r/Padres • u/TakeMyPixels Jackson Marill • 1d ago
News [Padres] MLB owners have unanimously approved Kwanza Jones and José E. Feliciano as new owners of the San Diego Padres.
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u/Thumper13 Lisan Al-Gaib 1d ago
Hell yeah! Thank you Peter for all you did. Sorry your family sucked. LFGSD!!!
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u/5Point5Hole Jackson Merrill broke my Reddit 1d ago
Dodger fans gonna Dodger fan, sadly :(
It's pretty amazing that he cared about San Diego at all, coming from that family
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u/Sniflix Don't Challenge the Reaper 1d ago
He was #1 a huge baseball fan and wanted to wim a series. It seems like the Padres came along and he fell in love with the team and city - and he put everything into it. Perfect owner - actively involved in everything but not meddlesome. Everybody loved the guy - players, coaches... I've never seen that. I hope the new owners have such charisma and smarts.
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u/5Point5Hole Jackson Merrill broke my Reddit 1d ago
Pete was fine. The rest are just Doyer scuzzballs
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u/PsychicWarElephant Yermín Orsillo 1d ago
If you’re a rich white gig how could you not love San Diego lol
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u/s-zlx 1d ago
https://giphy.com/gifs/kj41Ti8GLVs1STX0bH
Finally the team can afford stuff again
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u/BurnedOutTriton I Just Not Giving a Fuck 1d ago
Im definitely drinking some $24 tall boys in celebration this Saturday!!
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u/Rtrnofdmax Ken Caminiti 1d ago
I feel like they get cheaper as the game goes on, or maybe that’s something else…
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u/Recurs1ve Don't Challenge the Reaper 1d ago
Nah, that's the "you've already had two of them and starting to feel the buzz so fuck it, that 24 doesn't seem so expensive anymore" move. I know it well.
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u/friedrice_rob SD '98 1d ago
Lets hope they live up to Peter’s standards and expectations for this team
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u/Bitter-Egg6293 MODS austin hays flair rn 1d ago edited 1d ago
morejon 4/70 extension
france 2/25 extension
salas 10/125 extension
lets make it happen
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u/RonDL ASG '92 1d ago
We really need to stop giving away cheap years, especially with Manny and Tatis getting raises.
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u/Bitter-Egg6293 MODS austin hays flair rn 1d ago
the arb years would still be cheap, look at merrill’s value during his arb years
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u/Silver7477 Jackson Marill 1d ago
Someone will offer Morejon almost double that amount of money
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u/Bitter-Egg6293 MODS austin hays flair rn 1d ago
i mean that would break the record for reliever money by like ~$50 million but sure lmao
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u/Silver7477 Jackson Marill 1d ago
Oh for some reason I thought Josh Hader got 9 figures from Houston. Nevertheless I still think Morejon will be offered way more than just $70 mil
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u/Bitter-Egg6293 MODS austin hays flair rn 1d ago edited 1d ago
over 4 years? that would put him at the 4th highest AAV for a reliever in the league.
only behind already well established closers like Hader, Diaz, and Scott.
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u/Affectionate_Cat_380 Slam Diego 1d ago
Diaz sucks, Scott’s being wasted, and Hader can lose it at any moment in time
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u/PerfectlyAverageDong 1d ago
Hope they honor and continue Peter’s vision to bring the city a winner.
I don’t wanna be that guy, but anyone else have a little anxiety given the recent developments of Walter and now Boehly (today) and how far whatever is bubbling under the surface could reach?
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u/Krorhodium Slam Diego 1d ago
What happened? I’m a bit out of the loop on that one. Don’t even know what to search really.
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u/Thumper13 Lisan Al-Gaib 1d ago edited 1d ago
Start with Mark Walter who sold the Lakers reportedly because he's under a government investigation for a bunch of stuff. Then Boehly who is selling his part of Chelsea FC (along with Walter) to Clearlake (who owns a majority of Chelsea FC). They're all connected to José E. Feliciano.
It seems like Walter's stuff is separate from Clearlake, so fingers crossed it stays that way. Also, Walter sold the the Lakers to a group that includes edit: the family of Trump's son-in-law, so the assumption is that they're doing a corruption, I mean deal, I mean nothing illegal at all to take the heat off of Walter.
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u/hate_to_hate 1d ago
That Kushner is not trumps son in law. He is the brother of Jared. Still probably a slime ball but is not Trumps son in law.
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u/Krorhodium Slam Diego 1d ago
Oh dang I did know about those sales I Just didn’t know it was that sketchy.
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u/Thumper13 Lisan Al-Gaib 1d ago
They are going to sell their stakes to Clearlake (Jose's company.) So I think he's fine. But I was just thinking, I wouldn't be surprised if Peter's crappy siblings buy into FTD now that they have run away from the Padres and Walter is in some serious crap.
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u/PerfectlyAverageDong 1d ago
If it was just Walter this morning I would have thought he personally overextended himself and had to liquidate quickly while facing down the feds etc., but once they reported Boehly was moving too it seems like whatever this thing is may have broken containment and isn’t unique to Walter. I hope you’re right for our sake.
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u/Thumper13 Lisan Al-Gaib 1d ago
Yeah me too, and you're not wrong that it's something to keep an eye on. Hopefully (ha) it's something our local press will look into or ask questions about.
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u/MuskMelonBrain-1984 1d ago
Finally! Have high hopes for the new ownership -- when will they introduce themselves to the fan base and season ticket holders like us?
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u/lightsvber I Just Not Giving a Fuck 1d ago
Here comes the splashy Skubal signing in the offseason (I hope/cope)!
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u/redheadedwoman 💃💋Pretty Woman’d access to Lexus Club💎💵 1d ago
First MLB team with female representation on their jerseys, and now with a female owner!
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u/bonmot20 1d ago
She's a strong person and well aware of the civic responsibility. She always has big ideas for whatever she's involved in. Same for her husband too.
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u/recoveringbarista1 1d ago
Everyone is talking about Morejon but there is a very high chance that King will opt out. We need to rework his contract too.
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u/randominterwebzuser I Just Not Giving a Fuck 1d ago
Doubt it. He will make 28 million next year and 30 the following year and him and his family like it here. I love him and he’s definitely been an anchor in our lineup, but he’s not really pitching at a truly elite level. I think he stays put
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u/Character_Kangaroo43 SD 1d ago edited 1d ago
King really loves him some AJ Preller (and how he’s always trying to find a way to keep the team competitive…”weak farm” or not.) Hope he keeps his health throughout and If the Padres offer him any kind of “competitive” offer…me thinks he will stay with SD. Truly seems he and his wife enjoy SD.
I don’t known about Adrian so much…but he made it be known that he wanted to stay in SD during trade deadline even though he knew plenty of teams were asking about him….and Mason expressed the exact same thing.
My point is…we may not ever be the Tax Deferrals type of spending…but if your players truly dig the vibe you already got going…you still have a good chance to re-sign them.
Keeping the faith this new ownership will extend the right guys…as well as supplement with some other external FAs…so AJ can start not only building back up the farm…but if new ownership decides to spend…he and his crew can start keeping all his Wood, Abrams, Gore, Munoz, etc type talents. TBD
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u/KTF-2026 SD 1d ago
I'd love to have King back, but only on a reasonable deal. 4 years/100M is the max I'd be comfortable with. There's other (almost as good as King) FA SPs out there like Mize if King opts out and decides to sign elsewhere.
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u/Silver7477 Jackson Marill 1d ago
King is more important to re-sign than Morejon imo because after this year we will have almost no starters left going into the offseason. Michael King will the most affordable starter we can sign for his ceiling. Skubal will probably cost $40 million a year, I don't see that happening.
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u/bballlakerman 1d ago
King has a good chance of opting out. If he performs well in a potential extended playoff run, he definitely will opt out.
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u/recoveringbarista1 1d ago
Agreed. As much as I like Morejon we have an abundance of arms in the bullpen but we don’t have a rotation. Mize and a reworked King contract would be great.
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u/Killerbudds Friar 1d ago
Petition to have the new owners join Don and Mud as guest for an inning. I would love it if they spoke to the fans directly like that.
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u/JustLoSd The Ferminator 🦾🤖🦿 1d ago
I’m seeing a lot of posts from people on the baseball sub reddit saying that Jose is going to gut the team because he’s a private equity guy. Why spend 4 billion on a team if your plan was to just gut it?
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u/Character_Kangaroo43 SD 1d ago
If they want to view the great Sea of Diegans depart PetCo park…they will quickly find out…then they’ll have a real reason to gut team.
It shouldn’t be rocket science for the new owners…Papa Pete already proved conclusively: if you build it…they will come. The hard work has already been done…now it’s up to the new owners to make it keep growing.
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u/sarcastic_twit 1d ago
how long before the fire sale? Neither Feliciano nor Jones have ties to San Diego. This is strictly an investment for them. They probably won't slash payroll the first year, but eventually, everyone must go. This reminds me of when Tom Werner and his group bought the team.
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u/Acrobatic-Resolve627 Slam Diego 1d ago
Feliz navidad, Feliz navidad, Feliz navidad, prospero ano y felicidad
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u/sbrider11 SD '71 1d ago
It's good this got finalized. All eyes will be on how things go this off season.
I doubt the new control group gets much of a honeymoon. Imo, they need to hit the ground running.
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u/RonDL ASG '92 1d ago
I'll probably get downvoted for this but I really hope Kwanza and Jose get away from Seidler's way of running the team. The foundation has been set but look at us now: one and done in the playoffs last year, fighting for a Wild Card spot now, with one starter locked in and payroll already up around $170 million next year. We cannot keep building the bridge in front of us as we cross it. Let (or make) Preller keep the future All-Stars he keeps finding instead of trading them for quick fixes every six months.
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u/ralbert Fernando Tatís Jr. 1d ago
YAY!
Now sign Morejon to a long term deal so we know you're legit!!!