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Players get paid regardless. From a player standpoint, winning 81 games instead of 75 doesn't do much for them neither financially or from a job security standpoint.
Maybe root was the wrong word. I am not rooting for the Padres to lose nor do I cheer when the other team gets the upper hand. However, if and when they lose I don't care and in th long it's better for them anyways. Especially if they furnish the bottom ten. They get a top ten pick and can sign free agents without surrendering their first rounder.
Gotta think long term of you're a losing team. For instance, what reason do the Phillies have for revoking Francouer from waivers? What benefit does he provide that they can't be without? The answer is nothing.
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