Good Morning San Diego: Sung-Mun Song suffers injury; fans not satisfied with Padres’ offseason

The San Diego Padres have not made many additions to their big league roster this offseason and now one of the additions they did make will miss four weeks with an injury. Korean infielder Sung-Mun Song was signed by the Padres and was expected to compete for an infield utility role that would allow him to move around the infield to spell other infielders. Song was also expected to provide manager Craig Stammen with some roster flexibility and he still might. First, Song will have to recover from an oblique injury that will cause him to miss four weeks. Cheri Bell of Gaslamp Ball also believes this injury will cause him to miss the World Baseball Classic and added that he is already planning on rehabbing with the San Diego medical staff in Arizona.

Padres News:

• The injury to Song underscored the slow offseason the Padres have had. There have been five players added to the major league roster with one of those being Song. The other major addition was Michael King, but the Friar Faithful have been disappointed in the lack of activity from San Diego.

Baseball News:

• Framber Valdez is the top remaining free agent pitcher and Travis Sawchik of MLB.com looks at the four best fits for the talented left-hander. It was reported Saturday the Toronto Blue Jays meet with the free agent pitcher in November.
• Free agent and projected Hall of Famer Justin Verlander is gaining interest from multiple clubs.
• The most notable teams that missed out on signing free agents Kyle Tucker and Bo Bichette were the New York Yankees, Philadelphia Phillies and Blue Jays. One of those teams may pivot to free agent Cody Bellinger or will the New York Mets still try to add Bellinger even after adding Bichette?
• There was speculation that the Arizona Diamondbacks may reverse course and consider trades for second baseman Ketel Marte after saying he was no longer available, but Diamondbacks general manager Mike Hazen announced that is not the case.
• Closer Ryan Pressly announced his retirement, Saturday.
• The Cincinnati Reds are receiving trade interest surrounding their pitching staff. Previous reports said the Reds would listen to offers but were unlikely to make a trade.
• After the Los Angeles Dodgers signed Tucker there was speculation they may be interested in trading outfielder Teoscar Hernandez. Reports state that it is unlikely.