The Padres have reinstated Fernando Tatis Jr. from the IL, per a club announcement. He is in today’s lineup, starting in right field, his first career game at a position other than shortstop. Yu Darvish is swapping places with Tatis and going on the IL, with lower back tightness. Additionally, outfielder Brian O’Grady has been optioned, with righty Reiss Knehr being recalled.
Despite ongoing shoulder issues, Tatis has been one of the best players in baseball this year. He has an excellent slash line of .290/.373/.647 on the year, producing a wRC+ of 165. Among players with at least 350 plate appearances, the only ones with a higher wRC+ are Vladimir Guerrero Jr. and Shohei Ohtani. The Padres are moving him to the outfield in the hopes that he’ll see less defensive action and will therefore be less likely to re-aggravate the shoulder problems that have already seen him go on the IL three times this season. Having his bat back in the lineup will surely be a boost to a Padres team that has been sliding lately, but still maintains a 2 1/2 game lead over the Reds for the final National League wildcard spot, going into today’s action. Jake Cronenworth, who has been manning shortstop in the absence of Tatis, figures to remain there. Wil Myers, who has been the regular right fielder of late, might be the most at risk of losing playing time.
As for Darvish, he left his start a few days ago with lower back tightness and he will now miss at least one start while recuperating. It’s a serious blow to the Padres rotation, as Darvish is having yet another excellent season. Through 131 1/3 innings, he has an ERA of 3.70, with a strikeout rate of 29.9% and walk rate of 5.7%, both of which are much better than league average. Craig Stammen is starting today, in what figures to be a bullpen game.
The San Diego rotation is now down to Blake Snell, Joe Musgrove and Ryan Weathers for the time being. Reinforcements will surely be required, either internally or externally. Kevin Acee of The San Diego Union-Tribune reports that the club is considering free agents such as Jake Arrieta, who was released by the Cubs three days ago.
Rick Porcello should’ve gotten a call from preller by now
Season will be over by the time Porcello is ready
WHERE IS BIG SEXY???????
Rakes at petco
Rothschild could at least be talking to a peer.
@bobtillman
This!!!
Darvish last 15 games 4..63 era. Not an excellent season by his standards.
He’s had two trips to the IL in that span, so I think it is mostly an injury issue. Darvish will be better once he gets healthy.
Since start of July, his ERA is over 7. That was 7 starts. His 8 prior, to make worthington’s 15 total, his era was 2.79
Maybe it’s injury. It’s likely part of it. But those are pretty stark differences. And something else also happened late June/early July….
You already tried the “darvish used sticky substances” opinion McCourt.
The user Hudson6 destroyed your argument in minutes the last time you tried that.
mlbtraderumors.com/2021/08/yu-darvish-leaves-game-…
Faith bringing the receipts
Back again with the game fake story after already being proven wrong in front of everyone BeforeMcCourt? Darvish maintained his elite spin rates AFTER the crackdown. Many Dodgers did NOT. Get some new material.
spin rates aside, Dodgers pitching still atop of the league
Lmao. Only if you believe fastball spin rate is the only way sticky stuff helps a pitcher. If you’re that dumb please don’t reply
Sticky stuff also helps a pitcher put his fingers exactly where he wants it on the ball. That, in turn, allows you to properly throw more pitches. If only Darvish relied on having insane pitch movement and extremely difficulty for a hitter to ID his various pitches. If only
Are you so dense that you think sticky stuff ONLY helps upper fastballs? Seriously? How stupid are you?
Too bad his receipts mean freaking nothing
I’ll ask again because hudson ignored me last time, yet you claim there’s receipts. Does he think Rich Hill used sticky stuff for his elite fastball at 85?
Or was it to keep his fingers on his curveball as long as possible and therefore get more depth?
75% of the league used something. That’s a fairly accepted number. Do you idiots think those guys ONLY benefited from their fastball? Universally? If so, wow
Just think people. Stop being offended your favorite player tried to get an advantage and use your brain for half a second. It’s not hard
And remember faith. I never said the dodgers didn’t do this. That would be the dumbest claim I could make. I’m simply pointing out San Diego undoubtedly benefitted as well. Shocking that Padre fans seem to think none of their pitchers could possibly have used spidertact. Shocking
If you ain’t cheatin’ you ain’t tryin’. They all do it, did it, and will do it again once they figure out how to not get caught. It’s the same for PEDs. I say make it all legal and let’s have a bunch of muscle bound oafs with sticky stuff all over themselves so they stick to everything.
I doubt any Padre pitcher used spidertact. Now, Spider Tack on the other hand. Most definitely, and their pitching hand.
You’re dumb enough to post the same opinion with 0 evidence to back up your opinion at least 3 different times. Which makes it completely worthless honestly. Instead of coming off as some cracks pot conspiracy theorist with no evidence to back up your claims id suggest using a new argument McCourt. Maybe then we will take you seriously.
“Shocking that Padre fans seem to think none of their pitchers could possibly have used spidertact.”
Reading is difficult for you too huh McCourt? Cause saying Darvish and Musgrove probably didn’t use substances before doesn’t mean no Padres pitcher used it before. Naming 2 guys least likely to have used a substance doesn’t mean all pitchers weren’t using. You’re really bad at arguments man.
You know you’ve lost an argument when you resort to repeated name calling lol
Come on faith. As a Padres fan, I think you are being naive here. How can there possibly be any evidence right now? It’s all hearsay so far. And what led MLB to their current position wasn’t about digging up and outing names. So we have nothing to go on except rumor. Hudson is simply making the point that it isn’t simply about fastballs. It’s more than that. You may be right about Darvish but other possibilities should be at least considered.
@Tipsy McStagger
1. Why do you keep changing your username?
2. A. J. Preller absolutely 110% would have still traded for Fernando Tatis Jr. had he not traded Trea Turner away.
So you truly think the only way a sticky substance helps a pitcher is on his fastball?
Otherwise, you have to acknowledge the complete change in Darvish’s ability over the last 2 months lines up *perfectly* with the crackdown. It’s now 7 starts he’s been horrible and it’s right at the end of June his downward trend started
Zero evidence? How about Darvish’s era tripling immediately at the crackdown after 1.5 years of pitching like an ace? How about Musgrove seeing his era double since the crackdown, and the Padres staff as a whole has seemingly collapsed in unison? It’s impossible that spider tact had anything to do with that? How naive are you?
And how’s musgrove’s new magically slider doing now? Not so hot lately?
That, or perhaps it’s more of a sticky wicket.
I still don’t understand why Preller thinks a defensive move will prevent an injury that’s repeatedly occurred only on offense?
I think Padres saw an opportunity to use the shoulder injury as an excuse to move Tatis to RF without hurting his ego but defensively they will be stronger w/Jake or the guy they signed from Korea….they can platoon Myers at 1B and all 3 OF positions all smart moves – so the move really isn’t about the injury it’s about getting better defensively
Yeah I think it’s also partially the result of the acquisition cost for Frazier being less than Gallo or other OF options. Corner OF was somewhere they could have upgraded, instead they upgraded 2B and ended up with 3 all star middle IF that they need to spread around.
Initially that was going to mean a lot of Frazier in LF or Cronenworth at 1B, but they’re probably looking at the alignment now thinking Tatis to OF is best defensively.
I felt like the Padres acquired Frazier knowing the strong likelihood Tatis would be injured and go on the IL another time or two after the trade deadline. Frazier and Cronenworth up the middle in Tatis’ absence is awfully strong.
Without really knowing anything, that they won’t tell us, this makes the most sense.
And 2 taters today already for Jr….man this kid is unreal
Both solo shots tho. This is why the cat needs to be batting 2nd or 3rd.
I’m sure he will continue to move up and down the order from 1-4 like he has been.
I do agree on the most part …but NEVER 4th !! That’s even worse than leadoff
2 or 3 would be his everyday Jam if I was filling out the lineup card
I agree, but Tingler has put him into the cleanup spot on occasion and he probably will again. I personally like him at #2 but I don’t make the lineup card either.
I think 2 is proven to be one of the best run creation spots
Yea I saw those days w him at clean-up..think I even commented it on here how I didn’t approve
All things aside, this years been dog s$%^# for luck for SD so I can’t blame all the moving around. I think they will figure it all out when the time is right
Just saw a clip of Preller talking about how Gore is probably not going to be among the reinforcements coming this week, but he might be up by the end of the year.
Considering Gore has been working on his mechanics at the Padres spring training complex for half the year and hasn’t even been playing in games, I think this just goes to show how bleak their pitching situation is.
They have no real viable options in the minors currently and only 3 healthy starters. They basically need to sign someone just to eat innings. Is it Bartolo Colón time?
Tatis is a magic wizard sorcerer leprechaun from another galaxy. Forget the Padres’ instant playoff death last night, because he’s back.
A game like he had today in a one-game playoff means LA should walk him just in case.
Reiss Knehr, Matt Strahm, Miguel Diaz. They claimed a starter a week or so ago. They have a few more that they can call up if needed.
They’re a completely different team with him in the lineup
Myers can always platoon at 1B with Hosmer
Did y’all really just bump this thread with no new updates?
I mean, the attention they get from White Sox and Padres fans on this site, I’d bump every one of those teams’ posts too.
hes pretty bad at short defensively so might as well move him
When you’re considering signing Jake Arrieta, your problems run deep. Yes he’ll eat some innings, but there will be crooked numbers posted by the opposition during those innings, so plan on a slug fest every time.
This Giants fan would great appreciate the Padres signing Jake Arrieta.
As would this dodgers fan!
he should have never left the Cubs.
Brewers need some more batting practice!!