Off-Season Outlook by Salary

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Padres officially declined the $4M option on Josh Johnson. They still might bring him back at a lower rate and on an incentive based contract.

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Padres DFA'd Stults. So that means he will not be getting the projected $4.6M from the team.

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Padres DFA'd Blaine Boyer and Yeison Asencio. Also made a couple other 40 man roster moves to protect a few minor leaguers from upcoming rule 5 draft.

I removed Boyer from original post arbitration eligible player section.

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Padres non-tendered Everth Cabrera. He is now officially a free agent and will not be getting the estimated $2.9M in arbitration from the Padres.

**I updated the original post to remove his amount**

[ArtistFormerlyKnownAsBKR]

I hadn't even heard that Cabrera had that arrest in September. Man, that guy's track record is just awful.

[RobH]

They picked up Clint Barmes as middle infield insurance. The UT has them saying that Amarista has a chance to become the starter at SS this year. I think we'll be making more moves at SS before spring.

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They picked up Clint Barmes as middle infield insurance. The UT has them saying that Amarista has a chance to become the starter at SS this year. I think we'll be making more moves at SS before spring.

Hopefully they just see him as a defensive specialist/good veteran club house guy. He has never been a high average or power hitter but plays really good defense. I assume this is just an end of the 25 man roster filler for cheap and not part of Preller's plan to improve overall team batting.

I expect a big trade/addition sometime during the winter meeting or very soon after.

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Padres avoid arbitration with Joe Weiland and sign him to a 1 year $590K deal.

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Talk from winter meetings keeps coming back to Kemp becoming a Padre. Latest rumor is Grandal and one other player for Kemp with cash coming back to SD.

[ArtistFormerlyKnownAsBKR]

Guess I could be on board with that depending on the other player and the $ coming back to us. We've invested a lot in Grandal. About time we started seeing some of that return. I think it's there if he can stop being stupid and stay healthy. I'd rather hang on to him, if possible.

[RobH]

I'm really ambivalent about Grandal. I think he's got a world of talent and he will develop into a very good hitter. However, he never really showed remorse for his PEDs suspension, and it seems that he wants out of SD. Rumors were that he was asking for a trade, and he never actually denied it when he was directly asked. Instead, he smiled and said "Consider the source." Maybe I'm reading too much into it, but I really wonder whether he would want to sign long-term.

Kemp, on the other hand, is excited about the prospect of playing in SD and even has a house about 40 minutes from Petco. So he'd definitely have a good attitude about coming "home".

Cashner is the same as Grandal to me. I don't know all the details behind the contract offer to Cash, but he turned it down, and again, rumor has it that he wants to play in Texas. I love what he brings to the mound and the team, but if he doesn't want to be here, he's the first out the door, IMO. Also, he just can't seem to stay healthy, so that enters into a little with me, but I don't care about that as much as others do. He's got a nice smooth motion, and he throws free and easy. I think health will become less of an issue as time goes by and his body adjusts to the rigors of being a starting pitcher in the majors.

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Guess I could be on board with that depending on the other player and the $ coming back to us. We've invested a lot in Grandal. About time we started seeing some of that return. I think it's there if he can stop being stupid and stay healthy. I'd rather hang on to him, if possible.

I would rather keep grandal if there was a way too but there is no chance the Dodgers will give up Kemp for some of our more expendable players. You have to give up something to get something and Kemp is already an all-star caliber player and even potential MVP type player and at best Grandal will someday get there.