Heyman: Padres listening on Xander Bogaerts | MLB Winter Meetings rumors

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1. LOL they will be listening foe a very long time. Padres would have to eat 180 million. He would struggle to get 3 years 50 million on the open market. Teo is currently only getting offers at 3 years 65 million and he is much better than Xander and the same age

2. Hey man had his 3rd scotch when he said that

3. He’s not the only one they are listening on. Sadly.

4. The Owner that spent the money passed away….The Padres are not gonna be making huge signings……they are gonna be cutting payroll!!……Padres are gonna be going back to that crappy team we all are used to!!

5. Bogaerts to Astros seeking alex bregman replacement for tucker? Probably not

6. I’m listening to offers for my house with a cracked slab, no indoor plumbing and no roof too. I’ll probably get one before the padres do for X.

7. This guy's a joke😂😂😂

8. Maldita sea!! Los padres volverán a ser un equipo realmente mediocre

9. Speaking of Hosmer. We still gotta pay him 13 mil this year.. 😢

10. Xander getting traded is just as likely to happen as Ohtani not making the HoF. Which means it'll never happen

11. id pay money to see arraez and Bogaerts traded

12. They got into the playoffs with Bogaerts and the whole team choked in their final two games. He’s not the problem. The problem is Peter Seidler is gone and his estate wants to preserve its money.

    The only hope is to build the farm and not trade away top Padres prospects. Plus,fill gaps with second tier MLB players. Profar was a second tier player, also Higgy. Maybe that’s the Padres strength, player development.

13. Xander sucks

14. I see no way the Padres can get rid of X this soft season without attaching one of the Padres top two prospects along with some cash to him. Even at that they won't get much in return. It will be a team that has money, doesn't care about X, likes the extra cash, but really likes the prospect. There aren't many teams like that around. The longer the Padres go holding on to X the less likely they are of getting rid of him . Padres are going to have to make a decision soon. Just succumb to the fact they are going to be straddled with the contract of X for years to come or admit they made an incredible mistake and because of it are going to have to include one of the top prospects in baseball to free themselves up and service this team in more positions. No way can this team do both. Can't have all these huge contracts that are going to look worse and worse as the years go by including X right now AND keep the two top prospects they have AND pay the going rate to be competitive. They have put themselves in an extremely bad position.

15. In a couple of years Bogaerts contract might be the goin rate for an average player but he better start playing better than he has been because he's been below average. If a team is really interested in Cease and the Pads tell them they will take less in return if they take Bogaerts off our hands as well I think its a good move. Getting his deal off the books would free the team up to actually contend smartly for the next decade with Tatis and Merrill in their Primes. But as long as he is a Padre they have no chance of competing and its wasting two potential all time greats.

16. The sad thing is even if Padres brought in a new GM tomorrow he would be strapped with the same problems AJ strapped himself with right now. No matter who the GM is, contracts are going to have to be eaten and top prospects will have to be attached with these bad decisions to get them out the door to start over. If I was off to this GM job it would only be under those conditions otherwise and new GM will simply be doing well just to tread water until he's fired for what AJ created.

17. getting a team to take xander would be a godsend

18. I remember a video when Xander signed where a certain Padre fan said "it's a good time to be a Padre fan." Aged like milk. I think the 29 other teams were in shock because everyone knew that was a toxic contract. Then the Machado and Cronenworth extension, the Darvish extension. Siedler was the gift that kept on giving… to other teams. If the Padres didn't sign those contracts they might have been able to re-sign Soto. Those contract add up to more than 50 million per year, it's a possibility. The only way to get rid of Xander is to attach Merrill, Tatis, Salas and DeVries. Probably not happening but it's not like the Padres are going to re-sign Merrill, not with this ownership group. It would give the Padres a good start to a reset. You still have to get rid of Machado though. Maybe Steven Cohen will bail you out. If Xander keeps it up he may get his jersey retired at Dodger stadium.

19. lol yall made a HUGE mistake getting Xander for that many years and that much $$$ you played yall selfs so bad

20. No one is taking that horrible contract😂😂😂 X is also under control when in the batter box. Under the pitcher's control😂😂

21. Bogaerts hadn’t been healthy either, So give him dome Slack Jack !!! ☝🏽

22. Maybe a package deal with Cease and Bogaerts for someone who wants Cease?

23. Wish list would be for Boston to take back Xander, they literally need a righty AB (hence Arenado rumors). Thats the only team that makes logical sense, especially considering his history. Maybe new Red Sox front office wants the nostalgia of ‘13 & 18’ back? Would take some Preller magic… maybe Cease is the guy you throw in? Also, trading Cease would thin out the pitching rotation, but if he goes to Baltimore they’re stocked up on good talent.

24. sasaki not signing wiith padres.. they sound like mess with GM out there trying to shop around half the team and trying to cut payroll.. why would a stud like sasaki wanna get involved with that mess?

25. It's all hype our boys not going no where we trying to win GO padres baby ⚾️⚾️

26. Xander is a great guy. But he's not working out.

27. I wonder what we would do if Roki told us he’ll sign with us only if we get rid of AJ and have Peter’s widow run the team? Who would we choose?

28. Someone dumb enough to “pull
    A madre” and take boogers on their team payroll is just as likely as Dean Spanos moving the chargers back to that dump in Shamdiego

29. No one wants X. The Padres would have to eat the majority of that contract and give up a prospect. Tatis is the only player any team would take but he's got getting moved. The only other piece is to move Machado and eat some of the deal and or trade Darvish.

30. Breaking News: Xander Bogaerts waves his full no trade clause and has been traded to the Athletics as the Athletics take on the full remainder of his contract and the Padres get Mason Miller.

31. I’d rather keep him. The guy is a stud when healthy.