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Let's talk about more moves, but this time I want to talk internal decisions that the Padres could maybe make to just Bring up some help instead of training everybody. What if we just hold hold on to what we got and act from inside? Sounds like a novel concept sounds like one that maybe a J Prowler Might not be aware is an option break it all down with y'all on this episode of Padres digest What's going on? Everybody Christian Pedersen back with another episode of the show. It truly is unsure if This means the Padres are in it or not I'm assuming not or I'm actually assuming worst-case scenario is that the Padres are going to remain like Just vaguely in it enough all season To boil this thing down to like how we miss the wild card by a game This year wasn't really that big of a failure. This year wasn't actually that bad. It was just we came up a little short at the end and That's really frustrating because we have a really good core of a team, but we have a really bad pitching staff and it's true that moves are needed, but We've done enough videos now. What about the Mason Miller trade? What about Zander? What about Michael King? What about what about that? I think that sometimes those get a tad bit clickbaity and repetitive. And so like I said, I want to talk about developing internal talent that is Supposedly what this list of talent is is supposed to be the guys who when I mean Maybe I'm completely comment if you think I'm completely wrong But my understanding of what the farm system is Is supposed to be when your team isn't good enough at the major league level you look internally you go Here are the guys that we have available for us to come up and help not just here is our trade asset Ethan Salas and cash Mayfield both of them making the futures game. That's fantastic I want to talk about Miguel Mendez and Ethan Salas being potential help for this team right here right now or maybe not even help for the team right here right now, but Can be like just a spark an Enthusiastic a little bit of just a just a just a just a way to help This year while also long term Helping the Padres by showing us what we have date Even if it's just a little glimpse guess my base question is What can it hurt to bring up two of our top five prospects in a season? Where we obviously need help at catching and pitching in our top five prospects we have a catcher and a pitcher that we can bring up both of whom I Not even saying we have to throw them into the deep end. We can just be like hey Ethan Salas Come up for two weeks Let's put for mean or somebody on the IL or whatnot and get a guy who is currently the number 32 Overall prospect in in baseball, so not just in the top 100 but number 32 overall in baseball Left-handed hitting catcher. He is somebody who has had a bit of an offensive uptick this season He's only 20. He's got a bunch of defensive metrics that Allegedly, he's gonna be a Molina brother and win all these gold gloves and now Okay, it's at the double-a level, but he's hitting 282 he's got a little teeny bit of Pat like he let's call it He's at least serviceable on the offensive end in a way that represents like this is growth for him as a player So I will ask him What's the harm in putting that kid at the backup catcher position? the only two things that I can rationally come up with are oh, we're gonna destroy his confidence and You know hurt his what his his Ability to grow into being the major leaguer who we need him to be all of the things I will remind you say his estimated arrival time in major league baseball is 2027 that is Next season so I just am like what? What's the what's what is four months too early on that? The only thing I can come up with is this the stupid service time versus arbitration and Contract and that down the line he could be more expensive for us if we don't just wait And if that's if that is the only thing stopping us bringing up even Salas that we have broke We broke bees and we also have broke-ass mindset because what it what is the penny-pinching of like? Oh my gosh We need to pay 12 million less dollars in five years for this catcher who's gonna be generational versus we have a generational catcher ready to come up and help us at a position that is not good for us currently on a team that is Just kind of hanging on this year and could you like? Imagine the hype around like for what we saw around torso coming up last year If we had Ethan Salas making his debut at a home game two weeks from now Get a little bit of a little bit of that that oomph back you that would be a series Where there would be some pretty good numbers, I think maybe I'm completely wrong The other guy there Miguel Mendez that I want to talk about. Yes, Cash Mayfield Made the futures game, but he is a little bit further away. Miguel Mendez is in double-a right now and Has worked as both a starter and a reliever has been a starter most of this season Okay numbers, I don't want to pretend like he is somebody who will show up and singularly redefine the the Padres organization the way that the the talent is the talent Greater assessors is the word. I was looking for the way the talent assessors are saying that Ethan Salas Will but Mendez is a pitcher and we need help at pitching and we've already seen that they brought back Roadman Randy and put him in the bullpen to just kind of You know leave him there let him work on his stuff for the season and so what's the problem with bringing up Miguel Mendez? to sit in the bullpen hang out learn his craft the Numbers here for Mendez that says 2026 this is the year that he is supposed to be up and develop into a major league talent according to these MLB insiders, so I would say that why Instead of overextending ourselves and making some stupid trade here and some this that and the other unless there's something that really like If we can clear house and get these three guys traded for these ten prospects or something like that and it's like, oh my gosh We're now the deepest farm system in all of baseball Why not? Just let the team Lay, you know play a little ball if the boys got it and we really do have Enough of a jolt from our team to clear this hurdle and get ourselves into like a playoff race What's again? What's the bad thing about Mendez and Salas being in the clubhouse for that? like that feels to me like Excellent vibes and a good place to learn and a good Just a good healthy environment to be in and if the team goes the other way and slides way out of it It's a no-stress Situation for them to be up there Learning on the job with a bunch of pros going into an offseason where they can say, okay I got a little I got an actual taste of major league baseball. I didn't get brought up to a team. It was Running away with the division so I had to sit on the bench and really just like I just got to be window dressing like got out there played a little bit pitched or caught or whatever it is and Then we can go into an offseason and make much more Controlled calculated reserved moves and deal with actual free agency and our new owners can come in and if they want to buy Scoob all and go nuts on that front and do to do to do that feels like a position of power on Top of a good foundation of actually trying to build some of our internal talent and debut it So I'm confused as to why these guys aren't more of in the conversation about why they aren't Major leaguers. Yeah, that's just my two cents for today Let me know you think drop a comment like subscribe share until next time. We'll talk to you soon