The San Diego Padres have been all in for the last four years. Both in the offseason and at the trade deadline, they've made win-now moves to try to earn this team their first World Series in franchise history. While it hasn't worked yet, last year was as close as they've been, and this offseason, they reloaded even more in the form of All-Stars Xander Bogaerts and Michael Wacha.
However, while this offseason had its fair share of star power, next offseason is the one everyone has circled. Because in less than a year from now, Los Angeles Angels two-way superstar Shohei Ohtani will hit the open market.
Ohtani is going to have tons of suitors. The division rival Los Angeles Dodgers seem to be at the forefront of that, and you can't count out the San Francisco Giants or the New York Mets or Yankees, too. However, multiple insiders have reported that the Padres are another team to watch out for, and the way they've spent over the past four years, it's hard to think otherwise.
Most recently, MLB insider Jon Heyman of the New York Post wrote about the Padres as a "major threat" to poach Ohtani.