Quote from fenn68 on August 20, 2021, 7:20 pm

Yikes!

Apparently neither Darvish nor Paddack on track for the Tuesday start against LA … but  I am a bit surprised they think the Padres are going with Camarena on a call up instead of a bullpen day give the off day on Monday then again the following Sunday.

Quote from BoosterSD on August 23, 2021, 10:53 am

Rothschild has been let go by SD today. Ben Fritz will take over for the balance of the season.

Not sad to see this happen was really never that impressed with the hiring in the first place.

Really hope that they work something out with Balsley for a return for next season to ML coaching staff.

 

Quote from LynchMob on September 6, 2021, 9:57 am

https://www.fangraphs.com/roster-resource/depth-charts/padres

2021 Schedule▼

OPPONENT	PROJ STARTER	OPP PROJ STARTER
Mon 9/6 Off
Tue 9/7 LAA	Blake Snell	Packy Naughton
Wed 9/8 LAA	Yu Darvish	Shohei Ohtani
Thu 9/9 Off
Fri 9/10 @ LAD	Joe Musgrove	Walker Buehler
Sat 9/11 @ LAD	Chris Paddack	Max Scherzer
Sun 9/12 @ LAD	Blake Snell	Mitch White
Mon 9/13 @ SFG	Yu Darvish	Anthony DeSclafani
Tue 9/14 @ SFG	Jake Arrieta	Sammy Long
Wed 9/15 @ SFG	Joe Musgrove	José Quintana

My off-the-wall proposal: throw 1 more bullpen-day on Tuesday... give Snell 1 more day of rest and everybody else 2 more days of rest ... especially Darvish! (or skip Darvish for 1 start entirely)

Quote from LynchMob on September 29, 2021, 8:47 am

Here's what our last trip thru the rotation looks like ...

OPPONENT	PROJ STARTER	OPP PROJ STARTER
Wed 9/29	Ryan Weathers	Max Scherzer
@ LAD
Thu 9/30	Vince Velasquez	Tony Gonsolin
@ LAD
Fri 10/1	Joe Musgrove	Anthony DeSclafani
@ SFG
Sat 10/2	Nabil Crismatt	Kevin Gausman
@ SFG
Sun 10/3	Reiss Knehr	Logan Webb
@ SFG

Quote from LynchMob on October 1, 2021, 5:14 pm

Pedro Avila tonight!

Musgrove gets an extra day of rest ... will pitch tomorrow ...

I like both moves ...

Quote from LynchMob on October 6, 2021, 8:10 am

Chris Paddack (P) SD - Sep. 29
https://www.rotowire.com/baseball/player.php?id=809761

Paddack received an injection in his right elbow earlier this week and is expected to make a full recovery from a slight UCL sprain in 6-to-8 weeks, Kevin Acee of The San Diego Union-Tribune reports.

ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: Paddack had his elbow checked out by Dr. Keith Meister, who previously oversaw the right-hander's Tommy John surgery in 2016. Fortunately for Paddack, he was recommended to treat the elbow injury through non-surgical means this time around, setting him up for what should be a relatively normal offseason.

Quote from fenn68 on October 6, 2021, 8:16 am

Quote from LynchMob on October 6, 2021, 8:10 am

Chris Paddack (P) SD - Sep. 29
https://www.rotowire.com/baseball/player.php?id=809761

Paddack received an injection in his right elbow earlier this week and is expected to make a full recovery from a slight UCL sprain in 6-to-8 weeks, Kevin Acee of The San Diego Union-Tribune reports.

ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: Paddack had his elbow checked out by Dr. Keith Meister, who previously oversaw the right-hander's Tommy John surgery in 2016. Fortunately for Paddack, he was recommended to treat the elbow injury through non-surgical means this time around, setting him up for what should be a relatively normal offseason.

Does that make Paddack a better trade chip with that medical opinion? Need to trade for hitters using pitching.

Quote from LynchMob on October 6, 2021, 9:10 am

Quote from fenn68 on October 6, 2021, 8:16 am

Does that make Paddack a better trade chip with that medical opinion? Need to trade for hitters using pitching.

It feels like we need both more hitting and more pitching ... and I think we need more pitching than more hitting ... Paddack seems like he can still get better ...

Quote from LynchMob on April 20, 2022, 9:12 am

https://www.mlb.com/news/nastiest-new-pitches-of-2022

Nick Martinez's changeup

Martinez is back in the Majors for the first time since 2017 after pitching the last four seasons in Japan, and the Padres righty has some new stuff compared to his last big league go-round with the Rangers. Martinez's best pitch looks like his revamped changeup, which is slower than the one he used to throw (79.6 mph in 2022, vs. 85.5 mph in '17) and gets a lot more drop (37.8 inches in '22, vs. 29.1 inches in '17). Opponents are 0-for-9 against Martinez's changeup so far and have whiffed on 40% of their swings.