Padres were my bet to win the WS last year once post season began - odds were tasty.
I may throw $$$ on them this year too, like.....now. They're lethal. Biggest threat to LA in the NL?
+3000 on DK.....
Damn. $250 pays $7,750. Tempting.
I’m going to be no fun. Future bets are bad bets and their ownership is in a bit of turmoil, isn’t it? Whispers about selling off players. Can they resist that temptation to cut $$$ at the deadline? Mind you, I haven’t followed baseball with rigor since 2011, the year the Red Sox blew about an eleven game lead in a month and a half, and I decided that if the players don’t care I don’t either and why spend four hours every waking day watching fat John Lackey struggle to pitch and breathe at the same time.
But Google the Pads about their ownership before the $250 investment. That’s a lot of good Portland beer or two pairs of New Balances, you know?
Eh, I like something to cheer for. I'm not overly concerned with their ownership - it's the same ownership that was in place last year when the team went 93-69, swept the Braves and took the Dodgers to game 5 in their series, losing a close one 2-0 to the champs who steamrolled to the WS.
It's the same ownership that just handed Jackson Merrill a phat contract extension and he might be one of the best young player in baseball right now at 22 years old. Paired with Tatis and Machado this team has some juice. I'd also keep an eye on Leo De Vries and Ethan Salas in the minors - babies, but they're advanced. Too early for them at the major league level, but this signifies to me an ownership group willing to spend to keep the farm pond stocked - Salas was the top ranked international player and the Pads gave him $5.6mm to sign. That's not a stingy offer for a 17 year old kid.
I like Cease and King as front line starters and the BP is stacked.
I dunno, in a day where I'm losing 4% of my net worth, I've got to find other avenues of hope.
Odds down to +2500
Shoulda, woulda, coulda.....