KEY ADDITIONS: Yu Darvish, Blake Snell, Joe Musgrove, Nick Burdi, Mark Melancon, Keone Kela
KEY SUBTRACTIONS: Kirby Yates, Garrett Richards, Trevor Rosenthal, Mitch Moreland, Yonder Alonso, Joey Lucchesi
The Padres have, obviously, significantly improved their team this offseason with the acquisitions of Yu Darvish and Blake Snell.
What you might not remember is that the Padres were already a good team before these additions. They finished with the second-best record in the National League’s shortened 60-game season at 37-23 and beat the Cardinals in a wild-card series before succumbing to the Dodgers in a division series sweep.