The Padres Are Dropping Their Dicks On The Table To Win Right Now

The Kansas City Royals have acquired outfielder Franchy Cordero from the San Diego Padres for reliever Tim Hill, sources familiar with the deal tell ESPN.

Cordero has massive power and has played all three OF positions. Hill has been an effective lefty for the last two years.

— Jeff Passan (@JeffPassan) July 17, 2020

After an offseason of trading slapdick prospects for Tommy Pham and Manny Margot for relief help the Padres strike again. 

Blake Snell hearing about the trade while streaming live haha its a whole new world pic.twitter.com/5azmNuIshp

— Jomboy (@Jomboy_) December 6, 2019

With the 60 game season in place, these fathers clearly thought that this was their shot and decided to pull out a trade amidst national pandemic, a week before the season starts. Cordero is a prospect who has less than 250 MLB at bats but at his peak was ranked as one of the top OF prospects in a loaded Padres system. With the Royals current roster having the competency of a strung out hooker, they're looking for any high ceiling player who can possibly help lead them back to the heights of yesteryear along with Jorge Soler.

Tim Hill had a 131 ERA+ last year, (100 is average) so he's pretty fucking good. He's controllable until 2025 when he'll be 35 and likely abysmal, so all in all the Padres will get 4-5 years of a good 7th inning man whilst paying him chicken bones and then the second he declines he will be pitching in the KBO. If you don't know the story of Tim Hill's battle with colon cancer, I suggest you read up on it, it'll leave ya wet in the face. 

The Padres bullpen now holsters Drew Pomeranz, Emilio Pagan, Kirby Yates, Tim Hill and Craig Stammen. Is that the best bullpen in the NL? Whomst among us is to say, I am certainly not not saying that. 

It's a damn shame they share a division with the Dodgers.