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5E737E6F68796E2E2D1C0 wrote: I'm glad to see Gamel stay. He's a good veteran to have with so many young players on the team. And they wouldn't have gotten much for him anyway.


Me too. He isn’t a star, but he is a gamer, plays hard, and is someone you can respect.

How come the Padres have so much money ?



I have never even met a person who is a Padres fan.



Do they have a big TV contract ? Are the seats full every night?



What gives, they just keep on handing out big FA deals , and now add Soto. >:(

0F2425202025221F382D382523224C0 wrote: How come the Padres have so much money ?



I have never even met a person who is a Padres fan.



Do they have a big TV contract ? Are the seats full every night?



What gives, they just keep on handing out big FA deals , and now add Soto. >:(


The Padres are 5th in attendance averaging over 37,000 a game.

Petco Park holds 42,000. They don’t have the big TV and Radio deals like the big market clubs. I think the fact that San Diego has never won a major sports championship, and in fact lost the Chargers to LA has incentivized Padre management to go for it and finally take down the Dodgers and hopefully win a World Series

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I was thinking about Gamel: he may have some face-of-the-franchise value now. There's not a lot of clips they can put in ads right now.

172438393A320439223E2522333F38560 wrote: I was thinking about Gamel: he may have some face-of-the-franchise value now. There's not a lot of clips they can put in ads right now.


Since Gamel wasn't dealt I wonder if Bucs are going to try and sign him for next year? Even a two year deal.



I don't think he would get more than 2 years on open market. Of course the Bucs will need to pay market rate to keep him. I could see him being valuable to the Bucs for the next couple of years.