1 Man’s Opinion

1-Man’s Opinion on Sports-Monday “

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“COMMENTS FROM MY CORNER OF THE WORLD”
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PADRES…I like the free agent signing of Nick Pivetta of the Red Sox af an affordable year one price tag.  As a #4 starter-he will be solid.  of course he will cost alot more going forward.  Also like the leadership abilities of Jason Heyward, but have to see if he still has his bat speed after not hitting at Dodgers Stadium last year.  7-candidates in left-field, somebody will surface.  MLB scouts also say AJ Preller has cornered the market on rehab pitchers rallying their career in Japan-Korea.

PADRES..Revenues-maxed out…Payroll maxed out.  Credit Card bills will come due for the AJ Preller driven deals,  MLB sources say the Padres will have a small luxury tax bill if they keep this team intact all year.  The bigger issue will be the escalators in virtually every contract going forward.  The Padres have 160M-guaranteed already to just 10-players for next year.  They also forfeited a high draft pick and a half million in signing bonus money in the International pool going forward.  Enjoy this short run to be a World Series contender.  Rebuild mode will be coming sooner

ANGELS..A moratorium on criticism of owner Arte Moreno and his front office people.  They signed a total of 17-off season free agents including rentals of Kenley Jansen-Jorge Soler and others.  Let’s see if they add stability to a young roster, if the young kids take a step forward, and if Mike Trout stays healthy.  By the way, Anthony Rendon had no injury history in Washington, got here, got hurt, 12-times on the DL.

DODGERS…Ahead of schedule, all these pitchers coming off surgeries.  Shohei Ohtani, Dustin May, Clayton Kershaw throwing well in bullpens in spring training.  Good medical news on Freddie Freeman too.  Such an impressive array of talent.

YANKEES..Fans-Media not happy with Hal Steinbrenner-Brian Cashman leadership.  NY has (304M) payroll..lost Juan Soto..did not sign any Japanese free agent stars..has nothing from the farm system.

HOUSTON…Owner Jim Crane taking big time heat too, losing Alex Bregman, not getting fair value in the Kyle Tucker trade, and owning a battered pitching staff.  Jose Altuve against the world is not a good look.

NFL..First Sunday without an NFL game to watch-an empty feeling, but there were lots of headlines, the demise of Aaron Rodgers, the search beginning for a QB for the Raiders, likely QB roster purges in Atlanta, the Vikings-Sam Darnold affair.  Always something to talk about

NBA..Cheap stunts, the slam dunk contest over a car, the DQ of the Spurs players from the skills competition, the cancellation of the NBA-WNBA three point shooting contest, and the Sunday ‘Team Tourney’ games.  Missing the mark on lots of things

NHL..What a Saturday night, USA shutdown of Canada, the three fights at the beginning of the game, the booing of the National Anthem by Montreal fans.  Of course the wife responded (she is of Canadian blood), they were booing Dictator Trump, not our flag.  Interesting to see what happens in Boston, do NHL fans there boo ‘O-Canada’.

NASCAR…All amped to see the Daytona 500..all 11-laps of it before the rains came.  Awful to sit thru 2-hours of filler interviews with drivers and video replays of past races and wrecks.  And when they got finished on Sunday night at nearly 10pm in Daytona, 3-wrecks in the final 9-laps and William Byron drove thru the carnage to win.  The Great American race is really a wreck waiting to happen.

AZTECS…Finally a complete game from Brian Dutcher’s team, blasting Boise.  Only counts as one win after all the up and down games over two months.  Show me what you can do at Utah State next Saturday to deserve to be in March Madness.  Sorry, an unimpressive (17-6) team in a down year in the conference.

UCSD..Tritons (22-4)…look look like March Madness team to me

USD..Hope this does not end badly for Steve Lavin, but Toreros basketball is (4-24) and off everyone’s radar.  School funding (NIL) is really a problem up on Alcala Way right now.  Getting players, holding onto them, a struggled.  Hate to see Lavin got axed, but this is misery.

TORREY PINES..Good weekend for golf, but not alot of fans for the Genesis Open.  Scottie Scheffler and Rory McIlroy flashed but had bad Saturdays.  There is no Xander Schaufele, out with health problems.  Tiger Woods backed out of playing in the aftermath of passing of his mother.  An electric finish though for the next budding star on the horizon, Ludvig Aberg of Sweden.

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