2019 shouldn’t be their year, but it should at least be a season of growth for their young core. Fernando Tatis Jr., Luis Urias, and Francisco Mejia all should play significant roles for the Padres this season
In the first three installments of this series, I talked about the three top teams in the NL West after the Dodgers last season, the Dbacks, Rockies, and Giants. The Padres were connected to some of the players the Dodgers have been rumored to be going after, notably J.T. Realmuto and Corey Kluber, but the team ended up with one of the biggest prizes on the free agent market in Manny Machado.