James Shields Splash Cements San Diego Padres as 2015 NL Threat

In the days of newspapers, the fear would be that by the time the ink was dry on this column, James Shields would be old news and updates would be needed. By the time the newspaper landed in the driveway, the San Diego Padres would have acquired, oh, I don’t know, Clayton Kershaw? Madison Bumgarner? Mike Trout?

Good thing the Internet moves at the speed of San Diego Padres general manager A.J. Preller.

The most challenging task in baseball this winter has been keeping up with a once-slumbering franchise that spent most of the past decade hibernating like a bear, keeping pace with a rocket-fueled rookie GM who moves li...

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