"The Dodgers are interested in Joaquin Benoit, reports Ken Rosenthal of FOX Sports (on Twitter), but the Padres would prefer not to trade him within the division."
LOL hock.. Wait, what?
Being concerned about trading a 37-year old reliever within the division should be a fireable offense.
An offensive core of Longoria, Zobrist, Jennings, Myers, Taveras, and Kiermaier is absolutely ridiculous. And that's to say nothing of quality players like Joyce, Hanigan, Escobar, Molina, Loney. f***, I'm rock hard right now.
This is fantastic. Anyone who likes baseball should be thrilled that mainstream media is starting to challenge casual fans with new ideas about the game.
That's actually pretty impressive. It's hard to rebuild with 12-man farm limits. Looking forward to seeing how/when you start building your MLB roster up.
If the team is capped at $135 million, 7-8 million on a reliever is nuts. Consider further that he's 33 and will likely command a 3-year deal and there's no way he should be retained.