This Will Change EVERYTHING...

This will change everything for the Padres as these players could be made available at the deadline and bring back huge hauls if traded. Who are they? What's the kind of haul we can get? Let's talk about it. Hi, welcome back to another episode of Padres Digest with your host Andrew. Today we're talking sell, sell, sell. I know we just had a good game yesterday but I'm not going to jump on the hype train too much. I'll have like my toe on the hype train but I still think a soft rebuild might be the way to go and these players that we have would fit very nicely into that soft rebuild journey by being sold. Before we get too deep into the video, as always, thank you so much for watching. Please subscribe as always. Follow us on Instagram, Facebook, at Padres Digest. Thank you to our channel members and join memberships for an awesome bonus feature or multiple awesome bonus features. Thank you guys for watching. Let's just jump right into it. I don't want to make you wait for nothing but if we do sell, I think these are the most likely players we could sell but if there are more players you want me to make videos about, please let me know. Obviously, the most important arm we have to sell besides Mason Miller, Morihone, the other elite arm. Salary this year just below $4 million. Pending free agent. Lefty reliever. High leverage lefty reliever. This season though $346 ERA. 59 strikeouts. A whip just above $1. Well, $1.12 I guess. But his career so far, around the same kind of stats. One of the best lefty relievers in baseball just overshadowed by Miller. Who wants him? Well, ESPN trade rankings list the same bullpen needy contenders as best fits for Miller and Chapman. Chapman obviously another lefty reliever. So bullpen need is bullpen need. Those teams make sense for Morihone too just at a fraction of the cost of a Miller and a Chapman. But the Yankees, Mariners, Phillies, Brewers, Pirates, Rays, obviously mostly the Yankees, Pirates, maybe the Nationals if they want to. But you know, we'll see. A realistic return. A 242 ERA over 137 innings since 2024 is a real track record, not a hot streak. With six plus contenders chasing bullpen help, a bidding war could land a top 15 through 20 organization prospect. So nothing crazy like a lead of rye, obviously. But we could definitely get solid prospects back from trading away Morihone because teams get very desperate for relievers. I mean, look at the Yankees last year. They sold everybody for Camilo Devon and David Bednar. I almost forgot their names. So teams get desperate. And desperation's good for us on the seller's market. A cheap dominant lefty on an expiring deal with a two-year track record behind it, that's worth a real prospect, not just a throw-in. So Morihone, legit. Who'da thunk? Everybody. But he would probably get us our best return next to Mason Miller if we sell him. Let me find his other thing that I saw real quick. One sec. Okay, I found it. So I saw this today, and by today I mean yesterday for you guys. But the Pirates will listen to trade offers for O'Neill Crews to see if they can acquire bullpen help and start pitching. Miller for Crews? No. I would not do that. But Morihone for Crews and others? Yes. And honestly, maybe not even others. Like, straight up, Morihone for Crews? I wouldn't hate it if he was okay with playing left field. Because we do need a left fielder. But that's just kind of the idea, is that the Pirates are willing to trade, I don't want to say O'Neill Crews is one of their best pieces, but a solid piece. That's how desperate they are for relieving and starting pitching. That's the kind of advantage we have as a seller, possible seller, in this market, right? Now the next player who nobody expected to be a trade ship, but here he is. Tai France, the hot rental bat. Pending free agent, first baseman, sometimes third base, but trade type, obviously, rental. He is heating up at the right time. 2026 average home runs, 279, 15 home runs, 887 OPS. July OPS is over 1,000, and his career stats obviously aren't amazing. But hey, game time blast and a grand slam during last week's series in Kansas City. Who needs a first baseman? Well, MLB.com reports the Marlins have no long-term answer at first base or third base right now, and Miami ranks near the bottom of the National League in production from the position. A cheap short-term rental bat is exactly the kind of low-cost fix a fringe team looks for, so the Marlins might be a perfect fit for them. They're not completely out of it, like they're still a solid... they're a team, right? And they're ahead of us, I'm pretty sure. Tai France would actually be a pretty nice fit for them if they were to make that trade. Realistic return, though, an 887 OPS gold glove caliber bat at a cheap price tag is a real asset. A right-handed power bat boost like that could fetch a legit 20-25 organization prospect from the right buyer. So obviously not anyone too crazy. I would say kind of like a medium-tier prospect. But I think the Marlins are desperate enough, and the Marlins love being cheap. Tai France would genuinely be their best fit. And maybe we can take advantage of that, get someone good back from them, because they've taken a lot of our prospects over the course of the AJ Peller era. So yeah, Tai France might honestly be a great sell product, because we still have a lot of first basemen, right? Unduhar can play first base. Obviously Gavin Sheets can play first base. Maybe if we get an outfielder, we can put Cronenworth at first base, put Todd Teese at second, get a right fielder. There's plenty we can do if we lost Tai France, in my opinion. So this isn't a throwaway rental. A near-900 OPS first baseman on an expiring deal should command a real return. Now, the rest of these are people who are probably not as good, but could still fetch a return. These ones should have earlier in the season, but now they're injured, so it might not even be possible to sell them. So Miguel Unduhar, DH, can play other places, but mostly a DH, pending free agent. His stats are fine, right? Nothing crazy, but an injury from a hit by pitch, no cast needed, just a splint, expected back in August. Realistic return, a broken wrist on a rental bat means cash considerations or an unranked complex league arm, not a real prospect. So because Miguel Unduhar is injured, and he probably won't be back till after the trade deadline, the realism here is that he's probably going to be, I don't want to say worthless, but it would be a risk, because there's no guarantee he'll come back, right? He should, but again, there's no guarantee. It's kind of like when we traded for Mike Clevenger forever ago, and he was still injured when we traded for him, or he just got injured, or something like that. I forget the exact details of it, but it's always a risk to sign these kind of players. Griffin Canning, I guess, is also the other example, because he was injured when we signed him. He came out healthy, but not good, let's put it that way. So that's the kind of risk. Jason Adams, same thing. MRI showed no structural damage, hopeful for early to mid-August return, probably still past the deadline though. So a realistic return, an active shoulder injury, caps this as a low-tier fringe prospect, or a performance conditional player to be named later. So because of his injury, he might not fetch a good enough return that it's worth selling him, especially because if we do sell Miller and Morrone, Adam is going to be our closer, right? So maybe it's not even smart to trade away Adam. It would have been nice, but basically his injury tanked us, which sucks, but that's baseball. So yeah, both are hurt right now, but both project to be healthy. This one says well before August 3rd. I don't think they're gonna be ready by August 3rd, but whatever. That talent doesn't scare buyers off. It's basically the market's built-in schedule, but I think Jason Adams has a more likely chance of being traded because teams are desperate for bullpens, but we'll have to see. We'll have to see. Now lastly is like we're doomed. I hate everything. Just refresh, restart. Trading are two best starters. Different contracts, different markets. Michael King, of course, he does have an opt-out after this year, but he technically has a three-year $75 million deal. ERA's fine. Record's not great, but that's not really his fault. Sometimes, but not entirely. Career number is very good. $9 million this year, but he can opt out after 2026 and leave two years $58 million on the table for free agency. The realistic return for someone like this, pitching like this, team treats him as an elite rental. A rotation needy contender could offer a real top 10, 12 organization prospect because he is one of the better pitchers. I feel like we could probably fool people into thinking he's better than he actually is, but it's a real risk of him opting out, and these kind of deals were meant for team-friendly stuff like the Padres. They're not really meant for being traded away to someone else, but they could still technically work with it. So, if we were that down bad, yes, we could probably trade Michael King for something nice if he opts out, but I don't think he's doing good enough to warrant really opting out because he's going to make a lot of money next year. So, we'll see. Now, Nick Pivetta, kind of the same thing. Opt out after 2026. Not great this year, but he's been gone all year, so why does it matter? But $20.5 million this year can opt out after 2026 and leave two years $32 million on the table through a live bullpen session this week targeting an August 10th return right around the deadline, seven days after, but whatever. Realistic return, multiple guaranteed years left, plus an active injury capsus at a fringe prospect or a conditional player to be named later. There's no guarantee. I mean, even this year, he didn't look like the same Nick Pivetta we've always been used to, so it is definitely a risk. I don't know if I'd call it a medium prospect at best, but at that point, I don't think it's worth it to trade him. I would think it's better to... Because he's been injured all year, and there's a clause that says if he doesn't get back by August 22nd, his contract is basically void. So, I think keeping him would be a better option, and if he comes back next year and we suck that much, we can try again. But yeah, same rotation, two very different trade markets. One's a real asset, one's a health gamble tied to real money. So, yeah. But the real big targets here, obviously, this guy, Adrian Morihone, and the other guy, Thai France. But obviously, Adrian Morihone by a long shot more. But what do you guys think? Do you think we should trade away Adrian Morihone, or do you think we're still good enough and NL is bad enough that we should give it a real shot? What do you guys think? And Thai France, should we sell Thai France or keep him around, build around him? Because he's pretty good, don't get me wrong. But what do you guys think? Give me your opinions. Thank you guys so much for watching. Please subscribe, as always. Follow us on X, Instagram, Facebook, Padres Digest. Thank you to our channel members. Join memberships for awesome bonus features, as always. And have a fantastic rest of your day. Goodbye. Padres, please win more games. That's all. Goodbye.