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“HOW SCARY ARE THE PADRES”
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They keep playing, they keep winning.
Is this an MLB team of Destiny
Built to win.  Built to withstand the season?  Built to succeed?
Built to be adversity?  Built to set another all time attendance record?
Built to fulfill Peter Seidler’s legacy?

Brief comments on why this team is so dangerous:

AJ PRELLER..Best job he has done in 10-years of acquisitions.  All the deals, top prospects for veteran players, the street free agent acquisitions, the development of prospects and the changing of veterans.  And hats off to Preller for his relationship with Yu Darvish-and what his agent had to say about the GM and the pitcher.

MIKE SCHILDT…Changed the culture in the clubhouse.  It’s Mike’s team downstairs, different from last year’s front office interference in that clubhouse.  Add in the magic work done by hitting coach Victor Rodriguez and pitching coach Ruben Niebla and you see a franchise hitting on all cylinders.

BATTING ORDER..The intangible with this team, they don’t strike out, they put the ball in play, and it leads to lots of rallies.  Yes they hit long balls, but they don’t rely, live or die or home run balls.  That’s why there have been 33-come from behind wins and the 8-walkoff wins.  Balls in play, balls over the wall.

PITCHING STAFF…If they can get vintage Yu Darvish back and this reincarnation of Joe Musgrove to link with what Dylan Cease and Michael King have become, that’s a 4-man rotation to use in October.  And by the way, that 7-man deep bullpen seems trustworthy, sometimes overpowering.

DODGERS..Yes they may be in first place, yes they have the huge payroll, yes all those division wins, but who knows who will be healthy, hurt, or trustworthy by the time the playoffs roll around.  Can you trust Walker Buehler, Clayton Kershaw in your postseason rotation?  We don’t know how many innings you can get out of Yosh Yamamoto?  Yes Gavin Stone has been a strong arm as a rookie, but do the innings catch up with him, how does he handle post season pressure?  Yes Jack Flaherty is having a good season, but it just can’t be Stone-Flaherty and a bullpen day in the postseason.  And then there’s the Tyler Glasnow elbow-injury issues, that were part of his Pirates-Tampa career, and are now an issue at Chavez Ravine.  I think more questions than answers.

SEPTEMBER…If no one gets derailed in the next four weeks, can you imagine how electric the final weekend will be.  Padres at Arizona..Padres at Dodgers Stadium, the final 6-games of the regular season.  Stay tuned.

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