Padres tired of his act. His negative influence on younger players. And his “leadership” shown by choking. Performance in field still solid but will shop him and find no solid takers and be stuck with a salary that’s about to escalate dramatically. SD has several contracts with significant escalator clauses and his is one. He’s been playing for about 15-20 a year and think he’s about to go t0 30-35.
I would bet they’ll try to move bogarts and Darvish too with little chance to unload those deals
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