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Originally Posted by Lathum
How often have they done it?
They just showed their 4 largest signings. It was Hosmer at 144, Myers at 82, Then Shields and Peavy around 50 each.
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This is the third time in the last five years or so that I can remember. I think it was 2016 or 2017 when they unilaterally "won the off-season" with a bunch of lauded free agent signings and trades, and they bombed that year. Then the Hosmer deal this past season looked terrible when it was signed and looks worse now one year in. Probably a recency bias at work, but the Padres have been a laughing stock for so long now that it's hard to remember what really is versus the narrative they've (accidentally) built up around themselves.