Quote from fenn68 on May 22, 2026, 8:53 am

Agree that a deal for Arraez is not imminent but SF is currently 9 losses worse than the last wild card team and would have to pass 8 other teams to secure a wild card position ... a real long shot. So, at some point sooner than later, Posey will have to pull the plug and try to get anything for a FA to be in Arraez.

Would the Padres really be interested ... depends on what in the interim they see out of Cronenworth - Song - maybe Taylor - Castellanos (or the other bench pieces) combined with the impact of the resurgence (hopefully) of the core bats.