Some headlines are hot enough that they don’t require much in the way of a lead-in explanation—if you clicked on this article, you came for something of a referendum on the job status of Padres GM AJ Preller. And with good reason.
As a recent column from the UT’s Nick Canepa shows, chatter around Preller’s standing with Padre ownership is beginning to ramp up in the wake of Andy Green’s dismissal from the San Diego manager’s seat.
Canepa, who shares the world-weariness common to many who have followed the team throughout its five-plus decades of futility, places a decent amount of blame at Preller’s feet for the club’s most recent struggles.