Padres' President of Baseball Operations seems likely to survive what's been a bad season through 135 games. Owner Peter Seidler has long stood by him.
Peter Seidler firing Preller, instead of having him direct a 10th offseason, would stun me — even if the Preller-Seidler $250-million creation were to fall short of both the last National League wild-card spot and a winning record.
The team chairman has approved a five-year contract and issued two multi-year extensions to Preller, a former longtime Rangers scouting executive whose star soared when Texas reached the World Series in 2010 and ’11. Former Padres owner John Moores was less involved in baseball transactions across an 18-year tenure that produced four West titles and an NL pennant.
Preller, true to his rock-star persona, stirs up almost every offseason and trade market. Not just by what he does, but what he might do. Previewing this offseason, for example, MLB insiders are speculating that Preller and Seidler will renew their pursuit of Shohei Ohtani. The stronger case against Preller keeping his job is far less this year’s win-loss record than the baseball results of his nine-year tenure.
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