Coverage

[stoutfellow]

On a lighter note: as a Padres fan (yes, still, forty years after leaving SD) and a baseball fan, I frequently visit the MLBTR website, which tracks rumors and facts about trades, signings, promotions, and whatnot. Since the amateur draft a few weeks ago, they have regularly reported on the draftees who have signed with their new teams. In those reports, they have said jack squat about signings by the Padres. I know from other sources that the Friars have signed more than a dozen of them; I would not know this from MLBTR.

Some Padres fans believe the media are biased against California teams that aren't based in Los Angeles. This is probably not true; the Giants also get a fair amount of coverage.