Padres scouting Gausman, Peralta & could target Moniak at deadline
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Why is starting pitching the Padres' most urgent need before the trade deadline?
All right. It is a Thursday. We are getting closer and closer to the Major League Baseball trade deadline. And Dennis Lynn has an article out in The Athletic with a couple of noteworthy tidbits. Starting off with starting pitching. He says starting pitching remains an urgent priority. The Padres have gone 5-0 with essentially an 11-man bullpen. But no one believes this is sustainable for long. Determining what is realistic in a seller's market poses another challenge. The organization's scouts have recently fanned around the country watching players at all levels, including big league trade candidates such as Toronto Blue Jays' Kevin Gosman and the New York Mets' Freddy Peralta. Gosman will be owed $6.8 million in salary after the deadline.
Peralta, another pending free agent, will be owed $2.4 million. So I'll stop there, and then we'll get to the left field stuff. Starting pitching is the biggest need for the Padres, and they can piece together stuff come postseason time, but it's about getting to the postseason, and it's July 30th. So that means the Padres have August. and September to get through before you get to the postseason. And right now they're obviously out of a playoff spot, so they're going to need some winning streaks, I would think. And they're going to be playing some big series coming up, like the D-backs coming after the deadline. So to have some starting pitching that can give you innings to tax this bullpen less, which I think would make them more effective down the road, that's going to be big.
And Kevin Gosman, Freddie Peralta, these are guys that have a track record of giving innings to their team. Sometimes they may give up a bunch of runs. Kevin Gosman's gone. He's worked into the sixth inning before this season, but given up seven runs. Not all of them earned, but I'm just saying. Sometimes they give you a bunch of innings, but there's a lot of runs that are allowed. But Gosman, you don't want empty innings, right? but innings is a start and Gosman does have a track record of not just having empty innings where it's a bunch of innings, but you're not winning games because of them. Um, he does have a track record of innings and having them be quality starts this year. You look at his game logs and there's some stuff that is not encouraging where he started off the season strong, but then there's four and two thirds and he gives up seven runs, six earned.
Um, Five innings, four earned runs. Two innings, seven earned runs against the Cubs in a game that the Blue Jays lost 16-2. Six innings, but he gives up six earned runs. Six innings, excuse me, five and a third, seven runs, four of them earned. Five walks in that outing. Three and a third recently against the Rays. Rays are very good. Three and a third, five runs, four of them earned.
What does the analysis say about Kevin Gosman’s potential value for San Diego?
He walks two, only strikes out one guy. So there are outings like that. That's not great. But at this point, haven't the Padres dealt with that this season of not having great outings from certain guys? And they're still right there. So if the majority of the time, Gosman can go six innings and give up three earned runs like he did his last outing, his most recent outing on the 26th against the Red Sox at Fenway. If he can do that, if he can go seven innings, one earned run like he did against the Yankees on June 13th, if he can do that a little bit, can he go six innings, no runs like he did against the Tigers in May? There's a lot of outings here still, even the ones that I list that he struggled.
There's outings here where he goes six innings and gives up one earned run. There's outings where it's very good. And we just haven't gotten enough of that from this rotation. So someone like Gosman, yes, that's someone that the Padres should be interested in. I do wonder about the salary, though. That's the thing. Preller, I think AC wrote about this. Maybe it was Dennis. The Padres, Preller is not expected to have this huge budget. Let me... trying to find where that was in the article but i'm pretty sure okay here it is yeah this was from dennis today um preller despite a 30th ranked farm system will not be permitted to take on much payroll that's the belief at petco park so if that's accurate which i have no reason to believe it's not
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
Why is starting pitching the Padres' most urgent need before the trade deadline?
0:00–3:01
2
What does the analysis say about Kevin Gosman’s potential value for San Diego?
3:01–5:43
3
How does Freddy Peralta compare to Gosman as a low‑cost innings provider?
5:43–8:15
4
Can the Padres afford a $6.8 M salary for Gosman given their budget constraints?
8:15–10:45
5
Why are the Padres targeting a left‑handed hitting outfielder before the deadline?
10:45–13:18
6
Is Mickey Moniak the best left‑handed outfield option for the Padres?
13:18–15:38
7
How do Moniak’s home‑park vs. road OPS numbers affect his trade value?
15:38–17:36
8
What would be the total cost of adding Peralta and Moniak, and is it a solid deadline move?
17:36–19:01