Unexpected Setback Threatens Ohtani’s Highly Anticipated Comeback—What Went Wrong?
The Padres are in third place now within the division. This is a division that has four very talented teams, and it will be competitive the entire season. For the year, the Padres are just eight games above .500. As a team, their stats make me think the Padres should be way better. Collectively, the team is hitting .249, but they only have 295 runs scored this year. The pitching staff has been surprisingly better than expected with a 3.51 ERA and a 1.21 WHIP, they are also holding opponents to a .225 average. Those are all numbers that should be positioning themselves to win way more games. The good news for them is that they get their Ace, Dylan Cease, taking the ball for them. Cease hasn’t had a great season, going just 2-5 for the year with a 4.28 ERA and a 1.30 WHIP. He did have a nice enough May, turning in three quality starts and not allowing more than three earned runs in any of the games. He didn’t complete five innings in two of those starts though. So far in June, he has two starts, both against NL West teams, one of them being the Dodgers. He allowed three hits, five walks, and no runs in seven innings. He also struck out 11 hitters in that game. Overall, the Dodgers are hitting .257 against Cease.
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