Shields contract is a tad back loaded. Only 10 million next this year and of course more each of the next 3 years over 20 million per. The Padres could have both Upton and Kennedy coming off the books in 2016 which makes the Shields contract easier. Now the million dollar question for Padre fans is does this create salary space to go after a certain Cuban or two?
http://www.foxsports.com/mlb/just-a...ing-james-shields-payday-with-the-pads-021115 Wow, great read on how Shields desire for home cooking had him taking home a lower net with the Padres. California taxes are a bear.
Hard to believe that home cooking or state taxes truly made or broke that decision. I always thought that once a player earned xx millions, thus got ahead of the wolves and could live comfortably forever, then his prime consideration would be on where he could make a difference or earn a ring. OK Shields could 'make a larger difference' for the Padres but no way despite their recent signing fervor does anyone think that they can win a ring this year of next. Adding Upton, Kemp and Shields will help but not enough to overcome many of the stronger teams. I guess that we'll see in October
my thinking as well the padres will be better, much better but they an elite team their defense is terrible; only two guys [amarista and norris] with positive dWAR and their offense after kemp, upton and myers is [how do i say this nicely?] unspectacular and what if those guys go on the shelf or into a slump? from a marketing standpoint their front office did a great job they will sell a shit-ton more tickets and jerseys et al but my guess is they'll finish around .500, maybe 82-80
I'd be happy if they just made life more difficult for the SFags I'd also expect them to hit 85W's but not win anything
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@CapnTreee and @irish - I already picked the pAAdres to finish 2nd and the SFaG's to finish 3rd or worse, so it would delight me to see Kemp & Ko. punk Pussy and Boots (Bochy).
