The Padres unveiled the Anchorman run on Friday, and there were mixed reviews on Twitter.
What the Padres unveiled on Thursday, however, was a unanimous hit.
Fernando Tatis Jr. got the call-up for Opening Day because the Padres cared more about winning today than getting Tatis for an extra year of control.
You can argue that they should have held him down for 20 days to gain that extra year of control and brought him up then, but the Padres feel they are a darkhorse to get the wild card.
They know that every game matters, especially these first 20 games.
At 2-0, they’re off to a good start, and Tatis is batting 3-for-6 with a double, a walk and a run scored.
Without him, would they be 2-0? Maybe just 1-1? In either case, with the number of times we see the 162-game-grind come down to a single game, I’m happy to see the Padres go for the wins now as opposed to the win seven years from now.
Of course, I’m not happy that I’m playing the owner of Tatis.
His three hits are among the 21 hits that the NJ Bombers have heading into Saturday.
Three of Firestine's five homers came from Paul Goldschmidt on Friday, too. With a .318 average and a decent lead in several batting categories, the Bombers are looking good after two days.
I’m just happy Vladimir Guerrero isn’t up yet.
CHECKING IN ON THE REMATCH
The JLB World Series rematch has yet to have that performance that makes us drop our jaws, which makes one wonder why I'm even checking in on it.
The pitching by Crox was less than stellar on Friday — Parker told you so — as Nate Eovaldi gave up six runs in 5 innings, while Jack Flaherty gave up four in 4.1. Relievers combined to give up six runs in 2 innings, making for an 8.83 ERA for the day.
Eovaldi’s bad day could be a product of what is proving to be a potent offense in the Pacific Northwest — or he could be a huge bust.
The other pitcher that fell to Crox in the draft goes today. Brandon Woodruff, who I would have argued should have gone Top 3 in our draft, somehow fell to 14. I know I should have taken him at 12, but I personally had a plan and I stuck to it. The other pitcher I really liked was Marcus Stroman, so I knew I could still get him at No. 22, and I did.
Crox, however, was the lucky benefactor of Woodruff, and today we'll find out how lucky he was.
I really hope he can get Goldschmidt out. That would be nice.
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