The Colorado Rockies are not the only National League West franchise with speculated tensions running high in the front office. The Padres’ A.J. Preller and Rockies’ Jeff Bridich are general managers looking to pull their teams out of the divisional abyss. Both have serious reason to do it now, and we are all left to speculate which one is in a worse position.
Padres chairman Ron Fowler said of his team in a press conference introducing new manager Jayce Tingler: “We were an embarrassment the last three or four weeks of the season, and we’re not going to do that again.