Padres only want Corey Kluber to fix third base

Photo by Jason Miller/Getty ImagesOne of the more interesting names to continually pop up in the wheel of Corey Kluber suitors has been the San Diego Padres. Despite last year’s efforts to build around... *checks notes* Eric Hosmer... they still found themselves last in the National League West and one of the worst teams in all of baseball.

So when rumors of them pursuing Corey Kluber arose over and over again, it was... odd. Kluber has three years of control left, yes, but the Padres might waste another year or two of that just trying to find solid ground to rebuild on. Why on Lindor’s green Earth would a team in a situation like the Padres’ want Kluber?

Thanks to The Athletic’s Dennis Lin…