Manny Machado will not be a $300 million man, after all.
Eric Hosmer and Wil Myers are no longer the second highest-paid Padres, either. That title will belong to Hector Olivera — remember him? — if plans to start a shortened season next month indeed go off without a hitch.
With Major League Baseball mandating a 60-game campaign, the sport is inching toward starting summer camp next week in big league ballparks across the country. While it remains to be seen if outbreaks will actually allow a season to start July 23, the pandemic-shortened schedule will drop the Padres’ projected payroll to its lowest point under current ownership.