy GM and president of baseball operations. AJ Tingler Preller has to go!

To summarize, what he said is “When I negotiated my contract last year, I told Preller (the GM) this may be too big of a contract, is there anything I could do, like what Ohtani did (backpay parts of my salary) or come up with a smart way to alleviate the financial pressure off of the team so that we could go after Ohtani and even Yamamoto next year. The GM said that it'll be fine and won’t be a problem. That’s why I signed the new contract with the Padres. Then, I guess we had various (financial) problems this year, including the broadcasting fee issue. It’s just sad and I’m disappointed that the Padres didn’t make a move to get Ohtani and Yamamoto. Not even a simple meeting. I feel a little betrayed, and i'm bummed out about it,” ALSO, in the same post Darvish does talk about the Dodgers “I was with the Dodgers, they play smart and I know how hard they all work and play, but that’s why I want to beat them (and so many others)” And he did end it with “But, we got Matsui, so we will do our absolute best. I love Ohtani and Yamamoto, so I’m just happy to be playing ball with them”

He didnt choke, he got cheated by the cheaters Astros.

Darvish’s time as Japan’s golden boy are done. The eyes and allure is towards Ohtani, Yamamato right now. So it’s unlikely

@aclark903

4 ай бұрын

Darvish is only Japanese when he wins. When he loses he’s Iranian.

With the passing of our active owner Peter Seidler, the Padres have almost new ownership with his family taking over. It’s almost identical to the Yankees when George Steinbrenner passed. The passion for spending for winning went to the grave with the owner. Unfortunately for us Padres fans and Yu, that appears to be our current and upcoming fate, especially now that the Dodgers are the superpower of MLB. Many of the next World Series trophies are going to travel west on I-10 instead of I-8 like we hoped a year ago.

You kinow what sucks equally? That the Dodgers traded for Darvish to try to win a Series, and he was one of the main reasons why they lost in 2017. And now he hates THEM for it?

Astros cheated. Can’t blame Darvish

@aidenawe9359

4 ай бұрын

IKR

I do think the biggest reason they are not doing any aggressive signings this offseason is not because of A. J. Preller but instead of ownership, the death of Peter Seidler probably left the rest of the ownership group in a bit of a unorganized situation and considering their already quite big expenses they don't want to be making big commitments, because for the Padres and Preller to not even be in any rumors or show any interest is not the norm, they are always linked to most top free agents these past few offseasons. Just on this offseason have they been very silent and actually downgrading (Soto, Hader, Snell), unfortunately the death of Seidlerit just so happened to be the same offseason that two of the best talents from Japan went into free agency. At the end of the day Preller has to answer to ownership and it seems that right now the Padres are a bit lost on how to proceed financially, so they aren't taking risks/big signings.

@jdsthird

4 ай бұрын

Wrong. We are broke because of AJ Tingler Preller. He hold two positions in the front office and is horrible at both of him. His contracts are atrocious. And his moves or non moves at the trade deadline devastated this team. His 10 years has been chaotic and dysfunctional. He won’t be around much longer. Peter should have fired him years ago.

@skpdu3505

4 ай бұрын

@@jdsthird I preface that this is all only my opinion and I have no facts to back it up and simply enjoy engaging in this debate :) that said. I mean being broke in the MLB isn't really a thing, I don't believe there is a single team that loses money at the end of the year (maybe the Mets this past year), it's more a question of does ownership want to sink more money into the team or rebuild/retool? And it seemed to me that Peter wanted to spend right now. I'm not saying Preller is a good or bad GM (personally I think he is a quite a terrible one) I'm simply saying that for a team that has shown that they have been willing to spend even when they already had big contracts and were above the luxury tax, suddenly even though there are big names they aren't even trying. I think Preller would spend every year if he could, it's almost a irrefutable fact like: we can count on death taxes and Preller "winning" the offseason, so if the Peter was keeping him around he probably expected exactly that style. So if he is not doing it, I believe it has to do with either a complete change of philosophy from the ownership group, or that they are a bit lost after what happened and are deciding to just not act on anything. My point was more that it wasn't that Preller didn't want to spend, it was that he wasn't allowed. Now that could be because they have a bunch of bad contracts and thus are broke (which I personally don't tend to believe that a big market team is broke, the Mets and Dodgers have spent more money and are willing to spend even more) or because "new" ownership isn't interested in spending as they are not yet sure what to do with the team, because it's not in a good situation if you don't intend to continue to spend like Peter did.

Didn't mention that the Astros cheated

Wasn't that the year astros were. CHeating? How is that dervish fault

@PurelyBaseballYT

4 ай бұрын

It wasn’t his fault, but at the time he was blamed (no one knew the Astros cheated until the end of 2019)

the padres are a small market team, not a big one, they've never even been considered a big market team, even to this day. the only reason they were able to spend the money they did was because of their owner who was willing to spend that much before passing, they also do not have anywhere near the money to sign either players, having to go as far as to borrow $50 million to pay their players, even saying that they planned to shed payroll this offseason, the reason everyone knew soto was guaranteed to move.

@bkg9813

4 ай бұрын

Money is definitely not the problem. They are resetting their CBT number just like the dodgers did last season.

@_Heng_

4 ай бұрын

@@bkg9813 then why did they have to borrow money to pay their players?

@bkg9813

4 ай бұрын

@@_Heng_ Teams do it all the time. They lost their TV deal in the middle of the season. Which was worth $50m a season.

@_Heng_

4 ай бұрын

@@bkg9813 the padres were promised by mlb that at least 80% of the money that was supposed to be paid by diamond/bally sports would be paid by the mlb, which was $50 million, so if it was just the missing tv deal money, padres should only be borrowing $10 million. why would they need the extra $40 million then?

@bkg9813

4 ай бұрын

@@_Heng_ Probably to cover the luxury tax bill or whatever expenses they had. Like i said, it isnt uncommon for teams to take out a loan or credit at the end of the year.

Padres had to take out a loan to pay for contracts last year, they dont have the money for anyone right now

@Fujiwaramoguu

4 ай бұрын

They took loans cuz Bally went bankrupt. With how loaded our farm is, I think we'll be okay next year. Definitely more depth than we had in 23 with no sleepy Bomid on the mound.

@jdsthird

4 ай бұрын

@@FujiwaramoguuNo we are broke because of AJ Tingler Preller’s atrocious contracts and incompetence in the front office.

@Fujiwaramoguu

4 ай бұрын

@@jdsthird Bad contracts, yes but have we done anything stupid like giving away the farm? No. Minus Soto, we got a good haul, a decent hitting coach and now a manager who's twice better than Bomid. Are we broke? No cuz we still have Xander, Manny and Tatis Jr. Noway were broke.

@jdsthird

4 ай бұрын

@@Fujiwaramoguu Yes we have. AJ has always had a good farm because he is a good scout. This doesn’t make him a good executive. He has two jobs in one and non is scout. He’s better suited for that role.

@jdsthird

4 ай бұрын

@@Fujiwaramoguu We are broke. Review the finances. MLB has to approve our reduced budget for many years to come because of our debt load. It’s pretty bad. It’s not just one thing it’s multiple factors. I can go through them if you really don’t know.

So we are just going to gloss over the fact of the trash cans ok coool, and the Padres are not a big market… they needed to take out loans to pay some salary

As a Dodger fan, I hated seeing what fans did to Darvish, especially since we've come to learn about that World Series.

Damn that is harsh that they didn't even give these guys a single call to discuss what the minimum was to get them to come play along with Yu. Had they known Ohtani was willing to defer, the option may have been there. The fact that Yu was hesitant to get the extension because he didn't want this to affect getting new players is heartbreaking. We better call Sasaki up at least once when he hits the market.

@Hikayuhuy

4 ай бұрын

But really, we know now that option wasn't actually there even if we called. Ohtani gave the Dodgers the final say and took it when they agreed. The Blue Jays didnt get a rebuttal, nor did anyone else. Had the Bally Sport isnt bankrupting, Machado not have the slump of his life, the Padres made the playoff to give Ohtani some more confident AND Peter Seidler was around to liquidate more of his asset, maybe then they would have a chance to continue increasing payroll and sign Ohtani. None of those thing happened. Our hands are absolutely tied this off season.

@xXIronSwanXx

4 ай бұрын

@@Hikayuhuy we just gotta hope for the best. Peter's legacy isn't over yet

He’s recruiting Roki Sasaki and Murakami.

Signing Xander Extending cronenworth Extending Manny No TV deal Hurt getting Ohtani and / or Yamamoto If AJ was serious about Ohtani and Yamamoto, he would have planned for it 3-5 years ago. 🤷‍♂️

@jdsthird

4 ай бұрын

Bingo

San Diego is one of the biggest markets in baseball? Seriously? They lied to him? Come on. He knew. His contract isn't the issue. The owner dying and the loss of their tv contract has been a big problem, along with 5-6 bloated contracts. Yamamoto and Ohtani are getting way overpaid, and Hader is asking for far too much money. But yes the team lost talent.

@jdsthird

4 ай бұрын

Not to mention we have the worst GM and president in baseball. AJ Tingler Preller should have been fired years ago.

@user-uj9hi7nn8y

4 ай бұрын

I can’t tell but I think you hate AJ Preller lmfao He’s made bad moves - completely. But Imma be honest, he’s not a Top 10 worst GM in the league. We were praising him when he went all in in 2015 and 2023, we praised him when we went and got Soto, we praised him when we got to the NLCS, we praised him when we made the playoffs in 2020, we praised him when we added pieces in 2021, and we praise him for the farm. Yet now y’all hate him bc the super team he assembled to try to win a World Series underperformed and he traded a player who wants $500M and was going to be a free agent anyway? By no means am I saying he’s a Top 10 GM. But besides the managers and micromanaging, I struggle to find much bad about him. He needs to change how involved with the team he is, and I think he will learn. But realistically, NONE of what happened in 2023 is his fault. Him and Siedler created a team to win - Manny and Xander were injured, Soto underperformed until September, and Tatis had been out for a year. The bullpen was hot and cold, the bottom of the order couldn’t pull any weight, and the bench wasn’t great. The bench not being great I can blame on Preller - you need veterans off the bench but he overstocked. I blame Preller for the bad bench, overpaying for X by $80M (he’s a star but not worth $280M), and micromanaging. But it’s not all his fault and it feels like you’re scapegoating a little. Hell, I wouldn’t replace him unless Kim Ng came calling. Tho, this may be one of his last chances so idk

@jdsthird

4 ай бұрын

@@user-uj9hi7nn8y There are so many reasons to hate AJ Tingler Preller. He is a glorified scout. Which isn’t in his job description. What makes it worse for the organization is that he hold two positions, GM and president of baseball operations. He sucks at both. He single handedly ruined the finances of the team with bad contracts. He can’t attract talent to SD because of his horrible reputation. 20 teams won’t do business with him so he is extremely limited with trades. The only way he can get major talent is via trade or overpaying. The league has suspended and fined him multiple times. Yes there is a ton to hate. He lies for no reason at all. It just comes natural to him. He has had a myriad of coaches, managers, and staff in his 9 year tenure which is unprecedented in baseball. There has been nothing but chaos and dysfunction in the front office as long as he’s been here. He has never had a short or long term plan. He makes it up as he goes along and he has never put together a complete roster. He would make a good scout and evaluator of talent. If his position was VP of scouting and talent we’d be okay. The average fans see the stars on this team and think it’s AJ but it’s Peter Seidler’s credit cards and lines of credit that landed those stars. AJ is incompetent and inept in the front office. The organization is extremely dysfunctional. You can’t have that much turnover and expect to be successful. Any person that has a business or management background can clearly see the problems. Leadership at the top is important to the clubhouse and what happens on the field. We had two epic collapses and it wasn’t by accident. 2021 and 2023 happened before and after 2022. The season we went on a run is an outlier. An anomaly. We don’t give the Dodgers credit for the shortened season so we should be consistent and toss ours out. We got embarrassed that year by the Dodgers. So in 9 years we have a history and record with AJ. He’s had ab opportunity with tearing it down, building it up, spending, and operating on a budget. He suck’s at it all. Signing Rich Hill at the trade deadline should be a fireable offense in itself. I’ve never praised AJ for the Soto trade. We were below .500 for the time he was here. He didn’t move the needle for us. AJ did it to make a splash. He loves being in the spotlight. He lied and said he’d be around for 3 playoff runs. He was here for one. He mismanaged contracts and the budget and lost Soto anyway. That wasn’t planned. He was forced into the trade. You can like him. I don’t begrudge you this. But we can’t pretend he’s competent. He isn’t. And any empty chair could do better for this franchise. His ego and narcissism wouldn’t allow him to hire a GM like Peter wanted. He even gave Peter the middle finger when he told him to work with Melvin in 2024. The man is unbelievable. And he’ll be long gone before that contract is up. I believe 2024 is it for him. We already know what’s coming. We’ve seen this movie before.

Well Game 3 they had a camera in centerfield but Game 7 no excuses especially considering supposedly he was tipping his pitches

@Dodgers-sw2uk

4 ай бұрын

There shouldn’t had been a game 7. Game 5 or 6 should’ve been the last game of the series

darvish being mad they didnt land ohtani and yamamoto is not the ownerships fault at all. the team should have been better.

the astros cheated in that world series and season

He's stuck on the Padres for about 15 - 16 mil a year until 2028 - he'll be 41. Though for some reason he will make 21 mil in 2025.

The Padres owner passing away and their regional sport’s network deal falling through due to bankruptcy has changed the trajectory of the team in terms of spending.

San Diego is a big MLB market? Since when? You always know which teams have the biggest market by how often people wear their hats. Youll see more Tigers, Yankees, Dodgers and Red Sox hats more than any other market. I've traveled across the country all year and I haven't seen one person wear a San Diego Padres hat. Give me a break.

@PurelyBaseballYT

4 ай бұрын

I think growing market would’ve been a much better word, based on where the organization has gone as of recent. Seidler did all he could to help that team grow, and I think with time they’l be bigger.

The Padres' owner was the only person who gave a shit about the franchise among the leadership apparently.

@jordanjohnson9866

4 ай бұрын

Nah. /

When Ohtani signed with the Dodgers and then called Yamamoto to come join him, it was over. No the Padres never talked to him, but NEITHER DID YU!

i wasnt mad at YU... i knew something was up...kersh never got hit like that...the trashtros cheated...

@PurelyBaseballYT

4 ай бұрын

Yeah it was such an interesting time. Originally, people just thought he was tipping pitches. Astros Players blamed it on that after the news came out (obviously BS, they’re just cheaters)

Padres had to borrow $$ from MLB, so they had to shed salary.

I think it wasn’t going to affect them going after these players but then seidler died and it changed things but I could be wrong

@jdsthird

4 ай бұрын

We were broke before Peter died.

it didnt matter if they could afford both they didnt want to play for SD and why would they. SD havent made a serious run since they had tony gwen

All merchandise money goes into a pool and is split evenly between all 30 teams.

Darvish should have been aware numerically that the contract would have an effect

There’s a clear reason that we didn’t have a meeting with those guys. Because when the time came we simply couldn’t afford them

The Padres over extended themselves because AJ Preller was trying to win a World Series before Peter Seidler passed away.

What the hell did I just hear all of a sudden San Diego is one of the biggest markets I’m born and raised here and I have always heard that we are a small market team. What the hell

They didn't lie, our owner died... there are so many legalities that come with handing off ownership of anything when someone passes let alone an MLB TEAM! CMON...

Purely Baseball, I would be remiss if I didn't take the opportunity to correct a few things and also try to fill in some gaps here. Please don't take this as me trying to be mean, i respect the grind. 1. San Diego is in no way now or ever a large market, it is such a small market in fact that many teams have left the city to never come back. 2. The padres literally had to take out a $50 million dollar loan at the end of the season, the finances aren't looking too great. 3. This type of spending is not the norm for the Padres, up untill 2018 the Padres have tried to keep a bottom half payroll historicaly. 4. Owner Sadler died, could be that the reason the Padres pushed so hard to compete recently is because a sick Owner wanted to get a WS trophy before he unfortunately passed away (RIP). 5 Sadler was alive when he told Yu Darvish these things, if he was still around they may have very well went after Ohtani or Yamamoto. 6. They shouldn't have went after them anyway The padres have not been very good as of late, they were reportedly dealing with clashing personalities in the clubhouse too. They shouldn't keep throwing endless bags of money at FAs if you are already in a bad spot financially and the team just isn't that great. I fucking hate the Padres, their fans talked so much last off-season for no good reason. But I can't help but to sympathize with where they are at the moment and even wish them luck in the future.

darvish will never have a world series attempt like he did with the dodgers ever again. the padres will never win.

San Diego had pull for ohtani with Darvish. But they didn’t even try. That’s sad.

Pete Seidler dying really thew a monkey wrench in everything, and the Dodgers paying 2 guys a billion dollars is nuts.

@PurelyBaseballYT

4 ай бұрын

Truly awful, losing Seifer is awful man.

@jdsthird

4 ай бұрын

Having a horrible person like AJ Tingler Preller for 10 years hasn’t helped either.

A team pays Ohtani $700 million because he's a two way player. He can pitch and hit, however, he's coming back from two Tommy Johns and is reaching 30. He'll always be an elite hitter but his price changed for me once he received his second elbow surgery

Interestingly, Preller is the grandson of the late Walter O'Malley and nephew of Peter O'Malley.

He gave up 8 rubs in 3 innings. I wonder how that happened 😂

Remember when Preller tried to trade away injured players? Yeah.

AJ Tingler Preller should have been fired years ago. He’s useless. Incompetent and inept. The organization has been chaotic and dysfunctional the 10 years he’s been here. Enough!

@brando7266

4 ай бұрын

Do u get off, when trashing preller? Ps- in the 15 yrs before preller, the padres won one playoff gm, in the 9 yrs since preller took over, we have won 8 gms and 3 series, and almost made the ws, no wonder seidler extended preller twice,

@jdsthird

4 ай бұрын

@@brando7266 Peter Seidler extended AJ because his brain 🧠 was riddled with cancer. Eric will clean it up and do what needed to be done years ago. Hard to look at how chaotic and dysfunctional this franchise is. It’s really in bad shape. We need a competent front office and leadership at the top.

@jdsthird

4 ай бұрын

@@brando7266Why did AJ lie to Yu? He lies all the time. He’s such a mess. Lied to Peter. Lied to fans. Lies in his sleep. No wonder players won’t come to SD and he can’t do business with 20 teams in the league. Why would we want someone that limits us?

@brando7266

4 ай бұрын

@@jdsthird what makes u think eric knows what he's doing, how did he get into this position? What's his background?

@jdsthird

4 ай бұрын

@@brando7266 He knows enough to fire the person that’s been screwing up for 10 years and put this franchise in serious risk. He knows accounting and the pitiful financial shape the team is in. He knows money and knows it’s a poop 💩 show in the front office. That’s all he needs to know.

San Diego is actually one of the smaller markets in MLB only the Reds, Brewers and Royals have smaller markets. They literally had to borrow $50 million at the end of the year to meet operating costs and the company that was broadcasting their games went under in early 2023 putting stress on their finances. 2023 was definitely their all in year with the number of expiring contracts they had and trying to get a World Series ring for a owner who didn’t have much time. The attendance numbers are impressive but you need those big TV deals or a very rich owner to be able to compete with LAs and the NYs of the world when it comes to payroll. It wouldn’t surprise me if they look to trade off either Tatis or Machado in the future.

@bkg9813

4 ай бұрын

Theyre not trading either. Theyre resetting the CBT number. Learn ball before you try and act like youre the team accountant

@jdsthird

4 ай бұрын

@@bkg9813No the Padres are broke my friend. It has nothing to do with resetting the CBT. It’s really bad. I can explain it in detail if you really need me to.

Hehe didn’t choke dude! He gave his all and wanted that ring. Blame those losers from Houston.

Way too much speculation in this video. I'm by no means a Padres dude, so no cope here, but other than the attendance statistics, there's like zero actual info here. And, someone being sad that players went to a divisional rival doesn't mean that what you said resulted was true or untrue, but you present it as fact. Unless you have some inside knowledge which wasn't presented in this video, this is about as reliable as a Reddit post.

I agree, I have been a Dodgers fan since the early 70's and I don't blame Darvish, I blame the Houston Cheaters !!! I'd even be happy to see him back in a Dodgers uniform so he could redeem himself.

Padres TV situation changed their finances. No chance they are going to spend $1b for two guys.

I've been to his museum in Kobe, Japan. It's neat.

The idol of Sasaki Rōki is Yu Darvish, who is upset about LAD becoming Japan’s team. SD is Korea’s team. He wants to make SD more popular in Japan with Sasaki Rōki signing there. Side note: Murakami Munetaka’s idol is Ohtani Shohei, he admitted this in 2022, all he wants is to have the honor to play alongside him. He is only one year away from MLB time!

@johnnyboyjohns2930

4 ай бұрын

We don’t care about the madres.

"San Diego is one of the biggest markets in all of baseball!" FALSE. San Diego is ranked 24-of-30 in MLB market score.

i dont think they lied to him. they just never thought they would not be in it befor thye even tried.

Didn’t the Padres just take out a 50 million dollar loan to pay salaries? They’re not as rich as you think and they are a small market team not the largest, hence the money problems. Darvish was mislead.

Bro, the Padres owner literally died at the beginning of the off season.

@PurelyBaseballYT

4 ай бұрын

Unfortunately he did. I went over that towards the end of the video

umm the padres are not now never were and never will be a “large market” team ..

The Astros were cheating by stealing signs. Yu Darvish, and Clayton Keyshawn were awful because the astros knew what pitch was coming.

Dude lost 2 games when it mattered the most.

The Padres got alot for Soto. Outside of King, they got a decent backup catcher and 3 solid Pitching prospects

@PurelyBaseballYT

4 ай бұрын

Yeah Kings bound to be great. I also like Thorpe a lottt

Bro the Padres didn’t lie to him. We lost our owner and millions in tv deal. What more to say?