{"id":679312,"date":"2026-04-19T19:00:56","date_gmt":"2026-04-19T19:00:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/679312\/"},"modified":"2026-04-19T19:00:56","modified_gmt":"2026-04-19T19:00:56","slug":"padres-near-sale-at-mlb-record-3-9b-value-wsj-reports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/679312\/","title":{"rendered":"Padres near sale at MLB-record $3.9B value, WSJ reports"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"yf-1fy9kyt\">The San Diego Padres are close to a sale to private-equity billionaire Jose Feliciano and his wife Kwanza Jones at a value near $3.9B, which would be $1.5B higher than Steve Cohen\u2019s $2.4B purchase of the New York Mets in 2020, people familiar with the matter told The Wall Street Journal\u2019s Jared Diamond and Miriam Gottfried. 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