Fansided · Nov 10, 2025
Padres risk malpractice if they skip this winter’s deep first baseman market
San Diego Padres v St. Louis Cardinals | Dilip Vishwanat/GettyImagesThe San Diego Padres built the league's best bullpen, a star-studded rotation, and one of the deepest casts of brand-name position player talent in 2025, and yet they couldn't even escape the NL Wild Card Round against the Chicago Cubs.
That was mostly due to the faltering of that supposedly loaded offense, which managed just five runs in three games against the Cubs. During the regular season, the team was shockingly incompetent at the plate for large swaths of time.