The Secret Weapon Back Starters Use to Shatter Opponents’ Offenses Before They Even Begin
As bad as this stretch has been for the Padres, the situation is still better than what the Braves have dealt with this year. Getting off to a slow start isn’t a death sentence for a team, but it is something that can be tough to dig yourself out of. Basically they gave the Mets and Phillies a head start for the division crown. They gave all other teams in the league a chance to pace the Wild Card race. Since that bad start, they’ve been one of the better teams in baseball, but they are still just hovering around that .500 mark. Perhaps they will get a jolt soon and make up the ground. It could start tonight with Spencer Schwellenbach on the hill. For the season, Schwellenbach is 3-3 with a 3.52 ERA and a 1.06 WHIP. He has been good overall, but there are some times when he just throws a stinky start in the mix. He has six starts of allowing two or fewer earned runs and three where he has allowed four or more. He has been very good at home though with a 2.63 home ERA. Padres hitters have struggled against him as well, hitting just .122 over 41 at-bats.
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