Plenty of questions surfaced during baseball's offseason. Some answered, others not. One kept coming up over and over. Where are the Padres getting all of this money? And is their spending strategy sustainable?
, Walter O’Malley’s grandson, thinks so. He made it rain for two reasons: to topple the Dodgers again and win the city’s first championship in a major professional sport.won 111 games last season. Even a 15-game decline this year could be enough to win the National League West for the 10th time in 11 years. But the Padres are coming. San Diego won just 89 games last season but beat the 101-win Mets and the Dodgers in the playoffs.
San Diego’s Manny Machado, right, celebrates with relief pitcher Josh Hader and Wil Myers after defeating the Dodgers in Game 4 of the NLDS on Oct. 15. The team’s success ultimately will depend on its core of position players — Mookie Betts, Freddie Freeman, Will Smith and Max Muncy — and starting rotation.
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