Quote from fenn68 on December 19, 2025, 1:13 pm

Quote from MrPadre19 on December 19, 2025, 1:06 pm

Quote from fenn68 on December 19, 2025, 12:03 pm

• Padres' Jose Miranda: Inks minors deal with Padres

  Rotowire 1 HR AGO

  The Padres signed Miranda to a minor-league contract Friday that includes an invitation to spring training, Aram Leighton of JustBaseball.com reports. Miranda showed promise at times while with the Twins, but he crashed out in 2025, going 6-for-36 with the big club and hitting only .195/.272/.296 across 371 plate appearances at Triple-A St. Paul. Still, the 27-year-old is a solid get on a minor-league contract, and there's a non-zero chance he pushes for playing time at first base in San Diego.
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• only 28ish and had two above ML seasons with MINN in 2022 and 2024 each over 400 AB. RHH could fit in as DH/1B/3B platoon. The next Sheets? These are the rebound shots that need to be taken.

Hopefully his fall was an anomaly we can fix because this guy was always a good hitter

Yep, there is hope for a rebound given his ML success:

2022: 444 AB ... 268/325/426 (751 OPS) ... 1.4 WAR

2024: 401 AB ... 284/322/441 (763 OPS) ... 1.0 WAR

So, he has performed above average in the ML (not in a small sample size) ... in even number years and 2026 is an even number year. Maybe just bench, platoon but that is important.