ha-seong kim

Welcome back to another episode of Benched with Bubba. On BwB EP 652, Bubba will be joined by Sammy Reid (@SammyReidFI). They will preview the San Diego Padres for the 2024 Fantasy Baseball season. 

Some Players Discussed- 

Manny Machado 

Fernando Tatis Jr. 

Xander Bogaerts 

Ha-Seong Kim 

Yu Darvish 

Joe Musgrove 

Many More

This snack-sized episode brought to you by the return of COVID. Was the media just stirring the pot or was it  poking the bear making up conflict between Chas and Dusty? We are grateful for the banana pudding tidbit outcome, however. Ha-Seong Kim stole five bases last week and may be the first Korean-born MLB player to win a Gold Glove.  Check out this profile in The Athletic. Oswald Peraza teaches us some dance steps while toe tapping his way to better plate appearances. Kyle Schwarber, our favorite atypical lead-off hitter, is our only current boyfriend Roberto Clemente Award nominee, but  the field is full of formers. Our Police Blotter ranges from “criminal” behavior by Nationals ownership to Criminal behavior by Julio Urías. The Nats cancel the leaked Strasburg retirement press conference while conducting behind the scenes shenanigans, while Urías does his best to become the first player to be suspended twice for domestic violence. Stealing bases is NOT a crime and the league is on pace for the second highest number of SBs since 1920, a full thousand more than last season.  Rule changes are working as intended and it is so much fun to watch. Patti spins our pre-season predictions to make us sound SO much better than we look on paper. You too can, and should, be watching the Women’s Baseball World Cup Group B qualifying round. Please seek out “Lost Diamonds, A History of Gender Rebellion in American Baseball,” the comic book series  by Ellen Lindner.

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Kevin Acee and Jay Posner discuss the upcoming Dodgers series, the Padres’ offensive resurgence and the crowds at Petco over the weekend.

• MLB Hot Stove keeps cooking with trades including Josh Bell and Jose Alvarado
• A.J. Preller makes aggressive moves with San Diego Padres
• Blake Snell traded by the Tampa Bay Rays
• Chicago Cubs send Pitcher Yu Darvish and Catcher Victor Caratini to Padres
• Ha-Seong Kim moves from KBO Nexen Heroes to the Padres
• San Diego Padres Profile
• A.J. Preller who is he and what is he building
• Can these changes lead to a new NL West championship
• Will MLB set a Salary Floor?
• Bianca Smith, Red Sox new Coach MiLB
• Special Thanks to XTakeRux for the music Rocking Forward

Hoppy and Hobbs discuss the San Diego Padres trades for Blake Snell and Yu Darvish as well as the signing of Ha-seong Kim and how they will impact the upcoming seasons.