Second half of defining 2022 season awaits with team's stock uncertain
Ask A.J. Preller to evaluate his performance as President of Baseball Operations and General Manager of the Padres and he shifts a bit uneasily on a diamond-side wall at Petco Park.
lingering and a contract extension through 2026 — has become San Diego’s most prominent lightning rod.“I think it’s good that people, the bar’s been set so high,” Preller said Friday. “That was one of our goals. That’s what we wanted to do. The fact that expectations have been raised, that people think we’ve moved that needle to a winning organization and now everybody wants us to win a World Series, that’s what we want, too.
The cratering of the 2021 team and massive struggles in recent weeks has confidence waning for some and, at the very least, severely tested for others. Should fans have faith in the team on the field this season? Talk matters far less than late-September standings, of course. There’s no nuance or spin in those numbers, simply results.Once ranked No. 1 in the game, years of wild movement left the impression that the Padres’ prospect capital has slipped. Industry evaluations place it in the middle of the baseball pack, if not a bit lower.“It’s really strong,” Preller said of a group led by names like CJ Abrams, Robert Hassell III, Luis Campusano, James Wood and Jackson Merrill.
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