Jim Tracy is going to have some leverage this winter because there are going to be a number of openings,

It's the second straight night we have had a lot of opportunities and haven't been able to capitalize. But if we keep pounding away, hopefully we'll be able to break through. We're in as good a situation as we could have hoped.

It's not like they've been dismantling the Padres.

So I wouldn't have played me either, ... Not that you care.

If I'm him and I've got some leverage, I'm saying [to the Dodgers], 'Look, I'm going to have to have a bit more of a voice in some things [and] more than just a one-year commitment from you guys or else I might have to explore other options.

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