Comments on: Rangers Cutting Ties with Padilla

By: RA

RA — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 15:35:53 +0000

Padilla is reported to have a drinking problem. But his bigger problem is that he is a loner and his teammates just don’t like him and he likes to drill guys after getting hit hard which causes the other team to retaliate and nail Young or Kinsler. Padilla was shown smiling in the dugout after Young got hit in return in his last start and that was the last straw for the Rangers because he was warned previously..

Padilla was clocked at 97 mph in his last start and has been effective for the most part so someone will be smart to pick him up. He’s a low risk, high reward guy at this point. A 10-15 game winner ain’t that easy to find these days even if he does like a toss em back and doesn’t give a darn whether anybody likes him or not..

By: Ezra

Ezra — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 06:43:32 +0000

An interesting negotiating tactic, recieving an option for 1.75M, when coming off a 3yr/33M deal. If Padillahad panned out, this contract would have been a major boost for the Rangers by being getting an SP so cheap for 2010. For comparison, Gil Meche doesn’t have a 1M option at the tail end of his 5yr/55M deal.

By: mattsd

mattsd — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 06:36:07 +0000

That is a terrible thing to say.

If he does have a drinking problem, then I hope he gets help. It is a medical problem, and it should be treated as such.

If he doesn’t have a drinking problem and instead is just a poor major league baseball player, then this is still a completely inexcusable.

I hope nobody actually thinks like this.

By: Texas_Dawg

Texas_Dawg — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 05:42:04 +0000

Good riddance.

He’ll be shot and killed in some Nicaraguan cantina within 10 years.

By: maalox

maalox — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 03:26:18 +0000

Rumor has is that Padilla has a bit of drinking problem, which might explain some things.

http://mlb.fanhouse.com/2008/01/25/did-vicente-padilla-ruin-the-all-star-game/