The Padres Built The Ultimate Rotation In 2024 

Just to confirm: By “Ultimate”, I don’t mean the best rotation. It is absolutely ultimate that the Padres were able to build such a good rotation, regardless of the incredible owner passing away. Regardless of losing 3 pitchers that had a 3 ERA or better. Thats ultimate if you ask me.

They tried the elite lineup last year Now this year the elite rotation

As a padre fan, it was hard to see us have such a great batting line up just for it to not produce. It was especially frustrating to see the tables turn when the bats finally woke up but the lights-out pitching from the beginning of the season was no longer there. The padres were a huge mess last year, but I have hope that the team has had time to marinate and put up a good fight this year, especially now that we have such a great pitching rotation. Thanks for the great analysis!

2023 will be more about Padres wasting their best Pitching staff in team history. Snell, Hader, Wacha, Lugo were elite.

As a Pads fan, we can only wait and see. I get a lot of folks disappointed from last year but goodness the negativity is abundant.

The padres have built the "ultimate" roster the last few seasons and have shit the bed everytime. Beat out by the diamondbacks

Padres have lost so much talent and depth, I don’t know how they finish better than last year’s team. Cy young, Elite closer, Elite bat. They’ve done a solid job replacing these assets, but their ceiling definitely isn’t as high as the last couple of years.

If only their bats weren't such a disappointment

The best part of this deal is the $8M price tag for cease… it keeps team well below luxury tax to allow for other moves

They had Hader and Snell pitched a Cy Young performance... so how are they better this year?

3rd place team this year Best case scenario get the final wildcard spot

Reminds me of how I build teams in mlb the show.

How does the addition of a 4+ ERA pitcher somehow make this team look any better than a third place team?

CEASE THE DAYYY!

AJ Preller making chess moves, as always. #LFGSD

I swear, no team that under performs more gets more hype every year then the Padres dating back to about 2014/15.

Cease will be better with the Padres because he'll stay up late partying in Pacific Beach at all the good bars.

Don't even have the 2nd best rotation in the division but cool ig

I wouldn’t call them the ultimate rotation yet, but it should be serviceable enough hopefully for the playoffs. Go pads!!!

The ultimate rotation? It even better than last years. It’s not even the best in league. I give that nod to a healthy braves team, although I really like Seattle’s. I wouldn’t even say it’s better than diamondbacks….certainly not better than the talented arms the dodgers have. That’s just teams this year. No way it’s on par with the braves of the early 90s or the early 2000s As or Ect Ect.

it's a bit much to say it's the ultimate rotation, but i do think they can surprise a lot of people this season

Dylan Cease is solid but not elite by any means. You could even make an argument that the Padres gave up too much for a guy that may give you 3.8 to 4 ERA this season.

Didn’t they “built” their ultimate rotation last year

All of this to be a 3rd place team with 84 wins

"Ultimate Rotation" is quite an exaggeration - it could be better described as "the best they could do given tight financial constraints" - as a Padre fan I'm trying to be optimistic

I really wish I could root for the Padres. But they have Machado, the guy who ended Pedroia's career with a now illegal slide (but back then it wasn't). Other than him, I'd like to see them win because they haven't and the rest of the team seem like good people. He's the only player in MLB I truly despise (and maybe Rendon).

Dodgers and padres are the only teams to be scared of in the West

Last year's Padres proved one thing - you can have all the talent in the world, but if you can't Win games when it matters most, then you'll just keep losing. Last year was a aberration of continually losing Extra Inning games after the year before in 2022 winning those same games by sending up a Backup Catcher to the plate in big situations and him delivering. Seriously, Jorge Alfaro leaving in 2023 was the Padres biggest roster loss - and it showed itself in the Win-Loss record. He should've stayed and sent Nola packing and let Alfaro be the veteran bridge to Ethan Salas. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-CfnD_jSDRg4.html

Preller might not even be done, Snell is still out there 😉

Must be nice to be a fan of an organization that actually wants to win and not just "compete" (aka STL).

As a Padres fan, I’ll go ahead and spare everyone the laughs. We’re still not a factor. Preller should still be fired. We’ll still disappoint. That is all. Enjoy the season.

Did they though.....

They are the ultimate floor to ceiling team

False: only way to build ultimate rotation is add Bauer... what is we doing?!

They replaced Snell with Cease. They "built" the Ultimate rotation by downgrading at starters spot. I fell for the title and that's why its there.

I think Aj preller is trying to strikeout the dodgers batters with getting the bullpen stronger

LFGSD!!

Its hilarious that the Padres think they have the ultimate rotation!

Padres pull an Amber Heard every season…

Ez 3rd place

It's been a long off season i forgot how much i hate the Padres

Can they compete or even win the NL West?

You’re on another level man. No idea how you make these so fast and with good quality. Props to you. Amazing.

They’re missing the best free agent on the market: Rich Hill

CEASE TRADEEEE

NL West is so competitive. Sorry for Colorado.

The ultimate? Y'all REACHING 😂😆

I've been a padre fan since the 80s, and once again, fans are jumping the gun about this team. Padres built a roster in 2022 - lost Padres built a roster in 2023 - didn't even make the wildcard Padres build a rotation in 2024 - unproven since the season hasn't started and 2 starters are coming off injuries Padres made the mickey Mouse postseason in 2020. Just like how LA won the mickey mouse world series.

Have you seen the Dodgers rotation? Shits on the Padres

That rotation will go crazy❗️when they miss the playoffs again

If Snell Resigns Which He Probably Won’t

Would take braves rotation Strider Fried Sale Morton Lopez until Ian Anderson comes back from TJ or AJ Smith-Shawver forces his way into rotation

Padres had nearly as successful of a season as the dbacks 2 years ago, while flunking last year… while the Dbacks did a playoff series better and now their fans are coming out saying they are going to be just as good 😂 enjoy the ride you fans it might not be better

Ohtani fares well against Dylan, Freeman batts .385 against Musgrove, Darvish owns LA. It’s going to be fun seeing these two teams at it 💪🏼

The Mariners have a better rotation. Also the Dodgers have Yamamoto, Glasnow, and Buehler….but still this is a great video! Be well.

Bro why did you leave out the Dbacks when you were talking about NL West playoff contenders!?!?!? What the heck do we have to do to earn NL West respect?

All I’m saying is the padres played better after getting profar therefore profar is the best player

Dylan cease only had good numbers against AL central teams. That division is a joke just like the NL central hes gonna get eaten up alive by the NL West especially with a line up that Diamondbacks and dodgers have. Darvish is on the decline and you dont know what youre gonna get out of musgrove. So how exactly are they elite?

lol

Lol.

They still need to replace Juan Soto

They had the cy young winner and missed the playoffs

Mariners have a better rotation

Are they finally going to play to the strength of their ball park and not try to be the mash bros? All the naysayers, id be buying padre stock.

I did not get 25$ with that link

They are trying to buy a championship. It never works

The “ultimate” idiocracy 🤣

And still lost lastnight 😂

Lmao they dont even have the 2nd best rotation in their own division 💀

No, this is nowhere close to an elite rotation although it has the POTENTIAL to be very good but only with a considerable amount of luck. The biggest problem is it lacks durability. Not a single pitcher pitched close to the entire season last year due mostly to injury. Darvish missed the entire last couple months of 2023 due to an ekbow injury. Musgrove missed neatly the entire season due to dropping a kettleball on his toe in training camp but in any case he hasn't pitched well for a couple years since his no-hitter. Snell is gone in free agency. Lugo and Wacha are also gone in free agency. Waldron was a late call up last year who has pitched sort of Ok as he learns to pitch at the big league level. Newly acquired Michael King in the Soto trade pitched only 9 starts last year, has flashes of talent but is learning to pitch as a starter and doesn't appear to have developed that extra gear to get out of trouble that veterans develop. To get this rotation, Preller traded away a lot if pitching depth. Lugo and Wacha are gone, replaced in the rotation by only King. Steven Wilson is gone from the bullpen in the Cease trade. It's early to know if Morejon can replace Wilson's bullpen role and there is no answer to the lack of a sixth starter yet especially since it's unlikely the current rotation can pitch all year. Already Darvish has spent time on the ILbut that and more from others should be expected. Bottom line is this pitching staff is very, very thin and someone like Vazquez, Brito or someone from the minors will probably have to step up to join the rotation at some time during the year like how Waldron did last year. It's a big ask for some player to deliver a lot more than what they've shown so far but it has to happen unless the Padres experience extraordinary luck.

Ultimate rotation? That is PURELY BS 😂

Not going to match the Dodgers. Won’t even be close.

YUUUUU DARVISSHHHHHH 💛🤎🤍

They'll just collapse 😢

Ultimate… that’s a reach…

The Giants made a better rotation

This page has been going full blown delusional as of late 💀

the ulitmate rotation? stopppp lol

Please don’t curse us :,(

🤣🤣🤣🤣

And the Padres will still under-perform because it's a smegging Padres

Dodgers and Diamondbacks have better rotations you casual

Lmao othani on the angles did it guarantee a chip no so stfu, nothing is guaranteed.

This channel is more clickbait and biased for the Padres than even italk studios 😂 yall really didn't just say this rotation is that good, its not even top 10 in the league 😭😭

How ultimate can the Padres rotation be when it isn't even as good as Seattle's is today,? Click bait nonsense.

Giants rotation better

This move honestly puts the padres into legit top 3 rotation in baseball.

They still a mid team 😆

Lmao "the ultimate rotation" 😆🤣 an old guy, a one year wonder and yu Darvish is the ultimate rotation?!?!? I guess if yer a Sadres fan you gotta grasp at any straw

#signbauer

Nah…the rotation is at best Mediocre

Lot of jealous haters in here.... "Not Scared" "3rd Place" ---- REEEEEE sounds like you all are jealous and scared hahahahaha

This rotation isn’t top 5, probably not even top 10