We continue our off-season project in putting together the San Diego Padres All-Time Top 25 man roster
The San Diego Padres have never won a World Series. They’ve never pitched a no-hitter. At times, it may seem like they are in a perpetual state of rebuilding. That doesn’t mean that they haven’t had their own collection of All-Stars and Hall of Famers since their inception in 1969.
Things didn’t come together for the team until 1984 when the Padres made their first playoff appearance and won their first NL Pennant after keeping the Chicago Cubs curse rolling in the NLCS. They would eventually lose to the Detroit Tigers in the World Series.
The team would fall on hard times again and wouldn’t rebound until 1998. Led by Ken Caminiti and Tony Gwynn, a rotation headlined by Kevin Brown and closer Trevor Hoffman the team won the pennant again but lost to the Yankees in the World Series.
The team had some success in 2005 and 2006 winning back-to-back division titles but fell just short for the Wild Card in 2007 after losing to the Colorado Rockies in a Wild Card playoff game.
The Padres have gone through some more transition since that time. They are now being led by A.J. Preller through a second transition phase since he took over the club.
Preller is attempting to rebuild the farm system that he took down in his first attempt.
So who made the Padres All-Time 25 man roster? Let’s take a look.