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The Padres will spend to win. This has to be taken as a given by now. Just to be sure, however, Padres Chairman Peter Seidler was asked this week whether the payroll for 2023 would stay near its current level. “I kind of like spending money,” Seidler said with a grin. “You can’t take it with you.” Seidler also gave his standard disclaimer about spending “wisely.” His chief roster architect, A.J. Preller, gave his usual spiel about there being several different ways to acquire players and committing the big bucks not being the only means by which a team can successfully do so. But as the offsea…