Chris Kemp, the international scouting director for the Padres, maintained constant communication during the previous offseason while GM A.J. Preller was finalizing the acquisition of Xander Bogaerts. The signing of Bogaerts required the Padres to allocate $1 million from their 2024 international bonus pool. Despite this, Kemp was not worried that the addition of Bogaerts would hinder their pursuit of 17-year-old Dominican shortstop Leodalis De Vries. It seems that their motivations went beyond mere financial considerations.
No one can accurately predict what will occur with the reduced 165-player minor league roster limits, but baseball officials shared their predictions for 2024, many of which were...
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