Ah. Two different articles. The one for October 1 went through trades that Preller made from 2018 onward. They seem catastrophic. If Cameron was "influential" from 2018 until the end of this season, then he only thing to be said for him might be that he opposed each and every move.
And this, on players acquired and traded, especially in a big deal last season:
Both of those articles simply gloss over the rather significant injuries that plagued the Padres this season.
Pomeranz has been an elite reliever when healthy. Sorry, but 8 million a year for a dude to give you sub 2 ERA out of the pen from the left side is a steal and its really not Preller's fault he got injured. Profar is in year 1 of 3. He's 28 and just had his worst season. Not sure we can start jumping down Preller's throat for that.
Don't really see the issue with the Austin Nola deal. Like, yea, Ty France would have been nice, but they have plenty of options for first base and the infield, and Nola has been hurt all season. Taylor Trammell has no position, as he doesn't hit well enough to play a corner. He's basically Andrew Stevenson. So, maybe not a great deal, but it's certainly not some awful deal either. They basically replaced Ty France with Crowenworth.
Also, it seems like they're forgetting that Preller traded for Yu Darvish and Blake Snell, and had to give up all of one top 100 prospect.
Say what you want, but that team was far more competitive for most of the season and largely fell off due to injuries.
