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“PADRES LEADERSHIP TALKS
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The Cactus League season opens at the end of the week.

A new look Padres roster is ready after a week of veteran acquisitions.

Team President Eric Gruepner had plenty of comments on Tuesday.
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..Seidlers-It’s business as normal despite noise on the outside
..Nothing has changed..clicking along
..Back doing what we did last year..do what we did not do last year

..Our payroll has gone up significantly yearly
..We have top 10-payroll..we can compete at this level
..We have resources..payroll..veteran leadership
..We are projecting to pay a tax this year…we are willing to add on

..Our goal is to have a payroll level of 200M
..We can support this level of payroll
..AJ’s roster is not set…wants a complete roster
..Style of negotiating-players come to us
..We structure deal for today with long term view too-stay competitive

..We talked to players at Fan Fest-put them in the picture
..Told them we are stable-we have leadership

..Decline of Regional Sports Networks has impacted us-no doubt
..We are making max revenues we can-thanks to MLB media
..This partnership provided us a great option
..There are not a ton of local media options out there for TV
..We will announce a special ‘Saturday TV package-free-soon’
..We have confidence in Rob Manfred’s leadership-changing landscape

..We increased payroll-knew sustainability would impact us
..We are in smallest media dollar market-yet will be a Top 10-payroll
..Believe we can compete in World Series with this payroll
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Come this weekend…’Play Ball’.
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