There are things to be concerned about with the Padres, but one of them probably is not losing their playoff position; Darvish to start simulated game
Successive splits of four-game series have cooled the Padres considerably, in that going .500 is cold compared to the .786 clip they were riding before playing the Mets and Cardinals.) from yesterday’s 4-1 loss, results like this are to be expected from time to time even for the best teams.
Michael King has not been horrible by any means, but he has had to toil his past two starts and has now crossed 150 innings for the season.Jurickson Profar has gone hitless in four consecutive games and is batting .177/.250/.309 over his past 18 games. All of the issues listed above are the kinds of things we will fret about because of what the Padres appear capable of. That is what you do when following October-bound teams.We won’t get into all the tiebreakers if there are multiple teams that finish tied for the final playoff spot. It is way too early to get into anything like that.
Kim, who jammed his right shoulder diving back into first base on Aug. 18, is expected to face live pitching in the next couple days. Kim had been hitting in the batting cage, playing catch and taking grounders in St. Louis. But he has not yet combined fielding with throwing across the diamond. “I mean, they gotta play through it too,” King said yesterday. “Definitely no excuses. Honestly, it really wasn’t that bad. Like, once you’re out there and playing, you get used to it. I enjoyed my couple minutes in the in between innings. But besides that, it’s the same.”That followed his allowing five runs on three hits over five innings in his previous start.
King’s fastball velocity continued to maintain at slightly higher than his season average yesterday, though the spin rate on all his pitches were slightly down. Those are just two of the metrics the Padres are looking at as they evaluate King’s ability to continue to pitch.Jackson Merrill hit his 20th home run of the season, making him the seventh Padres rookie to ever hit that many. Hunter Renfroe holds the team rookie record with 26 in 2017.
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