Baseball America dropped a projected 2029 Padres lineup, and it might as well have come with a warning label for San Diego Padres fans: this will either make you dream big or start stress-cleaning your apartment.
On one hand, it’s everything Padres diehards want to believe about this franchise: that the next wave of prospects actually arrives together, that the front office resists flipping half the farm for another big name, and that Petco Park is still packed to watch a contender built around homegrown stars. On the other hand, the same graphic quietly assumes that two 36-year-old infielders are still holding down everyday jobs, Nick Pivetta is atop the rotation, and a whole army of pitching prospects somehow survived both injuries and the trade block.