The San Diego Padres (5-1) and Arizona Diamondbacks (4-2) had strong weeks to keep pace in the National League West, but the big news of the week was the Padres about to be sold for the staggering price of $3.9 billion.
The sale price shatters the previous record of $2.475 billion, which is what Steve Cohen paid for the New York Mets in 2020. The timing of the sale expected to happen this year, before the collective bargaining agreement expires on December 1. The Padres selling for $3.9 billion is going
to make it much harder for owners to posture about the health of the sport being imperiled.
“You see there’s owners that want to win and want to put a great product on the field because they’ve seen the benefits of it,” said Padres second baseman Jake Cronenworth, who is also a member of the MLB Players Association’s executive subcommittee. “I think today is a perfect example of what the benefit is.”
Okay, one more note within the division, and it’s also Padres-related: Closer Mason Miller has yet to allow a run in his 11 1/3 innings this season, and has struck out an absurd 27 of his 38 batters faced (71.1 percent) this season. Sheesh.
NL West standings
Dodgers 15-6, – –
Padres 15-7, 0.5 GB
D-backs 13-9, 2.5 GB
Giants 9-13, 6.5 GB
Rockies 9-13, 6.5 GB
The week ahead
- Dodgers: at Rockies (1 game), at Giants, vs. Cubs
- D-backs: vs. White Sox, vs. Padres (2 games)
- Padres: at Rockies, at D-backs (2 games)
- Rockies: vs. Dodgers (1 game), vs. Padres, at Mets
- Giants: vs. Dodgers, vs. Marlins
