The San Diego Padres, having secured home-field advantage for the wild-card round, are using their final regular season games to strategically align their pitching rotation. With a potential playoff matchup looming at Petco Park, manager Bob Melvin is carefully evaluating his options and utilizing players who have been staying ready at the team's spring training complex in Peoria.
San Diego Padres starting pitcher Randy Vasquez pitches against the Colorado Rockies during the first inning at Petco Park on Friday, Aug. 2, 2024 in San Diego, CA. PHOENIX — With home-field advantage for the wild-card round secured, the Padres are using the final two games of the regular season to line up their rotation for whomever they play this week at Petco Park.
Jacob struck out 19 against two walks over 14⅔ innings this year against the Diamondbacks, striking out nine against one walk., the Diamondbacks are turning to their prized free agent pickup to start a must-win game. Not that Rodriguez has been good since making an injury-delayed debut in August as he has just one quality start so far and allowed five runs in 4⅔ innings in a loss on Monday. His only start ever against the Padres was a win in 2019 with the Red Sox .
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