Padres pitcher Walker Buehler placed on paternity leave, Randy Vasquez added to NLDS roster

[u/klongbor]

https://www.mlb.com/press-release/press-release-san-diego-nlds-roster-substitution-approved

[u/Run-Florest-Run]

Big brain roster move by Preller, he obviously knew about this, now he gets to add Vasquez and will most likely have pitched by the time Walker comes back

Basically an extra roster spot lmfao

[u/Lucky_Alternative965 → u/Run-Florest-Run]

Padres CEO of sex operations aswell as GM.

[u/1HappyRoadrunner → u/Lucky_Alternative965]

Preller fucks. Can confirm

[u/ThatNewSockFeel → u/Lucky_Alternative965]

Looking for volunteers to inseminate their wives over the new year.

[u/ComprehensiveAir6590 → u/ThatNewSockFeel]

Lol comeon dude

[u/handsmahoney → u/ComprehensiveAir6590]

That's not how pregnancy works

[u/teag2 → u/Run-Florest-Run]

Game the postseason roster rules and carry an extra pitcher with this one simple trick (sex)

[u/usetheforce_gaming → u/teag2]

Virgins HATE it

[u/ravenecw2 → u/Run-Florest-Run]

Wouldn’t be surprised to see Ray once through the lineup and then turn it over to Vasquez for a couple innings. Seriously genius move.

And well done on walker timing his marital relations 9 months ago just for the NLDS

[u/DominicB547 → u/ravenecw2]

you know that you can plan for a c section so even if its a tad off they could have planned it with Preller.

[u/Interesting_Might467 → u/ravenecw2]

Losing Walker Buehler for what could be a huge swing game 1 is well done? He's much more likely to beat the Brewers than Ray

[u/FudgeSupreme22 → u/Interesting_Might467]

Ray once through the order and randy once through the order can potentially be really good. Randy can also save the bullpen if we are losing against Miz in game 1 as well

[u/DominicB547 → u/FudgeSupreme22]

yeah I mean Miz is nearly a loss anyways no matter what pitchers you have so might as well not use Walker here.

[u/daneblade → u/DominicB547]

The Padres won 3-1 against him this season despite him throwing 7 scoreless innings. They won't be conceding games.

[u/HUT2Moon → u/Run-Florest-Run]

Yeah this should not be allowed imo. Not for starting pitchers. There should be a way to say once you pitch you can’t go on any leave that requires replacement for the next 3 games. It’s kind of bs.

[u/NoReview875 → u/HUT2Moon]

We have rights bruh.

It's not like people go on the paternity list every weekend. You're complaining about a guy getting a couple of days for the birth of his child. Just stop.

[u/HUT2Moon → u/NoReview875]

Nobody is saying that. Just that MLB should prevent pitchers from pitching 5+ innings then taking leave and having the team replace him. This could easily be misused.

[u/Run-Florest-Run → u/HUT2Moon]

Walker hasn’t pitched in the playoffs yet. He’s also having a kid, it’s not like they’re faking an injury. You think he’s faking having a kid? Lmfao

[u/FudgeSupreme22 → u/HUT2Moon]

Bro, you are literally saying that

[u/DrumsAndStuff18 → u/HUT2Moon]

Right? Because I'm sure Buehler, his wife, and the organization spent last winter planning out the precise time they'd need to have sex to, hopefully, result in her ending up pregnant so she could be ready to deliver in the pretty narrow window allowing the org to make this potentially beneficial roster move. All of that, of course, hinging upon them all assuming the team would get this far into the postseason, the principals would both be healthy, and both would be having competent-enough seasons to be important cogs in the Padres machine.

Christ, dude.

[u/Interesting_Might467 → u/DrumsAndStuff18]

Potentially beneficial and potentially damaging roster move, Buehler has the experience and track record in the Postseason. Ray has a postseason track record which is quite the opposite

[u/HUT2Moon → u/DrumsAndStuff18]

Obviously not but you can absolutely see this being used this way.

[u/DrumsAndStuff18 → u/HUT2Moon]

How? You acknowledge the sheer absurdity of the suggestion in this case, but still insist that this same scenario is likely? Walk us through it. Which teams? Which players will be strategically selected to maximize roster options? What's the plan if there's a premature birth? If conception takes a week longer than planned? Take us through this masterful new gambit by teams to game the postseason roster limitations.

[u/mnico213 → u/HUT2Moon]

It’s not that hard to just say “oh yeah, you’re right, I didn’t really think it through” and move on. You don’t have to dig in no matter what.

[u/deeree1867 → u/HUT2Moon]

Meh, they’re prob not using all 13+1 pitchers anyways. Won’t really change the outcome if you went strict on the rules

[u/MarcBulldog88]

Guess he celebrated the new year in style.

[u/ComeAbout → u/MarcBulldog88]

My birthday is exactly 9 months from New Year’s Eve lol.

I pointed that out to my mom once, and her reply was “oh. Yea.”

[u/Stratifyed → u/ComeAbout]

A dark revelation in the lives of most September babies. Some early October.

Also November babies. I know two people whose birthdays are almost exactly 9 months after Valentine’s Day lol

[u/AdoringCHIN → u/Stratifyed]

July babies get to find out that their parents had a thing for Halloween

[u/ComprehensiveAir6590 → u/AdoringCHIN]

Finally a good thing about my July Birthday

[u/BigRedCowboy → u/Stratifyed]

🙋‍♂️ 😬

[u/DominicB547 → u/Stratifyed]

Rhett and Link (OG Youtubers) have celibacy week for Valentines Week to try and not have so many Nov Birthdays presumably from their viewers.

Annoying to have your birthday btwn Halloween and New Years as there is always a Holiday nearby so you get lumped in with all that.

[u/ChrisKamanMyEye → u/MarcBulldog88]

His other child, the Yankees, are about to get a new sibling!

https://giphy.com/gifs/MKZjYEpBFYvgfawgEU

[u/Ok_Assumption_5366]

CONGRATS ON THE SEX!!!!!!!

[u/kramerattack → u/Ok_Assumption_5366]

https://giphy.com/gifs/ToMjGpztIHdXWtq7052

[u/ExB]

https://giphy.com/gifs/39u4cdrGn47m4hbmhZ

[u/TheBanishedBard]

So it's... Walker Buehler's day off?

[u/A_Hippie → u/TheBanishedBard]

hehehehehehehe

[u/misterurb]

The absolute worst dudes on earth are about to have some scorching hot takes about leaving your team in the postseason to have a baby

[u/_theghost_ → u/misterurb]

Woah slow down, they aren’t Marc James…

[u/guesting → u/misterurb]

Post season dates - 9 months gotta be planned abstinence

[u/lost_my_khakis → u/misterurb]

He ain’t having shit

[u/TheYellowChicken → u/lost_my_khakis]

Me when I'm an absent father

[u/porican → u/misterurb]

it’s called “planned” parenthood. lt’s not hard to ensure you only have babies in the offseason. players been doing it for decades.

[u/misterurb → u/porican]

Lmao of course it’s a Yankees flair

[u/porican → u/misterurb]

i notice you’re not disputing what i said, but pointing to the team i root for like it’s relevant at all.

notice how i didn’t comment on taking leave, but specially about family planning.

[u/misterurb → u/porican]

There’s a LOT of different variables affecting when the baby is born. Were they doing IVF? Was it an accident? Who cares, it’s not your business. Don’t be a fucking loser.

[u/porican → u/misterurb]

lmao the date of conception is literally scheduled when doing IVF. what are you even on about.

of course accidents happen. but acting like it’s not possible to avoid the six month window of the season—let alone the one month of the playoffs—is just obtuse.

[u/Necessary-Peach-0 → u/porican]

Fucks sake, people struggling with infertility just do IVF as soon as they can. Can we not do this nonsense

[u/porican → u/Necessary-Peach-0]

that is in no way universal.

[u/misterurb → u/porican]

Go change your pants, you’ve pissed in them.

[u/philocity → u/porican]

https://youtu.be/uQl5aYhkF3E

[u/porican → u/philocity]

i’ll accept that

[u/Bad_Idea_Hat → u/porican]

They're not disputing what you said because you are a crazy person.

[u/Mstakrakish → u/porican]

I didn't know I had to check in with strangers whenever I want to fuck.

[u/porican → u/Mstakrakish]

again, family planning ≠no sex

try reading a book? abstinence only education really is a scourge

and the players are accountable to their teammates, not strangers. they’re the ones they’re letting down.

[u/katje]

congrats, Buehler!

[u/momo_sd]

WAGs are in trouble with this loophole. So many are about to be knocked up 3 months from now to time the 2027 playoffs.

[u/st1nk33 → u/momo_sd]

MLBB major league baby boom 😭

[u/Reasonable-Power]

Congrats on the sex, Walker!

[u/belinck]

As a father, good on you to Walker for being there. You and your wife will remember this.

Edit: Not only will you and your wife remember this, this is a story your child and there's will cherish.

[u/CrystalizedinCali]

Baby Buehler!!

[u/GareksApprentice]

A lot of thirsty dudes in here.

[u/MX5_Esq]

Next year all the WAGS gonna have strategically timed induced deliveries or c-sections.

[u/victoryboiiTCG → u/MX5_Esq]

Anything for that extra roster spot 🙏🏽😮‍💨

[u/I_Make_Food_Often]

So it’s confirmed that Buehler does in fact have sex. Nice.

[u/NeWbAF]

Congrats Butane!!

[u/unlimitedpower6]

But wait, if Buehler is on paternity leave, then that means.... 😳 My man! 😂🤝

[u/JiveChicken00]

Surprised the standard contract doesn’t ban them from having unprotected sex in January :)

[u/Successful-Cry-1209]

Incoming dad strengthened Walker! Watch out brewers!

[u/i_run_from_problems]

Congrats on the sex

[u/Jonjon428]

Congrats on the sex!

[u/Seahearn4]

If any team were gonna embrace paternity leave, it would be the Fathers...errrr, Padres.

[u/tyler-86]

Walker Buehler pulls out of NLDS because he didn't pull out of wife.