Fri 5/5 6.40p: Clayton Kershaw (5-1, 1.89) vs. Yu Darvish (1-2, 3.60) Sat 5/6 5.40p: Dustin May (3-1, 3.15) vs. Blake Snell (1-4, 5.28) Sun 5/7 4.10p: Julio Urias (4-3, 3.86) vs. Joe Musgrove (1-0, 10.80)
The Padres certainly bulked up this offseason, filling up their bloated lineup with signing shortstop Xander Bogaerts (11 years, $280M); extending Manny Machado (11 years, $350M) and Yu Darvish (6 years, $108M); and reaching one-year deals with Juan Soto ($23M) and Josh Hader ($14.1M), not to mention a rash of other deals that helped push San Diego's commitments to over $1B over the next decade.
So is it fair to call the Padres, whose $246M 2023 payroll is eclipsed only by the Mets ($346M) and Yankees ($280M), a true evil empire? Well, San Diego has certainly built a giant space-station-like structure in a short amount of time. And while this new entity might be capable of vaporizing opponents with that potent lineup, Machado's .235 BA and Juan Soto's .222 BA are pretty mortal so far. In fact, Machado (84), Ha-Seong Kim (98), Jack Cronenworth (102), and recently activated cheater Fernando Tatis Jr. (104) all have OPS+ numbers at or below the league average.
It's not that I'm taking the Padres lightly (honestly, with that girth, it would be impossible anyway), especially with our first season meeting and a nationally-televised game (ESPN) on Sunday. This will be a good test to see if the Dodgers, hot off a perfect six-game homestand and set up with our best starters, are up to their first big interdivisional challenge.
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"That's no moon." Love the Star Wars tie in on this game thread.
Looks like the Padres changed up their rotation. MLB.com is showing Darvish pitching tonight, not Musgrove.
Ooh thanks for the update Quad! Let me put an intern on the post edit—
The theme of this GT was designed with May the Fourth top-of-mind 😜
GAME 1
1 Betts RF .270
2 Freeman 1B .310
3 Smith C .297
4 Muncy 3B .239
5 Heyward CF .246
6 Outman LF .290
7 Vargas 2B .237
8 Peralta DH .205
9 Rojas SS .184
P Kershaw (5-1, 1.89)
I'm going to be caught in a symphony performance for most of tonight's game, save furtive glances on my phone (assuming that I can get a wifi signal where I am).
LET'S GO, DODGERS!!!
We get one but it should have been more.
1-0 LA, mid-1
Two on, but Kershaw gets Cruz to pop to Freeman for the third out.
1-0 LA through 1
Steroid Boy hits a solo bomb to tie it up in the third.
Dammit. Tatis HR to lead off the third. 1-1
We are on the symphonic band now
Darvish is dealing tonight, super-efficient pitch count through 4.1. He gets Outman to K on three pitches.
Darvish has retired 9 straight
Oh no. Cheaters are prospering. 3-1 SD on another Tatis HR.
Bickford in. White flag
Our offense has gone kaput
Scored too many runs vs philly
☹️
Still salty
Game 2 is in progress.
I can’t watch
WIN
We get one back, a 2-1 victory powered by only three hits, but one of them a two-run HR from Chris Taylor. We'll take it.
Rubber match tomorrow!
GAME 3
Down 2-1 in the sixth. Bases loaded for Peralta.
We leave them loaded. Damn.
Leadoff double in the eighth for Smith.
Wait, Mookie with a two-out solo HR in the ninth to tie the game?!
🐄🔑🦇🦇🦇🦇🦇🦇🦇
We are in extras…
WIN!!!
Holy cow
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