The Padres got blasted by their own Executive Chairman Ron Fowler who is “embarrassed” to watch his own team, then traded their largest free agent acquisition in team history James Shields to the White Sox.
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The trade wasn’t surprising, but the timing was clearly influenced by Fowler’s harsh words and Shields last start where he allowed 10 runs to the Mariners in under 3 innings. Then two days later the Padres let a 12-2 lead in the 6th inning disappear. Someone had to take the ax for ownership’s frustrations and it ended up being Shields.