cartersDad26 wrote:these guys need to stretch more.

ReadingPhilly wrote:#4 for Jonny Venters, though he might retire instead.

ReadingPhilly wrote:#4 for Jonny Venters, though he might retire instead.

ReadingPhilly wrote:mlb is investigating the padres because they don't think they are sharing the proper medicals in trade talks. rea told the marlins he had been previously treated for his elbow injury by the padres and the red sox had an issue with the pomeranz deal.

In a significant deviation from standard practice within the sport, San Diego Padres officials instructed their organization's athletic trainers to maintain two distinct files of medical information on their players -- one for industry consumption and the other for the team's internal use, multiple sources have told ESPN.

Trainers were told in meetings during spring training that the distinction was meant to better position the team for trades, according to two sources with direct knowledge of what was said.

Shana Wilson, the team's director of communications, said the Padres have been cooperating fully with Major League Baseball's review. ... "there was no direction or intent on our part to mislead other clubs with respect to a player's medical information."

Officials from at least three teams that made trades with San Diego -- the Boston Red Sox, Miami Marlins and Chicago White Sox -- were enraged by what they perceived to be strategic deception: veiling medical information that could have been pivotal in trade discussions. At least one other team reached out to the commissioner's office with a complaint, according to sources.

All MLB teams feed medical information into a central database known as the Sutton Medical System, designed to both maintain the privacy of individual players and to be accessible to teams when needed -- such as when trades are made.

Any time a player goes into the training room and receives treatment -- down to hot tubs, aspirin and anti-inflammatories -- those details are supposed to be entered into records.

When teams close in on trades, the athletic trainers usually exchange codes needed to access the medical information stored on the players in question so inquiring teams can learn about a player's physical condition.

The athletic trainers were told to post the details of any DL-related medical situations on MLB's central system, but they also were instructed to keep the specifics about preventive treatments only on the Padres' internal notes. One source defined the distinction in this way: If a player was treated for a sore hamstring or shoulder without being placed on the disabled list, that sort of information was to be kept in-house, for use within the organization only.

According to the two sources with direct knowledge of the meetings, the athletic trainers were told that by splitting the medical files into two categories, the Padres would benefit in trade discussions.

According to sources, the Padres reached midseason with dramatically fewer medical entries on their players. An average number of entries for a given team might be in the range of 60 by the All-Star break. The Padres had fewer than 10, according to a source.
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A.J. Preller is the Padres' general manager and oversees baseball operations for the franchise. He previously worked for the Rangers and, when Preller was overseeing their international operations in 2010, was suspended for violations of baseball rules regarding signings. ... Shortly after Preller took over the Padres, the team was reprimanded by MLB for conducting a workout contrary to industry regulations.

ReadingPhilly wrote:preller has always played a different game, dating back to his time in texas.