PEORIA, Ariz. -- The Padres open their 48th season against the Dodgers in Los Angeles on April 3 and by all accounts the franchise is heading in the right direction.
The days of piecing it together with veterans are over, and since the last Draft, the Padres have invested more than $70 million in young domestic and international amateur players.
"We're going in the direction we planned to go, we just have to be patient," Ron Fowler, the team's executive chairman, told MLB.com this past weekend. "That's where we're focused and that's where we're going to stay.