San Diego Padres: Three players who could be traded in blockbuster deals

Wil Myers

Wil Myers was signed to an $83 million extension after having a career season back in 2016. He represented the San Diego Padres at home in the All-Star Game in addition to the Home Run Derby.

But ever since then he has not been the same power hitter, and has struggled in the field. The big problem with him is he strikes out way too much to be hitting in the middle of a stacked lineup and his contract doesn’t help his situation.

He struck out 168 times in 2019 and he could have struck out a whole lot more if the team hadn’t transitioned him into a bench role for part of the second half of the season.

Myers will be paid a base salary of $20 million until his contract expires and that is not something the Padres want to be paying, especially when he isn’t producing.

For Myers to be traded though, the Padres will have to eat at least half of the contract and probably not expect to get back a lot from the team they are partnering with.

Some teams would probably want to try to see if Myers will somehow click with them, as is very athletic and proved at the beginning of his career that he can hit, as he did win the American League Rookie of the Year award with the Tampa Bay Rays.

The San Diego Padres will have a lot more freedom to spend if they can get his contract off of the books, so I think it should be a priority for them to deal him to anyone who is willing to take on the contract.

The next player is a reliever who could have really helped out some teams this year in the postseason.