Quote from MrPadre19 on November 14, 2025, 2:13 pm

I’d like to see us add Rhys Hoskins and Ty France to share RH 1B/DH duties.

Won’t be expensive and saves money to be used on starting pitching….whuch we need the most.

If Sheets can play 1B regularly we pretty much have the line up set,other than the bench and the above mentioned need for RH bats at 1B/DH

Any other ideas for cheap bats?

 

 

Quote from Jeremy Hill on November 15, 2025, 11:20 am

I'm not very high on Ty France. He's really a 1B/DH only at this point and it's been 3 years since he hit enough for that role.

There are 3 guys possibly coming over from the KBO in Lewin Diaz, Baek Ho Kang, and Sung-Mun Song who could be interesting. I don't think any of them will command big salaries.

In the domestic group I would be looking at guys who have demonstrated an ability to handle lefties and/or bounce back candidates. Rob Refsnyder is my favorite lefty mashing target. Some other guys that I think could be worth a look are Luis Rengifo, Miguel Andujar, Amed Rosario, Yoan Moncada, Austin Hays, Lane Thomas, Randal Grichuk, Tom Murphy and Mitch Garver.

The non tender deadline will probably add a few more names to the list.

Quote from fenn68 on November 15, 2025, 6:33 pm

Preller’s challenge is allocating what may be only $20MM available. With two SP the top priority … reliable SP … and even mediocre ones will be $8MM+ … he may settle for hitters in the $1-2MM range at the last moment.
Question is whether the team sale, 2027 work stoppage, and Preller in his final contract year be an incentive for him to clear out the rest of the top prospects in trades for one last big push.

Quote from MrPadre19 on November 16, 2025, 6:36 am

Ty France would just be a bench bat in this scenario….but any RH guy that can play 1b is fine with me…..after we sign Hoskins😉

 

Quote from Randy Manese on November 16, 2025, 8:17 am

Given we lose King and Cease to free agency, I think Morejon wants to take a shot at filling one of the SP vacancies.  He's been there for the successful conversion of Lugo and King and this will set him up nicely for free agency if he performs well.  If his injury jinx is behind him, he could be surprisingly effective although I'm not expecting top of the rotation performance - slotting in at #3 would be great!

If Morejon comes through, can gamble on a return from injury pitcher and have a little more to spend on a hitter.  Right now, looking like another Heyward/Gurriel bottom of the barrel bench piece, but with a little more money, maybe can land a Refsnyder, Hays or someone else in the 5-7M range.

Quote from Randy Manese on November 16, 2025, 10:58 am

If the Tigers are going to go all in for the World Series by keeping Skubal and possibly signing Bregman, would they be interested in trading for a stabilizing productive player at 2b like Cronenworth?  MCKinstry had a great year but his return to norm is below what Croney would give them.

I know it opens yet another hole in the line-up but theoretically it gives us more than 12M to direct elsewhere.  Detroit is possibly one of the few places Croney would go to being he is from Michigan and lives there in the off-season.  It seems do-able but is unlikely to happen early, if at all.  I would really miss Croney but if it helps land us a top of the rotation starter for a couple more years, then I'm for it.

Quote from MrPadre19 on November 16, 2025, 1:08 pm

Guessing Omar Cruz,Miguel Mendez and Jagger Haynes get a chance to make the rotation

If Morejon moves to the rotation we may need to add a LH reliever….I don’t trust Peralta or Matsui in high leverage situations….though AJ might.

We have plenty of RH arms already….guessing Garrett Hawkins gets added to the existing Pen.

 

Quote from Randy Manese on November 16, 2025, 11:14 pm

Over the past two years, Adam and Estrada actually have better stats facing LHB than RHB, so we could see them more often against lefties in high leverage situations instead of having to go with Matsui or Peralta.  Luckily, we are pretty deep in RH RP's, so if Morejon makes that move to SP it would allow us to keep Miller as our new closer.

Quote from fenn68 on November 17, 2025, 8:01 am

If the padres really want to roll the dice … might they consider converting BOTH Miller and Morejon to SP to go with Pivetta, Musgrove, and Vasquez … avoiding the high price of SP … deploy the available money differently on RP and offense?

Gamble on Adam, Estrada, Morgan, Rodriguez, Hoeing, Reynolds, Marinaccio, Pena, et al plus any FA pick-up to provide a quality pen.