The San Diego Padres have come close to landing a couple of big free agents in the past few days.
In fact, the offers the Padres gave to both notable free agents, those being Aaron Judge and Trea Turner, were worth more than the offers that they ended up accepting.
So naturally, several people within the industry are wondering where the Padres got all of this money.
That is a question that one rival executive had about the Padres after the team jumped in on Judge, according to Mark Feinsand of MLB.com.
Feinsand noted however that the Padres’ offers to Judge and Turner can only mean one thing, that they plan on spending big this offseason.
After learning that the Padres jumped in on Aaron Judge, one rival exec asked: “Where are they getting all this money?” Credit to San Diego for its aggressive nature in trying to catch the Dodgers in the NL West. They’re clearly not done this winter.
— Mark Feinsand (@Feinsand) December 7, 2022
Padres Potential Offseason Plans
The Padres eliminated both the New York Mets and Los Angeles Dodgers to open to playoffs.
They ultimately fell short against the Philadelphia Phillies in the NLCS.
Still, their goals remain lofty.
Despite knocking the Dodgers out in the NLDS, they finished 22 games out of first place and will look to close that gap in 2023.
Their offers to Judge and Turner are enough evidence to prove that.
Perhaps they’ll pivot back to the shortstop market, where Carlos Correa, Xander Bogaerts, and Dansby Swanson await their offers.
That would give the Padres the bat that they’re searching for now that Josh Bell is gone.
San Diego won 89 games in 2022, but with an extra power bat, the team could go even further next season.
The Winter Meetings wrap up today, but the Padres may have a few tricks up their sleeve before it’s all said and done.
