The Padres have not suggested a desire to win this winter so much as they have screamed it.
They committed $280 million to a long-term deal with shortstop Xander Bogaerts. They spent $108 million to extend pitcher Yu Darvish. And on Sunday, if there had been any lingering doubt, they addressed the biggest outstanding question on their roster by extending star third baseman Manny Machado for 11 years and $350 million.
The Padres qualify as a small-market team: San Diego ranks among MLB’s five smallest teams for sports television market size. But you wouldn’t necessarily know it from how they’re behaving.
