{"id":26972,"date":"2026-08-04T06:36:37","date_gmt":"2026-08-04T01:36:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=26972"},"modified":"2026-08-04T06:36:37","modified_gmt":"2026-08-04T01:36:37","slug":"padres-aj-preller-shares-take-about-dodgers-ruining-baseball","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=26972","title":{"rendered":"Padres&#8217; AJ Preller shares take about Dodgers ruining baseball"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content%2Fuploads%2Fsites%2F2%2F2026%2F08%2Fnewspress-collage-fw3qllopn-1785806579960.jpg?quality%3D90%26strip%3Dall%261785792199\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>There were already groans about the Los Angeles Dodgers\u2019 sustained greatness and penchant for picking up available star players, both in free agency and via trade.<\/p>\n<p>Then the <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/08\/03\/sports\/tarik-skubal-dont-really-sympathize-with-dodgers-haters-after-mlb-altering-trade\/\">Dodgers traded for two-time reigning AL Cy Young winner, Tarik Skubal<\/a>, before this season\u2019s trade deadline. As a result, groans have turned to full-blown gripes about the Dodgers\u2019 legendary roster (<a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/08\/02\/sports\/dodgers-wild-1-1-billion-deferred-payroll-after-tarik-skubal-trade\/\">and means of acquiring this roster<\/a>) ruining baseball.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Los Angeles Dodgers manager Dave Roberts during a game. <span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Few have to try and combat the Dodgers\u2019 roster more directly than <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/08\/01\/sports\/the-crazy-list-of-prospects-padres-gm-aj-preller-has-traded\/\">San Diego Padres President of Baseball Operations and General Manager, AJ Preller<\/a>. Therefore, he has a right to be more frustrated about this than anyone else.<\/p>\n<p>But Preller doesn\u2019t see it that way, which he conveyed when speaking with the media on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>When Preller was asked about whether the Dodgers are ruining baseball, he said, \u201cWhen you have great teams and you have great players, it just raises the bar of other people and other players and other teams. Our focus is on what we needed to do to get better, and our group and our team,\u201d according to <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/alden_gonzalez\/status\/2084421033915027853?s=46\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" data-nyp-affiliate=\"true\">an X post <\/a>from ESPN\u2019s Alden Gonzalez.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<\/aside>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>San Diego Padres President of Baseball Operations and General Manager A.J. Preller speaks to the media. <span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Los Angeles Dodgers starting pitcher Tarik Skubal (29) in the dugout. <span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Perhaps it would\u2019ve been more surprising to hear Preller complain publicly about what the Dodgers are doing. Then again, he\u2019s right in saying that the bottom line is that every other team must do what they can to keep up, or else they\u2019ll get left in the dust time and time again. <\/p>\n<p>Preller\u2019s Padres did what they could to keep up at<a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/08\/03\/sports\/giants-finalizing-deal-that-sends-robbie-ray-to-padres-ahead-of-mlb-trade-deadline\/\"> this year\u2019s trade deadline by adding Robbie Ray<\/a> and Casey Mize to their rotation.<\/p>\n<p>But these two additions still don\u2019t compare to the Dodgers securing Skubal.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<script async=\"async\" data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/pl30214220.effectivecpmnetwork.com\/9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<div id=\"container-9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\"><\/div>\r\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There were already groans about the Los Angeles Dodgers\u2019 sustained greatness and penchant for picking up available star players, both in free agency and via trade. Then the Dodgers traded for two-time reigning AL Cy Young winner, Tarik Skubal, before this season\u2019s trade deadline. 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