PEORIA, Ariz. —
The same Wil? A new Wil?
On the field, that won’t be known for a while. If it can ever be known which Wil Myers the Padres will get.
But the same easygoing, stand-up guy as always stood at his locker Saturday morning before his first day participating in spring training workouts and addressed his offseason of trying to stop all the changing — as well as being the subject of intense and seemingly never-ending trade rumors, his excitement about the coaching staff and his relationship with former manager Andy Green.
Myers chuckled at the mention of Padres Executive Chairman Ron Fowler’s comments at a fan event early in the offseason, which included the owner’s resignation regarding the Padres probably being stuck with the $61 million remaining on Myers’ contract.