Padres sad year continues with Shohei Ohtani authorizing with the Dodgers

2023 has been a hard year for San Diego Padres fans. The following has taken place: Nate Colbert passes awayPadres shed Ruby Sports TV deal in the center of a $1. 2 billion contractPadres miss out on the postseason after Jake Cronenworth Shorts going 82-80, finish third area in the NL WestBob Melvin leaves to come to be manager of the San Francisco Giants Chairman Peter Seidler passes awayJuan Soto traded to the New York Yankees to develop payroll flexibilityShohei Ohtani concurs to 10-year, $700 million agreement with the Los Angeles Dodgers Did we ever before believe the Padres had a chance at Ohtani this offseason? Obviously not. However the most awful thing that could've happened was what just happened. The best talent we've ever seen will be wearing Dodger blue for the following years. The Padres have not been able to win the department since 2006. Yes, this is recency predisposition yet after what has taken place over the last week, it doesn't look like a division title remains in their future. With this claimed, there's still a great deal of ability on this team. Manny Machado, Xander Bogaerts and Jake Cronenworth should not be as negative as they were last season Padres Shorts. Ha-Seong Kim, Luis Campusano, Robert Suarez, Yu Darvish and Joe Musgrove are still on the roster. It's not the end of the globe. There are a lot of fan bases that would certainly enjoy to be in our 's absolutely been frustrating though. For all of the fantastic assumptions heading right into 2023, nearly nothing went the way we wanted it to go. Considering that they will not be the faves next year, maybe points will certainly go our method. Sometimes that's just exactly how baseball functions.