Padres may have just eased a real development concern with reunion with ex-manager

It looks like nostalgia. But it’s really a message about how the Padres want to operate.

Colorado Rockies manager Bud Black against the San Diego Padres during a spring training game at Peoria Sports Complex. | Mark J. Rebilas-Imagn ImagesThe Padres don’t have a “talent” problem. They have a translation problem.

It’s one thing to acquire players, draft athletes, stack tools, and talk about upside. It’s another to turn all of that into a clean, repeatable pipeline that produces big-league contributors without needing a miracle at the trade deadline. That’s the part San Diego has felt wobbly about for years — not because the organization doesn’t work, but because it too often feels like it’s…