Peter Seidler, the owner of the Padres, expressed his desire to win and not go through a full-scale rebuild like other teams. He opted for a win-now approach, shocking the baseball world and thrilling Padres fans.
“I don’t want to put a bunch of turkeys on the field,” Peter Seidler said a decade ago. Eliciting the comment was a question asked of the new Padres part-owner as he stood near the dugout soon before the home opener in 2013. Did Seidler plan a full-scale rebuild for a franchise coming off its fourth losing season in five years? The Cubs and Astros, it was noted, were in the midst of steep rebuilds. Extreme pain, said their leaders, was the price of building sustained World Series contention.
Seidler was the grandson and nephew of Walter O’Malley and Peter O’Malley. The family had owned or run the Brooklyn and Los Angeles Dodgers for decades. The Dodgers were not a franchise that raised white flags on seasons. Nor would the Padres, Seidler implied, at least if that meant — gobble, gobble — losing some 100 to 115 games as other teams were willing to do. Seidler opted instead for a stunning “win-now” push following his second full season. The flurry of moves shocked the baseball world. They thrilled Padres fans. Here, at last, was an owner who wanted to win as badly as fans di
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