Padres News: Famed MLB Insider Eviscerates Friars for Bob Melvin Saga
The Padres and Bob Melvin have officially parted ways. The decision for the Padres to let Melvin leave to the San Francisco Giants -- for zero compensation, mind you -- has been a massive topic in the MLB landscape.
Everyone seems to have an opinion. And one loud opinion belongs to baseball insider Ken Rosenthal who on Wednesday eviscerated the San Diego front office for letting Melvin go in the way that they did.
"You just let your manager go to the Giants, a division rival. Because your relationship with him was unfixable. You let him go -- without compensation [from SF] after two seasons and now you're going to be hiring your sixth manager in 10 years. Six! I will tell you, most GMs don't get nearly that many."
Notably, just one day prior, Ken argued that it would be best for both sides if they parted ways.
In this case, both feelings are fair to have.
Rosenthal cited his eye-opening tell all that he penned along with Padres insider Dennis Lin on The Athletic, adding that he wishes the two would have gone deeper into the dysfunctional front office in San Diego.
In his introductory press conference on Wednesday, Melvin admitted it was likely the best case scenario for him to exit rather than spend the 2024 season as a lame duck manager.
The feeling in some baseball circles -- perhaps most -- is that the problems the Padres had in 2023 weren't on Bob Melvin. Everything came from the top down.
The Padres disappointed in a huge way this season going 82-80 after being projected to win the NL West division after a huge offseason where the team acquired Xander Bogaerts and locked up players like Manny Machado, Yu Darvish, and Joe Musgrove in multi-year contract extensions.
The talent was there but perhaps the manager was unable to perform his job in the way he wanted.
What truly happened on the inside of all of this will likely never be shared with the public. But talk about it isn't going away any time soon.
