A.J. Preller burst onto the baseball scene last year with a flurry of trades and moves, with flare and smarts, even dubbed a rock star by Matt Kemp. However, the moves didn’t all work out, people got hurt or under performed and the suddenly relevant Padres of the hot stove league won three less games than the year before in the real league, fading off into the land of irrelevance with that girl who sang Friday, Herman Cain and Kris Humphries. So, big names that fill up the marquee didn’t work. What went wrong and how has A.
Padres look to Alexei Ramirez for defensive upgrade at shortstop position
