The Secret Weapon Back Starters Use to Shatter Opponents’ Offenses Before They Even Begin
Sunday is usually a day that I reserve for writing about Sunday Night Baseball. Afterall, it typically is the best matchup of the day. Two teams that are probably the best in their divisions, or there is some sort of other intrigue. I won’t deny it, the Dodgers taking on the Mets is something really engaging and intriguing to me, but I’m not really excited about the pitching matchup. I’m more impressed about the one we get here tonight between the Padres and the Braves.
The Padres started the season looking like one of the best teams in baseball, but lately they have struggled significantly to get the results they are looking for. I’ve said before that when the record reaches a certain point in the season, you really don’t notice losing streaks quite as much, but the Padres might be testing that theory. The Braves starting 0-7 was eye opening because you saw that number and were shocked. Then for the next month as they tried to get over .500, you could still see the struggle. With the Padres, they were just 10 games over .500, now it is not quite as comfortable and they are looking like the San Diego team that struggled for much of the past few years. Today they get a guy whose numbers are also not looking great with Dylan Cease taking the hill. Cease, who has flashes of being a great pitcher, is just 1-3 with a 4.50 ERA and a 1.24 WHIP. He has pitched better lately, going 0-1 with a 2.96 ERA in May, and three quality starts under his belt. Cease also has been pretty good at stopping the Braves, holding them to a .226 batting average.
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