Padres News: Owner Sets High Expectations to Win a Title This Season
The San Diego Padres enter the 2023 season with championship aspirations. After reaching the National League Championship Series last year, falling three games short of a World Series berth, the team reloaded this offseason, adding All-Star shortstop Xander Bogaerts to a team that was already getting Fernando Tatis Jr. back this season.
The Padres have as good a roster as anyone, and are hoping that this year, they can finally put it all together to reach a World Series. The team's owner, Peter Seidler, spoke at spring training earlier this week, and made his expectations clear for this season, per Bob Nighengale.
"We're here to win a title."
It's one thing to say that you want to win a title, but Seidler has done more than enough to prove it.
After finishing last season with the fifth-highest payroll according to Spotrac at $224 million, the Padres jumped up to third on the list right now, spending an incredible $251 million this season.
Between Bogaerts, Aaron Judge and Trea Turner — three guys the Padres tried to sign, and of course one of them agreeing to the deal — Seidler offered over $1 billion in contracts.
The Padres already had a good enough team to contend, but this year, they decided to go even more all-in. With Manny Machado's impending free agency, this could be their best chance to make something happen.
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