1-Man’s Opinion on Sports-Wednesday “A PADRES LOSS–A TOUGH LOSS”
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“PADRES–ANOTHER LOSS”
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The season is over, but the losses continue to pile up on the Padres.
The latest loss, the exit of Manager Mike Shildt, is a pretty big blow.
It came as a surprise to the front office and ownership.
They learned just last Saturday after Shildt asked for 6-days off to ‘recharge’ his battery.
He realized he did not want to go on..he was sick alot-stressed out-did not sleep well
He came to conclusion he could not lead them to another 90-win season
He told them he wants to sit in his beach chair in North Carolina
He knows what the stress did to LaRussa-Francona-Washington-Leyland
General Manager AJ Preller answered alot of questions in his end of season press conference. What he said was equal to the sincere things Shildt said in his farewell letter on Monday.
The end word to summarize what happened, Shildt ‘burned out’ on the job-not willing to go forward , despite a 4M-payday still left on his contract, and the reality he still has a pennant contending roster. It was much deeper than that.
AJ Preller’s key quotes from his Press Conference”
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Shildt told me of his health issues just last Saturday
He was unwilling to consider moving into another role
He never discussed retirement till we talked during the Cubs playoff series
There was no internal conflict
It was a surprise to me-not a shock
I respect the blood-sweat-tears he put in
He is a 24-7 Baseball man
On Saturday he told me I don’t see myself continuing
He felt stress with every loss
He cared a ton
162-games in 180-days and the off season is no longer the off season
This is an attractive baseball job..roster..ballpark..the fans
Internal candidates know the culture of the organization
I want a manager with baseball knowledge and knowledge of communication
I have alot of confidence in the roster we have built
We have built continuity in the front office
I want a manager for 10-years
We had a very good year-getting to the playoffs is not easy
We have raised the bar to get to the big stage
Yu Darvish was never 100%-we have talked about the future-will talk again
Joe Musgrove will be at the front of the rotation
Next up will be meetings with Cease-King
Mason Miller to the rotation-he knows what we did with Pomeranz-King-Lugo
Campusano will have a role here
Will talk to Machado about managing a 162-game schedule
Ethan Salas is at 92%-we want him at 99%-before we put him on field-in spring
No negotiations on my extension-talks will go forward
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