Originally posted by Boltjolt
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My main issue with our starters, Strahm included, is, outside of Joey Fuego.and maybe Lauer, they rarely make it past five innings. It isn't just Paddack and Lamet that don't last long. But, overall, I am more confident about our starting pitching than I am about our starting hitters. And I blame this not on the hitters, but how the Padres have handled them.
Most of the young hitters haven't panned out because they haven't been given the opportunities to get better, not because they aren't capable of being the stars they are supposed to be. Tatis did great right off the bat, but normal players need the experience before they get better. And the Pads are not giving those players consistent playing time. As it stands, we have made zero progress this year in our quest toward being contenders. None of our young players have improved, and, for that, I blame either Green or Preller. It depends which one is calling the shots. If it is Green, he should have been canned a long time ago. If it is Preller, I would want his range of power limited to loading our Minor League teams with young, talented players. Whoever the current shot-caller is should no longer have a say in who is starting on the Major League roster and who gets called up from or sent down to the Minors.
This unwillingness to develop hitters didn't just start this year. Guys like Margot, Renfroe, and Hedges are the same or worse than they were at the beginnings of their Padres careers. Same goes for Hedges. Now Urias, Naylor, Mejia, France, et al., are going to go through the same crap of getting inconsistent starts and making zero progress toward making us a better team.
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